Help remembering a game

[djragas]

Ten years later and I’ve found the game!! It is in fact Sniper!

[David G]

Ten years later and I’ve found the game!! It is in fact Sniper!

Ah, this is difficult to find information about

GAMES 1 tape by Sinclair Research
not to be confused with "1K GAMES" from the same publisher

good times in 1981

SNIPER (19 secs)

This game tests your ability to think quickly under pressure. At irregular
intervals men pop into sight at any of ten positions. They only remain in sight
for a brief moment and in that time you must calculate which number key
corresponds to their position and press it. If you have pressed the correct
fire button, the man will be hit by your shot and will spread out his arms and
legs as he falls. If you miss, he naturally ducks out of sight again.

Forty men appear during the game but as time goes on they duck out
more quickly. Your score appears continuously throughout the game.

Press any key to start the game.

FIRE Buttons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 (moving left to right).

[David G]

Hey Sinclair published this as a type-in! I wonder if it's complete?

[XavSnap]

40 CLS
50 LET S=NOT PI
60 LET C=S
70 LET X=INT (RND * 9.9)
80 LET T=(X+1)*SGN(9-X)
99 LET X=X+X+X
100 PRINT AT 4,X;\
" O",TAB X;\
"¸t¸",TAB X;\
" ‰",TAB X;\
"²‰¹"
140 PAUSE 90-C
150 POKE 16437,255
160 IF INKEY$<>STR$ T THEN GOTO 250
170 PRINT AT 4,X;\
"±O»",TAB X;\
" y",TAB X;\
" ‰",TAB X;\
"» ±"
210 LET S=S+1
220 PRINT AT 15,0;"SCORE ";S
230 PAUSE 60
240 POKE 16437,255
250 CLS
260 IF C=40 THEN RUN
270 PAUSE INT(RND*120)+30
280 POKE 16437,255
290 LET C=C+PI/PI
300 GOTO 70

SNIPER.P

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[angus]

There was a 1K game "Ghost Hunt" published as a type in listing in Sinclair Programs back in the day, which sounds a bit like OP's game.

Here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Izmfea1JU8&t=1s

[David G]

ah that's Ghost Chase

from Sinclair Programs May 1984 page 49

GHOST CHASE
GOLD GOLD GOLD
BEGINNER

SENT TO a graveyard, your mission is to collect the gold scattered around. There is a resident ghost in the graveyard waiting to catch the intruder. As the ghost chases you it drops further pieces of gold which you can collect, using the cursor keys. Ghost Chase was written for the 1K ZX-81 by Andrew Colebourne of Wirral, Merseyside.

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  10 PRINT "±±±èéðôõ±±"
  20 FOR N=1 TO 8
  30 PRINT "±¼¼¼¼¼¼¼¼±"
  40 NEXT N
  50 PRINT "±±±ãéáôæ±±"
  60 FOR N=1 TO 5
  70 PRINT AT 1+RND*7,1+RND*7;CHR$ 172
  80 NEXT N
  90 CLEAR
 100 LET S=PI-PI
 110 LET A=PI/PI
 120 LET B=A
 130 LET C=VAL "8"
 140 LET D=C
 150 PRINT AT A,B;"X";AT A,B;" ";AT C,D;"O";AT C,D;"±"
 160 LET C=C+.5*(A>C)-.5*(A<C)
 170 LET D=D+.5*(B>D)-.5*(B<D)
 180 IF A=C AND B=D THEN GOTO 310
 190 LET A=A+(INKEY$="6" AND A<8)-(INKEY$="7" AND A>1)
 200 LET B=B+(INKEY$="8" AND B<8)-(INKEY$="5" AND B>1)
 210 PRINT AT A,B;
 220 LET L=PEEK (PEEK 16398+PEEK 16399+256)
 230 IF L=172 THEN LET S=S+150
 240 IF L=8 THEN LET S=S+10
 250 IF L=136 THEN LET S=S+20
 300 GOTO 150
 400 PRINT " SCORE :";S