Atari CX-2600 manual Hangman 1 or 2 Players, Guess Correctly To Avoid the Hangman’s Noose

HANGMAN (1 OR 2 PLAYERS)

H_NGM_N. You have just one guess left. And two blank spaces. Could it be the same letter? Could it be “A”? Guess right and win. Guess wrong, and it’s curtains for you. Nine game variations make it challenging for all. In Games 1 through 8 the computer chooses the words. In Game 9 you and a human opponent choose words for each other. Pick a hard one to hang him up!

Guess Correctly To Avoid the Hangman’s Noose

Don't let this game make a monkey out of you when you test your word skill. The action begins after you press the Reset switch on the console. Line spaces appear at the bottom of the screen. One space equals one letter of the Hangman Word. If there are six spaces, for example, the Hangman Word could be

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Your object? To complete the Hangman Word within eleven incorrect letter guesses. Games 1, 2, 3 and 4 are one-player games in which one player competes against himself and the computer. During two- player games of Game 5, 6, 7 and 8, two players compete to guess the Hangman Word first within eleven incorrect guesses. In Game 9, one player composes the Hangman Word for the opponent to guess.

The difficulty of the Hangman Word is determined by the game number:

Games 1 and 5

First through third grade vocabulary.

Games 2 and 6

First through sixth grade vocabulary.

Games 3 and 7

First through ninth grade vocabulary.

Games 4 and 8

First through high school vocabulary.

Use your Joystick to select the alphabet letters that appear on the right of the screen. (See Controller Action) Enter the letter into the computer with the red Controller button.

•If the letter you select is in the Hangman Word, it appears in the appropriate blank or blanks.

•If the letter you select is not in the Hangman Word, a part of the Monkey appears in the upper left corner of the screen and that letter is deleted from the alphabet cycle.

If you haven't completed the Hangman Word after eleven wrong selections, the Hangman Word automatically appears in the spaces and the Monkey is completed in the upper left corner.

In one-player games, the number of games you win appears in the upper left corner; the number of games you lose appears in the upper right corner.

In two-player games, a player scores one point for completing the Hangman Word. The first player to score five points in the winner.

The left Controller player's score appears in the upper left corner; the right Controller player's score is in the upper right corner.

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