Sage Concentration (shareware) Version 1.0 Copyright (c) 1997 by Sage Software. All Rights Reserved. Sage Software P.O. Box 7223 Huntsville, AL 35807 (205) 830-9364 About Your Sage Concentration User's Guide This manual is only one part of Sage Concentration's documentation set. The second is the Online Help system. This manual is arranged as follows: o "About Your Sage Concentration User's Guide" An overview of this manual o "System Requirements" A list of system requirements. o "Installation Procedures" Instructions for setting up Sage Concentration on your computer. o "Online Help" Instructions on how to use online Help to find information about tasks and features. o "Start Playing" Instructions on how to start playing Sage Concentration. o "Rules of the Game" A description of the rules of this game. System Requirements The minimum software and hardware requirements your computer system needs to run Sage Concentration successfully are shown in the following list. o Windows version 3.1 or later. This program should run with all Windows based operating systems including Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, and Windows 95. o 1 megabyte (MB) of free disk space. o A mouse. Installation Procedures Installing Sage Concentration on your computer is simple. To install, follow these steps: 1. Start the Windows application and select the Program Manager. 2. Select the run entry from the File menu item. 3. Insert the Sage Concentration disk into the disk drive. 4. Keyin the letter of the drive that you inserted the disk into followed by ":\setup" in the command line field. For example, if the disk is in drive "a" you would type: a:\setup Next, select the OK button on the dialog box. This will cause Sage Concentration's setup executable to start running. Note: Instead of running setup from the run menu entry, you also can simply double click setup.exe from the Program Manager or Windows Explorer. 5. The setup executable will display a dialog box with a default directory specified in the field. If you want to install the files in another directory, key it in in this field. 6. Select the Install button on the dialog box and the files will be installed. If the specified directory does not exist, it will be created for you. 7. If no errors have occurred during installation, a dialog box claiming successful completion will be displayed when all files have been copied and expanded. If the installation was successful, a Sage program group will be created in the Program Manager. This will contain the Sage Concentration program item. When you double click on this, Sage Concentration will begin execution. Online Help Sage Concentration's Online Help can be accessed in two different ways once it is running: By selecting the Help entry under the Help menu item. By selecting the F1 key from the keyboard. The Online Help contains information that explains all aspects of this game and describes how to use all its functionality. This should be the user's main source of help. Once the Help window is displayed, the buttons near the top help you find the information you need. The Contents button displays a list of Help topics that Sage Concentration provides. The Search button displays a dialog box where you specify a topic to search for. The Back button displays the previously viewed topic. The History button displays a chronological list of all Help topics viewed during your current game session. If you need to learn how to use Help, press the F1 key on the keyboard while the Help window is open. Start Playing Once Sage Concentration is installed, start the game by double clicking the left mouse button on the Sage Concentration program item that was created by the setup executable. After doing this, Sage Concentration will begin execution by displaying the introduction screen. To stop this introduction and go to the main screen simply click the left mouse button. Rules of the Game Object of the Game The object of the game is to score more points than your opponent by selecting pairs of cards that match. There is some luck involved in this game, but in order to beat your opponent consistently you need to remember more of the cards that where turned up previously than he does. How points are scored Each time you select a pair of cards that match on your turn you are rewarded one point. How to play The first step to begin play is to select the opponent that you want to play against. You have the option of playing againt the computer set at one of two levels or you can play against another human player. The players can be set on the Players Dialog Box. You also have some controll over some of the parameters of the game such as the game speed and sound effects. These can be set on the Options Dialog Box. Once the players and the game options are set, start the game by selecting the Start entry under the Game menu item. You can also simply select the F2 key on your keyboard. Once this is done all 52 cards will be dealt and displayed face-down on the screen. The players name whose turn it is will be highlighted in red at the top of the screen. On your turn, select two cards which you think match (i.e. a pair of 7s, Queens, etc.) one at a time by positioning the mouse over the card and clicking the left button. If the cards that you chose match you will be rewarded one point and it will remain your turn. If the cards do not match, your turn will be over and play continues with the other player. When it is the computers turn, an animated hand will appear and make its selections. Game over When all 52 cards have been matched the game is over. The winner is the player who has scored the most points. You are welcome to visit our Web site at: http://www.best.com/~mcintyre/sage/ where you can download other great shareware games.