--- title: "The CATS 2068 Library" type: "article" slug: "the-cats-2068-library" url: "http://localhost/article/the-cats-2068-library/" markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/the-cats-2068-library.md" published_at: "2022-09-14T02:41:29+00:00" modified_at: "2026-06-21T23:24:17+00:00" featured_image: url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg" excerpt: "Volume One ANGELS -- A space-invaders arcade game. BREAKOUT -- A Basic version of the classic Atari game. BRICK-YARD BILL -- Arcade-style, help Bill stack bricks without hemming himself in: Quite difficult. BRIDGE -- Build a bridge by dropping sections from a helicopter before a blind man can fall into the river. DATE -- A…" category: - name: "CATS Newsletter" slug: "cats-newsletter" taxonomy: "category" url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/cats-newsletter/" post_tag: - name: "Capital Area Timex Sinclair Users Group" slug: "cats" taxonomy: "post_tag" url: "http://localhost/tag/cats/" - name: "Downloadable" slug: "downloadable" taxonomy: "post_tag" url: "http://localhost/tag/downloadable/" - name: "Full Text" slug: "fulltext" taxonomy: "post_tag" url: "http://localhost/tag/fulltext/" - name: "TS 2068" slug: "ts2068" taxonomy: "post_tag" url: "http://localhost/tag/ts2068/" model: - name: "Timex/Sinclair 2068" slug: "ts-2068" taxonomy: "model" url: "http://localhost/model/ts-2068/" indiv: - name: "March Renick" slug: "march-renick" taxonomy: "indiv" url: "http://localhost/indiv/march-renick/" publication_r: id: 35941 title: "CATS Newsletter" type: "periodical" url: "http://localhost/periodical/cats-newsletter/" authors: "March Renick" volume: "5" issue: "12" issues_articles: - id: 39630 title: "CATS v5 n12" type: "issue" url: "http://localhost/issue/cats-v5-n12/" pages: "8" pubdate: "April 1988" related_articles: - id: 44529 title: "2068 Library Errata" type: "article" url: "http://localhost/article/2068-library-errata/" - id: 42929 title: "2068 Library to Grow" type: "article" url: "http://localhost/article/2068-library-to-grow/" - id: 42423 title: "2068 Report" type: "article" url: "http://localhost/article/2068-report/" - id: 42351 title: "2068 Software Library Update" type: "article" url: "http://localhost/article/2068-software-library-update/" - id: 42930 title: "CATS 2068 Program Catalog" type: "article" url: "http://localhost/article/cats-2068-program-catalog/" - id: 42391 title: "The 2068 Library, Volumes 10 and 11" type: "article" url: "http://localhost/article/cats-library-guide/" - id: 44552 title: "Introducing Volumes Six and Seven in the 2068 Software Library" type: "article" url: "http://localhost/article/introducing-volumes-six-and-seven-in-the-2068-software-library/" - id: 42388 title: "The 2068 Library: Compiled and Annotated" type: "article" url: "http://localhost/article/the-2068-library-compiled-and-annotated/" - id: 42363 title: "The CATS 2068 Library" type: "article" url: "http://localhost/article/the-cats-2068-library/" archive_link: false article_media: - id: 51212 title: "CATS Library Tape 1" type: "computer_media" url: "http://localhost/computer_media/cats-library-tape-1/" - id: 64513 title: "CATS Library Tape 2" type: "computer_media" url: "http://localhost/computer_media/cats-library-tape-2/" --- ## [Volume One](http://localhost/computer_media/cats-library-tape-1/) - [ANGELS](http://localhost/computer_media/hells-angels/) — A space-invaders arcade game. - [BREAKOUT](/computer_media/breakout/) — A Basic version of the classic Atari game. - [BRICK-YARD BILL](http://localhost/computer_media/brick-yard-bill/) — Arcade-style, help Bill stack bricks without hemming himself in: Quite difficult. - [BRIDGE](http://localhost/computer_media/bridge/) — Build a bridge by dropping sections from a helicopter before a blind man can fall into the river. - DATE — A pseudo-dating service program. Purports