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File contents
Product: PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT
Supplier: Britannia Software
Available on 3.5"/5.25" ADFS/CDFS/DFS Disk
Reviewed by (the) Dave in EUG 53
AS the software house suggests, this is an ultra-rare BBC/Electron game.
As the software title suggests, it is (or at least was at one time) the
official home computer conversion of the popular Bruce Forsyth game show
in the days when points "made prizes" (not "rich people"). Of course,
most of the show's continuing success to this day lies in the fact that
a) Bruce Forsyth presents it and b) it is a very simple game based in
large part on luck.
Brucie grins cheekily at you from the cassette and disk covers above
the old kaliedoscope jack logo of PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT but, as you
might suspect, he makes no actual appearance in the game itself (via a
graphic representation, that is). Therefore, after the instantly recog-
nisable jam of PYCR music has been emitted from your micro, you fall
back onto the simple higher/lower five card walk across the screen - the
winner winning two of three games! - and the final gamble for big points
if the cards go in your favour.
Initially it sounds like a fairly simple program to write but if you
think hard about the game show format, you quickly realise that there
are many rules to consider. Happily, the author appears not to have
neglected any and, after inputing whether you are playing against the
machine or a 'friend', you are presented with a screen asking you "We
asked 100 men/women/married couples in their 20's/30's/40's" followed
by a series of imaginative survey questions. By the millenium, the
show's questions had become much sillier than when this program was
written and the game doesn't present any strange surveys involving
Bruce's sexual magnetism or entertainment value (or lack of them as is
usually implied). Disappointing news for most.
As is the norm, player one can guess any number from 1 to 99 people
who answered in a certain way and player two can guess either <H>igher
or <L>ower. The input of numbers is shown in a way similar to the TV's
desk counter with big digital numbers and (flashing) arrows pointing up
and down. Unlike the TV show, the winning number is not displayed but
the reasoning why not is sound as, with a limited supply of questions,
this lengthens the number of times the same questions can be attempted.
An exception is when the guess is "bang on"! For the next question, it
is player two who guesses first, with player one bidding all the
numbers higher or lower.
The card board is as you would expect with two lines of cards, the
first turned over, and the options <H>igher, <L>ower, <F>reeze and
<C>hange card (if the rules permit). Whoever has won the question - and
it is almost invariably the player with the question's <H>/<L> option -
can try and advance to the last card "by predicting whether each of the
cards is higher or lower than the preceding one. Whoever turns over the
final card wins the game."
The strategy couples usually employ on television is to think in
terms of the number of the cards in the pack higher or lower than the
one they are currently staring at. Hence, on a three, four or five (of
whatever suit), they never go lower and likewise with the cards towards
the top of the pack (the Ace counts as high!), they never go higher. As
we all know though, this does NOT work with computer random numbers and,
when employing the same strategy as game player, the cards become real
b******s - all too often seeming to give out unrealistic shuffles.
Despite this, progress can be made by following the tried and tested
method (it just takes longer!) and it's hard not to hear Bruce reading
out the questions in your head as you read them. There do seem to be a
number of times when the gameplay just doesn't suit the rules though
and, considering Britannia just assume we've all watched the TV show
and just drone on about the game's copyright on all the inlay covers,
it's impossible to check whether the rules were different on the older
TV shows than they are now.
For instance, guessing wrongly usually gives the opposing player a
"free go" on TV. In the game, this is also the case but, for some odd
reason, if it is the very last card that is incorrectly guessed the
freebie is forfeited. There seems to be no logical reason why.
While the rules on changing cards are correct (in that you can only
change the card if you "freeze" the game then answer another question
correctly to get control again OR have won a question and are beginning
at card one for the very first time), when the computer "freezes" then
regains control, its attempt to change the card fails due to a bug in
the program code. This means the real player has a very unfair
advantage and to get around this, it's best to choose a two player game,
choose which player you want to be and then best guess for both players.
Doing this also means you always get to try for big points too!
Probably the best part of the game is this straightforward big points
gamble, which dispenses with questions but simply gives you 200 points
to gamble over seven cards. In the television show the object is to gain
a certain number of points by a certain card but this is not implemented
here, although you can always choose to play it that way if you wish.
You choose to bet anything from 50 points to whatever you're holding
on whether the next card will be higher or lower. Although you're not
gambling with money, it's surprisingly tense - especially when you build
up a fortune in points and decide to risk it all! Your points then
becomes the high score if appropriate.
Although PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT does well, certain improvements to the
change card (and possibly free go forfeit) bugs and a more realistic
routine for getting cards would help its playability. Plus, of course,
it's annoying that there are a limited number of questions. Other titles
in the same league (e.g. BLOCKBUSTERS, BULLSEYE and TREASURE HUNT) all
come with sets of QUESTION FILES which increase lastability by a good
measure. As the game was officially available on disk, these would have
been an even better idea than with most - as loading time would be far
shorter! Another irk is the message "You're score =" which is totally
unacceptable, full stop.
Finally, the only join-in audience shout incorporated is the "Nothing
for a pair - not in this game!" one and, as the many more are all part
of the game's atmosphere, these should probably have been included too.
Still, despite these criticisms, it's good for a few hours' fun.
