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#276475 - 27/02/2006 03:52 Another timewaster
TigerJimmy
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Registered: 15/02/2002
Posts: 1049
Rally Trophy is a very cool and addictive little game.

Make the track in the attached screenshot and try to beat 63 seconds! The old Volvo 122 is faster because you can slide it.

Jim


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#276476 - 28/02/2006 02:14 Re: Another timewaster [Re: TigerJimmy]
lectric
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Registered: 20/01/2002
Posts: 2085
Loc: New Orleans, LA
I'm currently addicted to Sudoku.

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#276477 - 28/02/2006 05:56 Re: Another timewaster [Re: TigerJimmy]
Happy Birthday Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
79.50 and enough time wasted.
The mini slides just as well, but I'm not a slot car guy.

Thanks, though-
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#276478 - 28/02/2006 07:21 Re: Another timewaster [Re: TigerJimmy]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Hmm - need this to be networked...

is fun though
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#276479 - 02/03/2006 00:04 Re: Another timewaster [Re: lectric]
TigerJimmy
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Registered: 15/02/2002
Posts: 1049
Hmmmm. These are FUN.

I'm pretty slow. I don't know what I'm doing so differently so that it takes me twice as long to solve these puzzles. Is there some kind of idiosyncrasy about these puzzles that means a specific initial strategy is usually best? Or, am I just stupd?

Jim

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#276480 - 02/03/2006 01:59 Re: Another timewaster [Re: TigerJimmy]
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I like the smarmy commentator on that racing game.

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#276481 - 02/03/2006 12:53 Re: Another timewaster [Re: TigerJimmy]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Sudoku should be very straightforward - taking a very holistic approach, the first target cells should be those with the most neighbours (neighbours being filled cells in the same row, column or 3x3 square)

A first pass will get you many completed cells on an easy Sudoku, and possibly one or two on a hard one.

Another thing to remember is pairing - if in a single row, column ro 3x3 square you have two cells with the same two possibilities (or 3 with 3) then those possibilities are ruled out for the rest of the row, column or square.

You'll find after a wee while you'll get bored though as Sudoku ends up just solving itself.

Go for Kakuro or the Times' 'Killer', they appear to have a longer lifespan before becoming totally automatic.
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