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"Speed round" solutions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ is written for the ORIGINAL Win Lose or Draw by Hi-Tech Expressions. This game was released on many systems including but not limited to the Apple II, DOS, and Commodore 64. This FAQ is *not* written for the release of the sequel on any of these systems or subsequently the NES or other consoles. Although those games have the same title, they are slightly different and include different puzzles and different graphics. I wrote this FAQ because I was fascinated with the quirks of getting right answers when you typed it in wrong. Sometimes it would take it, sometimes it would not. My friends and I used to play this game and be utterly frustrated at the inability to identify certain key phrases in the speed round. It does not tell you the answers. I will. PLEASE NOTE that there is a drawing in the final speed round that is *impossible* to get (if your spelling is any good, anyway). The drawing is of a "chalice", or a type of goblet or cup. Unfortunately, the game creators somehow mixed this up with a "challis" (a bolt of cloth). Therefore, unless you were to type an "S" instead of a "C", you could never guess this answer right. Let alone the thousands of other possible answers that could mislead you like "goblet", "cup", "grail", etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. How to play the game -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duh. It's Win, Lose or Draw. Everyone knows how to play this game. Your dog knows how to play this game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.A. How a "correct" answer is judged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The game reads in a string of letters to compare the typed answer with. It checks to see that the answer contains the "correct" answer letters, in the proper order, and if they are, a correct mark is received. - HOWEVER - The game does NOT concern itself with the garbage in between these letters. This is why sometimes you can get away with having a slightly incorrect answer, or sometimes in the speed round, you can type garbage and get a correct answer. FOR EXAMPLE: For the puzzle: "DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH", the game only checks for the sequence of letters: "DNTLOKGFTHRS". This means that while typing the correct answer, "DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH", will give you a "correct" mark, you can also type "DNTLOKGFTHRS". You could also type "Do NoT LOve Khan, because kirk's Great FooT HandleR Says so." (capital letters emphasizing what is needed for a correct answer). As long as the letters are THERE, and in order, nothing else matters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Solutions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.A. Organization explanation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --NOTE-- The "stop drawing" variable is a reference to the words that follow it in the chart below. There is a character for each of the words that will be displayed on the right hand side of the screen if it is correctly guessed. Therefore, if there are four possible words to be displayed, there will be four "stop drawing" characters like "YNNN", etc. If a referenced word is correctly guessed, AND the corresponding "stop drawing" character (ie- the first word goes with the first letter of the group) is a "Y", it will stop drawing that particular picture and move on to the next word in the sequence. FOR EXAMPLE: BLOWING HOT AND COLD BLWHTCLD Y Y N BLOW HOT COLD ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | | | | | | ------------------- | | | | | | | --------------------- | | -------------------- If "BLOW" is correctly guessed, it will appear as text in the upper right hand corner, and it will stop drawing the face blowing wind for "BLOW". This is because it's referenced "stop drawing" variable is "Y". "HOT" will do the same, because it is also "Y". "COLD" will not stop drawing because it's associated "stop drawing variable" is "N". It will appear as a word in text in the upper right hand corner, but it will NOT stop drawing. I know it's a complicated system for something stupid. It also wastes a lot of space in the programming code. They could have chosen to default every letter to "N" and have special cases be "Y", since there are so few. But hell, I didn't write it. The solutions are organized as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.B. Normal puzzle solutions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The words that will be printed on the right if individually guessed successfully are here | | The "correct answer string" that the computer | checks for is here. | | | The correct answer is here | The "stop drawing" variable | | | is here | | | | | | | | | V V V V -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACK MAGIC BLK MGC YN BLACK MAGIC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONEY TALKS MNY TLK YN MONEY TALK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DON'T LOOK A GIFT DNTLOKGFTHRS YNNNN DON'T LOOK GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH HORSE MOUTH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KICK THE BUCKET