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                           ╚OW TO ╨LAY ├HESS +

       ┴S THIS IS MY FIRST GAME, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF PARTS OF THE
   DOCUMENTATION ARE A BIT OBTUSE (OR MISSSSPELLED)

   ┼QUIPMENT: ├OLOR MONITOR/TV.
              ╩OYSTICK (PORT ONE) OR ═OUSE (PORT TWO)

       ├HESS + BEGAN AS AN IDEA, EVOLVED INTO A BOARD-GAME PLAYED WITH
   SCRAPS OF PAPER AND PENNIES, AND FINALLY SWITCHED TO AN ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
   ├HESS + IS NOT A VARIATION OF ├HESS PER SE.  ╔T WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE TO
   SAY THAT ├HESS IS A VARIATION ON ├HESS +.  ╔T IS A STRATEGY GAME OF
   AMAZING VARIATION AND PLANNING. ╫ITH ANY LUCK, IT MAY ACHIEVE
   CONSIDERABLE POPULARITY.

       ╞IRST, THE GAME.  ╔T IS PLAYED ON AN 8╪8 CHESSBOARD WITH THE CORNERS
   IN THE COLORS OF THE TWO OPPOSING PLAYERS, GREEN AND RED.  ┼ACH PLAYER
   BEGINS WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF "POINTS" WITH WHICH TO BUILD PIECES.  (╔
   RECOMMEND 4╧, BUT ANYWHERE FROM 2╧ TO 8╧ MAKE A GOOD GAME)  ┴ PIECE
   CONSISTS OF ANY OR MORE OF FOUR ELEMENTS.  ╘HE NUMBERS IN PARENTHESIS
   TELL HOW MUCH A CERTAIN FEATURE "COSTS".  ╘HIS IS SIGNIFICANT NOT ONLY
   BECAUSE PIECES MAY ONLY BE CREATED WITH THE PLAYERS POINTS, BUT ALSO
   BECAUSE WHEN A PIECE IS CAPTURED, ITS POINTS ARE AWARDED TO THE CAPTURING
   PLAYER.

   ├ENTER:┴ CIRCLE IS DRAWN IN THE CENTER OF THE PIECE.  ╔F IT IS FILLED IN,
   THE PIECE IS ORDINARY.  ╔F IT IS LEFT HOLLOW, THE PIECE IS A KING.  ╔F A
   VERTICAL LINE IS DRAWN THROUGH THE CIRCLE, THE PIECE CAN JUMP (2 PTS) A
   MAXIMUM OF THREE SQUARES.  ╔F A CROSS IF PUT INSIDE THE CIRCLE, THE PIECE
   IS A "BOMB" (2 PTS) AND MAY BE EXPLOADED BY THE PLAYER AT ANY TIME,
   "CAPTURING" ALL ADJOINING PIECES AND DISTROYING ITSELF.  ╬╧╘┼: ┴ ┬╧═┬
   ─┼╙╘╥╧┘╙ ╨╔┼├┼╙ ╧╞ ┬╧╘╚ ╨╠┴┘┼╥╙ ┴╬─ ┴╫┴╥─╙ ╘╚┼ ├┴╨╘╒╥┼ ╘╧ ╘╚┼ ╙╔─┼
   ╧╨╨╧╙╔╘┼ ╘╚┼ ╨╔┼├┼╙ ├┴╨╘╒╥┼─.

   ╙HORT LINES (1 PT EACH): ╠INES DRAWN FROM THE CENTRAL CIRCLE BUT NOT
   TOUCHING THE EDGE OF THE SQUARE.  ╘HEY MAY BE HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, OR
   DIAGONAL, IN ANY COMBINATION OF THE EIGHT MAIN COMPASS DIRECTIONS.  ╘HEY
   PERMIT MOVEMENT BY ONE SQUARE IN THE DIRECTION(S) IN WHICH THEY ARE
   DRAWN.

   ╠ONG LINES (2 PTS EACH): ╠INES DRAWN FROM THE CENTRAL CIRCLE TOUCHING THE
   EDGE OF THE SQUARE.  ╘HEY MAY BE HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, OR DIAGONAL, IN
   ANY OF THE EIGHT MAIN COMPASS DIRECTIONS.  ╘HEY PERMIT MOVEMENT BY ANY
   NUMBER OF SQUARES IN THE DIRECTION(S) IN WHICH THEY ARE DRAWN.

