Description:
Target is a Palm OS game where you make words out of a 3x3 grid of nine letters.
Each word must be at least four letters long and has to include the centre letter.
Features:
- Free software, source code available
- Manage your puzzles on the main screen
- Create new puzzles from given letters or a randomly chosen nine-letter word
- Get hints about the nine-letter word
- Check your tries against the programs word list
- Rearrange the tiles to see more combinations
Update Description:
v1.3:
- Fix show-stopper bug on Palm OS 3.
v1.2:
- Minor bug fixes.
Reviews:
***** [Apr 25, 2007] by Tony Sloane
A note from the developer: Just to let everyone know that improving the word list is high on the agenda for the next version of Target. I'm not sure when I will get a chance to release this version, though, since this is a hobby project. BTW, thanks for the positive feedback.
**** [Jan 16, 2007] by Warren
Further to my review, examples of words not accepted are "does," "gram," "nosiest," and "feces". However, this doesn't bother me so much as the fact that accepted words include "c*nt" and "ni**er". (Yes, they're exactly what you think they are.) I'd really appreciate it if Mr. Sloane would find an altogether different word list for this game.
**** [Dec 12, 2006] by Warren
The game is great, and very addictive. Two suggestions: I prefer shorter games; perhaps a feature that asks for the minimum and maximum number of words when generating a puzzle? Also, as I'm not Australian, there are times when I'm not too happy with the word database. Acceptable words include some abbreviations like "BLDG" and Roman numerals like "LVII" and European spellings (e.g. "APOLOGISE"). As well, I've found a few common words in some games that are not accepted because they aren't in the database. Would it be possible to have different databases depending on which version of English the player is most used to? Thanks for making this game, and for making it free!
***** [Dec 11, 2006] by Shelley O.
Sucess! The updated version (1.3) works perfectly on my Palm Vx now. I love this game!
***** [Dec 11, 2006] by j.w.bouman
WATCH OUT!! Highly addictive game. Canīt put it away ītill I have reached the "excellent" score. One more thing!! Tony, thanks for making a Dutch version. Itīs great! (and difficult).
**** [Dec 11, 2006] by woz of oz
This is one of my favorite games in the newspaper and now it is always handy. It's great that this update has come up now as just yesterday 10/12/06 I installed 'TargetAssistantLite' ( see a few apps previous to this) to check it out and it wiped the Target Game icon off my TX. I had to uninstall 'TargetAssistantLite' as I really want this game. So make a choice, mine is obvious.
***** [Nov 19, 2006] by Tony Sloane
A note from the developer: Shelley O, please contact me via email at palmtarget@mac.com. I have what I think is a fix for your Vx problem which I'd like you to try before I put it up here. Thanks.
***** [Nov 16, 2006] by Ty
This game is awesome! Thanks so much for making it freeware! I love it!
*** [Nov 15, 2006] by Shelley O.
This crashes my Palm Vx and causes a soft reset. Looks like a great game though, wish I could use it! (I installed the original database included in the zip file and tried reinstalling 3 times. No luck.)
***** [Nov 13, 2006] by Nicolas B
My favorite game (after LJP for ROMS)
***** [Jun 6, 2006] by Will
Fun and addictive. No problems yet!!
***** [Jun 4, 2006] by mary
This is a sweet little game. I love it, thank you!
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