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GA-12: Word & Quiz Games
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3136 Ciphers/Cryptograms Small Programs Disk
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Cryptogrammer 2.1 (CRPTGRM)
McGuire, Paul
$10
[March 1994 CD]
is a cryptogram solving program. Code-breaking tools are provided for
tallying frequencies of letters, doubles, 2and 3-letter words. There are
also references on typical frequencies found in everyday usage.
Cryptoquote Solver 1.59 (SOLVQOT)
Pearce, Tal
$0
helps in completing a crypted quote without the need for pencil and paper. It
also provides a fast way of changing letters without error.
CryptOz
R&M Logic Systems
$8
is a word game in which you decipher messages. About 80 or so puzzles are
included for the computer to choose for you to solve, or you may enter your
own puzzle.
Krypto 2.3
Intelligent Educational Software
$0
is a challenging word game in which you solve and create kryptograms. It
presents quotes as a series of symbols. These symbols are then
substituted with letters. You can add up to 200 kryptograms to a file.
PC Cryptograms 1.1 (CRYPTO)
Blanchard Software
$15
is a set of 50 challenging cryptograms like those you see in the newspaper,
except that this program is much easier to use. The program takes care of the
substitutions for you when you guess a letter. This is the perfect program
for finding out if you have a future in the CIA's code breaking department.
WordMix 1.3
Blanchard Software
$5
is a word game in which you reconstruct puzzle words from mixed letters. Clues
involve trivia information, common phrases or expressions, and words within
words, riddles, and synonyms. It has 41 clues and more than 900 puzzle words. It
is intended for teens and adults and requires a moderate vocabulary, some
knowledge of English letter combinations, and the ability to juggle words and
letters mentally.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3136
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Crypto-Mania 2.21 [CRYPMAN]
Dow, Don L.
$15
#12736 (12-93 CD)
is a game of cryptograms, which are sentences or phrases written in
code, one letter substituted for another. You must decipher the code
and reveal the phrase. There are 250 puzzles included. Requires 640K
RAM and CGA or better video.
CryptoQuest
ON AIR Software, Inc.
$0
#27444/3010
lets you create cryptograms or decipher 60 of them included on the disk. A
lexicon of the most frequently used words in the English language is provided
as well as a pattern word dictionary.
Jumble
$0
#27444/2578
is a set of programs that will allow you to rapidly solve anagrams up to 24
executable code are included. 750K of disk space and 400K of memory are
required.
NameGram
Rubenking, Neil J. ASP
$25
#27444/0580
makes anagrams from names. First you enter one or more words. (Example: TURBO
PASCAL) Then NG compares all possible combinations of the letters in the
word(s) to a 250k (compressed) dictionary it has on disk and displays them.
From this list, you can pick a word of any length. (eg: BLOAT) Then NG will
display all words that can be made with the remaining letters and you can pick
another word in the list (eg: US, CRAP) You continue picking words in this
manner until no words are left. NG will then tell you any letters that are left
over. Ideally, you would want to use all the letters in the words you pick.
Neil also wrote FONEWORD and WORDFONE. The first program will change a phone
number into real words, because they are easier to remember, and the second
program changes a word back into a phone number, because numbers are easier to
dial.
Cipher-Ace Series
Stewart, Charles W. ASP
$24
#27444/4323
is an introduction to cryptography which includes some classical ciphers for you
to try to break. You can do secret writing, convert a message into ciphers for
sending, and it provides a work screen and help menus for decrypting two cipher
types.
Cipher 2.1
Anderson, Nels ASP
$17-$26
#12339
displays an enciphered quotation on the screen with the object being to solve
the cipher in as few attempts as possible. The program supports up to nine
players, and a filer allows selection of any puzzle by number. The screen
displays player name, puzzle file name, puzzle number within file, and puzzle
file topic. You can add puzzles that are already encrypted or any straight
text quote.
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1623 "Hangman" Games Small Programs Disk
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Ambilalf (AMBILAL)
Burket, David and Fitch, J. R.
$0
is a guess-the-letter word game which can be played in either Indonesian or
English. There's lots of color, graphics and sounds - one of the more
entertaining word games we've seen. CGA or Hercules compatible mono-graphics
required.
Howmany
Pelaware
$2
is a game in which phrases which start with numbers are shown with all but the
first letters of the key words blanked out. Your goal is to guess the phrase.
For example: "365 D___ in a Y___" would be "365 Days in a Year". This is an
interesting puzzle, but one of our testers did not like the fact that if you are
wrong, you can't find out what the right answer is supposed to be. We think
that just makes it more fun to play next time.
Hyper Hangman (HANGHYP)
Soleau, William
$10
is a Hangman (guess-the-word) game with good graphics and a hanging man who is
not content to hang quietly while you botch the letter-guessing process. An
interesting twist, good graphics, and difficult enough to keep adults
interested.
Larry's Hangman 1.0 (LHANGMN)
Parker, Larry
$15
is a game of hangman for VGA. It features basic and advanced games and user
definable words.
Missing Link (MISSLNK)
Nissen Ventures
$25
is a word game involving skill and strategy. A series of hidden words are linked
together to form a chain. You have to guess the missing words ("links") in the
chain, with a new letter exposed after each guess. Each word is a clue to the
next word. Sounds cannot be turned off. You can play the computer or a human
component, both of whom are represented on screen with animated characters.
SinkEm 1.01
Soleau, William
$12
is a graphics based game like Hangman, but the poor victim in this case is in a
row boat that sinks further into shark infested waters each time you miss a
letter. Like Hyper Hangman, the sinking man does not go quietly.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1623
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Hangman for Students
Langin, Chester ASP
$19
#3442
7is the classic game of Hangman with word lists available for all
different
grade levels. You can also add your own words. It uses ASCII characters
instead of graphics, so any video will work.
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3341 Other Word Games Small Programs Disk
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Fictionary 1.32 (FICT)
Cascoly Software ASP
$20
is a game the players make up definitions for obscure words, trying to convince
the other players to guess incorrectly. It can also be used by one player as a
vocabulary program.
Quotefall 2.1 (QTFALL)
Morgan, Bill
$0
is a fun little program that makes a kind of word puzzle called a Quote Fall
puzzle. In this type of puzzle, you are presented with columns of letters
across the page and you try to arrange the letters vertically in each column
so that they read across the page correctly to come up with the original quote
or message. You can also save printer control codes for your particular
printer in case you want to print the puzzles.
Target Word (TARGET)
Farrar, David
$0
is a word game, with the objective of finding the "target word" that the
computer has chosen from a list of words in a data file. The player uses
carefully chosen "probe words" and logical analysis to eventually find out the
identity of the target word. (The author can no longer be reached at the
address provided in the documentation.)
Words*Words 1.3 (WW)
Blanchar