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- Taslking Mumbo Jumbo
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- Freeware Copyright 1993, David Becker
- Compuserve 73030,3562
- GEnie D.Becker8
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- Talking Mumbo Jumbo is yet another of my word game offerings for the Atari ST.
- It will run on all platforms with a monochrome monitor and at least one meg
- of memory.
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- Mumbo Jumbo is not an original idea. I play the word jumble puzzles in the
- local paper quite regularly. No doubt the newspapers use a similar program.
- When first run you will be greeted with the main screen and asked to enter
- your name. You will see a GEM drop down menu and three windows. The top window
- in labeled "Puzzle" and this is where the jumbled word will be displayed. The
- middle window called "Answer" is where you type in your guesses. The bottom
- window is where the high score history is diplayed. When run, Mumbo Jumbo
- automatically loads the dictionary file called MUMBO.DIC. This can actually
- be any text file as long as it is in the same directory as MUMBO.PRG. You can
- load another dictionary at any time by choosing the drop down menu or
- pressing Control-L
-
- Lets look at the first drop down menu titled "File". The first choice is "Word
- configuration". Give this menu a click or press Control-W on the keyboard. A
- new box will appear asking for the length of the word and the letters of the
- alphabet that the word will begin with. Words can be up to 12 letters in
- length (really hard) but no less than 3 (really easy). Click in the box,
- enter the length and press Return. You can also click on the alphabet letters
- at the bottom to select or de-select the letters you want the words to begin
- with. Click the right mouse button to exit this box.
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- After choosing the word length, click "Choose a new word" from the drop
- down menu or press Control-C. Mumbo Jumbo immediatly searches the
- dictionary for a new word matching your criteria. It won't take very long
- (unless you've told it to search for only Z words twelve letters long! Hit
- Undo if it simply can't find any words). When the word has been chosen, it
- will quickly be jumbled and then diplayed within the top window. A real human
- voice announces each letter as it is displayed.
-
- Now the fun begins...
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- Type your guess from the keyboard directly into the bottom window, one
- letter at a time. Backspace deletes the last letter and ESC clears your
- answer. There is no need to hit Return, if you type in the correct answer
- Mumbo Jumbo will recognize it and display the winners box. The voice will
- confirm each letter as you type it in.
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- If you start getting fed up and simply can't guess the answer you can hit
- the Help key. You will be shown how many letters are placed correctly (this
- is cheating and I don't expect you to use Help unless you are stuck!).
- If you still can't figure it out (believe me, the dictionary contains some
- wild words!) then click the drop down menu called "Show me the answer!" or
- hit Control-S. You can also choose a new word at any time.
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- You can choose a new player from the drop down menu or by hitting Control-N
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- The menu heading "Print" contains two choices. The first is "Print out a
- puzzle page" and this option is neat. Mumbo Jumbo will compile 50 words based
- on the length and letters you have chosen and then print them onto a single
- page in a special way. The jumble will be listed on the left and the answer
- on the right, fold the page real fast after it prints and you will have a
- super deluxe puzzle tournament to take anywhere! You can also send the same
- listing to disk and then import it into your favorite word processor or
- desktop publisher.
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- The "Voice" menu calls up a dialog box that lets you configure the voice. You
- can click to activate or deativate one of four options, turning the voice on
- or off. These will be saved when you quit the game.
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- The high score history is constantly being updated and displayed at the
- bottom of the screen. These totals will also be saved when you quit Talking
- Mumbo Jumbo.
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- Note: Canadian players will want to delete the file Z.SPL and then rename
- ZED.SPL to Z.SPL
- Now Talking Mumbo Jumbo sounds like a Canadian, eh.
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