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Hangman Two USER-SUPPORTED SOFTWARE User-supported software, which is also known as Shareware, is an experiment in microcomputer software distribution based on the following principles: 1. That the value or worth of a program is best judged by the individual user using the program on his/her own machine. 2. That the creation and distribution of microcomputer software can be financially supported by users at reasonable cost. 3. That the copying and sharing of software can and is encouraged. Anyone may request a copy of a user-supported program by sending a blank, formatted disk to the author of the program. An addressed, postage-paid return mailer must accompany the disk (no exceptions, please). A copy of the program, with documentation on the disk, will be sent by return mail. The program will carry a notice suggesting a contribution to the program's author. Making a contribution is completely voluntary. Free distribution of software and voluntary payment for its use eliminates costs for advertising and copy protection schemes. Users obtain quality software at reduced cost. They can try it out before buying, and do so at their own pace and in the comfort of their own home or office. The best programs will survive based purely on their quality and usefulness. Please join the experiment. If you share a belief in these principles, your contribution is requested to help make this work. Regardless of whether you make a contribution, you are encouraged to copy and share this program. PERMISSION TO COPY Individuals, clubs, and other non-profit organizations are granted permission by the authors to freely copy this program and documentation and share it with their members, so long as: 1. No price is charged for the software or documentation. However, a distribution, copying cost or charge for the cost of the diskette, so long as it is not more than $6.00 total. 2. Club members be informed of the user-supported idea and encouraged to support it with their donations. 3. The program(s) or documentation are not modified in any way and they are distributed together. Your Contribution Please send your contribution, $5 is suggested for each of the following: Hangman, Children's Hangman and Hangman Two. Also please send your name address, version number, diskette size and info on where you received your copy of the program to the following: James Huckabey 3621-A Fraser Street Bellingham, WA 98226 (206) 671-2868 This puts you on my mailing list, registered users receive notices of updates and new programs. It is important that your current version number is on all correspondence. The program consists of: HANGMAN.EXE HANGMAN2.EXE CHANGMAN.EXE HANGMAN.DOC HANGMAN2.DOC HANGMAN.LST CHANGMAN.LST HANG.BAT HANG2.BAT READ.ME FILE_ID.DIZ They may be freely copied and passed on (non-altered programs), they may be combined with other shareware programs but all segments must be included. I would also enjoy just hearing your likes and dislikes about any of my programs. I am open to suggestions on how our programs might be improved, all suggestions are evaluated. If you are having program problems, you may be running an altered and/or non-authorized version. Please send a note along with the version number and the problem you are experiencing. Please include a self addressed stamped envelope if you expect a reply. There are no exceptions. Please give complete details, printouts, screen dumps, etc. You can make notes directly on printouts showing problems or suggestions. Thank you. DISCLAIMER In no event will the Author be liable to you for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the program or unfamiliarity of the user with DOS, BASIC, BASICA/GWBASIC or BASIC compilers, even if the Author has been advised of the possibility of such damages, or for any claim by any other party. If you use these programs you agree to these terms. Hangman Two This is a multiple player version of Hangman. Up to fifteen people can play at one time. One person enters up to twelve mystery words and up to fourteen people each take a turn trying to guess the letters in the word. You have eleven chances to guess the letters in the mystery word. Each miss adds one part to the gallows or the man who is hung if you guess a wrong letter for the eleventh time. Each correct letter guess displays each of the occurrences of the letter and can only be chosen one time. Letters not found in the mystery word can be guessed more than one time so be careful on the letters. Playing The Game Type in HANGMAN2 and press <ENTER> the Hangman Menu appears on the screen. ╔═════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ H A N G M A N T W O M E N U ║ ╟─────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ <1> New Game, same players ║ ║ ║ ║ <2> Change Players/New Players ║ ║ ║ ║ <3> View Previous Scores ║ ║ ║ ║ <4> View Info/Help Screen ║ ║ ║ ║ <5> Sound is ON ║ ║ ║ ║ <6> Exit The Program ║ ║ ║ ╟─────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ Press Choice <1-6> ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╝ J A M E S H U C K A B E Y Press choice <1> to <6>. You cannot start a new game if you have not entered names/words and defaults to a new game with new players. You cannot view scores when the are none to display. Pressing <5> turns the sound on and off. The menu reflects the status of the sound ON or OFF. The program default is Sound=ON. <1> New Game, same players Press <1> from the Hangman Two Menu. If you have already entered the players names and guessed at least one word this option takes you to the Word Entry position. If you press this the first time the program automatically moves you into the <2> Change Players/New Players option. The screen displays: Please enter up to `12' mystery words To enter less than 12 words press <ENTER> on an empty entry [ ] Press <RETURN> when finished with each word, <BACKSPACE> to erase Press <ESC> for the Main Menu Any letter <A-Z> may be pressed in upper of lowercase, or the <-> for hyphenated words. The program converts all to uppercase. The length limit here is `24' characters. To erase a character or characters press the <BACK SPACE>. When finish with a word press <ENTER> to advance to the next word. The only characters that can be entered are 'A-Z' and '-' for hyphenated words. The program default is `12' words. To enter less that twelve word press <ENTER> on a blank input and the word entry is terminated. You may press <ESC> to abort the word entry and return to the Hangman Two Menu. Any words you have entered are deleted. After entering the desired number of words, which appear lettered A to K at the bottom of the screen, the screen displays: A:Word 1 B:Word 2 C:Word 3 D:Word 4 Press <Y> if words are correct or letter <A - L> to change word If there are no corrections needed, press <Y> to start the game. If there are corrections to be made press the appropriate letter in upper or lowercase. If you want to add more words, up to twelve total, press the next letter. In the example above the next letter in sequence is the letter `E'. If the letter is out of sequence the program defaults to adding the next work in sequence, here, the E: or 5th word. This lets you add words after you have exited the normal input position. Repeat your input until the program reaches `12' or you are finished editing and you press <Y>. <2> Change Players/New Players Press <2> from the Hangman Two Menu. The screen displays: Enter # of players including the person going to enter words [ ] Press <ENTER> when finished, use <BACK SPACE> to erase Press <ESC> for Main Menu Any number is valid but the total cannot be over 14. The screen then displays: Enter name of person who is going to enter the mystery word [ ] Press <RETURN> when finished, <BACK SPACE> to erase Press <ESC> for the Main Menu This can be anyone but cannot be a player too. Any keyboard character is acceptable. After you have entered the players name the screen displays: Enter name of player 1 [ ] Press <RETURN> when finished, <BACK SPACE> to erase Press <ESC> for the Main Menu Any keyboard character is acceptable. Press <ENTER> when finished with each name. After the correct number of players have been entered the screen displays: A: Player 1 is going to enter the mystery word B:Player 2 C:Player 3 D:player 4 Is this correct? Press <Y> or letter of name to be changed If there are no corrections needed, press <Y> to start the game. If there are corrections to be made press the appropriate letter in upper or lowercase. If you want to add more players, up to fourteen total, press the next letter. In the example above the next letter in sequence is the letter `E'. If the letter is out of sequence the program defaults to adding the next work in sequence, here, the E: or 5th player. This lets you add words after you have exited the normal input position. Repeat your input until the program reaches `14' or you are finished editing and you press <Y>. Please enter up to `12' mystery words To enter less than 12 words press <ENTER> on an empty entry [ ] Press <RETURN> when finished with each word, <BACKSPACE> to erase Press <ESC> for the Main Menu Any letter <A-Z> may be pressed in upper of lowercase, or the <-> for hyphenated words. The program converts all to uppercase. The length limit here is `24' characters. To erase a character or characters press the <BACK SPACE>. When finish with a word press <ENTER> to advance to the next word. The only characters that can be entered are 'A-Z' and '-' for hyphenated words. The program default is `12' words. To enter less that twelve word press <ENTER> on a blank input and the word entry is terminated. You may press <ESC> to abort the word entry and return to the Hangman Two Menu. Any words you have entered are deleted. After entering the desired number of words, which appear lettered A to K at the bottom of the screen, the screen displays: A:Word 1 B:Word 2 C:Word 3 D:Word 4 Press <Y> if words are correct or letter <A - L> to change word If there are no corrections needed, press <Y> to start the game. If there are corrections to be made press the appropriate letter in upper or lowercase. If you want to add