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L E T T E R D R O P
by Robert Markland
LETTER DROP is the computerized
version of a familiar matrix type
puzzle regularly found in most paper
and pencil puzzle magazines. From top
to bottom, the screen consists of:
the letter storage area, puzzle
matrix, and command/dialogue area.
Begin by selecting LOAD, choose a
drive, and decide which puzzle you
would like to solve. The puzzles are
quotations that are more or less
memorable. Most of them came from Jon
Winokur's THE PORTABLE CURMUDGEON,
New American Library, 1987.
With a puzzle in place, you will
notice columns of letters in the
storage area. The letters in each
column fit a box directly below to
form words. The order of the stored
letters may or may not correspond to
the correct boxes. Blank squares
indicate the end of words.
Using either the cursor keys or
the joystick in port 2, move the
cursor over any letter in the storage
area. Press RETURN or FIRE to pick up
the letter, then move down to an empty
box and press RETURN or FIRE again to
drop the letter. You will find that
the empty cursor will move freely in
all four directions, but will not
leave the column when it carries a
letter.
If you really get stuck, move the
empty cursor over any empty box and
press <H> for a letter hint. Provided
the correct letter is in storage, it
is placed in the box under the
cursor. If nothing happens, one or
more of the letters placed in that
column is incorrect. Move a letter
back to the storage area and request
the hint again.
Should the situation become
hopeless you can request the complete
solution by pressing <S>.
The "hot" keys are printed in
white in the command area so you can
always tell what keys to press.
RM
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