Videocart-8: Magic Numbers

This preprogrammed cartridge plugs into the console of the Fairchild Video Entertainment System for more TV fun. Take our magic numbers, your own secret strategy... And you just might trick the computer! Can you "digit"?

Mindreader (1 Player):

Think you've got our number? "H" or "T" tell you whether you've guessed the right digit in the right place or the wrong place. Race the clock or play for points.

Nim (1 Player):

Trap the computer in a binary bind, and you win every time! You and the computer take turns removing one or more units from each square. Last move wins.

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Back of the Box - Channel F (US)

Get set and go with these two thought provoking one-player games.

1. Mind Reader

Can you read the computer's mind? Use logic to guess the random number the computer is thinking of and you become a Mind Reader. The computer will give you clues, but if you don't use logic, some of the clues might throw you off the track!

2. Nim

Catch the computer in a binary bind, and you win every time! Nim is the oldest two-person mathematical game known to man. Nim is believed to be Chinese in origin. The basis of the game is simple. There are several piles of objects. Each pile contains from 1 to 15 objects. Each player takes turn taking any number of objects out of any pile. You have to take at least one object, and you can take objects out of only one pile. The player who takes the last object off the table wins.

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Game manual - Channel F (US)

Magic Numbers - Guess the right digits in the right or wrong place. Race the clock or play for points.

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Fairchild Spring 1978 catalog

NIM - Use your brain and get the computer in a binary find.

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Fairchild Summer 1978 catalog

Magic Numbers - Guess the right digits in the right or wrong place. Race the clock or play for points. 35 game variations.

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Fairchild Fall 1978 catalog