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| − | '''Countdown''' was a computer game developed in 1984 and released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and BBC B platforms in 1986 by the company Macsen, a British software developer. It was seen as a competent game, though its dictionary was limited (contestants often had to verify their own words) and rounds could be chosen that were all consonants or all vowels- though to be fair, the 'minimum/maximum number of consonants' rules had yet to be intituted on the show. Your Sinclair magazine reviewed in in July 1986 and gave it 8/10 [1 http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/countdown.htm]. | + | '''Countdown''' was a computer game developed in 1984 and released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and BBC B platforms in 1986 by the company Macsen, a British software developer. It was seen as a competent game, though its dictionary was limited (contestants often had to verify their own words) and rounds could be chosen that were all consonants or all vowels- though to be fair, the 'minimum/maximum number of consonants' rules had yet to be intituted on the show. Your Sinclair magazine reviewed in in July 1986 and gave it 8/10 [[1 http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/countdown.htm]]. |
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Revision as of 20:27, 29 August 2007
Countdown was a computer game developed in 1984 and released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and BBC B platforms in 1986 by the company Macsen, a British software developer. It was seen as a competent game, though its dictionary was limited (contestants often had to verify their own words) and rounds could be chosen that were all consonants or all vowels- though to be fair, the 'minimum/maximum number of consonants' rules had yet to be intituted on the show. Your Sinclair magazine reviewed in in July 1986 and gave it 8/10 1 http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/countdown.htm.
