Yahtzee

Moby ID: 120799

Released

1979 on Exidy Sorcerer

Credits

2 people

Publishers

Dick Smith Electronics Pty Ltd

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 1 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Visual: Isometric
Gameplay: Board game
Interface: Text parser

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Cassette Tape

See Also

Yahtzee (1973 on Mainframe)
Yahtzee (1974 on Terminal)
Yahtzee (1975 on Wang 2200)
Yahtzee (1977 on TI Programmable Calculator)
Yahtzee (1978 on Mainframe)
Yahtzee (1978 on Apple II)
Yahtzee (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Yahtzee (1979 on TI-99/4A)
Yahtzee (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Yahtzee (1979 on TRS-80)
Yahtzee (1980 on TRS-80)
Yahtzee (1983 on BBC Micro)
Yahtzee (1983 on DOS)
Yahtzee (1987 on TRS-80 CoCo)
Yahtzee (2002 on BREW, J2ME)
Yahtzee (2007 on Windows)
Yahtzee (2009 on Xbox 360)

Description

Yahtzee is an adaptation of the dice game. The game starts with the computer rolling five dice and the player can then choose to reroll any number of dice too times. Thereafter the player has to choose one of thirteen categories to score against. Bonus points are given for full houses, straights and yahtzee. The game goes on for thirteen rounds and the aim is to get as high score as possible. The player uses the keyboard to play the game, by entering numbers to first select the dice to reroll and then to pick a category.