Winarc (468K) for Windows 95/98/ME/2K/XP/Vista (30 Dec 07)
Click the above link to download the program.
Winarc is a collection of game subprograms, currently including Life, Krypto, Boxes, Hex, Rubik, Mazes, Pegs, Bishops, the Loyd 15 puzzle, Spaceship, and Sudoku.
If the program behaves strangely, there is a page of FAQ, which may help. If not, you can e-mail me at the address found in the program’s Help|About dialog box.
Follow the links for more information about the Windows 95/98/ME/2K/XP/Vista version or the Windows 3.1 version.
Foreign-language versions:
German (prepared with the help of Dietmar Strube) (30 Dec 07 )
Portuguese (prepared with the help of Ricardo Bentín) (30 Dec 07 )
30 Dec 2007: Restored clipboard graphics, which had somehow become disabled. Also repaired the Rubik windows, which were not allowing themselves to be resized.
26 Dec 2007: Another very minor end-of-game repair in the Bishop puzzle; only solvers know what I mean. Am wondering about the flurry of interest in this puzzle.
16 Dec 2007: Fixed the end-of-game message (which was less than congratulatory) in the Bishop puzzle.
21 Nov 2006: Posted the Portuguese version today.
20 Nov 2006: Discovered how to word-wrap my help texts. I await news of unintended consequences.
17 Jan 2006: The German version is now up to date.
7 Jan 2006: Added a View menu to the Rubik’s Cube windows, to make them consistent with other 3-dim windows. It should be much easier to see the whole puzzle now.
31 Dec 2005: Sudoku puzzles are supposed to have unique solutions. Winarc|Sudoku was occasionally breaking this rule, so I made a repair that I think will fix the problem. Please let me know otherwise. At a user’s request, also added a timer.
28 Dec 2005: In response to users reporting difficulty opening files by double-clicking file icons, new versions have been prepared that deal with file-naming conventions that allow spaces (and extra periods). See the FAQ.
9 Oct 2005: A user pointed out that the Copy to clipboard command was disabled. Should be ok now.
14 Sept 2005: I could not resist the temptation of adding a Sudoku program to the collection. Please report bugs and make suggestions.
31 Jan 2005: Minor corrections: The text windows (help files, notebooks, tables, etc) were losing their carets (the blinking thing) now and then, and were not opening files correctly.
15 Jan 2005: It seems that the old “search” function that I installed years ago in text windows no longer works under Windows XP, so I had to revise it.
20 Dec 2004: The Memory game occasionally dealt a hand that had some unpaired cards. This was not nice! It also got confused if a player clicked randomly and quickly while it was pausing. Shouldn’t happen any more.
29 Nov 2004: Fixed several small glitches: The dots-and-boxes game was not announcing ties, and it was crashing when the entire board had two boxes or less. The Krypto window was not allowing range changes. A couple of file extensions were not being recognized.
3 Nov 2004: The hatched fill was not working in Triads, nor did Ctrl+A select and de-select cards. In Rubik windows, the item “random colors” was not working. In the Memory game, a white window background played havoc with other colors. These faults have been repaired, I think. I also posted the German version today.
19 Aug 2004: Some of the Knights were caught making illegal moves. They have been removed from the company.
11 Apr 2004: Added a new game. Also improved the printing of grayscale on non-color printers.
18 Oct 2003: A Windows XP user sent me the small file described above.
19 Jul 2003: The Pegs windows were crashing when closed, and the print format dialog was not transmitting data to the program. Should be ok now.
26 Mar 2002: Fixed a bug in the Hex-playing window, which was having trouble with large playing fields.
10 May 2001: It is now possible to leave out the background color when copying a diagram to the clipboard, so that the image is truly transparent when it is pasted into a document.
7 Jul 2000: The Krypto windows were not refreshing properly when a new game was requested. Should be ok now.
20 Nov 2000: Some of the hard problems posed in the Spaceship lander were actually impossible. I think that has been fixed. You can now size the various windows by prescribing their dimensions in cm.
