{fh200AA00Quickie PD Game Reviews
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by Mike Williams


{fb1FF5555              OTHELLO

{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Dave Forth

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 The classic board game of Othello, also known as Reversi.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Plays a very challenging game when set to the higher levels. 

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Simple. Colours are hideous if you happen to be in a 256 colour mode.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 Multitasks.

 Four skill levels.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 5 minutes.


{fb1FF5555              OUTWIT

{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Andrew Ayre

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A tactical board game for two players.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 The actual board game looks like it might be as tactically rich as chess, or at least draughts. However, the computer doesn't get involved in the game, it just simulates a piece of cardboard and 30 plastic tokens. It doesn't even remember whose turn it is.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 OK.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 15 minutes.
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{fb1FF5555              OXO

{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 S. Cupit

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 The game of noughts and crosses.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 It plays noughts and crossed badly. I think that it starts off playing very badly, and slowly learns by its mistakes.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Naff.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 10 seconds.


{fb1FF5555             PACATTACK
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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 M. Draper

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Pacman variant. The ghosts are allowed to walk through the walls and run right at you.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Almost unplay- able. The program looks like it was originally written for the BBC computer, and runs far too fast on an Archimedes.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Reasonable, for a BBC program. Flickers badly.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 3 minutes.
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{fb1FF5555             PATIENCE+
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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 J. M. Faber

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 Patience

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 Quite reasonable, if you like patience, though some people will probably prefer the version that Acorn wrote.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Big chunky playing card sprites.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 If you hit ESCAPE, the program plays the rest of the game for you. It's fast, but its strategy is less than optimal.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 3 minutes.


{fb1FF5555             PELMANISM (1)

{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Unknown

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 A game for one player. There are 52 cards dealt face down. You can turn over two at a time. Your objective is to find all the pairs. Two red fives are a pair, but a red five and a black five are not a pair.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 OK

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Simple

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 Multitasks.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 3 minutes


