Home Computing Weekly


Yahtzee

Categories: Review: Software
Author: B.J.
Publisher: Byteware
Machine: BBC Model B

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #34

I can recommend Yahtzee - that is, the game itself, and you don't need a computer to enjoy it.

However, if you want an electronic scorekeeper or have problems finding an opponent, then this program is the answer.

It's a dice game, a distant relation of poker disc I suppose. You get five dice and two chances to reroll some or all of them.

There are 13 categories under which you end result can score, such as four of a kind, four of five in sequence, or all five the same - a yahtzee!

Each category can only be chosen once, and after 13 rounds the player with the highest score wins.

There's a lot of luck involved, but poker players would be quick to tell you that such gambling needs much skill in judging the odds as well.

The overall presentation isn't special - the dice don't look like dice for a start.

You get instructions on screen, but none on the cassette insert - or at least not on my review copy - which I think is poor attention to detail.

B.J.

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