ATRIX is one of those rare but

M excellent routines in which the

Computer answers back. It is g

game of strategy reguiring you to move

a flashing cursor across a matrix of

.« numbers, collecting the highest avail-
able values by hitting the 0 key.

The restrictions are that you can
move only horizontally and that you
Must avoid giving the Computer, which
moves vertically, any access to the high
numbers. The winner is the player with
the highest score when more moves are
impossibie. Instructions and prompts
are contained within the game and a
Tunning score is kept.

The computer plays very well, obvi-
ously in its element with the reguisite
ntmber-crunching, and in our tests it
managed to win more often than not.

An interesting and original listing
from T J Marrow of Wirral, Mersey-
side. ;

In our listing, lower-case leiters signi-
fy inverse video except when inside
brackets, when they are graphic instruc-
tions. (16K ZX-81)

1 PRIHT AT 16,16;
TRIM" '
P PRIHT AT 1?,6,"gy JEMES. MAR
ROKIH
€ PRIHT giT 20,4; "DO VOJ HAKNT
INSTRUCTIONSTY.
9 IHFUT Jg
18 IF LJšič ] že"yo THEH ZOTO ZGGg
11 ČiLS
12 PRIHT IT 16.5;"KO pm I FLA
ING MITH?"
.13 PRINT AT 13,75" IMPUT YOJR
MFME 5" z
14 IHPUT bi
15 69
16 IF LEM Nic THEH COTO 19
17 PRIMT AT 13,35 "YOUR KRME IS
TOO LONG,"
18 GOTO 14
19 PRINT ST 10,2; "EXCIJSE ME kIH
ILE I SET UP", Tag 6; "THE BOARD,
V3NS
20 REM sshuffle board Pisces
Ži LET LPag

MC imivep

se MEH

160 THE BEST OF SINGLAIR PROGRAMS Spring/Summer 1984