Lad

A puzzle game.

Written in 1994 in x86 assembler for the NEC PC-9800 series.

How to play

Execute lad.com. I guess it requires lstg.dat in the current directory.

According to the source code, especially key_tbl,

• cursor keys: move the character

• space: switch the character to move

• G: give up

• N: move to the next stage

• B: move to the previous stage

• J: jump to a stage (enter the number and hit RETURN)

• ESC: quit the game

The robot-like character (called jos in the source code) can only move when the beam it hitting it. It can collect the bombs. (the circle objects)

The human-like character (called hks in the source code) can only move when the beam in NOT hitting it.

The objective of the game is to collect all bombs it seems. (I have completely forgotten the existance of the jcxz instruction! It was handy when hand-writing assembly.)

In 2024, I was able to run it on an intel macbook with Neko Project II and FreeDOS(98).

I guess mkladstg.com is a stage editor. It seems to require a mouse. I (in 2024) haven't tried it yet.

The 2024 version

I ported this game to WASM-4. The 2024 version even has in-game tutorial stages so that a player doesn't need to read the source code to see how to play!