ARGO (Rugg, Feldman)

Title – ARGO
System – Commodore 64
Author – Tom Rugg, Phil Feldman, and Western Systems Group
Publication – More Than 32 BASIC Programs for the Commodore 64 Computer (1983)
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Preserved by – bdjeffyp
Recommended Emulator – VICE

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Loading the Game –

1. Open the Commodore 64 VICE emulator (x64sc.exe)
2. Drag the Argo [Fixed] (Tom Rugg, Phil Feldman, and Western Systems Group).prg file onto the emulator window
3. The game will load and the title screen appears

Game Instructions:

1. On the title screen, press any key to start the game.
2.  After 13 letters are randomly chosen and displayed on the screen, enter 3 to 7 letter words.
3. If you mistype a letter, use the left arrow key to go back.
   1. The last letter doesn’t disappear but it will be overwritten when a new letter is pressed.
   2. Press the left arrow multiple times to clear the whole word and start over.
4. When you have typed a word, press the Enter key.
   1. If you used a letter not in the chosen set, “ILLEGAL” appears and a time penalty is suffered.
   2. If you already used a word, “DUPLICATE” appears and a time penalty is suffered.
   3. If you have six words of the same length, another word of that length will display “TOO MANY”.
   4. If it is a new word with valid letters, it appears below the letters.
   5. Note that the game doesn’t track if a word is an actual word or not.
5. Repeat until 5000 ticks of the timer has elapsed.
6. Once time is up, your score is presented.