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24 lines
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### Slalom
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This game simulates a slalom run down a course with one to 25 gates. The user picks the number of gates and has some control over his speed down the course.
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If you’re not a skier, here’s your golden opportunity to try it with minimal risk. If you are a skier, here’s something to do while your leg is in a cast.
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SLALOM was written by J. Panek while a student at Dartmouth College.
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As published in Basic Computer Games (1978):
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- [Atari Archives](https://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=147)
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- [Annarchive](https://annarchive.com/files/Basic_Computer_Games_Microcomputer_Edition.pdf#page=162)
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Downloaded from Vintage Basic at
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http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html
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### Bugs
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- In the original version, the data pointer doesn't reset after a race is completed. This causes subsequent races to
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error at some future point at line 540,
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540 READ Q
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