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Filename: R/+BRAINT
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File size: 0B44 bytes
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Exec address: 52422B2E
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File contents
           Product:     BRAINTEASERS FOR THE BBC AND ELECTRON
         Supplier:     EUG, 42 Canterbury Road, REDCAR TS10 3QF
             Available on 3.5"/5.25" Disk (ADFS, CDFS, DFS)
                    Reviewed by John Crane in EUG 56
 
I READ about MATHILDE'S POSTCARDS FROM TEESSIDE in EUG #54 and decided
it would be interesting to see our Ed's amateur film efforts, which I
must say were quite entertaining in a zany sort of way.
   Anyway, I also received a freebie disk of all the BRAINTEASERS doing
the rounds in EUG at the moment, and thought I'd do a bit of a review.
   Bang in the disk, <SHIFT><BREAK> and you're presented with a screen
attributing original copyright to one Genevieve Ludinski and the fact
that these have been improved by our glorious leader. You just have
sufficient time to read this and then you are presented with a menu of
28 games/puzzles. At first I wasn't sure how to navigate this but was
soon able to deduce that <:> took you up and </> took you down.
   I've probably mentioned before that most of my "Elk"ing is done
through emulation on my ACORN Risc computer these days, and this can
sometimes run things a bit fast. I have a fix that slows things down a
bit, but even with that I often find up and down scrolling a bit 'jumpy'
so, speaking personally, I would have preferred a number or letter 
allocation for each menu item. Or even being able to select an item just
by pressing the first letter of its title. This would also enable a
random selection, obviously.
   However, these programs are all in basic, so any time delays, etc, 
can be adjusted for those who like to fiddle.
   There seemed to be something for puzzlers of all persuasions; a word
search, some spot the difference types (but with a time limit to give it
a nice edge), some mathematical stuff (some of which was a bit beyond me
I must admit: Histogram rectangles, what's that all about?) and also one
or two puzzles with a musical theme, which personally I really enjoyed.
   My two particular favourites were Close Encounters and Don't Paint
The Cat. With Close Encounters, you are given a short burst of a tune 
and the number keys 1 to 8 are your notes. You then have to press these
in the right order to play the sound you've just heard and, by so doing,
you can progressively lower a spaceship until it lands. For something
relatively straight forward, I actually found it incredibly difficult!
   With Don't Paint The Cat, someone is painting a fence and if you 
don't solve the musical puzzle quick enough, the cat (sitting at the end
of it) gets painted as well. Great fun.
   All in all then, a nice 107ks worth of PD BRAINTEASING fun!
                                                              John Crane
                 6 Wolfe Close, Walton, Chesterfield, DERBYSHIRE S40 2DF
                                                                 EUG #56

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00000a70  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |                |
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00000aa0  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4a  6f 68 6e 20 43 72 61 6e  |       John Cran|
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00000af0  52 45 20 53 34 30 20 32  44 46 0d 20 20 20 20 20  |RE S40 2DF.     |
00000b00  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |                |
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00000b30  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20 20 20 20 45 55 47 20  |            EUG |
00000b40  23 35 36 0d                                       |#56.|
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