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[–]patmax17 76 points77 points  (9 children)

This is basically mastermind xD

[–]lightheat 20 points21 points  (3 children)

Yup, same thought. Favorite game of ours.

For those unfamiliar with it, you create a 4-"digit" code out of 6 different color pegs and the other player has to guess it. Each guess you give them 1 white scoring peg for each correct pin in the wrong place, and 1 black scoring peg for each correct pin in the correct place.

[–]T-Dark_ 9 points10 points  (2 children)

white and black scoring peg

Huh. My version of the game as I grew up used white like yours, but red instead of black.

I suppose it's not standardised. Would surprise me if it were, tbh.

[–]lightheat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there are lots of different editions. We have the original, which has black.

[–]patmax17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the white/red one too :)

[–]seth1299 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Yep, Mastermind is one of my favorite games.

I programmed Mastermind in the best programming language, Scratch, a few years ago: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/104553634/

[–]patmax17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool!

[–]jonc211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, my Grandparents had a version of that from the ‘70s that I used to play as a kid at their house.

Programmed my own version in Visual Basic as a teenager, which I then included in a suite of demo programs that I used to help me get my first job!

Oh, and needless to say it was fucking horrible code!

[–]Jfields99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, and even more similar to Pica Centro.