"A very basic CHR$ mas NOT IF e t"
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By Andy 'uglifruit' Jenkinson
For the 48K ZX Spectrum
Written for the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2021 


A special Christmas themed game, in 100% BASIC.
Featuring KEYWORD-O-SCRIPT (tm).
Plus Music&More multitasking (pat pending).

I hope you enjoy/endure it.


Andy
Dec 2021


The good:

An intro sequence setting the 
Some big text
Some (not quite) multitasked music throughout the intro and outro (three tunes!)
A neat half screen scroll rom routine (USR 3583)
Full colour UDG-free blocky graphic
Mash the keyboard gameplay
It has a loading screen
'INPUT AT' when you enter your name
When/if you complete the game, you get congratulated for 'doing that very thing' that the papers talk about in December, with respect to that-pandemic-we-don't-mention and the season.
Will work on the 128K spectrum, with no enhancements whatsoever and slightly slower.


The bad:

Balthazar's name is (annoyingly) one character too long
There is very little game, though the difficulty does change slightly. ish.
Painfully slow intro sequence
Crap graphics
Mash the keyboard gameplay
The music
The loading screen is ... crap
Very inefficient DATA statements
My knowledge of the nativity is possibly quite rusty
