Home Computing Weekly


Ringo
By Elephant
Spectrum 48K

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #24

No, this has nothing to do with The Beatles, although the game can be just as frustrating as some of their songs. If you think that the world holds no challenge for you since you solved Rubik's Cube, may I suggest Ringo?

Two intersecting rings are presented on the scren. Within these rings are a number of coloured beads. The idea is to sort these beads into colour groups by rotating the rings. Not as easy as it sounds.

This is an excellent and novel idea, but the limitations of the program spoil it somewhat. When a ring is rotated, there is rather a long pause while the computer re-sorts the beads, and this detracts from the playability of the game.

However, this game is sufficiently well-devised to remain addictive, even if it is slow. I have still to solve the puzzle, and unfortunately, the Spectrum can't help me due to the lack of the 'solve' facility you might expect to find in a game of this type.

Nevertheless, I'll keep trying...

T.B.

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