KCKBKT NN KICK BUCKET -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABIN FEVER CBNFVR YN CABIN FEVER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAUGH YOUR HEAD OFF LAG HD OF NNN LAUGH HEAD OFF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DRINK LIKE A FISH DRNKLKFSH NNN DRINK LIKE FISH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEA FOR TWO TEFRTW NN TEA TWO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY BGGRLDNTCRY NNNN BIG GIRL DON'T CRY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUT OF THE FRYING PAN OTFRYPNFR NNNN OUT FRYING PAN FIRE AND INTO THE FIRE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRAFFIC JAM TRFCJM YN TRAFFIC JAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I SMELL A RAT ISMLRT YYN I SMELL RAT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGING HORSES IN CHNGHRSSTRM NNN CHANGE HORSE STREAM MID STREAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK RECORD TRKRCRD NN TRACK RECORD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DON'T LET THE BED DONLETBUGBITE NNNN DON'T BED BUG BITE BUG BITE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW LNGARMLW NNN LONG ARM LAW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE STRAW THAT BROKE STRWBRKCML NNNN STRAW BROKE CAMEL BACK THE CAMEL'S BACK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF CTHTROF NNNN CAT HOT TIN ROOF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWAN SONG SWNSNG NN SWAN SONG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOT TIP HTTP YN HOT TIP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMALL CHANGE SMLCHNG YN SMALL CHANGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORK IN THE ROAD FRKROD NN FORK ROAD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PIG HEADED PGHED YN PIG HEAD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SNAKE IN THE GRASS SNKGRS NN SNAKE GRASS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEYED UP KEYUP YN KEY UP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROAD HOG RODHG YN ROAD HOG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PIE EYED PIEY YN PIE EYE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A WATCHED POT NEVER WATPTNVBL NNNN WATCH POT NEVER BOIL BOILS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOT THE BILL FOTBL YN FOOT BILL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARNSTORM BRNSTM YN BARN STORM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOTHER EARTH MTHRERTH YN MOTHER EARTH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEER BELLY BERBLY YN BEER BELLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIGHT IDEA BRTIDA YN BRIGHT IDEA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUT ON A LIMB OTLIM NN OUT LIMB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PULL THE RUG OUT PLRGOUT NNNN PULL RUG OUT UNDER FROM UNDER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WAY TO A MAN'S WYHRTSTMCH NNN WAY HEART STOMACH HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAGS TO RICHES RARCH YN RAG RICH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LIGHT AT THE END LITENDTNL NN LIGHT TUNNEL OF THE TUNNEL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HORSE SENSE HRSSN NN HORSE SENSE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PIE IN THE SKY PISK NN PIE SKY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLOCK HEAD BLCKHED YN BLOCK HEAD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THUMBS UP THUMUP YN THUMB UP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP DRAWER TPDRW YN TOP DRAWER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHISTLING IN THE DARK WISTDRK YN WHISTLE DARK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOON IS GREEN CHEESE MONGRNCH NNN MOON GREEN CHEESE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE COLD SHOULDER CLDSHD YN COLD SHOULDER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRYING WOLF CRYWLF YN CRY WOLF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THORN IN THE SIDE THRNSID NN THORN SIDE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLY OFF THE HANDLE FLYHNDL YN FLY HANDLE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPARE TIRE SPR TR YN TIRE SPARE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PIT STOP PTSTP YN PIT STOP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TIE THE KNOT TINT YN TIE KNOT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PEACE OF MIND PCMND NN PEACE MIND -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NECK AND NECK NKNK N NECK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONEY BAGS MNYBG NN MONEY BAG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEART OF GOLD HRTGLD NN HEART GOLD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEATING AROUND THE BUSH BETBSH YN BEAT BUSH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KISS AND TELL KSTL YN KISS TELL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLOWING HOT AND COLD BLWHTCLD YYN BLOW HOT COLD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIT THE SACK HTSAK YN HIT SACK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUTTERFLIES IN THE BFLSTM NN BUTTERFLY STOMACH STOMACH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW FVOCLKSHD NNN FIVE CLOCK SHADOW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUTS