Mugwump
Mugwump is an early video game where the user is tasked with finding four "Mugwumps" that are randomly hidden on a 10x10 grid. It is a text-based game written in BASIC. The user enters a pair of single-digit…
1 April 1973
Mugwump is a puzzle, released 1 April 1973 on Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore PET and Legacy Computer.
What Mugwump is
Mugwump was released in 1973. It was published by Commodore Educational Software. It is available on Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore PET and Legacy Computer. It runs on BASIC.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mugwump is an early video game where the user is tasked with finding four "Mugwumps" that are randomly hidden on a 10x10 grid. It is a text-based game written in BASIC. The user enters a pair of single-digit co-ordinates in the range from 0 to 9 which are the x,y coordinates to scan. If a mugwump is at that location then the user is alerted. Otherwise the user is told the distance from the scanned coordinates to each of the mugwumps that are yet to be found. The game ends after ten turns or when all of the mugwumps have been found.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Mugwump — frequently asked questions
When did Mugwump come out?
Mugwump was released on 1 April 1973 for Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore PET and Legacy Computer.
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