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title: "Space Cannon"
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published_at: "2026-03-13T17:24:30+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-13T17:24:30+00:00"
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excerpt: "Type-in BASIC game for the Lambda/PC 8300 computer requiring a joystick, adapted from a program published in SYNC Volume 1. Players use the joystick to aim and fire a space cannon; the game uses the PC8300's SOUND command for audio effects."
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    title: "The RAMTOP Sep-Oct 1987"
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---

Type-in BASIC game for the Lambda/PC 8300 computer requiring a joystick, adapted from a program published in SYNC Volume 1. Players use the joystick to aim and fire a space cannon; the game uses the PC8300’s SOUND command for audio effects.