Barbarians
Copyright (C) Damian Walker 2011

Barbarians is a game of strategy for one player, running on the Psion Series 3.  You take the lead of a civilised league of twelve cities at the very time the     barbarians are entering the land.  Your task is to raise armies and send them against the advancing hordes, and you will not rest until every last one is wiped out.  While this is going on, you have to manage your empire's economy. [Taken from the manual, available separately.]

This ZIP file contains the program for Series 3 "Classic".  Files contained in the archive are:

   readme.txt	This file
   licence.txt	GNU General Public Licence
   \app		Directory for the application file
   barb3.opa	Main program for the Series 3 "Classic"
   \app\barb3	Support files for the program
   240x80.gfx	Graphics information
   240x80.pic	Graphics for the game
   cyning.pic	Cyningstan introduction screen
   intro.pic	Barbarians introduction screen
   names.dat	City and general names

All the files in the \app and \barb3 directories should be transferred to your Organiser through the 3Link in whatever way you find convenient (PsiWin or a terminal program).  Once done, add Barb3 to your system screen using the Install application menu option.  While the game will fit in internal memory, an SSD is recommended at least for 128K Series 3 users.  All files must reside on the same drive.

Users of the Series 3a, 3c, 3mx and Siena can also run this program in Series 3a compatibility mode.  Furthermore, if users of those machines have the PsiZip application installed, the ZIP archive can be transferred to the Psion and unzipped in place.

CONTACT

If you have any comments or questions about Barbarians, please get in touch with me at psion@cyningstan.org.uk.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks go to Richard van Stappershoef for beta testing this game, and to Christoph Pulster for donating hardware to help in its development.

20th January 2011