Street Gang (wheel of fortune)
by Marrisoft 

released: 01 apr 2003

I found a part of the graphic of this game years ago over the internet
(some links was dead), the graphician wrote also a txt of how the game must be.
it would be a conversion of an old ZX Spectrum game.

this is the txt I found:
"This Web page is dedicated to the project of the new game for SII Ruputer/Matsucom onHand wristwatch - Street Gang - Wheel Of Fortune. Basically, this game is based on the bonus round of old ZX Spectrum game Street Gang which was released by Players. The aim of the bonus round in that game was choosing between four trash bins. Every bin could contain everything starting from extra life and finishing with loosing a life. 

All the graphics for Street Gang - Wheel Of Fortune was extracted from original ZX Spectrum game. I just adopted it for Ruputer/onHand specific requirements. 

The main problem is that I'm absolutely not into programming. So I would like to ask you, skillful programmers out there, can you help me to release this game? I prepared almost 100 percents of graphics which is ready to download in 2 color .BMP format. 

See animated samples, description and download Ruputer/onHand-ready images below. 


 

 
You can walk around trash bins by pressing LEFT or RIGHT directions of joystick. Then, you should decide which of three bins you will choose. So, you are standing near wanted bin and pressing ENTER button. After that, the character disappears and one of three cases can happen - GAIN LIFE (there is a heart flying out of bin and you are given an extra life), LOOSE LIFE (there is a gangster with a gun appearing from a bin and he shoots) and GAIN POINTS (the number of gained points is flying out of bin). The content of the bins is generated randomly every time. So you never know what you may find inside - the points, a death or an extra life. The points in a bin are generated randomly, too. The amount is from 100 to 500 points (100, 200, 300, 400, 500). By default, your character has 3 lives. Then, in the action, he can loose his lives or gain more. The aim of the game is to score as much points as possible. Of course, it is good to find lives frequently to extend the number of tries. It's not a logic game, nor action - it is pure game of luck. 

I think, it is not very hard to program this game because of the limited features and very simple gameplay. Below you will find the animated samples. Click 'Download' link below every sample to get the images in 2 color .BMP format (for developers). "

I found only a part of the graphic so I drew the rest and restyled a little some other sprites.
I don't know the original game so i don't consider this a conversion, but just a personal version of the game.

I don't have the e-mail of the original graphician (if you read this please contact me:)).

the game concept is basically the same of the original description.

INSTALLATION:
Just copy "gang.exf" in a directory of the watch.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Enter Key: start game
Menu Key: exit game
Sx_Dwn_Dx arrow keys: select bin

note: the objects last about 1 second on the bins. If you hit the arrow keys 2 or more times in 1 sec you can collect more of the selected item.

the goal of the game is to reach 500000 points or 99 lives.

THIS SOFTWARE IS RELEASED AS DONATIONWARE,
if you like it and want to support Marrisoft in developing other OnHand PC applications
Please send a donation by mail at the following address:

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Maurizio Terzo,
via Dante n.119
90141
Palermo
ITALY

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You can send banknotes (dollars, Euro or Pounds) wrapped in a printed copy of the "donation_form".
You can send, if you want, also the filled "donation_form" by e-mail at the following e-mail address for confirm your donation. 

e-mail:  <marriseri@yahoo.it>

 
