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Re: Classic Games
Posted By: Sam, on host 12.25.1.128
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999, at 13:50:51
In Reply To: Re: Classic Games posted by Darien on Wednesday, January 27, 1999, at 10:53:10:

> I like it. The inclusion of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" rather surprised me at first, since it is merely a game of luck

:-) Yeah. I only did that because I had such fun with it as a kid, and it took almost no time to write.

> My personal favorite is the "guess-the-color-sequence-game" (the proper name escapes me at the moment)

Mastermind

> after that, I lean toward Hangman. Speaking of which, you certainly came up with some odd Hangman words, didn't you! :-} I tried once, got something like "spyrocite," and just got scared off. :-}

Hehhehehe. :-) Actually the dictionary in Hangman consists of 18583 words and is basically the entire contents of an online dictionary minus proper names, plurals, and words under five letters. Had I tried to construct a dictionary by hand, I'm sure I would never have come up with enough so that repeat words wouldn't be prevalent after a few hours of playing.

> I can think of a favorite game of mine that should be included: Reversi. Of course, it would be a nightmare to code (I don't even want to think about it), but I can always dream.

Yup, that one's out, as is chess.

> I've still not tried several of them - Exterminator sounds interesting, but a bit too much running around and too little bandwidth to handle so many refreshes.

It's no heavier on the bandwidth than Memory or Spoint, and certainly lighter than Enchanted Forest is.

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