★ AMSTRAD CPC ★ GAMESLIST ★ THE TIMES COMPUTER CROSSWORD VOLUME 4 (c) AKOM LIMITED ★ |
Times Crossword - Volume 4 It is, however, when you get to the Times disc that these computer crosswords actually begin to come into their own. Unlike the first disc of Sun puzzles that we looked at. there definitely exists a breed of crossword buffs who would, quite happily, sit down at their PCW of an evening and practice doing a Times crossword against the clock. There is a real feeling of achievement to be gained in completing each puzzle; an even greater feeling of accomplishment settles over you, however. whenever you succeed in securing a good score or an 'expert' rating. And, of course, because of the numerous advantages which computer technology inevitably brings your way, you now stand a far greater chance of being able to reach that expert rating even if you have never been able to complete a Times crossword in your life. This is largely due to one particular feature of the program called 'marking'. It allows you to make some attempt at an answer. The computer will enter any correct letters to get in the right place. This is a particularly effective way to cheat. If you are not too worried about your speed, you could conceivably sit for hours trying every combination of the letters in an anagram (or whatever) until you chance on the right word. It also means that if an answer is made up of two or more words, you can enter the parts that you do know, making the solution of the crossing clues that much easier. I've started so I'll finish This does mean that, for once in your life, you can be absolutely sure that every answer is correct - a feeling you very seldom get when attempting the old newspaper version. The other really welcome factor is After all. it is many thousands times better to instantly get the answer to a clue that has slumped you for 20 min- The price you pay There are a couple of small penalties which you must pay for this, however. For instance, you can only ever see one clue at a time. As crossword buffs often depend on the ability to inter-relate clues that cross each other, this can be quite a frustrating feature until you get used to it. Similarly, for those of you who really take the speed trials seriously, you will never, with your PCW, achieve the speeds that you can attain using a good old-fashioned pen and paper. At top speed you could get quite frustrated with the amount of time it takes to get to the point where you can actually enter your answer. And, finally, the PCW is not packed with interesting and informative up-to-date news stories from all over the world and is not at all suitable for wrapping up chips. But there are few better ways to learn how to tackle the Times crossword or to improve your speed.
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Page créée en 189 millisecondes et consultée 94 fois L'Amstrad CPC est une machine 8 bits à base d'un Z80 à 4MHz. Le premier de la gamme fut le CPC 464 en 1984, équipé d'un lecteur de cassettes intégré il se plaçait en concurrent du Commodore C64 beaucoup plus compliqué à utiliser et plus cher. Ce fut un réel succès et sorti cette même années le CPC 664 équipé d'un lecteur de disquettes trois pouces intégré. Sa vie fut de courte durée puisqu'en 1985 il fut remplacé par le CPC 6128 qui était plus compact, plus soigné et surtout qui avait 128Ko de RAM au lieu de 64Ko. |