Factor Game

Moby ID: 134259

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Released

June 1978 on TRS-80

Credits

3 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

1978 (TRS-80)
1978 (Mainframe)

Publishers

Benwill Publishing Corp.

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Text-based / Spreadsheet
Pacing: Turn-based
Interface: Text parser

TRS-80 Specs

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: Type-in
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Players Supported: 1 Player

Description

Factor Game is a mathematical game in which the player must factor integers. An array of numbers is given and the player plays against the computer for getting the highest score. Each take turns picking a number from the array, after which the opposing player receives any factors of the number which are still in the array. This continues until all numbers are claimed and whoever has the highest sum wins the game.

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Taxman games

Credits (Mainframe version)

Game first described in November 1973 issue of The Arithmetic Teacher by	J. B. Harkin D. S. Martin
Written by	Herbert L. Dershem

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Game added by vedder.

Game added September 4, 2019. Last modified February 22, 2023.