   ╦NIGHT MOVES (1 PT EACH): ╠INES DRAWN FROM THE CENTRAL CIRCLE BEGINNING
   ON A DIAGONAL, BUT FINISHING EITHER HORIZONTALLY OR VERTICALLY.  ╘HEY
   PERMIT MOVEMENT IN THE FASHION OF A KNIGHT IN THE DIRECTION(S) IN WHICH
   THEY ARE DRAWN. (E.G. 1 SQUARE DIAGONALLY, 1 SQUARE ORTHAGONALLY AWAY
   FROM THE ORIGION)  ╦NIGHT-MOVES DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDE 'JUMPING'.
   ╔F JUMPING IS DESIRED, THE PIECE MUST HAVE A CENTRAL VERTICAL LINE.

       ┴LSO, THERE ARE "PAWNS", WHICH MERELY APPEAR AS LARGE CIRCLES.  ╘HEY
   MOVE AS DO PAWNS IN REGULAR CHESS, EXCEPT THAT THEY NEITHER MOVE TWO
   SQUARES ON THEIR FIRST MOVE, NOR CAPTURE EN PASSENT.  ╨AWNS ARE NOT
   "PROMOTED" UPON REACHING THE OPPOSITE SIDE, BUT INSTEAD CONVERTED INTO A
   FIVE POINT BONUS FOR THEIR OWNER.  ╫HEN THEY ARE CAPTURED, HOWEVER, THEY
   ARE WORTH ONLY 1 POINT.







       ╨IECES ARE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, CREATED ALTERNATELY BY
   PLAYERS ON THE ROWS CLOSEST TO THEM.  ╨AWNS ARE PLACED IN FRONT OF THE
   ORDINARY PIECES.  ╨LAYERS MUST PLACE THEIR KINGS IN THE CONVENTIONAL
   SPOTS.  ─URING PLAY, PLAYERS USE ONE THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS PER TURN: TO
   ROTATE A PIECE 90, 180, OR 270 DEGREES, TO DETONATE A BOMB, TO MOVE A
   PIECE, OR TO CREATE A NEW PIECE.  ╘HE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD OPTIONS
   ARE SELF-EXPLANITORY.  ╘HE FOURTH OPTION, TO CREATE A PIECE WITH CAPTURED
   OR LEFT-OVER POINTS, MAY ONLY BE PERFORMED ON THE TWO CORNERS CLOSEST TO
   THE PLAYER.  ╒NLIKE CHESS, THE GAME IS NOT TERMINATED BY A CHECKMATE.
   ╧NLY THE DIRECT CAPTURE OF THE KING ENDS THE PLAY.



       ╬OW FOR THE PROGRAM.  ╘HESE ARE THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE 128 ╓1.1
   RELEASE, WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE UNRELEASED ╓1 IN THAT THE SPRITES ARE
   MORE INTELLEGENTLY PLANED, THE TITLE SCREEN IS DRAWN IN ╞┴╙╘ MODE, MOUSES
   (MICE?) ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTED, AND ALL EXTRA DATA IS NOW INCLUDED IN
   ONE FILE.  ╔T IS WRITTEN IN ┬┴╙╔├, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MOUSE
   DRIVER, WHICH WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE 1351 ═╧╒╙┼ ╒╘╔╠╔╘┘ ─╔╙╦.  ╔F
   ANYONE FINDS ANY MAJOR BUGS, LET ME KNOW SO ╔ CAN FIX THEM.

       ╞IRST, ─╠╧┴─ AND ╥╒╬ THE PROGRAM, SWITCHING YOUR MONITOR TO 4╧ COLUMN
   MODE. ┴FTER A BRIEF DELAY, A TITLE SCREEN WILL APPEAR, FOLLOWED BY A
   PLEASE-HELP-A-POOR-STARVING-PROGRAMMER MESSAGE.  ╨RESS ANY KEY AFTER EACH
   ONE. ╬EXT, THE COMPUTER WILL TAKE ITS OWN GOOD TIME DRAWING THE BOARD.
   ┬EFORE THE GAME BEGINS, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT MOUSE (PORT 1) OR
   JOYSTICK (PORT 2) CONTROL AND ALSO HOW MANY POINTS YOU WANT EACH PLAYER
   TO BEGIN WITH.

