Getting Started: You can start the game from Workbench by opening the Artworx disk icon, and then selecting the Centerfold Squares magazine icon. Or, you can invoke Centerfold Squares from the CLI command window by typing 'CFS:CENTERFOLD'. Note: This program should be used with Kickstart 1.2 or later.
When the program is finished loading, the title screen will be displayed and introductory music will start playing. You can begin the program at this time by pressing the left mouse button.
Selecting an Opponent: The opponent select screen has been organized into three playing ability categories: Below Average, Average and Above Average. Below each category name is a list of the opponents that play within that category. However, each opponent has their own ability within each class, so each player will appear to play differently.
To select an opponent, point to the "button" that contains the name of the opponent you wish to play and click the left mouse button. If you are new to Centerfold Squares, you may consider playing Penny, probably the easiest of all the players.
After you have selected a player from the opponent select screen, you will be shown a player profile screen for that opponent. This will provide more information about that particular player. If you decide to play this opponent, click anywhere on the opponent,s picture. If you decide not to play against this opponent, click the mouse in an area outside the picture, this will take you back to the opponent selection screen.
Centerfold Squares Screen: The object of the game is to uncover the Centerfold opponent. When a new opponent is selected, the screen will appear filled with rectangles (the 'centerfold squares'), and one by one, a pre-selected number of these rectangles will be removed to reveal sections of the Centerfold opponent. After the initial rectangles have been removed, one last rectangle will flash. This flashing centerfold square will be the one that you and your opponent will battle over.
Each centerfold square has a GOAL value printed on it. This is the number of markers that will be used in the Double-Up game.
Playing Double-Up: The object of the Double-Up game is to beat the opponent in SCORE points at the end of a game. The game is terminated when either you or the opponent reaches or exceeds the GOAL value of the centerfold square in CHIPS. It is possible for you to win the game in SCORE points even though the opponent reaches the GOAL value first.
The Double-Up Screen: This screen consists of a playing field on the left side of the display, and a control and status field on the right. The play field is arranged in a grid of 100 squares, with gray squares denoting uncaptured squares, black markers are the Centerfold,s markers, and white squares are your markers. The control and status field is arranged, from top to bottom, with: the Centerfold's accumulated CHIPS and SCORE values; your accumulated CHIPS and SCORE values; the number of GOAL points (CHIPS) to reach; a message area; and at the bottom, a "???" chance button and a "Quit" button.
The Double-Up Board: When the Double-Up game is started, it will arrange four markers, two of your markers and two of the Centerfold's markers, in a crossed pattern at the center of the board. Remember, your markers are white, the Centerfold's are black. Next, a series of small red and green markers will be sprinkled about the board. The quantity of these markers, from one to five, and their locations, are random. These markers are used in the final SCORE value when the game is complete. The red markers are worth -10 points, and the green markers are worth +10 points. See section on scoring.
Who Starts First: Since there is an advantage to starting first, the game will alternate first move between you and your opponent. A move is completed when both of you have taken a turn.
Playing Double-Up: Each player alternates with moves designed to capture as many board markers, or chips, as possible. You capture markers by placing a new marker on a neutral, or gray, square in a way that will put the opponent's markers between this new square and one of your other markers. For example, if 'w' represents white markers, 'b' black markers and 'g' represents neutral markers, then consider the following possibility:
1 2 3 4 5
A g g g w g
B g b b b g
C g w w b g
D g w b b g
E g g g x g
If you place a marker on the neutral square at E4 (marked with an 'x', you would capture the squares along the vertical at D4, C4 and B4; as well as the diagonal marker at D3.
Rules of Play: You must make a move, if a move exists, and you must make a move that will capture squares, except asnpted below when playing CHANCE. If you make an incorrect move, one point will be subtracted from your SCORE points, and the program will flash all possible legal moves on the board.
Double-Up Marker: This marker is a yellow square that is put on the board, and taken off the board at random times throughout the game. Its frequency of occurrence and its placement are random. The person who places a marker on top of this square, provided it is a legal move, will get another turn at play. If no one can capture the Double-Up marker, it will eventually be removed, and may appear again later.
Playing Chance: At any time during regular play, you may wish to play chance. This option is considered to be a move, so you may forfeit a board play for this option. The primary purpose of this option is to allow either of the players to "gamble", and is usually invoked if you or your opponent determines that the game will be lost in the next couple of moves.
To play this option, you select the "???" button instead of a board play. This will invoke the chance flash display and tell you, or the Centerfold, what the outcome is. Note that the chance messages apply to the player that invokes the option, for example, if the Centerfold plays chance and gets the message "You Win", then the Centerfold wins, not you. Since both you and the Centerfold may play this option, don't panic if it starts unexpectedly, its just the Centerfold playing chance.
Following is a list of the chances, and the odds of getting that particular result:
End Game: The game endswhen either of the players reaches the GOAL points, a chance option of "WIN" or "LOSE" is rolled, or either player has no more markers left on the board. Each board marker is worth 1 GOAL point, and the game ends when either of the players reaches the value displayed in the "GOAL is" area of the control field, AFTER one complete move. Remember. a move consists of one turn each for both you and your opponent, so although you may have reached or exceeded the goal points, if the Centerfold has a turn remaining, the Centerfold can still play. In fact, usually someone will go over the goal value, but the next player will capture back some of the chips that exceeded the GOAL points.
When the game is close to being over, you will hear three beeping sounds, and there will be a slight pause in the game.
This is to help you realize when the game is about to be terminated. Note, this feature may not be vaild for GOAL points less than 12, so you should always watch the GOAL and CHIP points.
The Final Double-Up Game Results: The game is ended when the goal points are reached or exceeded. However, the game is won or lost based on SCORE points. During regular play, the SCORE value is constantly updated, so at the termination of the Double-Up game, the SCORE value is final.
Scoring is determined in the following way: Each marker chip is worth 1 SCORE point; each red marker will subtract 10 points from the score, each green marker will add 10 points; chance points are added and related in your overall SCORE. The player with the highest SCORE value wins. The final results will be displayed in the message area as "I win" or "You win".
Double-Up Game Ending: When Double-Up is over, the game will wait for you to click the left mouse button. This will allow you time to summarize and verify the game results.
Quit: At any time during the play, you may elect to select the "Quit" button. This will terminate the game as well as the Centerfold screen and return you to the opponent select screen.
What Happens After Double-Up: After the game is over, and you have clicked the left mouse button, you return to the Centerfold screen. If you lost, the square that you were playing for will be covered and the game will flash the next uncovered square. This will be the next goal square. If you have won, then the square that was flashing before you played the Double-Up game will now be uncovered, and the next covered square will flash.
You will play the Centerfold until either all of the squares are covered, or all of the Centerfold is uncovered. When that occurs, the screen will remain until you click the left mouse button. You will then return to the select screen.
Returning to Workbench: Select the "Quit" option on the opponent select screen to return to the Workbench.
Important Notice: The files on your Centerfold Squares disk are encripted. Tampering with them may destroy the program and void your warrenty.
