ELECTRONICS: FUN AND FUNDAMENTALS
Electronic Rock-Paper-Scissors
Emulate the classic game using switches and LEDs.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BUILD A FUN-TO-PLAY electronic game that uses only switches and LEDs, and no other components at all? Most definitely! The game I have in mind is an emulation of rock-paper-scissors — which has some strategic subtleties that may surprise you.
First I’ll recap the rules, just in case you are one of the 3 or 4 people in the world who’ve never played this game. Two opponents face each other, and on a count of 3, each of them makes a fist to represent a rock, or displays ...
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