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- Yatzee V2.1a for the Psion Series 5 (C) DCR SoftWare '97
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- The UID for this program is 1000048F
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- Released as FreeWare in September '97
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- To install Yatzee:
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- 1) Make sure the \System folder is shown on your Series 5 system screen.
- If it's not, enable it in the 'Preferences' dialog.
- 2) Go into \System\Apps and make a new folder called "Yatzee"
- 3) Using PsiWin, copy across all the files from this distribution into
- the new \System\Apps\Yatzee folder.
- 4) That's it! There will be a new icon on your Extras bar.
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- What is Yatzee:
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- Yatzee is playing poker with dice (sort of).
- You have to fill up 13 categories, 6 in the left column and 7 in the
- right. The game ends when all the categories have been filled.
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- Scoring in the left column:
- If you want to score the 'Five's', only the five's in the hand will count.
- So, three five's will give 15 points in the 'Five's' category.
- 63 points or more in the left column gives you a bonus of 35 points.
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- Scoring in the right column:
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- Chance : Any combination is valid. Scores points in hand.
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- Three of a kind : Scores points in hand if you have three dice of the
- same kind.
- e.g. 5-5-5-4-2 scores 21 points.
- Four of a kind : Scores points in hand if you have four dice of the
- same kind.
- e.g. 6-6-6-6-3 scores 27 points.
- Small straight : Scores a fixed 25 points if you have 4 dice on a row.
- e.g. 1-2-3-4-6.
- Large straight : Scores 30 points if you have 5 dice on a row.
- e.g. 2-3-4-5-6.
- Full house : Scores a fixed 25 points if you have 3 of a kind AND
- 2 of a kind.
- e.g. 3-3-3-5-5
- Yatzee : Scores a fixed 50 points if you have 5 of a kind.
- e.g. 4-4-4-4-4
- This is the only category to which you can score
- more than once.
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- Playing:
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- After rolling the dices, mark the dices you want to keep with the keys 1-5.
- or touch the screen with a pen. Then roll again the unmarked dice with the
- SPACE key. There is a maximum of three rolls.
- Then you have to assign the score to a category. Use the Arrow Keys to do
- the allocating.
- You can score to an invalid category it will enter 0 points, e.g. allocate
- to the 'Five's' category, without having any five's or to the 'Yatzee'
- without having a Yatzee.
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- Toolbar:
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- 1. Button) Restarts Yatzee.
- 2. Button) Opens option screen - turns sound on/off or resets High Score.
- 3. Button) Calls up High Score.
- 4. Button) Quits Yatzee.
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- Hotkey(s)
- --------- Ctrl+E - Quits game.
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- Update report:
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- Yatzee V1.0a released: 13/09/97
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- Yatzee V1.0c released: 14/09/97 - When getting a winning combo (after 1 or 2 rolls)
- Yatzee goes straight to scoring.
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- Yatzee V1.0d released: 15/09/97 - Quits now with Ctrl+E (anytime).
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- Yatzee V2.0a released: 16/09/97 - Now fully playable by Pen.
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- Yatzee V2.0c released: 17/09/97 - Minor changes.
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- Yatzee V2.0d released: 18/09/97 - Ops... changed "Gand Total" to "Grand Total"
- (sorry.. nobody told me??!! looked at it and
- couldn't believe my eyes ##*+!').
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- Yatzee V2.0e released: 22/08/97 - Changed display layout. Changed "Change" to "Chance"!
- I wasn't sure, whether the scoreboard option
- is called "Change" (like improve) or "Chance"!??
- But.. I was told it's called "Chance". So, I
- "changed" it :-DD
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- Yatzee V2.0f released: 24/08/97 - Runs now from drive D (CF cards)
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- Yatzee V2.1a released: 13/10/97 - Less sensetive Pen
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- IMPORTANT: If you aren't using Win 95 to unzip Yatzee.zip, please make sure that after
- unzipping, the folder name and filenames on your Psion 5 are the same as
- described above!!!!! ( If needed, use RENAME OPTION on your Psion 5 )
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- For support.... send an E-mail to: roennau@bigfoot.com
- My Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/peaks/1167/index.html
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- That's all folks...
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- Dirk C Roennau
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