Wrdl-F (Channel F)

I couldn't allow the port old Fairchild Channel F, the first games console to use ROM cartridges, to be left out of the Wordle craze.

This ground-breaking machine, offering colour graphics in the home in 1976 when state-of-the-art arcade games were mostly monochrome until 1979, was unfortunately made obsolete with the arrival of the 2600 less than a year later. 

This version features 1,175 built-in words (max ROM size is 8K). Obviously as a result it cannot check the answers you enter are valid words, so it's up to you whether you play an honest game or not...! 

Hint: None of the words in the list have the same letter more than once.

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Controls

• Up & Down - change letter
• Right/Left - move selected letter
• Fire - submit answer / load next word

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Scoring

• 1 Guess = 25,000 Max
• 2 Guesses = 22,500 Max
• 3 Guesses = 20,000 Max
• 4 Guesses = 15,000 Max
• 5 Guesses = 10,000 Max
• 6 Guesses = 5,000 Max

Your score also decreases rapidly as time goes by. 0 points will be awarded if you fail to solve the puzzle within six guesses.

Emulator

The .rom file can be played in MAME or MESS, you will  need the following ROM files placed in the /bios/channelF folder:

sl31253.rom or sl90025.rom

and

sl31254.rom

I can't distribute these with the game but they are easily found on Google. 

From the command line:

messd channelf -cart C:\wrdl-f.rom -w -r 960x800 -nodebug -nodirect3d