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Word Slide!
Title:Word Slide!
Category:Game/MasterMind
Release Date:
Language:English
Size:64K
Device Req.:Disk only (1 side)
Machine:PAL & NTSC
Code Type:Machine code
Distribution:Freeware
Game ending type:(n/a)
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Released by:Fantastic Italian Research Enterprise (FIRE)
Converted by:Luca
Notes:Original code for Commander X16, C64 and VIC20 by Matt Heffernan aka SlithyMatt (USA).
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User Rating: 9/10 (2 votes)
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Publications
Cited: Retro Gamer 239 (Magazine/English) pg. 98


Instructions
You get six chances to guess the secret word. It is one of about 2700 commonly-used English words with exactly 5 letters. Just type the word and hit RETURN/ENTER to see if you guessed it correctly. If you had any letters in the correct position, they will be highlighted as green. If you guessed a letter that is in the secret word, but in the wrong position, it will be yellow. Any letters that aren't highlighted are not in the secret word, so you can eliminate those from later guesses.

For reference, there is a keyboard visualization that removes keys of letters that have been eliminated, and color codes those that have been found to be in the secret word. Remember: the secret word may have letters that are found more that once in its spelling! So, your guess may have a repeated letter, with one highlighted green and the other yellow. That means that the secret word indeed has at least two instances of that letter, but only one of them is in the correct position.

After you guess the word or fail after six tries, you can choose to keep playing with new random secret words. See how you can bring your average guess count down and your win percentage up with more practice!

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