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Released April 2006 (1.20 MB)
Spoonbill Classic Sudoku is for Sudoku addicts from novice to expert. Solve a puzzle exactly as you would on paper or get a little help in a sticky situation. Spoonbill Classic Sudoku lets you choose how much help you require, none, a little or a lot. The Sudoku grid of rows and columns is also divided into 3 x 3 boxes. The aim of the game is to fill each row, column and 3 x 3 box with numbers 1 to 9. You cannot repeat a number within a row, column or 3 x 3 box and you can't change the numbers already in the cells. No mathematical skill is required. Nothing has to add up to anything else. All you need is a little cool-headed logic to figure the solution. With Spoonbill Classic Sudoku you can:
Version 2.0
If you're into Sudoku (also called Number Place in the USA) then Spoonbill Classic Sudoku is for you. Even if you've never heard of Sudoku before, once you've tried it, you're guaranteed to get hooked. And once you've used the program to solve your puzzles, you'll never want to go back to pencil and paper again. And you can throw away that old eraser!
Released January 2006 (680 KB)
The Broken Chessboard Problem was first posed by the famous English puzzlist, H. E. Dudeney in his book "The Canterbury Puzzles and Other Curious Problems". Although he only published a single solution to his problem, there are in fact 69 distinct solutions, excluding rotations and reflections. Your task is to find as many as you can. The 13 pieces must be placed into the frame to form the original chessboard. It is not sufficient to merely get all the pieces to fit into the frame, you must also have regard for the alternate black/white coloring of the chess board. The computer version of this intriguing puzzle is also accompanied by a copy of the originally published problem No. 74 from Dudeney's puzzle book. Why not order your copy today? It's absolutely free!
Released November 2005 (850 KB)
TangleWeb is a game in which you must untangle a tangled web of points and lines so that no line is crossing another line. The game can be played in two different modes: Game mode where you play a series of levels, each level becoming more difficult than the previous level, and Single mode in which you try to untangle a single web in the shortest possible time. A third mode, Design mode allows you to design your own webs. In Game mode you get points for completing each level, and additional bonus points which increase in direct proportion to the speed in which you untangled the web. In other words, the faster you untangle a web, the more bonus points you get. At the start of each new level, you get additional bonus time, but if you let the bonus time run out, the game ends. The game also ends after you have untangled the last level. At the end of the game, if your score is good enough, you will be entered into the TangleWeb Top Ten. In Single mode, you play against the clock and statistics are recorded for each web solved. This is an intriguing game based on planar graphs and can become very addictive. The Bull's Eye Puzzle - Released June 2005 (340 KB)
The Puzzle is a simple little sliding block puzzle. All you have to do is slide the blocks around and move the bull's eye block into the center of the target, ending up with a complete target as in the third picture. Well it seems simple until you try it! The object is to try to do it in 29 moves, which is the minimum...or is it? Maybe you can do it in even less! If you like sliding block puzzles, try Red Square too. The Pentomino Puzzle - Version 1.1 Requires DirectX Released November 2004 (800 KB) |
 | You start out by designing a skeleton (or you can used a previously-created skeleton). |
| The next process involves populating the skeleton with words. Here Crossword Compiler can assist you by providing a suggestion list of words which fit the missing letters of the word you are entering. |
| When you have fully populated the crossword grid with words, the next step is to compile the clues. |
| The final step is to print the crossword and clues onto paper. |
Crossword compiler comes complete with an 80,000 word dictionary and functions such as suggestions for words with missing letters. The Find Word function is handy for solving crossword puzzles. For instance, if the answer to one of the clues is a word .T...GE (where . denotes a missing letter), the Find Word function will give you a list of three words which fit this pattern, STORAGE, STOWAGE and STRANGE. The Edit Dictionary function allows you to add, modify and delete words in the dictionary.
How to orderSend your request to Ian Humphreys (together with your full name and country) at: games@spoonbillsoftware.com.au
e.g. My name is Joe Blow from Utah, USA, please send the following games...
IMPORTANT: Please allow up to four days for delivery.
NOTE: We cannot send games to a Google gmail address. If you have a gmail address, please supply an alternate address for mailing your games. A free yahoo address from www.yahoo.com is quite acceptable.
ALSO: Corporate email addresses are usually not suitable, their virus filters often do not allow attachments containing .EXE or .ZIP files. Please try to supply your personal email address to avoid delays with delivery of your games.
Please feel free to tell us what you think of our products. We always welcome constructive comments and any suggestions for future new games or other applications. And when you talk to Spoonbill Software you are talking to a REAL person, not a computer program.
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Classic Sudoku 2.0
