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The Shell Game PPE
by
GÄ£ÄHÄD SÖƒTWÄRΣ
ABOUT THE SHELL GAME
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The Shell Game is a PCBoard 15.2+ PPE that recreates the classic
shell game. Players wager on which shell they believe the pea is hidden
under, with the added possibilities of the Shell Master cheating the player
and the police raiding the establishment. It features monthly scoring as
well as keeping track of the previous month's high score and the all-time
high score in the game. The Shell Game creates two files, SHELGAME.DAT and
SHELGAME.HOF, the score file and Hall of Fame score file, respectively.
INSTALLING THE SHELL GAME
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Installing the Shell Game is simple. It can be installed in the
CMD.LST to be run from the command line, or from a menu. A typical entry
in the CMD.LST would look something like....
COMMAND Sec PPE/MNU File Specification
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SHELL 20 C:\PCB\PPL\SHELGAME.PPE
The unregistered version is run with defaults that are hard-coded into
the PPE. The registered version allows you to change the number of plays
per day for the players, as well as the ability to change the payoff ratio
(the default is to win 3 times your wager if choosing the correct shell, but
can be changed to any multiple in the registered version). Otherwise, the
unregistered version is completely uncrippled.
For the registered version, the command would be the same, but you need to
create a file called SHELGAME.CFG. The first line is for the amount of plays
per day you'd like to allow, the second line is for the payoff ratio. For
example, if your two lines in the .CFG file looked like....
20
4
....then the game would be configured for 20 plays per day, and a payoff
ratio of 4. This number must be an integer...no real numbers are allowed
for the multiplier. A default .CFG file is included with the registered
version of the Shell Game.
I've also heard that it can be added to the DOORS.LST, but I've never
tried that method.
REGISTERING THE SHELL GAME
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I'm always amazed at how much some people charge for their PPEs. As
opposed to actual doors, comm routines don't have to be coded since these
are running from within the PCBoard environment. But, it's taken quite a
bit of coding to put together the Shell Game (as well as a considerable
learning process), so I've decided to ask a small fee for the registered
version of the game. $5 is all I ask for the registered version, which
entitles you to updates of all future versions of the game. Of course,
future versions are dependent on how much support the game receives from
sysops. If you'd like to register the Shell Game, you can mail a check
or money order to:
Mark Zec
6404 Gertrude Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44105
As mentioned above, registering entitles you to free upgrades of the
Shell Game. You can download your registered versions from Hare Mail BBS
at (216)341-6793. After registering on the board, you'll be able to
download your registered version on the first call. I can be contacted in
the PCB support forum....we carry both U'NI and Intelec on our board, and
receive the conference in both networks, so I'll be sure to get any message
you might send me. Please fill out the REGISTER.TXT form included in the
ZIP file for more information.
THE LEGAL STUFF
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Use the Shell Game at your own risk. All I guarantee that the PPE
will do is take up some room on your hard drive....it works fine on our
BBS, but I can't make any guarantees that it will work on yours.
The Shell Game is copyright 1995 by GÄ£ÄHÄD SÖƒTWÄRΣ.
AND EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO....
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....my wife Becky. The concept for the game was hers, and she did
most of the graphics for the game. Luv ya, Becky!