- Stars (game)
"Number" is an early 1970s text-based computer game for
BASIC designed byPeople's Computer Company in which one must guess a number from one to 100, which the computer is "thinking of." The game is similar to the "colder-warmer" game, but uses one to seven stars to tell you how close the guess is. The game appeared on pages 6 and 7 of the book "What to Do After You Hit Return or P.C.C.'s First Book of Computer Games ".A Sample Run of the Game
"User input has been bolded.""Computer output is in normal text."
"Welcome to my galaxy. I'm in charge of the stars here.Play my game *Stars* and get some stars for yourself!
Want to know how to play?yes
I will think of a whole number from 1 to 100.Try to guess my number. After you guess, Iwill type one or more stars (*). The closeryou are to my number, the more stars will I type.One star (*) means you are far away from mynumber. Seven stars (*******) means you are very,very, very close to my number!"
OK, Starseeker, I am thinking of a number. Start guessing.
What is your guess?10
* What is your guess?50
* * * What is your guess?60
* * * What is your guess?90
* * * * What is your guess?95
* * * What is your guess?80
* * * * * * What is your guess?81
* * * * * What is your guess?78
* * * * * * * What is your guess?76
* * * * * * * What is your guess?77
* * * * * * * What is your guess?78
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **!!! That's it! You guessed my cosmic number in 10 guesses.Want to play again?no
Trivia
It is possible to win this game every time in 6 guesses.
A bell appeared before each line of stars.
Star Key:
* 64 away=*
* 32 away=**
* 16 away=***
* 8 away=****
* 4 away=*****
* 2 away=******
* 1 away=*******
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