Spectrum Computing

So I play LAIR just to go out https://i.postimg.cc/QxwcSmP5/goingout.png ME HAS WON! 315-300 So the answer to the question posed in the OP is yes, I can beat Scrabble Deluxe on the highest level, despite not drawing any blanks, making no bingos, and losing a turn for an illegal word played ;) ME = c...

https://i.postimg.cc/VNVwbS5Y/rana.png Thought for a while about that. I think that means it has 5 tiles on his rack, doesn't tell you that either which is a bit rubbish you can look at that IRL and see how many tiles they have left ;) I'm still going to win though. Still playing safe. Pretty sure ...

It knows it is beaten now I think (ROW/RE/EE) in bottom left https://i.postimg.cc/RVyZ2DvS/itknowsitisbeaten.png I've got too many I's can probably change and still win, not worked out what letters are left in the bag, it doesn't tell you :( https://i.postimg.cc/R0zVZJ32/toomanyis.png I think I can ...

CPU got the J played a nice word (AJEE). https://i.postimg.cc/xTTm9hrL/ajee.png Pretty sure (99.99%) that ZEE is also a word though, it didn't think about that did it with the triple right there. Could all come down to this really I guess https://i.postimg.cc/Jhb0N5V1/challenge3.png IN YOUR FACE SCR...

Nice long word from CPU... QAT/SIT is available gonna play that obvs https://i.postimg.cc/SNDW8qLZ/inertia.png Doesn't like it... obvs a very good and often played scrabble word though https://i.postimg.cc/5tFvZChG/challenge2.png https://i.postimg.cc/TwMmGPGP/qat.png It's some sort of leaf you munch...

CPU uses another blank cheaply (only 22?)... both gone now. Still no sign of JQZ https://i.postimg.cc/QxpzrB3F/anotherblank.png So take out the other triple https://i.postimg.cc/BnSm9Mpz/pole.png CPU plays IOTA reclaiming the lead https://i.postimg.cc/25JGWmYp/iota.png Bit of rack management playing...

CPU plays a blank for hardly any value and opens up both triples at the top, foolish. (ok, I didn't see WAXY scored so many points but even so opening up the triples not a good idea) I think it just goes for the highest scoring word it can find and doesn't worry about strategy. It often adds an S on...

CPU plays TUND? and UT (my favourite musical note, it has the whole gamUT of musical possibilities) https://i.postimg.cc/vmv2xCBb/tund.png Not a great score for CPU there. I can risk SHAWL for a lot of points but that would rely on TUNDS being allowed ;) Probably something better though? CPU challen...

CPU goes for DRUG and GID (don't know that one), still have CUBING (which is 32 I think, not too bad) https://i.postimg.cc/qv39qmyv/drug.png It's 34, gonna go for that, can't see anything better. It said "THAT WAS A GOOD PLAY" lol ;) https://i.postimg.cc/MG0Nbvsk/cubing.png New rack looks ...

Went for FROG then. Bad letters from the bag https://i.postimg.cc/MGjKWbK7/frog.png EDIT: CPU went for LAMES (is that even a word, I guess it is, LAME is a type of fabric I think?). https://i.postimg.cc/rm1V4V4z/blames.png I can see I have a B for BLAMES and access to an easy double word score. EDIT...

Worked out how to set it up I think... no seeing the CPU thinking or the CPU rack. Level 8 is highest I think. I go first... bad rack, can only see FROG for now... looks ok better than the ruder alternative (want to keep an I instead of an O) https://i.postimg.cc/4NB3wxS9/turn1.png Offer hints if yo...

Muggins for 1, you didn't explain the connection to the previous game ;) Obviously correct though. I'm surprised most people don't seem very familiar with the game though... it is the best (most skilful) 2 player card game IMO. For 3 players you would want to play Hearts or something and for 4 playe...

Nope. You only have 4 things in most versions of mastermind, there'd be no room for your his nob, so you wouldn't be able to peg 29! The IRL accessory looks a bit like mastermind though but mastermind has 4 holes in a group, not 10. EDIT: Hmm ok there is a Mastermind board with this https://i.postim...

It does feature pegging yes. And not that kind of pegging, naughty. EDIT: "One of my favourite 2 player games of its type" rules out solitaire (and the other kind of pegging) of course ;) Points are registered as having been scored by "pegging" So 3x FIFTEEN would of course peg 6...

In real life version of one of the screengrabs



No it's not the biscuit game. (But it does feature nobs!)

I don't have one of those I just work it out with a pencil

Nope. Obviously it's a game you don't need a Spectrum to play (if you have someone else to play with), one of my favourite games of its type for 2 people (probably the most skillful game of its type if you only have 2 people). EDIT: You can also play with 3 players, it's a bit crap though then, and ...

Hmm thought that would have given the game away. That appears to be the only number in the game which is spelled out, so it obviously has some significance as well. https://i.postimg.cc/SsXRYfKN/hint5.png Computer seems pretty good on the high level, gave me a good pasting. I'm not that good at the ...

Nope I watched it embedded so that's why I didn't see the blurb.

If you do that maybe you should consider wandering fruit like in Ms. Pacman as well?

Big hint then



Since it's such a big hint you should really also explain the connection between this game and the last one :p

What's with the ghosts not moving first time you eat a power pill? It worked fine 2nd time you did it.

Nope. Few more hints https://i.postimg.cc/T1hfydY8/hint2.png https://i.postimg.cc/PqKg1g7d/hint3.png The connection with previous game does not apply to the spectrum game, only (optionally) when you play in real life. EDIT: I don't think it is written in BASIC (could be compiled BASIC I guess) but i...

Just had a go, it's not a bad game.

There is some connection between this game and the previous one. Connection might not be obvious though.

Try this then

It is funny that it made you annoyed yet you had to wait until 3AM Wednesday morning to make your point though :) It's only a quiz after all. Let's get quizzical, quizzical, let's get quizzical. Olivia! I thought you were so nice and innocent (until last 5 minutes of Grease anyway), then I saw this ...

So basically you are going to have to hack the code to do the loading of the next part of the tape from BASIC via microdrive instead, skip the machine code bit that loads something and call the proper entry point (after the machine code loading has finished). If it does any checks that the memory ha...