Dave Edwards, EUG #53
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B| 00000680 79 20 74 68 65 20 6d 69 6c 6c 65 6e 69 75 6d 2c |y the millenium,| 00000690 20 74 68 65 0d 73 68 6f 77 27 73 20 71 75 65 73 | the.show's ques| 000006a0 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 68 61 64 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 |tions had become| 000006b0 20 6d 75 63 68 20 73 69 6c 6c 69 65 72 20 74 68 | much sillier th| 000006c0 61 6e 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 6f |an when this pro| 000006d0 67 72 61 6d 20 77 61 73 0d 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e |gram was.written| 000006e0 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 64 6f | and the game do| 000006f0 65 73 6e 27 74 20 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 20 61 6e |esn't present an| 00000700 79 20 73 74 72 61 6e 67 65 20 73 75 72 76 65 79 |y strange survey| 00000710 73 20 69 6e 76 6f 6c 76 69 6e 67 0d 42 72 75 63 |s involving.Bruc| 00000720 65 27 73 20 73 65 78 75 61 6c 20 6d 61 67 6e 65 |e's sexual magne| 00000730 74 69 73 6d 20 6f 72 20 65 6e 74 65 72 74 61 69 |tism or entertai| 00000740 6e 6d 65 6e 74 20 76 61 6c 75 65 20 28 6f 72 20 |nment value (or | 00000750 6c 61 63 6b 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 6d 20 61 73 20 |lack of them as | 00000760 69 73 0d 75 73 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 69 6d 70 6c 69 |is.usually impli| 00000770 65 64 29 2e 20 44 69 73 61 70 70 6f 69 6e 74 69 |ed). Disappointi| 00000780 6e 67 20 6e 65 77 73 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 6f 73 74 |ng news for most| 00000790 2e 0d 20 20 20 41 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e |.. As is the n| 000007a0 6f 72 6d 2c 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 20 6f 6e 65 20 |orm, player one | 000007b0 63 61 6e 20 67 75 65 73 73 20 61 6e 79 20 6e 75 |can guess any nu| 000007c0 6d 62 65 72 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 31 20 74 6f 20 39 |mber from 1 to 9| 000007d0 39 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 0d 77 68 6f 20 61 6e 73 |9 people.who ans| 000007e0 77 65 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 20 63 65 72 74 61 |wered in a certa| 000007f0 69 6e 20 77 61 79 20 61 6e 64 20 70 6c 61 79 65 |in way and playe| 00000800 72 20 74 77 6f 20 63 61 6e 20 67 75 65 73 73 20 |r two can guess | 00000810 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 3c 48 3e 69 67 68 65 72 0d |either <H>igher.| 00000820 6f 72 20 3c 4c 3e 6f 77 65 72 2e 20 54 68 65 20 |or <L>ower. The | 00000830 69 6e 70 75 74 20 6f 66 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 |input of numbers| 00000840 20 69 73 20 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 69 6e 20 61 20 77 | is shown in a w| 00000850 61 79 20 73 69 6d 69 6c 61 72 20 74 6f 20 74 68 |ay similar to th| 00000860 65 20 54 56 27 73 0d 64 65 73 6b 20 63 6f 75 6e |e TV's.desk coun| 00000870 74 65 72 20 77 69 74 68 20 62 69 67 20 64 69 67 |ter with big dig| 00000880 69 74 61 6c 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 20 61 6e 64 |ital numbers and| 00000890 20 28 66 6c 61 73 68 69 6e 67 29 20 61 72 72 6f | (flashing) arro| 000008a0 77 73 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 75 70 0d 61 |ws pointing up.a| 000008b0 6e 64 20 64 6f 77 6e 2e 20 55 6e 6c 69 6b 65 20 |nd down. 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For the next q| 000009c0 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 69 74 0d 69 73 20 70 |uestion, it.is p| 000009d0 6c 61 79 65 72 20 74 77 6f 20 77 68 6f 20 67 75 |layer two who gu| 000009e0 65 73 73 65 73 20 66 69 72 73 74 2c 20 77 69 74 |esses first, wit| 000009f0 68 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 20 6f 6e 65 20 62 69 64 |h player one bid| 00000a00 64 69 6e 67 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 0d 6e 75 |ding all the .nu| 00000a10 6d 62 65 72 73 20 68 69 67 68 65 72 20 6f 72 20 |mbers higher or | 00000a20 6c 6f 77 65 72 2e 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 63 61 |lower.. 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Whoever ha| 00000ae0 73 20 77 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 |s won the questi| 00000af0 6f 6e 20 2d 20 61 6e 64 0d 69 74 20 69 73 20 61 |on - and.it is a| 00000b00 6c 6d 6f 73 74 20 69 6e 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 79 |lmost invariably| 00000b10 20 74 68 65 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 20 77 69 74 68 | the player with| 00000b20 20 74 68 65 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 27 73 20 | the question's | 00000b30 3c 48 3e 2f 3c 4c 3e 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 2d |<H>/<L> option -| 00000b40 0d 63 61 6e 20 74 72 79 20 61 6e 64 20 61 64 76 |.can try and adv| 00000b50 61 6e 63 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 |ance to the last| 00000b60 20 63 61 72 64 20 22 62 79 20 70 72 65 64 69 63 | card "by predic| 00000b70 74 69 6e 67 20 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 65 61 63 |ting whether eac| 00000b80 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0d 63 61 72 64 73 20 69 |h of the.cards i| 00000b90 73 20 68 69 67 68 65 72 20 6f 72 20 6c 6f 77 65 |s higher or lowe| 00000ba0 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 65 63 65 |r than the prece| 00000bb0 64 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 65 2e 20 57 68 6f 65 76 65 |ding one. 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