to match you up with your ideal mate, but why does it tend to be Attila the Hun? Fun to use at Valentines Day parties. - [DEATHRACE](http://localhost/computer_media/death-race/) — Run down innocent pedestrians with your race car. Cute little tombstones mark the scene of their demise. - [EGG SAVIOR](http://localhost/computer_media/egg-savior/) — Arcade style. Rescue the eggs from nasty lazer guns. - [HIDDENWORD](http://localhost/computer_media/hiddenword/) — A word puzzle generator of exceptional quality that was submitted by George Mockridge of the Pacific Users Group. - [HUNCHY](http://localhost/computer_media/hunchy/) — Arcade in which you are the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Rescue Esmerelda! - [KENO](http://localhost/computer_media/keno/) — A computer adaptation of an betting game. - [MINOTAUR](http://localhost/computer_media/minotaur/) — Find the exit to a maze, collecting invisible objects along the way, before the Minotaur gets you. - [MOONLANDER](http://localhost/computer_media/moonlander/) — Land your lander safely on the Moon. I went “SPLAT” every time. - [POKER](http://localhost/computer_media/poker/), [BLACKJACK](http://localhost/computer_media/blackjack-2068/), and [CRIBBAGE](http://localhost/computer_media/cribbage/) -These three programs pit you against the computer in these popular card games. The graphics are very nicely done. - [Q-BERT](http://localhost/computer_media/qbert/) — A nicely-done adaptation of the arcade game. - SAILING — An interesting little Simulation game by our own Mark Fischer. - [SPACEWAR](http://localhost/computer_media/space-war/) — Another Mark Fischer creation. We are invited to blow the opposition to dust with proximity bombs. Not just a shoot-em-up, though. - [STAR TREK](http://localhost/computer_media/star-trek/) — The CLASSIC game that everyone used to sneak onto the mainframes at college in the days of yore. - [TAG](http://localhost/computer_media/tag/) — A frustrating game in which we are to get a reluctant colored square to go where we want it. - [TIC TAC TOE](http://localhost/computer_media/tic-tac-toe/) — The classic noughts and crosses game with several levels of difficulty. - [TRAIN](http://localhost/computer_media/train/) — Novel use of graphics in this little Good train wreck! - TWISTS — Restore a 4×4 Rubic’s Cube face to its original configuration before the time runs out. Very challenging. ## [Volume 2 — Educational & Utilities](http://localhost/computer_media/cats-library-tape-2/) - [3D SHAPE](/computer_media/3d-shape/) — Draws ‘em. - [BARCHART](/computer_media/bar-chart/) — Generates a from your data. - [COLOR PLOT](http://localhost/computer_media/color-plot/) — A drawing program aimed at children’s use. - [COLOR DOODLE](http://localhost/computer_media/doodle/) — A variation on th above program that makes blockier pictures. - DRAW — A more sophisticated drawing program, - [GEOGRAPHY](http://localhost/computer_media/geography/) — An unfinished states and capitals program. - [HEADLINE](/computer_media/headline/) and [BANNER](/computer_media/banner-5/) — Both of these generate large-size words running side-ways on a 2040 printer. - [PIE CHART](http://localhost/computer_media/piechart/) — Makes pie charts from data you supply. - [PIXFIX](http://localhost/computer_media/pix-fix/)— The winner of the Syncware News contest for graphics software. Gives you pixel by pixel control of the screen. - [RANDOM FAN](http://localhost/computer_media/random-fan/) — Pretty! - [SPANISH TUTOR](http://localhost/computer_media/spanish-tutor-2/) — self-explanatory. - [SPECDRAW](http://localhost/computer_media/spectrum-draw/) — An even more sophisticated graphics program, featuring 18 sizes of text, fill, four-point banding and more. You really need a keyboard this one! - WOLVERINE — A sample picture drawn on PixFix. - [64 Column](/computer_media/64-column/)