MasterType

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MasterType
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Developer Lightning Software
Publishers Lightning Software [1]
Brøderbund Software [2]
Director Bruce Zweig
Platforms Apple II, Atari 8-bit, IBM PC, VIC-20
Release1981
Genre Typing game
Mode Single player

MasterType is a 1981 typing video game created by Bruce Zweig and released for the Apple II, [3] before being ported to Atari 8-bit computers, [1] IBM PC, [4] and Commodore VIC-20. [2]

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Gameplay

In the game, the player has a ship positioned in the center of the screen. Letters, words, numbers, or symbols appear on the four corners of the screen, which the player must type on the keyboard. These words are accompanied by a missile, satellite, or fireball that moves toward the ship and can be destroyed by typing the associated word. A new word and a new object then appear on the corresponding corner of the screen. The player's ship is protected by four shields, corresponding to each of the four corners, which can each withstand the damage of one object. If the ship is hit by a second projectile from the same corner, it is destroyed and the game ends. [1] [5] [6]

Reception

Steve Stone of Ahoy! says, "If you have a disk or datasette device, this game is great fun and very useful. If you don't have either device, the game will only take you so far." [2] Eric Freedman of PC Magazine rated MasterType with 12.5 points, saying, "MasterType is fun to play, regardless of whether or not you want to improve your typing skills." [4] Games Magazine called MasterType "a playful way to learn touch typing". [7] Robert DeWitt of Antic says teachers and educators will, "no doubt, find [MasterType] a Godsend." [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bob Proctor (January–February 1983). "The Learning Game". Computer Gaming World . Vol. 3, no. 1. pp. 31–32. ISSN   0744-6667.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Steve Stone (March 1984). "Master Type". Ahoy! . No. 3. p. 57.
  3. ↑ Margot Comstock Tommervik (April 1981). "Mastertype". Softalk . Vol. 1, no. 8. p. 37. ISSN   0274-9629.
  4. 1 2 Eric Freedman (6 March 1984). "Game Menus: A Fix For Word Junkies". PC Magazine . Vol. 3, no. 4. pp. 246–248. ISSN   0888-8507.
  5. 1 2 Robert DeWitt (December 1982). "MasterType". Antic . Vol. 1, no. 5. p. 82. ISSN   0113-1141.
  6. ↑ Philip Casella (6 July 1981). "Master Typing Skills with Mastertype". InfoWorld . pp. 22–23. ISSN   0199-6649.
  7. ↑ "Master Type". Games Magazine . No. 46. December 1983. p. 62.
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