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BOBBY IS STILL GOING HOME (v1.2)
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Bobby Is Still Going Home is a remake for MSX systems based on the original platform game released for 
the Atari 2600 console in 1983 by Bit Corporation and CCE.

In the game, a boy named Bobby needs to go back home passing through several screens and challenges, 
like jump over ponds, broken bridges, animals (hawks, butterflies, bats, ducks) and other obstacles.

Written in MSX Basic from scratch (~528 lines of code) and compiled using MSXBAS2ROM compiler, 
this is a MSX1* compatible single player game (standard ROM BASIC required). Joysticks are recommended, 
but not required.

Good Luck!

* Set "ASCII8" ROM format when running it on emulators.

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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* CODE

The code was compiled as a MegaROM binary file (type "ASCII8") using the MSXBAS2ROM compiler. New special 
MSX BASIC instructions, introduced into the compiler, were used in the code to achieve the sound and 
graphical effects featured in the game.

This game is open source and you can find all related files in the repository below:

https://github.com/amaurycarvalho/msxbasic/tree/main/Bobby

* GRAPHICS

All background images, fonts and sprites was created using nMSXTiles and TinySprite tools (see the game 
repository for more information), inspired on the graphics elements from the original game.

* MUSIC

All music in the game is simplified variations of the original game songs, edited in the Arkos 
Tracker 3 tool (see the game repository for more information).

Tracklist:

- What a friend we have in Jesus (Converse, Scriven, 1868);
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Friend_We_Have_in_Jesus
  
- Home, sweet home (Bishop, Payne, 1823).
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home!_Sweet_Home!

* ORIGINAL ATARI GAME REFERENCE

Wikipedia: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_is_Going_Home

Game review: 
https://www.rfgeneration.com/news/2600/Banana-s-Rotten-Reviews-Bobby-Is-Going-Home-3473.php

Emulation:
https://www.retrogames.cz/play_192-Atari2600.php

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VERSION HISTORY
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1.0 Prototype sketch;
1.1 Music/graphics enhancements;
1.2 MSXDEV25 release with bug fixes and minor graphical updates.

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DISTRIBUTION
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Copyleft (>) 2025 Amaury Carvalho, Brazil

License: GPL3

    This game is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>



