{fh200AA00Quickie PD Game Reviews
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by Mike Williams


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{fb10000FFArchimedes Conversion by{fb1000000 Les Hurst

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 It's the game of Connect 4. If you don't know how to play it I'm not going to explain it here. It looks like it's a quick conversion from a BBC program.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 The computer algorithm is very strong and fast. I havent managed to determine whether it is beatable or not.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Very poor. BBC Mode 7 chunky graphics.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 3 minutes


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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Mark Stevenson

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 It's the game of Connect 4. If you don't know how to play it I'm not going to explain it here. However, in this program, you can vary the size of the board and the number of pieces in a row to win.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 The computer algorithm is very weak  and also not very fast. In fact it almost looks as if it is trying to lose, for example, if you play the 'obvious' opening to the default game (first piece in the centre, next piece adjacent to it) it doesn't block you, and you can simply complete the horizontal line of four.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Poor.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 Either player can be human or computer.

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 1 minute.


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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 Mark Johnson

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 It's a traditional snake game (as the game progresses the tail gets longer, you have to avoid hitting the mushrooms, your own tail, and the edges of the box, while collecting the goodies)

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 It's quite a reasonable snake game. I would advise ARM3 owners to set CACHE OFF.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 Nothing special.

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 None

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 3 minutes
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{fb10000FFAuthor{fb1000000 P. B. Fairbrother

{fb10000FFPlot{fb1000000 The card game.

{fb10000FFPlayability{fb1000000 The rules used here are slightly different from the version of cribbage that I'm used to. The computer plays a decent game.

{fb10000FFGraphics{fb1000000 OK

{fb10000FFFeatures{fb1000000 Optionally displays the reasons for the scores (Play & Learn mode)

{fb10000FFTypical Duration{fb1000000 3 minutes

