Description: Anthony Bufort is developing a version of the popular word game Scrabble for Atari 8-bit computers. This will be a full-featured version of Scrabble, including a (limited) dictionary and will be comparable to versions of Scrabble found on the PC. Anthony hopes to make available an option to interface to a PC for those who have an SIO2PC cable. This would allow the dictionary to be extended to the one found on the PC version. One and two player games will be supported, with a computer opponent wielding varying degrees of AI. Anthony's writing Scrabble using Basic/ML and plans to compile the final version using Datasoft's Atari Basic Compiler.
This initial screenshot shows early progress of the game. The finished interface will be further streamlined and the game will feature additional high-res (Graphics Mode 8) graphics, such as a bag-shuffling animation. Anthony plans on making Scrabble available for free once it is completed, and hopes to make cartridges available for a fairly low cost. The game is around 30% complete now, and plans are to finish it by the of the year. |