more words, up to twelve total, press the next letter. In the example above the next letter in sequence is the letter `E'. If the letter is out of sequence the program defaults to adding the next work in sequence, here, the E: or 5th word. This lets you add words after you have exited the normal input position. Repeat your input until the program reaches `12' or you are finished editing and you press <Y>. After entering the desired number of words the screen displays: A: Word 1 B: Word 2 C: Word 3 D: Word 4 Press <Y> if words are correct or letter <A - L> to change word If there are no corrections needed, press <Y> to start the game. If there are corrections to be made press the appropriate letter in upper or lowercase. If you want to add more words, up to twelve total, press the next letter. In the example above the next letter in sequence is the letter `E'. If the letter is out of sequence the program only uses up to but not including the first blank word. To erase an out of sequence word press <F10>. Repeat your input until the program reaches `12', you are through with your editing, and press <Y>. The screen displays: It Is Player 1's Turn to play Press <ANY KEY> to start' Pressing any key starts the Player's turn. The screen displays: It is Player 1's turn to for word number 1 letters S not Q used E O ? - - - - - - - - Where the `- - - - - - - -' represents the first mystery word. Each underline represents a letter in the mystery word. If there are any hyphens in the word it will be automatically displayed on the screen. As you miss the gallows is drawn over the input position. You may press <ESC> to terminate the current player. If you do so the program assigns to you 11 points to each word you have not tried to guess, which is the same as missing the word (hanging the man) and it advances to the next player. If you press a word already used the program displays `letter used' at the bottom of the screen. If you type in a letter that is already in the `letters not used' it counts as another miss. At the end of each word tried the screen displays: Press <ENTER for Next Word After the last mystery word is tried the screen displays: Press <ENTER> for Next Player After all the players have tried all the mystery words the screen displays: Hangman Two Total Scores A B C D E F G H I J K Tot Player 1.............. 8 2 5 1 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 29 Player 2.............. 3 11 10 5 3 7 9 0 0 0 0 48 Player 3.............. 2 4 7 2 2 7 8 0 0 0 0 32 A:WORD 1 E:WORD 5 B:WORD 2 F:WORD 6 C:WORD 3 G:WORD 7 D:WORD 4 Press <ENTER> to continue Where Player n is the name of the player and WORD n is the words that were entered into the program. A-K represent the wrong guesses. Pressing <ENTER> returns you to the Hangman Two Menu. If you want to save your scores, and have a printer attached to your computer you can press your <Print Scrn> key. When you start a new game the old scores are erased. <3> View Scores Press <3> from the Hangman Menu, the screen displays: Hangman Two Total Scores A B C D E F G H I J K L Tot Player 1.............. 8 2 5 1 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 29 Player 2.............. 3 11 10 5 3 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 48 Player 3.............. 2 4 7 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 48 A:WORD 1 E:WORD 5 B:WORD 2 F:WORD 6 C:WORD 3 G:WORD 7 D:WORD 4 Press <ENTER> to continue Where Player n is the name of the players and WORD is the words that were entered into the program. A-L represent wrong the guesses (total of up to 12 words). Pressing <ENTER> returns you to the Hangman Two Menu. If you want to save your scores, and have a printer attached to your computer you can press your <Print Scrn> key. When you start a new game the old scores are erased. <4> View Info/Help Screen The help screen is just that, a help screen. It contains some of the basic information about the program. The program can be run just fine by either reading it or not. The program can be run without even reading this document. I try to put as much information on the screen as possible. It does not contain a lot of detailed information. <5> Sound is ON Press <5> from the Hangman Menu and the menu displays the current status of the Sound option. If it is ON it is turned OFF. If it is OFF it is turn ON. This controls all program sounds from the warning tones, to the input tones, to the various tones. This option was added for those people who do not like the speaker to make any noise or are using the program at work and they do not want their boss to know it. <6> Exit The Program Press <6> from the Hangman Two Menu and the program ends. If you have a color system the program ends with a blue background and you want it cleared away you have to type in `CLS' and press <ENTER> at your DOS prompt to clear it. I did not clear to DOS's default colors of 7,0,0 or you might have to do a CLS on a black background. Everyone is not using the same colors. I use the default Gray on Black on my system for all DOS work and White on Blue in most application programs.