AND BOLTS NTBLT NN NUT BOLT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRE BUG FRBG YN FIRE BUG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ALINC NN ABRAHAM LINCOLN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BENJAMIN FRAKLIN BFRNK NN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CCLMBS NN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VINCENT VAN GOGH VVGO NN VINCENT VAN GOGH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHN WILKES BOOTH JWB NNN JOHN WILKS BOOTH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH POLE NRTPL NN NORTH POLE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NILE RIVER NILE NN NILE RIVER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW YORK CITY NWYRK NNN NEW YORK CITY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTER ISLAND ESTRILND YN EASTER ISLAND -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAINTED DESERT PNTDSRT YN PAINTED DESERT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEY WEST KYWST YN KEY WEST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BARKING UP THE WRONG BRKUPWRG NNN BARKING WRONG TREE TREE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOO MANY IRONS IN THE TOIRNFR NN IRONS FIRE FIRE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOUR EYES FREY NN FOUR EYES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GHOST WRITER GSTWRT YN GHOST WRITER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUCKS IN A ROW DCKRW YN DUCK ROW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PEANUT GALLERY PNTGLR YN PEANUT GALLERY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIGHT AS A FEATHER LTFTH YN LIGHT FEATHER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIDGING THE GAP BRGGP YN BRIDGE GAP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FATHER TIME FTHRTM YN FATHER TIME -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS BLDSWTTR NNN BLOOD SWEAT TEAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAVE THE WORLD BY A WRLDSTR NN WORLD STRING STRING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONKEY SUIT MNKYST YN MONKEY SUIT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAR AS A BELL CLRBL YN CLEAR BELL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GO FLY A KITE GFLKT YNN KITE GO FLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THRWBB NNN THROW BABY WASH THE WASH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'LL EAT MY HAT IETHT YNN I'LL EAT HAT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LETTING THE CAT OUT OF LTCTOT YN CAT BAG THE BAG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAN OF WORMS CNWRM YN CAN WORM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARM IN ARM ARMARM N ARM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOING OFF THE DEEP END GODEPEND NNN GOING DEEP END -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUMPING THE GUN JMPGUN NN JUMP GUN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE WASHINGTON GWASH N GEORGE WASHINGTON -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEDDY ROOSEVELT TROS NN TEDDY ROOSEVELT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KINGPIN KNGPN NN KING PIN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEAP SKATE CHPSK YN CHEAP SKATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEAL TICKET MTCKT YN MEAL TICKET -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT SHPSHPOT NNNN SHAPE UP SHIP OUT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEARING YOUR HAIR OUT TRHROT NNN TEARING HAIR OUT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.C. "Speed round" solutions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***COPIED FROM ABOVE*** PLEASE NOTE that there is a drawing in the final speed round that is *impossible* to get (if your spelling is any good, anyway). The drawing is of a "chalice", or a type of goblet or cup. Unfortunately, the game creators somehow mixed this up with a "challis" (a bolt of cloth). Therefore, unless you were to type an "S" instead of a "C", you could never guess this answer right. Let alone the thousands of other possible answers that could mislead you like "goblet", "cup", "grail", etc. *********************** "Correct answer string" is here | Correct answer | is here | | | | | V V GIFT GIFT TOMB TOM CABIN CABN KEY KEY CHANGE CHG HOG HOG FOOT FOOT BILL BILL EARTH ERT MOTHER MOTR BEER BEER BELLY BELL IDEA IDA LIGHT LIT APPLE APL BOOK BOOK BOX BOX SPACE CAPSULE SPC CAR CAR CIGARETTE CIGT CLOCK CLK CROSS CRS FISH FSH HAMMER HAMMER HAT HAT HOUSE HUSE KITE KIT TRAIN TRAN SHIP SHIP RAIN RAIN PALETTE PALET ASTRONAUGHT ASTRONT TEDDY TEDY BARN BARN BABY BBY BEAR BER BALLOON BALON BASEBALL BBALL BASKET BASKT BEE BEE BLOCK BLK BUG BUG CALCULATOR CALC CAMERA CAMERA CANNON CANN AXE AX WATCH WATH BROOM BROM CHALLIS CALIS CHERRY CHER HELICOPTER HELIC CIGAR CIGR PAPERCLIP PCLP DIAMOND DIAMD FLOPPY FLOPY GUN GUN DYNAMITE DYNM GUITAR GTR HOURGLASS HRGL LETTER LETR MOON MOON MOONSHINE MSHN MOP MOP PAINT PANT PIPE PIPE KEG KEG PITCHER PITC PUMPKIN PMKN ROCKET ROCKT RAZOR RAZR SAW SAW SCREWDRIVER SCWDR SQUIRREL SQRL STAR STAR SWORD SWD TANK TANK TELESCOPE TELESC TREE TREE TELEVISION TV GHOST GOST TURTLE TURT THUMB THUM WHISTLE WISL PEANUT PEANT TOP TOP WORM WORM SUIT SUT BELL BELL HOLLY HOLLY WOOD WOOD