╘HE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO ELIMINATE ALL YOUR OPPONENTS PIECES BY JUMPING OVER THEM.
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╘HE GAME IS PLAYED ONLY ON THE DARK SQUARES. THE PIECES MOVE DIAGONALLY TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. ┘OU CAN ONLY MOVE ONTO AN EMPTY SQUARE, ONE SQUARE AT A TIME AND ONLY FORWARDS. ╔F YOU REACH THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOARD, YOUR PIECE BECOMES A KING (REPRESENTED BY A CIRCLE IN THE CENTRE OF THE PIECE) AND YOU CAN NOW MOVE IT EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARD.
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┴ CAPTURE IS MADE BY JUMPING OVER AN ENEMY PIECE WHICH IS ON A DIAGONALLY ADJACENT SQUARE AND LANDING ON AN EMPTY SQUARE IMMEDIATELY BEYOND. ╘HE CAPTURED PIECE IS THEN REMOVED FROM THE BOARD. ╔F THE CAPTURING PIECE CAN CONTINUE TO LEAP OVER OTHER ENEMY PIECES THEN IT MAY DO SO.
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╘HE GAME ENDS WHEN EITHER ONE SIDE HAS LOST ALL ITS PIECES OR WHERE A PLAYER CANNOT MOVE ANY OF HIS REMAINING PIECES (╔┼ A STATEMATE).
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╘HIS CAN BE DONE BY MOVING A CURSOR OVER THE BOARD TO CHOOSE PIECES. ╘HE YELLOW BAND ON THE RIGHT INDICATES WHOSE TURN IT IS TO GO AND THE MOVE CHOSEN.
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╘HE CURSOR CAN BE MOVED BY EITHER A JOYSTICK IN PORT TWO OR THE KEYBOARD. THE BOARD HAS LETTERS & NUMBERS AROUND IT CORRESPONDING TO THE COLUMNS & ROWS. ┘OU CAN PRESS THE LETTERS (┴-╚) AND THE NUMBERS (1-8) TO MOVE TO THAT COLUMN OR ROW.
╘HE JOYSTICK CAN BE USED TO MOVE THE CURSOR UP/DOWN & LEFT/RIGHT. ╘HESE FUNCTIONS ARE ALSO EMULATED BY THE KEYBOARD.
╠EFT: ╙╚╔╞╘+├╥╙╥ ╠/╥ ╥IGHT: ├╥╙╥ ╠/╥
╒P: ╙╚╔╞╘+├╥╙╥ ╒/─ ─OWN: ├╥╙╥ ╒/─
╘O ENTER A PIECE, YOU SHOULD PRESS ╞╔╥┼ ON THE JOYSTICK OR ╥┼╘╒╥╬ ON THE KEY- BOARD. ╔F YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU CAN DELETE IT BY PRESSING THE ─┼╠ KEY.
╔F YOU DO NOT FEEL LIKE FINSHING A GAME THEN PRESS ╤ FOLLOWED BY ╥┼╘╒╥╬ TO QUIT
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╨OSITION CURSOR ON PIECE TO MOVE AND PRESS ╞╔╥┼. ╘HEN POSITION CURSOR ON SQUARE TO LAND ON AND PRESS ╞╔╥┼.
╨RESS ╞╔╥┼ ONCE MORE.
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╨OSITION CURSOR ON PIECE TO MOVE AND PRESS ╞╔╥┼. ╘HEN POSITION CURSOR ON SQUARE TO LAND ON AND PRESS ╞╔╥┼.
╔F NO FURTHER PIECES CAN BE TAKEN THEN PRESS ╞╔╥┼ AGAIN,OTHERWISE PLACE CURSOR ON NEXT LANDING POSITON AND PRESS ╞╔╥┼.
╘HE COMPUTER WILL JUMP OVER THE FIRST PIECE THEN RETURN FOR CONTINUATION OF MOVE AND ALLOW FURTHER PIECES TO BE TAKEN. ╞OLLOW PROCEDURE ABOVE, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE PIECE TO MOVE.
╔F YOU MISTAKENLY SAID THAT YOU COULD JUMP AGAIN WHEN YOU COULD NOT, THEN YOU SHOULD PRESS ─┼╠ AND THEN ╞╔╥┼ OR ╥┼╘╒╥╬ SO THAT YOU INPUT THE STARTING POSITION AS YOUR ENDING POSITION.
