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Racter

Overview

Racter strings together words according to "syntax directives", and the illusion of coherence is increased by repeated re-use of text variables. This gives the appearance that Racter can actually have a conversation with the user that makes some sense, unlike Eliza, which just spits back what you type at it. Of course, such a program has not been written to perfection yet, but Racter comes somewhat close.

Since some of the syntactical mistakes that Racter tends to make cannot be avoided, the decision was made to market the game in a humorous vein, which the marketing department at Mindscape dubbed "tongue-in-chip software" and "artificial insanity".

Publishers
Mindscape
Platform
Apple II
Alternate Names
No information available

Media

Box - Back

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North America -  1117 x 1312

Box - Front

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Box - Spine

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North America -  43 x 800

Clear Logo

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929 x 255

Disc

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Screenshot - Game Title

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Screenshot - Gameplay

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