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Play on any emulator as Oric-1 or Oric Atmos. Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No use of trainers, cheats, saved game files, auto-fire (when not default present in-game), emulator save states, or other emulator advantages. No use of code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 player only. No continues. It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to - excessively point farm - use glitches or other game exploits |
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Bricklayer is an arcade game for the Oric-1. It was released in 1983 as a type-in listing in the book 60 Programs for the Oric-1 by Pan Books. The author of this program is not credited in the book.
Rather than tell you about the game, I'll give you the text from the book itself:
"You are in control of a small aircraft which flies across the top of the screen. From the bottom of the screen, a large wall is being built up which will eventually fill the whole of the playing area. The object of the game is to drop men out of the aircraft, aiming to plummet them through gaps in the wall to the bottom of the screen. If a man should hit any part of the wall then a life will be lost. In order to create gaps for the men to drop through and to prevent the wall advancing too far up the screen, you also have the option of dropping bombs which blow sections of the wall away."
It's a fun little game as the standard of type-ins go, at least for a few minutes. The wall cannot be stopped so ultimately this is a timed exercise in points scoring, much like the early arcade games of the 1970s.
This game was played using an Oric-1 48K emulated in Oricutron. The date of play was the 21st June 2026. There are no options and the final score was 688 points.
Time stamps:
00:30 Loading game. I remember when 48K was a lot of memory!
00:32 Title screen.
00:40 Game begins.
01:00 First life lost.
01:08 Second life lost.
01:15 Third life lost.
01:34 Fourth life lost.
01:40 Fifth life lost.
02:02 Sixth life lost.
02:35 Seventh life lost.
02:40 Eighth life lost.
03:59 Ninth life lost.
04:14 Tenth life lost. Game Over! Final score 688 points.
Rather than tell you about the game, I'll give you the text from the book itself:
"You are in control of a small aircraft which flies across the top of the screen. From the bottom of the screen, a large wall is being built up which will eventually fill the whole of the playing area. The object of the game is to drop men out of the aircraft, aiming to plummet them through gaps in the wall to the bottom of the screen. If a man should hit any part of the wall then a life will be lost. In order to create gaps for the men to drop through and to prevent the wall advancing too far up the screen, you also have the option of dropping bombs which blow sections of the wall away."
It's a fun little game as the standard of type-ins go, at least for a few minutes. The wall cannot be stopped so ultimately this is a timed exercise in points scoring, much like the early arcade games of the 1970s.
This game was played using an Oric-1 48K emulated in Oricutron. The date of play was the 21st June 2026. There are no options and the final score was 688 points.
Time stamps:
00:30 Loading game. I remember when 48K was a lot of memory!
00:32 Title screen.
00:40 Game begins.
01:00 First life lost.
01:08 Second life lost.
01:15 Third life lost.
01:34 Fourth life lost.
01:40 Fifth life lost.
02:02 Sixth life lost.
02:35 Seventh life lost.
02:40 Eighth life lost.
03:59 Ninth life lost.
04:14 Tenth life lost. Game Over! Final score 688 points.