Title: Crunchers--21 Simple
Games for the
Timex/Sinclair 1000 2K
By: Yin Chiu and Henry Mullish
From: McGraw-Hill Book Company
Princetown Road
Hightstown, NJ 08520
609/426-5254
Price: $8.95 (softcover, 137 pp.)
Yin Chiu and Henry Mullish are computer professionals and polished writers. Their expertise produced an imaginative and useful book. New Timex Sinclair owners will find the games fun and original and also acquire programming skills while working through Crunchers.
Each game occupies its own chapter. This convention allows: an introduction to the game, the program listing, keyboarding notes, points of interest (programming techniques), and possible adaptations (improvement hints).
Crunchers includes games in every imaginable category. You get card and dice games, skills testing games, invading aliens, spelling and math games, shooting galleries and board games.
I am particularly impressed by the book’s appearance. It is well designed and illustrated. Program listings are done in easy-to-read print, and keyword entries are done in boldface type. Keyboard hints list required graphics characters.
Crunchers is an excellent book for Timex Sinclair beginners. It provides hours of fun and valuable instruction. It is well written and programmed. The authors sum it up best with, “none of the programs requires more than the 2K of random access memory (RAM) that is built into the computer. Despite the restriction imposed by the size of available memory, you will be surprised at the wide range of games that are possible.”