Games like A is for Aardvark (C64) by Sander Alsema

--- Zombie Menace --- Written by Sander Alsema for the 10-liner competition 2026. Language: Commodore 64 Basic v2 Category: PUR-80 --- Description --- Graveyard shift at the cemetery. Brian O'Donnelly took a swig from his hip flask. Nineteen years of loyal service to the force, and for what? It seemed like everybody got ahead at some point, except for him. Yesterday was a new low. A co…

--- Capitalist Pig --- Written by Sander Alsema for the 10-liner competition 2021. Language: Commodore 64 Basic v2 Category: PUR-80 --- Description & Instructions --- On a farm in the poorest part of the country lives Francis the pig. By a stroke of luck he has the opportunity to gather a decent amount of cash. Usually farm animals don't know the value of money. This is where you come in. Help Fr…

--- Maternal Instinct --- Written by Sander Alsema for the 10-liner competition 2022. Language: Commodore 64 Basic v2 Category: PUR-80 --- Description & Instructions --- In ancient China, farmers and dragons could peacefully coexist. Of course there were some minor issues, but usually these could be easily overcome with a little mutual understanding. This all changed when the farmers let greed in…

--- Panzerjaeger --- Written by Sander Alsema for the 10-liner competition 2025. Language: Commodore 64 Basic v2 Category: PUR-80 --- Description & Instructions --- The days of peace are a distant memory. Intense fighting on both sides has led to a death toll of unprecedented proportions. Somewhere in all this carnage a tank battalion was on manoeuvres. Unfortunately however, during the night…

--- No Fly Zone --- Written by Sander Alsema for the 10-liner competition 2024. Language: Commodore 64 Basic v2 Category: PUR-80 --- Description & Instructions --- Up till now you had it fairly easy. Stationed in sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, your job mainly consisted in drinking coffee while watching pitch-black computer screens monitoring open space. Sometimes you even wondered whether they were sw…

--- Coin Droid --- Written by Sander Alsema for the 10-liner competition 2021. Language: Commodore 64 Basic v2 Category: PUR-80 --- Description & Instructions --- In the distant future, well after the cryptocurrency era, people have rediscovered the value of physical money. Coins made of a variety of metals have found a home in the hearts and minds of the general public. Banks are still the insti…

--- Amphibian Assault --- Written by Sander Alsema for the 10-liner competition 2024. Language: Commodore 64 Basic v2 Category: PUR-80 --- Description & Instructions --- Where did things go wrong? You just went out to run some errands, and now look what happened. Lost in a swamp somewhere in the middle of the night. A quite harrowing predicament to be in for a mere firefly. Uneasily you try to f…

--- Rings Of Saturn --- Written by Sander Alsema for the 10-liner competition 2023. Language: Commodore 64 Basic v2 Category: PUR-80 --- Description & Instructions --- Space Exploration can be a tricky business. Having finally reached Saturn, you discover that this planet has more rings than previously known. In order to continue your mission, you have no choice but to manoeuvre straight through…

While wandering through the savannah, Kevin suddenly feels an appetite building up. If he were a human being, then he would have had a serious problem. Kevin, however, is not a human being but an aardvark. For him the absence of a McDonald's franchise doesn't mean certain death from starvation. Normally he would simply hurl out his tongue towards the first ant or termite crossing his path, but not…

--- Welcome To My Parlour --- Written by Sander Alsema for the 10-liner competition 2022. Language: Commodore 64 Basic v2 Category: PUR-80 --- Description & Instructions --- That's an other fine mess you've gotten yourself into! Having smelled the sweet scent of a rotting carcass, you accidentally wandered into a room crowded with hungry spiders. This is definitely not an ideal situation for a c…