Home Computing Weekly


Eduquiz

Categories: Review: Software
Publisher: Gem
Machine: Dragon 32

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #7

Presented in the style of the TV programme Winner Takes All, this program contains three quizzes, Geography, Inventors and Inventions, and Kings and Queens.

You are presented with the question and a choice of answers, each of which is given at odds value. Type in the number of your guess and how much you wish to bet, the correct answer is given and the money is adjusted appropriately.

I do not usually like quiz programs, but because of the presentation and the clever way in which questions are asked by juggling the phrases, I found this game quite addictive. You learn by your mistakes. There are a lot of combinations of facts and it would take a long time before all the possibilities were exhausted.

Text only, but with an excellent title page and good instructions presented on screen. Eduquiz 1 is easy to use, fun and educational. Written in Basic, it loaded first time and seems adequately idiot-proofed.

If this program had included a "high score hall of fame" feature it would have been perfect - and how did they get it to print black text on *orange*?