›               o=o=o=o=o=››             DECODE (v. 2.4)›             by Frank Walters›           Public Domain Software›› DECODE24.BAS should be run from drive› #1  with  DECODE.FNT file on the same› disk.  It  will  also  write  a  high› score  file  (DECODE.DAT)  after  the› first  time  it  is  played.   If the› special character set (DECODE.FNT) is› not  available, the program will work› normally with the      regular  Atari› character set.›› DECODE    is   a   version   of   the› codebreaker game.  The code is set by› the  computer  and  consists  of four› CAPITAL   letters   from   among  the› following six letters:  A,B,C,X,Y,Z. › It is a random code for each game and› any  of  the  legal  letters  may  be› repeated.  (i.e.  ABAZ,  CCCX,  CYZA,› etc.) You  must  select  one  of  two› options:›› <1>Computer  Code:  play  using   the› computer random code, or›› <2>Player  Code:  one player sets the› code using the 6  available  letters,› then another player plays the game to› find the code.›› You have 10 guesses  to  find  the  4› letter  code.  Each guess consists of› typing your 4 letter  guess  and  the› response from the computer with clues› about your guess:›› * You will receive one black peg  for› each letter guessed that is the exact› letter   and   in   the  exact  right› position in the code.›› * You will receive one white peg  for› each  correct letter but in the wrong› location.››      Example:  code is A B B Y›               guess is B X Z Y›› You would get 1 black peg for the 'Y'› in the  correct position and 1 white › peg   for  the   'B'  in   the  wrong› position.›› After  you  guess  the right code you› will receive a score for that  game. › Maximum  points are 20 for each game,› 2 points are deducted for each miss. › There  are  5  games  to  a  set with› maximum score  of  100,  which  would› obviously be pure luck.  You can stop› after any game  if    you  wish,  but› total  score  is  cumulative  for   5› games.   Hi  Score is shown and saved› to disk file: DECODE.DAT  along  with› player's initials.››               o=o=o=o=o=›››