We recently bought a standard bingo game for the kids. It's fun but it has a few problems. Our kids can't really work the rolling sphere which dispenses the Bingo numbers. They can't really keep track of the numbers which have been called, and they almost certainly would lose the bingo numbers if we let them play by themselves. So I thought a bingo game which required no elaborate setup, and which couldn't possibly suffer from lost numbers might be a big hit.
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Coloring book has received RAVE reviews from the Washington Apple Pi and the BMUG electronic magazine. Coloring Book has been distributed on several CDs including Metatek's NautilusCD. Children click and color, finding hidden animations, surprise sounds, and special activities such as a mosaic design area and a backlit plastic peg simulation in which children and adults can create their own colorful drawings. Send in your 18.00 shareware fee for All Ages Bingo!, and I will mail you a high density diskette with a self extracting archive of Coloring Book 2.01
Distribution
All Ages Bingo! may be distributed by electronic network and BBS as long as the accompanying BINGO README document is included with the distribution. Written permission from James F. Allison is required for distribution on CDROM. The author is not responsible in the unlikely event that All Ages Bingo damages hardware or software on your computer. copyright Jim Allison 1994. All rights reserved world wide.
Version Info:
Version 1.01 fixes a problem with the font used to print the Bingo Cards which caused double digit numbers to appear as single digit numbers.
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System Requirements:
All Ages Bingo! requires system 6.07 or later and a Mac with a 13" or larger color monitor and 2 Megs of free memory.
Jim Allison
7/25/94
General Help for All Ages Bingo!:
Turn on Balloon Help to get Balloon Help for each screen object. Balloon Help is available to System 7 users under the Balloon Help Menu at the right of the Menu Bar.
You can play All Ages Bingo! in several different ways.
Traditional Multi-Player Bingo
Older children and adults can use All Ages Bingo! to play traditional multi-player bingo. Fresh Bingo cards can be printed from the control palette window by clicking on the printer icon. After cards have been printed, clicking the four player icon on the control palette puts All Ages Bingo! into standard Bingo mode. Numbers can be called manually by clicking on the Picker icon ( large square at the left of the control palette) or automatically called by choosing "Auto Call the Numbers" from the BINGO menu. You can stop Auto Call by selecting it again from the BINGO menu or by clicking on an empty area in the window background.
Verification of a Bingo
You can verify that all the numbers marked on a printed card have been called by choosing "Verifyﾉ" under the BINGO menu. This is not available in the Shapes mode.
Traditional Bingo On Screen
Traditional numbers Bingo can also be played using on screen cards. You can play against another human or against the computer.
Auto Checking and Bingo on Both Cards
When you play Bingo on screen, both cards are automatically checked for Bingo. When the computer finds a Bingo, an appropriate celebration occurs. After detecting a Bingo, the computer offers to start a new game, but sometimes the other card also has a Bingo if an opportunity to mark the last called number is given. To get a chance to mark the last called number choose "Continue" rather than "New Game".
Shapes Bingo
Younger children will find Shapes Bingo fun and easy to play. You can enter the Shapes Bingo mode by clicking on the three-shapes icon on the control palette. The Shapes game goes fairly quickly and can be played against the computer or another human. The first four human victories are celebrated with dancing colors and music and a special animation icon. After four human wins, no more animation icons are available. Send in your shareware and the next version will have more animated prizes!
The BINGO Menu
Under the BINGO Menu you will find "Auto Call the Numbers" which turns on timed automatic calling of new numbers (or shapes)..
You will also find menu choices which let you select any voices which may be available and which let you control how fast Auto Call calls new numbers.
Don't forget about the Balloon Help option if you are not sure what things do.
