World's First Computer Joke Book

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)

YOU MUST BE JOKING! The computer has been accused of many evils in the past - breaking up marriages and ruining children's minds, to mention just two. But, up to now that is, never of telling bad jokes. Computerworld Software had the unusual idea of collecting vast numbers of short jokes and one-liners and incorporating them into a computer program - The World's First Computer Joke Book was born. The program contains over 500 jokes which the author has collected from several exhausting sessions with joke-telling school kids. The program works in four different modes. The first mode just runs through all 500 jokes in sequence. The second throws up jokes in a random order and the third does the same but gives you a chance to guess the punchline. The final mode lets you enter the number of the joke you want to read. Another feature of this option is that it throws up jokes hidden in the program that are, shall we say, a little fruity! The game runs on the AU Spectrum and costs £4.95 on cassette or £8.95 on microdrive. We'd be interested to hear from you if you have any computer jokes or joke programs. Send them into us here at Computer & Video Games. Please mark Computer Jokes on the outside of your envelope.