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ac-Man,  Asteroids,  Defender,
                                                                                              P and  Donkey-Kong:  those  were
                                                                                             just  a  few  of  the  many  electronic
                                                                                             games  played  by  millions  of  people
                                                                                             every  day.  Ralston  was  definitely
                                                                                             no  exception.
                                                                                                Most  students  paid  from  twenty-
                                                                                             five  cents  to  five  dollars and  some
                                                                                             spent  up  to  $20.00  each  time  they
                                                                                             played.
                                                                                                Another  form  of  entertainment
                                                                                             that  was  not  quite  so  expensive
                                                                                             (and  probably  wasn't  quite  so
                                                                                             exciting)  was  the  Rubik's  Cube.
                                                                                             Rubik's  Cube  was a  six-sided
                                                                                             square  with  six  different  colors.
                                                                                             The  object  was  to  get  all  of  the
                                                                                             colors  on  one  side  by  moving  the
                                                                                             rows  of  colors.
                                                                                                Most  students found  the  cube  to
 «                                                                                            be  very  frustrating,  but  many  were
                                                                                              able  to  solve  the  cube  in  an  hour.
                                                                                              If  the  frustration  became  too
                                                                                              much,  a  student  could  get  the
                                                                                              answer  from  the  school's
                                                                                              computer.



                                                                                             The  puzzling  Rubik's  Cube  occupies  junior
                                                                                             Troy  Girouex's  extra  time  during  study  hall;
                                                                                             working  toward  the  solution,  junior  Joanie
                                                                                             Domet  attempts  a  rounded  version  of  the
                                                                                             cube; other  variations  on  the  same  theme  of
                                                                                             the  popular  Rubik's  Cube;  Dave  Cirouex  al­
                                                                                             most  solves  the  cube.
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