Button (game)

Button (game)

"Button" is an early 1970s text-based computer game for BASIC designed by People's Computer Company based on the popular children's game "Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?." The game appeared on page 13 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."

Button, button, who's got the button?

Seven friends are sitting in a circleand you're in the center

1 7 2 YOU'RE 6 IT 3 5 4

Someone has the button and you have to guess who

He can pass the button (If he wants to)

But only to someone he's sitting next to

If you want to stop, type 0 (zero)

Good luck !!!

Who do you guess has it?1

1 : `Who, Me?'

Whoever has it, keeps it

Who do you guess has it?2

2 : `Who, Me?"

Whoever has it, keeps it

Who do you guess has it?3

3 : `Who, me?'

Whoever has it, keeps it

Who do you guess has it?4

4 : `Who, me?'

Whoever has it, keeps it

Who do you guess has it?5

5 : `My neighbor has it'

... But whoever has it, passes it

Who do you guess has it?6

6 : `My neighbor has it'

... But whoever has it, passes it

Who do you guess has it?7

7 : `My neighbor has it'

... But whoever has it, passes it

Who do you guess has it?5

5 : `Right you are - Lucky !!!'


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