Categories: Review: SoftwareAuthor: B.J.Publisher: BytewareMachine: 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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