Bullfight
In this simulated bullfight, you are the matador — i.e., the one with the principle role and the one who must kill the bull or be killed (or run from the ring).
On each pass of the bull, you may try:
- 0: Veronica (dangerous inside move of the cape)
- 1: Less dangerous outside move of the cape
- 2: Ordinary swirl of the cape
Or you may try to kill the bull:
- 4: Over the horns
- 5: In the chest
The crowd will determine what award you deserve, posthumously if necessary. The braver you are, the better the reward you receive. It’s nice to stay alive too. The better the job the picadores and toreadores do, the better your chances.
David Sweet of Dartmouth wrote the original version of this program. It was then modified by students at Lexington High School and finally by Steve North of Creative Computing.
As published in Basic Computer Games (1978):
Downloaded from Vintage Basic at http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html
Porting Notes
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There is a fundamental assumption in the pre-fight subroutine at line 1610, that the Picadores and Toreadores are more likely to do a bad job (and possibly get killed) with a low-quality bull. This appears to be a mistake in the original code, but should be retained.
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Lines 1800-1820 (part of the pre-fight subroutine) can never be reached.