╚USKER ─EUX IS A PACKAGE OF FOUR GAMES, ALL ORIENTED AROUND A COMMON THEME. ╔N EACH GAME, THE PLAYER WORKS AGAINST THE CLOCK TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, EACH BASED ON COLUMNS OF DIFFERENTLY COLORED BLOCKS. ┴ FEATURE COMMON TO ALL GAMES IS THE CHEAT FEATURE. ╚IT THE '├' KEY AT ANY TIME AND THE TIMER WILL HALT. ╨RESS IT AGAIN TO RESTART IT. ╔F YOU EVER WANT TO LEAVE A GAME, HIT THE <┼╙├> KEY.
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╒SE THE ╞1 KEY TO SELECT WHICH GAME YOU WANT TO PLAY. ╒SE THE ╞3 KEY TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF PLAY, FROM NOVICE TO EXPERT. ╫HEN THE GAME AND LEVEL ARE PICKED OUT, HIT THE <┼╬╘┼╥> KEY TO BEGIN. ╘O QUIT THE WHOLE PACKAGE, HIT THE '╤' KEY AT THIS SCREEN AND YOU WILL BE SENT TO THE BASIC PROMPT.
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╟AME ╧NE WORKS AS FOLLOWS: ┴T THE TOP OF THE SCREEN ARE TWO OR THREE BLOCKS (DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF PLAY). ╚ALFWAY DOWN THE SCREEN ARE NUMBERS, 1 TO 9, FOR THE COLUMNS. ╘HE OBJECT IS TO BUILD UP EACH COLUMN BY SELECTING A COLOR FROM THE TOP AND PLACING IT IN ONE OF THE NUMBERED COLUMNS. ╒SE THE NUMBER KEYS TO SELECT THE COLOR BLOCK AND TO POSITION IT. ╘HE ONE CATCH IS THAT NO TWO BARS IN EACH COLUMN CAN BE THE SAME COLOR. ╔F YOU REPEAT COLORS IN THE SAME COLUMN, THE COLUMN WILL BE ELIMINATED AND YOU WILL HAVE TO START OVER.╔F YOU DON'T LIKE THE SELECTION OF COLORS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, HIT THE SPACE BAR AND A NEW SET OF COLOR WILL APPEAR. ╧NCE ALL NINE COLUMNS REACH THE TOP OF THE PLAYING AREA, THE GAME IS OVER.
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╔N THIS GAME, THE OBJECT IS TO GUESS A SEQUENCE OF COLORS SELECTED BY THE COMPUTER. ┴S THE GAME BEGINS, YOU SEE NINE COLUMNS OF COLORED BARS. ┴ HORIZONTAL LINE CUTS THE BARS IN HALF. ╘HE OBJECT IS TO RAISE OR LOWER THE COLUMNS SO THAT THE HIDDEN COMBINATION IS LINED UP ACROSS THE HORIZONTAL BAR. ╒SE THE NUMBER KEYS AND UP AND DOWN ARROWS TO POSITION THE COLUMNS. ├LUES AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN GIVE YOU PORTIONS OF THE SEQUENCE. ┼ACH CORRECT SEQUENCE WILL USE ALL THE COLORS WITHOUT REPEATING ANY OF THE COLORS.
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╚ERE YOU HAVE TEN COLUMNS OF COLORED BLOCKS. ╘HE OBJECT IS TO REPOSITION THE COLUMNS SO THAT NO TWO BLOCKS OF THE SAME COLOR ARE SIDE BY SIDE. ┴RROWS TO THE RIGHT OF THE COLUMN INDICATE WHICH ROWS HAVE BLOCKS OF THE SAME COLOR NEXT TO EACH OTHER. ╒SE THE NUMBER KEYS TO SELECT THE TWO COLUMNS YOU WANT SWITCHED. ┴FTER ENTERING THE SECOND NUMBER THE COLUMNS WILL SWITCH. ╫HEN THERE ARE NO COLUMNS WITH THE SAME COLOR BARS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, THE GAME IS OVER.
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╘HE OBJECT OF THIS GAME IS TO BREAK DOWN THE COLUMNS OF COLORED BARS UNTIL ONLY ONE ROW REMAINS. ╒SE THE ARROW KEYS TO GO UP AND DOWN OR BACK AND FORTH. ╚ITTING THE SPACE BAR WILL CAUSE ALL COLORED BARS TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT OF THE ARROW TO BE DESTROYED, BUT ONLY UNTIL IT HITS A BAR OF THE SAME COLOR AS IS PRINTED AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. ┴T THAT POINT, THE BARS ON TOP OF THE GAP THAT HAS BEEN CREATED COLLAPSE ONTO THOSE BELOW. ╘HE CATCH IS THAT YOU CANNOT LET BARS OF THE SAME COLOR COLLAPSE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. ╔F THIS IS DONE, A NEW BAR WILL BE ADDED TO THE TOP OF EACH COLUMN. ╦EEP COLLAPSING THE COLUMNS WITHOUT ADDING NEW BARS TO REACH YOUR OBJECTIVE. ┴LSO, YOU CANNOT POSITION THE ARROW ON THE TOPMOST ROW.
