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T.PICK-UP BLOCKS

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....            PICK-UP BLOCKS.         
         BY.           ROGER S. MACOMBER
...COMMODORE MICROCOMPUTERS MAGAZINE.NOV
EMBER/DECEMBER 1986...  YOU WOULDN'T NOR
MALLY THINK THAT A.LOGIC PUZZLE CONSISTI
NG SOLELY OF 15.BLOCKS WOULD BE VERY CHA
LLENGING.  BUT.WE'RE WILLING TO BET THAT
 PICK-UP.BLOCKS WILL CHANGE YOUR MIND IN
 A.HURRY...  IN PICK-UP BLOCKS, THE PROG
RAM.DISPLAYS ONE ROW OF THREE BLOCKS, ON
E.OF FIVE BLOCKS, AND ONE OF SEVEN.  YOU
.AND THE COMPUTER TAKE TURNS TAKING.BLOC
KS FROM A GIVEN ROW.  YOU MAY TAKE.AS MA
NY BLOCKS FROM A ROW AS YOU WISH,.BUT YO
U MUST TAKE AT LEAST ONE BLOCK.EVERY MOV
E.  (SIMPLE KEY PRESSES.CHOOSE THE ROW A
ND THE NUMBER OF.BLOCKS TO BE TAKEN.).. 
 THE OBJECT OF THE GAME?  YOU TRY TO.ARR
ANGE YOUR MOVES SO THAT THE.COMPUTER MUS
T TAKE THE LAST BLOCK.  IF.THE COMPUTER 
MAKES YOU PICK UP THE.LAST BLOCK, YOU LO
SE...  SOUNDS SIMPLE, DOESN'T IT?  WHY N
OT.SEE FOR YOURSELF?  IF YOU HAVE A.TAST
E FOR SIMPLE, ELEGANT, AND.CHALLENGING T
ESTS OF LOGIC, WE THINK.YOU'LL BE PLEASA
NTLY SURPRISED....DISK FILES THIS PROGRA
M USES..PICK-UP BLOCKS.T.PICK-UP BLOCKS.
.        **** END OF TEXT ****.
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