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- BAG-MAN (c)1992 Digital Ærtisans
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- BAG-MAN is a simple game of hangman. The idea is to guess a word that
- the computer generates, letter by letter. Initially the word is shown
- blanked out (_) in the center of the screen. simply press the letter of
- your choice and it will either be placed in the word and shown at the
- bottom of the screen. The un used letters are shown at the top of the
- screen.
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- The program comes with two databases of words called EASY.BAG and
- HARD.BAG. They contain about 50 words each which the program will
- select at random. Pressing <escape> during the game will end the game.
- You will have ten tries at the word.
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- I wrote this program for my nephews (who are 9 and 12) and they love
- it. I kind of got a bit addicted to it myself. The thing they like
- about it is the program gives them the meaning of the word. They learn
- english and spelling at the same time. (they want me to add graphics to
- the progam so they can see the guy hang! sheesh!).
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- I'm releasing this program as shareware for a couple or reasons. The
- first is to investigate the shareware market. I've released a few
- programs in the past an received little response so I'm interested in
- whether there has been much change in the market. I would also like
- some feedback on the program. As it is, it is very simple. A lot could
- be done to make it more challenging and educational. Your ideas would
- be appreciated.
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- The program costs a stamp and an envelope. If you send me a card with
- some ideas I will send you a utility program which will allow you to
- add and modify the words in the dictionaries and some updated
- dictionaries. It would also be nice if you included a disk to put these
- on and a SASE. If your a programmer ( C lang ) I would also consider
- sending you the source code.
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- Thanks for trying the game.
-
- Jim-Bag
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- Mail:
- Jim Knight
- 31 1/2 Quebec Street, Apt 1
- Guelph, Ontario
- Canada
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- Files:
- BAGMAN.EXE 15442 2-25-92 The program
- BAGMAN.DOC 2647 2-25-92 This file
- HARD.BAG 5798 2-25-92 The hard words
- EASY.BAG 5982 2-25-92 The (sort of) easy words
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