Minimal Yahtzee is a very small implementation of the classic game Yahtzee. It weighs in at around 45kb (excluding high score file) and has a very clean and attractive interface. This is a must for any Yahtzee enthusiast or just anyone looking for a quick coffee break game.
It’s small, its relatively clunky, it sounds horrible.If you’ve never played it before, Yahtzee is a game where you simultaneously roll five dice. You select the dice with the most interesting numbers and can keep them. You roll the remaining dice until you’ve had a maximum of three rolls.
You then tally up your score and write it down. The person with the highest score at the end, they win. It’s a lot like poker in its scoring and there are many nuances to the game. It will take some practice if you’re fresh to the game, but it’s worth it.[advt]
As for the game itself, Minimal Yahtzee is a fairly bland presentation. It’s mostly white and has few graphics beyond that. There are fade-ins and so on but it’s still very simple. The sounds are nothing more than short, low pitched clicking noises and the game play has little to it, apart from clicking “roll” a few times.
Playing for more than fifteen minutes at a stretch becomes tiresome with ease, but still, the package this game comes in will work on any system.It had graphics which moved. It even had sound.
As simple as this game is, there is one thing which it does well… It provides a full experience of an interesting game with the least amount of fuss. It has no bells, whistles, add-ons or extras and it doesn’t need to. Play Minimal Yahtzee and be taken to a simpler place.
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