╠EXIKOS WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN A CLASSROOM SETTING.
╘HE USER IS PRESENTED WITH 1╧ PROBLEMS (USUALLY WORD DEFINITIONS) SELECTED AT
RANDOM FROM FROM THE LIBRARY OF ╠EXIKOS GAME FILES PREVIOUSLY CREATED BY THE
TEACHER. ╘HE STUDENT IS GIVEN A LIMITED TIME TO TYPE A CORRECTLY SPELLED WORD
THAT MATCHES THE ON-SCREEN CLUES. ╘HREE CLUES ARE AVAILABLE FOR EACH PROBLEM.
╨OINTS ARE LOST FOR TIME DELAYS AND CLUE REQUESTS. ╘HE HIGHEST SCORE IS SAVED,
ALONG WITH THE STUDENT'S NAME, AND PRESENTED TO THE NEXT PLAYER AS A CHALLENGE.
╘HE PROBLEMS MAY BE ANYTHING FROM A SIMPLE VOCABULARY OR SPELLING LIST TO
COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING QUESTIONS WITH SHORT SPECIFIC ANSWERS.
╟┼╬┼╥┴╠ ├╧╬╙╔─┼╥┴╘╔╧╬╙
╠EXIKOS IS INTENDED FOR USE BY STUDENTS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS. ╔T IS ASSUMED
THAT THE STUDENT CAN READ SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE SCREEN. ╔T IS ALSO
ASSUMED THAT THE TEACHER WILL STRUCTURE THE GAME FILES TO FIT THE INDIVIDUAL
CLASS NEEDS. ╘HIS PROGRAM MAY BE USED WITHOUT MODIFICATION WITH THE ├OM╓OICE
OR ╨RO╓OICE (╓OTALKER 64) SPEECH SYNTHESIZERS. ╠EXIKOS WAS DESIGNED FOR THE
├OMMODORE 64 WITH A 1541 DISK DRIVE. ╔T MAY ╬╧╘ WORK WITH SOME FAST LOAD
UTILITY PROGRAMS.
╠╧┴─╔╬╟ ╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙
╔F YOU PLAN TO USE ├OM╓OICE, ╨RO╓OICE OR ╓OTALKER, BE SURE THE CARTRIDGE IS IN
PLACE THEN TURN ON THE COMPUTER AND DISK DRIVE. (╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ WILL WORK WITHOUT THE
SPEECH CARTRIDGE) ╘YPE ╠╧┴─"╠┼╪╔╦╧╙",8 (OR ╠╧┴─"╠*",8). ╫HEN THE ╥┼┴─┘ PROMPT
APPEARS, TYPE ╥╒╬. ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ WILL THEN FINISH BOOTING ITSELF SELECTING THE SAME
GAME FILE USED DURING THE LAST PLAY ALONG WITH ANY SPECIAL FEATURES THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN SELECTED. ╨LAYING INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SCREEN. ╘O CHANGE
GAME FILES OR SELECT SPECIAL OPTIONS, ENTER "Y" WHEN ASKED IF YOU WANT TO
CHANGE SETUP. ┼NTERING "N" OR WAITING 15 SECONDS WILL WILL CAUSE ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ TO
BOOT AS PREVIOUSLY SETUP. ╘O READ, PRINT, EDIT OR CREATE NEW GAME FILES AND
OR DELETE NAMES FROM THE PLAYER ROSTER, CHANGE TEACHER'S PASSWORD, READ PLAYER
RECORDS, OR CHAMP'S NAME, TYPE ╠╧┴─"═┼╬╒",8. ╫HEN THE ╥┼┴─┘ PROMPT APPEARS, TYPE ╥╒╬. ╘HE MASTER MENU MAY BE CALLED FROM WITHIN ╠┼╪╔╦╧╙ BY FOLLOWING THE
TITLE SCREEN PROMPTS TO EXIT. (╚OLD ├OMMODORE KEY AND PRESS X)
├╥┼┴╘╔╬╟ ╟┴═┼ ╞╔╠┼╙
╘HE ╠EXIKOS DISK CONTAINS ONE GAME FILE NAMED "SAMPLE". ╘HE TEACHER SHOULD NOW
CREATE ONE OR MORE GAME FILES FOR HIS/HER STUDENT'S NEEDS. ╙ELECT ITEM 1 FROM
THE MASTER MENU (╟┴═┼ ╞╔╠┼ ╒╘╔╠╔╘┘). ┘OU WILL THEN BE ASKED FOR A FILE NAME.
╔F THE FILE EXISTS, THE NEW WORDS MAY BE ADDED. ╔F THE FILE DOES NOT EXIST, IT
WILL BE CREATED. ╒P TO 100 WORDS MAY BE USED IN EACH FILE, HOWEVER, IF THE
HINTS AND DEFINITIONS ARE VERY LONG, PART OF THE FILE MAY NOT BE READ WHEN