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- Pyramid 1.1
- The classic card game written for the Psion Series 5 in C++
- by Frederic Bouvry in 1997-1998
- (mailto:fred@palmtime.com http://www.palmtime.com)
-
- Pyramid is 'Public Domain'
- -You may do whatever you want with the sources and the binaries
- -I'm not responsible for any damage this program could cause to your palmtop or yourself
-
- Notes:
- -Official Pyramid App UID is 0x1000055D (keep this Id)
-
- Install procedure:
- ------------------
- The 5 distributed files are PYRAMID.APP, PYRAMID.AIF, PYRAMID.RSC
- CARDS.MBM and PYRAMID.TXT
-
- 1) Make sure you can see the System folder on the Psion by using the check box
- in the System menu -> Tools -> Preferences -> Show 'System' folder.
- 2) Create a new folder called 'Pyramid' under C:\System\Apps thus C:\System\Apps\Pyramid.
- You can also put it on a compact card, just replace 'C:' by 'D:' in the paths above.
- 3) Copy all the files from the distribution to this folder with PsiWin.
- 4) Now you should see the Pyramid Icon in the Extra Toolbar.
-
- Thanks to Andrian Harper (ady@ady.net) for his 'PDA Online' web site http://ady.net/
- where he maintains a 'Software Requests' list in which I saw the Pyramid game
- requested by William Miller.
-
- Thanks to 'oxymoron' who created the card pictures I used, his URL his
- http://www.waste.org/~oxymoron/cards/aboutcards.html
-
- PYRAMID'S RULES
- ---------------
- A classic game in which 28 cards are dealt in the form of a Pyramid.
- This comprises of seven rows, the successive rows increasing from one
- to seven and overlapping so that each card (except the seventh row)
- is partly covered by the two cards of next row.
- At the outset, the seven cards of the last row are available.
- From the available cards, discard pairs of cards that total thirteen.
- Discard kings singly. Turn cards from the stock one at a time putting
- unplayable cards in a wastepile. The top of this pile is always available.
- It may be paired with the next card turned up from the stock (the Tallon)
- or with any free card on the Pyramid. A free card is defined as a card
- with no cards touching it from the row below. Every card turned from
- the stock goes to the Tallon pile and any card on the Tallon Pile goes to the Waste.
- The game is won if all cards can be discarded - including the stock cards.
-
- The rules are simple but believe me, it's difficult to win.
- In the S5 version, you have an option that allows up to three redeals to be allowed
- before the game becomes blocked. Statistics have been also implemented.
- Note that if you finish a game (by winning or exiting) before reaching the maximum
- number of redeals, the statistics will be added to the current number of redeals.
- e.g.: If the maximum number of redeals is set to 3 and that you win the game during
- the first deal, the statistics will be added to the 'None' redeals number.
-
- There is no drag & drop feature: you just have to select the cards by tapping
- the screen with the pen. For a King, just tap on it. For a combination, tap on the first
- card, an ellipse will be drawn into it then tap on the second card.
- To cancel a started combination, just tap again on the first card selected.
- This method is the one I prefer, it is also the one used in the freeware Windows version
- and you won't damage your screen this way. This is not to avoid programming complexity as
- I had implemented a working drag & drop first.