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From: ram@tellabs.com (Bob Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: syzygy, minehunt high scores
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Date: 5 Dec 90 00:30:46 GMT
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In article <27584474:1259.1comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP> akcs.azz710@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Jeffrey R. Broido) writes:
>Bob, I never played Syszygy, but I was able to do minehunt with 45
>mines, one short of yours.  Did you cheat by saving your position and
>then making a copy of MHpar so you could test a move and restore it?  I

No, I just play straight (non-backed up) games.  The games usually go quick
enough (5-10 minutes) that I don't mind losing a game.  Another good one is
bound to come along soon.

>won't say whether I did.  Did you ever play David Liu's RoboRun?  When I
>started, I couldn't score over 100, but lately (with a lot of playing and
>much luck) I got to level 8 and scores over 100,000 (specifically 109600
>and 100700).  Jeff

I never heard of this game.  Could you mail me a copy?  Of course, if I haven't
ever heard of it, most others on the net probably haven't either, so why
not just post it?
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