The Mastermind Page

Welcome to the Mastermind page

To begin the game move the mouse over the applet and press "space" or click the "Begin" button.
Guesses are placed top to bottom. To place a peg, select a color and the click the board hole where you want it placed. You can select the peg and drag it to the location where you want it. If the location where you placed the peg is invalid the peg will come back to the peg box.
To remove a peg, just click on it.
When a guess is complete the "OK" button will light up, if you are satisfied with your guess, click "OK" or press "Enter". The computer will then display how many blacks and whites correspond to your guess.
When your guess is the computers code the computer will reward you four black pegs and the master will be displayed.
If you would like to play a new game before solving the current one, click on the "End" button.

For those unfamiliar with the game

MasterMind is a game for people of all ages. It is usually played by two people one of which is "the master" and the other "the mind".
The Master sets up a four peg code that consists of pegs of 6 possible colors. After this is done, the player which is the mind tries to figure out what is the master.
The player places a four peg guess and when satisfied asks the mind how good the guess is. The mind responds by placing small black and white pegs by the side of the guess. A black peg signifies that one of the pegs is the correct color and in the right position. A white peg signifies that a peg is of the right color but in the wrong position. The goal is to get 4 black pegs i.e. everything the right color and right position.
Attention: The mind (in this case the computer will not tell you which of pegs of your guess correspond to the black and white pegs in the response.

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