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MEMORY.COM is a game of Memory, or Concentration. A deck of 54 cards is layed
out face down [X]. You try to match the cards. Move the rectangular cursor
around and hit <RETURN> to turn the card over. If the two cards match you
receive two points and they will be removed from play [.].
The lower left box indicates if you have made a match or not and gives you
the opportunity of seeing your score by hitting <S>. Besides the score you will
see how many tries you have made. This is useful to know when you are
playing by yourself, to compare one game with another.
The cards are animals and there are four of each, with the exception of
HYENA, of which there are only two. Matching the HYENA cards will give you
4 extra points. Be careful: if you match CAT and MOUSE or HAWK and DOVE you
will lose 2 points - they hate eachother. But, on a one time basis, if you
match DOG and HORSE or LION and TIGER you will get a bonus of two points -
they love eachother (recall a TIGON for the latter).
At the end of the game you are given the option of playing again. If you
take the option the deck will be reshuffled.
You may leave the game at any time by typing ^C (control C).
You can use your own set of characters. Here is how you do it. At the start
of the game you are asked if you wish to use your own set. If yes, there will
be a search for the file MYOWN.MEM. If MYOWN.MEM does not exist the default
animals will be loaded. The MYOWN.MEM file must consist of fourteen characters
listed one line at a time like this:
LEMON
MAN man loves woman
WOMAN
WORM worm loves apple
APPLE
BOY boy hates girl
GIRL
ROSE rose hates weed
WEED
PALM
ELM
IVY
HOLLY
PINE
The FIRST one will be the wild card that gives the four extra points. Items
2 and 3 (Man and Woman in the example) and 4 and 5 Love eachother while
items 6 and 7 and items 8 and 9 hate eachother. They love and hate
reciprocately! There must be 14 cards and they must be no longer than 5
letters. You can insert comments in the file, so long as they are to the
right of the items (the computer will only read the first five spaces).
Be sure to start each entry at the EXTREME left.
You can write a file with a word processor that creates ASCII files
([N]on-document in Wordstar.) Otherwise use the MS-DOS copy routine.
For this type at the A> prompt:
copy CON: MYOWN.MEM
then line by line enter the characters. To terminate, end with a ^Z.
Have fun.
This is USER SUPPORT software. Please feel free to copy it and pass it on to
your friends.
If you like the game send a donation of $5.00 to the programer:
J.David Sapir
906 Old Farm Rd.
Charlottesville, VA.
22903
[Jimmy Paris Software]
copyright by J.David Sapir 1986