Hi! Long time member, but first post here. You might recognize the Verdana font often used on Yahoo! Group Bally Alley, where I'm known as "fangs301@..." - real name at the bottom.
Saw in Marketplace where someone is selling new copies of Kenn Lill's Ulti-Multi Astrocade Multicart - with My "LIFE" & 8 Beatles songs (note: all Arranged by George Moses) on it. Also included was my Prototype "PSEUDOKU 2008" featuring screen-shots attached in-line -
Where the Red cursor is can ONLY go a '3' so ...
Solved! Notice the fixed numbers are wider, placed numbers narrower.
Missing is the Instruction Sheet, as seen here :
; pSeUDOKU for the BALLY/Astrocade (C) 2008 by Richard C Degler
;
; To use: Use clue squares to determine which number to place.
; Position red CURSOR on un-numbered square, pull trigger, then
; turn knob (1) to desired number or blank, and release trigger.
; Also enter the number directly from the keypad (1-9) and/or
; over-ride clue squares with the numeric keypad as follows:
;
; '1' '2' '3' 'x' <-- toggle clues using BPA keypad
; '4' '5' '6' 'x'
; '7' '8' '9' 'x' <-- 'x' is dead key for now [or test]
;
; '1' '2' '3' 'x' <-- set numbers using BPA keypad
; '4' '5' '6' 'x'
; '7' '8' '9' '0' <-- "=" (EQUALS) key clears cell
;
; Incorrect guesses WILL be allowed, but they will prevent you
; from solving the SuDoKu. Note that any changes you made to
; the clues will be obliterated if you change a placed number.
;
; Click on "NEW" for a new (well, a different) puzzle, and on
; "UNDO" if BLACK to restore to the original un-populated state
; or when RED to position cursor on the first incorrect entry.
; To get a "HINT" turn the Knob to select the number to isolate
; and hold the trigger in to show where missing digits might go.
;
Nothing there about strategy - play it just like any other Sudoku puzzle.
There were to be more than 2 to solve and each can be permutated so even repeats would not be recognized - but having the clues there took away the challenge … you might as well write a spreadsheet to solve it for you.
PS Hi, Mario - who turned me on to this site almost 12 years ago!!
Richard Degler