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These demos in BASIC can be found in the **(under development, new)** OS/8 RK05 system packs in the `RKB0:` partition.

Many of them were ported to OS/8 BASIC by DEC employee, Kay R. Fisher.  Most were published in the DEC publication, *101 BASIC Computer Games*. That book describes itself as follows:

>It is the first collection of games all in BASIC, It is also the only collection that contains both a complete listing and a sample run of each game along with a descriptive write-up.

The first printing was in 1973.  A quite readable preserved version of the 1975 edition can be found online at: <http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/_Books/101_BASIC_Computer_Games_Mar75.pdf>. If a demo is from this book it is designated -101- instead of ----- below.  If the demo from the book, there will be a page or two of useful lore, and a sample run provided.

`BINGO .BA`    --  
`BLKJAC.BA`    --  
`BLKJAK.BA`    --  
`BUNNY .BA`    --  
`CALNDR.BA`    --  
`CHECKR.BA`    --  
`CRAPS .BA`    --  
`DICE  .BA`    --  
`FOOTBL.BA`    --  
`FOTBAL.BA`    --  
`GOLF  .BA`    --  
`HELLO .BA`    --  
`HOCKEY.BA`    --  
`KING  .BA`    --  
`LIFE  .BA`    --  
`LIFE2 .BA`    --  
`MONPLY.BA`    --  
`BINGO .BA`    -101- Computer generates bingo card for you and itself and randomly calls out numbers at random.
  
`BLKJAC.BA`    -101- Play the card game of 21 against the computer.
  
`BLKJAK.BA`    -101- Version of Blackjack written for PDP-8 Edusystem 30 BASIC by Tom Kloos, Oregon MuseUm of Science and Industry.

`BUNNY .BA`    -101- Prints the playboy rabbit as typewriter art.
  
`CALNDR.BA`    -101- Perpetual calendar program, by Geoffrey Chase, OSB, Portsmouth Abbey School.  You must modify line 160 to name the day of the week for January 1 of your year.  (0 for Sunday, -1 for Monday, etc.).  You also need to modify lines 360 and 620 for leap years: Change the number 365 on line 360 to 366, and change the third element of the array in line 620 from 28 to 29.

`CHECKR.BA`    -101- Written by Alan J. Segal. Play checkers against the computer.
 
`CRAPS .BA`    -----  The dice game of craps.  Surprisingly it's not the version from *101 BASIC Computer Games*.

`DICE  .BA`    -101-  Simulates rolling of dice, and prints the distribution of values returned.

`FOOTBL.BA`    -101- The first of two football simulations found in *101 BASIC Computer Games*.
 
`FOTBAL.BA`    -101- The second of two football simulations found in *101 BASIC Computer Games*. Written by Raymond W. Miseyka, Butler Sr. High School, Butler, PA.
 
`GOLF  .BA`    --  A not so great golf simulation.  The one in *101 BASIC Computer Games* looks a lot better.

`HELLO .BA`    -101- Simple conversation program where Petey P. Eight gives advice.
  
`HOCKEY.BA`    -101- Simulation of regulation hockey game.  Written by Charles Buttrey, Eaglebrook School, Deerfield, MA .
  
`KING  .BA`    -101- Land management simulation by James A. Storer, Lexington High School, Lexington, MA. 
Missing a bit of the text output in the game published in the 1975 edition of *101 BASIC Computer Games*, but functionally equivalent.

`LIFE  .BA`    -101-  Conway's game of life, written in BASIC by Clark Baker, Project DELTA, Delaware School Auxilliary Association, Newport, Delaware.

`LIFE2 .BA`    -101-  Two players place pieces on the board and the rules of Conway's game of life determines who survies.  Written by Brian Wyvill, Bradford University, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.

`MONPLY.BA`    -101- Simulation of the board game, Monopoly, by David Barker, Southeastern State College, Durant, OK. Ported to OS/8 BASIC by Kay R. Fisher who eliminated the original RSTS-E virtual files.
 
`POKER .BA`    --  Corrupted file. To be replaced.

`ROCKET.BA`    --  Corrupted file.  To be replaced if possible.

`ROCKT1.BA`    --  Corrupted file. To be replaced if possible.

`ROULET.BA`    --  Corrupted file. To be replaced if possible.

`SIGNS .BA`    --  Program to print posters by Daniel R. Vernon, Butler High School, Butler PA.  When I tested the program under OS/8 BASIC I kept getting `SU  AT LINE 00261` which is a Subscript out of Bounds error.
`SIGNS .BA`    --  
`SNOOPY.BA`    --  
`SPACWR.BA`    --  

`SNOOPY.BA`    --  The old "Curse You Red Barron" Snoopy poster.

`SPACWR.BA`    -101-  Space war game based on classic Star Trek.  Game written by Mike Mayfield, Centerline Engineering.

`TICTAC.BA`    --  Corrupted file. To be replaced if possible.

`WAR   .BA`    --  Corrupted file. To be replaced if possible.

`WAR2  .BA`    -101- Written by Bob Dores, Milton, MA. A battle with 72,000 soldiers you deploy to Army, Navy, and Air Force against the computer.
`WAR2  .BA`    --  
`WEKDAY.BA`    --  
`WUMPUS.BA`    --  
`YAHTZE.BA`    --  
  
`WEKDAY.BA`    -101- Input a birth date and learn fun facts like how many years have been spent sleeping in the elapsed time.  Written by Tom Kloos, Oregon Museum of Science and 'Industry.

`WUMPUS.BA`    -----  Hunt the wumpus.

`YAHTZE.BA`    -101- Dice game of Yahtze.  Author unknown.  Quite an elaborate and comprehensive implementation.  

Also on the `SYS:` partition is:

`RESEQ.BA`    -- Re-sequence line numbers of a BASIC program.