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BrainStrain   1996
User rating: No rating Win16 Shareware (partial game) Puzzle
Developed by Robert E. Paehr
Published by Soleau Software
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BrainStrain describes itself as a cross between Hangman and Mastermind. You type in a word and the game tells you how many of the letters you entered are in the solution, and how many of them are in the correct place. Since you aren't required to guess actual words, you solve the puzzle the same way as in Mastermind, so the game is basically Mastermind using letters instead of colors, except that the solution must always be a word from the English language. In that regard, once you know what letters are in the solution, you should have a good idea of what the answer is. You can select a word from three to seven letters in length, and three levels of word difficulty and complexity. There are 4500 words in this game, with only 165 playable in the shareware version.

Downloads

Complete version history:

BrainStrain v2.1 Shareware (514k) 1 September 1996
BrainStrain v2.02 Shareware (540k) 1 April 1996
BrainStrain v2.0 Shareware (541k) 21 January 1996

Availability

Soleau Software still sells the registered version of this game for $18 by download.

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