Source code and program file for the 1990 Amiga game MatchPatch. A detailed article on the game's history and analyzing its function can be found here:
https://tetracorp.github.io/amiga/matchpatch.html
- MatchPatch: Standalone main game executable. Uncompressed.
- MatchPatch.DOC: Readme from Amiga Computing #33 (Feb 1991) coverdisk.
- MatchPatch.S.asm: MatchPatch v1.0 source code (12-10-92) by SD.
- MatchPatch.S.pp: Compressed version of the MatchPatch source as originally distributed. Identical to the other source file except for the compression.
- MatchPatch.DOC.info, MatchPatch.S.info, MatchPatch.info, .info: Icon files.
- MatchPatchDocs.txt: An excerpt from Amiga Computing #33 documenting the game and its cheat codes.
- MatchPatch_mod: A hex-edited cheat version of Match Patch. It gives you 99 lives.
- maps.md: Maps extracted from the game.
- README.md: This file.
Historic files have been committed with the original date, usually the filedate from the Amiga Computing coverdisk. Commits of this sort can be done like so:
git add MatchPatch.S.asm
GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="Fri 12 Oct 12:00:00 GMT 1990" GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="Fri 12 Oct 12:00:00 GMT 1990" git commit -m "Adding MatchPatch.S.asm at historic date"
MatchPatch is Copyright © 1991 Amiga Computing.
"MatchPatch was written in assembly language (Devpac 2) by Stephen Winstanley. It may be offered for download on bulletin boards provided it is made available as a free download." (Amiga Computing #33, Feb 1991, p.32)