# Lexi-Cross

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***Lexi-Cross*** is a video game written by [Peter Oliphant](/source/Peter_Oliphant) for [MS-DOS](/source/MS-DOS) and published by [Interplay Productions](/source/Interplay_Productions) in 1991. A [Macintosh](/source/Macintosh) version was released in 1992. *Lexi-Cross* presents a futuristic [TV game show](/source/Television_game_show), with elements similar to *[Wheel of Fortune](/source/Wheel_of_Fortune_(American_game_show))*, *[Scrabble](/source/Scrabble)*, and [Battleship](/source/Battleship_(game)). Players can choose to play as human or [alien](/source/Extraterrestrials_in_fiction), and computer opponents are [robots](/source/Robot).

The game came with a small booklet parodying the format and style of *[TV Guide](/source/TV_Guide)* that served as a game manual and copy protection device.

## Gameplay

Each player has a grid of hidden tiles concealing various hidden words. Players take turns revealing tiles in an attempt to find either letter tiles or bonuses, similarly to Battleship. Players may alternatively spin a wheel to guess a letter as in Wheel of Fortune. The words eventually comprise a theme or quotation, which the player must guess to win the game.

## Reception

*[Computer Gaming World](/source/Computer_Gaming_World)* stated that "*Lexi-Cross* is a refreshing variation on the ever popular game show theme ... habit-forming as a [couch potato](/source/Couch_potato)'s viewing preferences and challenging as a classic strategy game".[2]

In 1996, *Computer Gaming World* declared *Lexi-Cross* the 132nd-best computer game ever released.[3]

## References

1. Hague, James. ["The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers"](https://dadgum.com/giantlist)

1. Trevana, Stanley R. (July 1991). ["Tomorrow's Game Show Today"](http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1991&pub=2&id=84). *Computer Gaming World*. No. 84. pp. 35–37. Retrieved 18 November 2013.

1. Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time". *[Computer Gaming World](/source/Computer_Gaming_World)*. No. 148. pp. 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98.

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