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From: bos@psych.stanford.edu (Edwin Bos)
Subject: Numerarium: shareware game
Numerarium is a challenging number game that involves Roman numerals.
It is a fun game for anybody interested in math puzzles. The target age
group is age 10 and up. Grad students of mathematics will enjoy this
also.
Students who have to learn the Roman numeral system are provided with a
motivation to really wanting to know what LII, CXC, DLXXXIX etc. stand
for. People who think they know the Roman numeral system will probably
found out they are not so fluent as they thought they were.
An all-time high score is kept, and represented, of course, in Roman
numerals.
The game works as follows:
- you are given 6 numbers
- you are given 1 target number
Your task is to combine the 6 numbers, using addition, multiplication,
subtraction and division, and get to the target number. You don't have
to use all 6, but each number you can only use once.
For example, try to make 431 with the numbers 8 10 25 2 75 6.
Now imagine all numbers are represented in Roman numerals...
The game has two complexity levels and generates thousands and thousands
of problems.
The puzzles can be solved at your own pace or you can race against the
clock. You can also earn extra bonus points if you opt to compete
against the machine and beat it.
After you have solved a puzzle you can check how the computer would have
solved it, and delight in its ingenuity, or sometimes, in your own
ingenuity and its stupidity.
Title: NUMERARIUM
Version 1.1
MacOS System 7 (PowerMac not required)
Description: challenging number game with Roman numerals
Categories: Games, Educational
Author: Edwin Bos, SOS Nijmegen
Address: Weybroekweg 36, 6546 VB Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Email: bos@fidalgo.stanford.edu
Shareware: $ 5