       ╬EXT, THE SCREEN WILL DISPLAY THE MAIN BOARD, WITH A SMALL GREEN
   TRIANGLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.  ╘HE COMPUTER WILL PAUSE WHILE YOU
   OBSERVE THE TRIANGLE'S LOCATION, THEN GO THE THE CREATION SCREEN, WHICH
   LOOKS LIKE:

   1  2  1  2  1      ├╧╙╘: --

   2           2      ╧╦

   1     3     1

   2           2

   1  2  1  2  1

       ╧F COURSE, THE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY BOXES, BUT NUMBERS ARE GOOD
   ENOUGH FOR DESCRIPTIVE PURPOSES.  ╔N CASE YOU CAN'T TELL WHOSE TURN IT
   IS, THE POINTER, WHICH APPEARS AS A HAND, IS THE COLOR OF THE PLAYER TO
   MOVE.  ╞OR YOUR FIRST PIECE, YOU WILL SEE A HOLLOW CIRCLE AT 3, THE
   CENTRAL SQUARE.  ╘HIS REPRESENTS A KING.  ╘HE BOXES SYMBOLIZE THE
   DIRECTIONS IN WHICH YOUR PIECE MAY MOVE.  ╔F YOU CLICK ON ANY OF THE 1S,
   WHICH REPRESENT COMPASS DIRECTIONS, THEY WILL GO FROM AN EMPTY BOX TO ╙
   (SHORT LINE) TO ╠ (LONG LINE), THEN BACK TO A BOX AGAIN. ╘HE 2S, WHICH
   ARE KNIGHT-MOVES, SIMPLY ALTERNATE BETWEEN A BOX AND A +.  ╔N ALL PIECES
   EXCEPT THE KINGS, THE CENTRAL 3 WILL BEGIN WITH A SOLID CIRCLE AND CYCLE
   THROUGH JUMPING AND BOMBING.  ┴T ALL TIMES DURING THE PROCESS, THE COST
   OF THE PIECE IS DISPLAYED AT THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.  ╫HEN THE
   PIECE IS FINISHED, CLICK ON ╧╦ AND THE PROCESS WILL REPEAT, FIRST FOR
   YOUR OPPONENT'S KING, THEN FOR THE PIECE NEXT TO YOURS, THEN FOR THE
   PIECE NEXT TO YOUR OPPONENT'S KING, AND EVENTUALLY ALL OF YOUR PIECES.







       ┴T LAST, YOU CAN PLAY!  ╘O MOVE, YOU SIMPLY PROCEED AS FOLLOWS:

   ╘╒╥╬:  ╞IRST, CLICK ON THE PIECE YOU WISH TO ROTATE.  ┴ TAB WILL APPEAR
   ON THAT SQUARE.  ╬EXT, CLICK ON ONE OF THE ICONS IN THE CONTROL BOX AT
   FAR RIGHT REPRESENTING ROTATION.  ╘HE FIRST IS 9╧ DEGREES CLOCKWISE, THE
   SECOND IS 18╧, AND THE THIRD IS 27╧.

   ┬╧═┬:  ┬EGIN BY CLICKING ON YOUR BOMBING PIECE.  ┴ TAB WILL APPEAR.
   ╬EXT, CLICK ON THE CROSS ICON IN THE CONTROL BOX.

   ═╧╓┼:  ╙TART BY CLICKING ON THE PIECE YOU WISH TO MOVE.  ╬EXT, CLICK ON
   THE ARROW ICON IN THE CONTROL BOX.  ╞INALLY, CLICK ON YOUR CHOSEN
   DESTINATION.

   ├╥┼┴╘┼:  ╞IRST, CLICK ON ONE OF YOUR CREATION SQUARES.  ╘HEN CLICK ON THE
   CREATION ICON, WHICH REPRESENTS THE CORNERS OF THE BOARD.  ┘OU WILL BE
   SENT TO THE CREATION SCREEN, WHERE YOU WILL PROCEED AS YOU DID IN THE
   BEGINNING.

            ╚AVE FUN!!