Tag: Wordle Clone

The results for the 2022 “Beauty and the Beast” programming contest for the TRS-80 has been announced

January 1, 2023 3 Comments on The results for the 2022 “Beauty and the Beast” programming contest for the TRS-80 has been announced
Posted in Game Development Contests, Retro News, TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo), ViTNO News

(Article partially reproduced from trs8bit newsletter) This year’s competition centred on the popular Wordle 5-letter word guessing game. There were two ways to enter: write a version of Wordle for your favourite TRS-80 (the “Beauty” section) or show us how well the Wordle dictionary and answer list can be compressed (“Beast” section). Before getting into the winners, I’d like to…

WÖRD, a Wordle version for the MSX, is the second entry for the MSXDev’22

March 7, 2022 0 Comments on WÖRD, a Wordle version for the MSX, is the second entry for the MSXDev’22
Posted in MSX, Programming, Retro Gaming, Retro News

Another game entered the MSXDev’22 competition. This time is a simple, but well-made WORDLE clone. I imagine the rules are well-known: you have five changes to guess the right 5-letter word. If you guessed the right letter but it is in the wrong position, it will be highlighted in yellow. If the letter and placement is correct, it will show…