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YAM Software Proudly Presents A new game for the Atari line of computers. RED CAT RUMMY 500 + (c)1995 YAM Software Made by Thomas J. Starace Until now, if you wanted to play Rummy 500 you needed a deck of cards, a table, maybe a rainy day, and most importantly, another human being. Well now you can play Rummy 500 any time you want with this, the only Rummy 500 game program for Atari Computers! Red Cat Rummy 500+ features high quality graphics, sound, gameplay and the ability to Load and Save extended games against the computer. And with the 'plus' feature you can actually play Rummy 1 Million if you want! For those who really like a challenge, play on the hardest setting to see how good you really are. Red Cat Rummy 500+ features an easy to use interface that allows you to handle the cards intuitively. And if you still prefer to play against another human being, (always more fun), you can play online via modem with another person! SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Rummy 500+ runs on Atari computers with a minimum of 1 megabyte of memory. Machines with only one megabyte should remove all Desk Accessories and AUTO Programs. If your computer has TOS 1.xx you should be running the DRMTOS1x.PRG program file. If your computer has TOS 2.05 you should be running the DRMTOS25.PRG program file. If your computer has TOS 2.xx you should be running the DRMTOS26.PRG program file. If your computer has TOS 3.xx you should be running the DRMTOS3x.PRG program file. If you own a Falcon 030 you should be running the DRUMTOS4.PRG file. RUNNING THE PROGRAM: Floppy based systems : Insert the floppy disk into the drive and click on the DRMTOSxx.PRG file. Hard disk systems : Copy the DRMTOSxx.PRG file to any directory on your hard drive then double click on the program. (All savegame data will be saved to the directory you have choose.) (To have the program run automatically at boot time, or if your low on memory, just place it in your AUTO folder.) NOTE: Having the XControl Panel Installed can cause problems when exiting the game on some systems. After the short animated intro sequence, you will be at the title screen. From there you can start a new game, load a previously saved game, play an online game, quit to the Desktop or view Rummy 500+ information. (NOTE: You can abort any animations by pressing any key.) THE GOAL: Gain enough points to reach the winning score before your opponent. HINT:Try tricking your opponent to throw out cards you need. THE CONTROLS: - Left mouse button -> Click for all game actions and menu selections. - Right mouse button -> Click to toggle menu bar on and off during gameplay. - Space bar -> Press to 'Knock' (Described later) BEGINNING A GAME: - To start a new game click on 'NEW GAME' or 'PLAY ONLINE' from the title screen or 'START NEW GAME' in the 'OPTIONS' drop down menu. - At the start of a new game, the dealer of the cards will be picked randomly. After each round the players will take turns dealing. - The player who is not dealing goes first. PLAYING THE GAME: - Rummy 500+ gameplay is simple. The game is broken up into rounds. During a round you and your opponent take turns playing. - During your turn your goal is to get cards in the following combinations to put out for points: - 3 or more of a kinds. (Examples: K K K or 10 10 10 10 etc.) - 3 or more like cards in a series. (Examples: 2 3 4 etc. of CLUBS or 8 9 10 J Q K A or HEARTS or A 2 3 4 5 etc. of SPADES etc.) - Your turn consists of three steps, they are: 1)- Begin you turn by picking a card off of the deck or the pile. Picking a card off of the pile will give you that card and all of the cards after it. A card can only be picked off the pile if it will give your hand either of the above combinations. If not, then you must pick a card from the deck. 2)- Put out cards for points if you can or want to. (NOTE: IF YOU TAKE A CARD FROM THE PILE YOU MUST PUT IT OUT FOR POINTS. THE CARD YOU CHOOSE FROM THE PILE WILL BE RAISED IN YOUR HAND AS A REMINDER.) 3)- End your turn by throwing a card you don't want onto the pile. NOTE: You can also put 1 card out for points from your hand if it will add to cards already pointed out by either player. (Example: The computer has put out a 4 5 6 of CLUBS and you have the 7 of CLUBS you can put out the seven for points. NOTE: When there are 2 choices to point 1 card for, the card will be pointed off the like cards in a series. (Example: If there is a 7h 7c 7d out and also a 4s 5s 6s out and you have the 7s to point, it will be pointed off the 4s 5s 6s. NOTE: You can only put cards out for points after you picked a card from the deck or pile. An entire round ends when : -Either player puts all of their cards out for points and their hand is empty. Or -The deck runs out of cards,in which case the round has no winner. NOTE: The winner of a round gets all the remaining points in their opponents hand as a bonus. NOTE: You cannot end a round without throwing a card onto the pile. NOTE: After a round ends the deck will be shuffled, dealt and a new round will begin. MANEUVERING ABOUT THE GAME: -As you move the mouse pointer over cards it will be change into the shape of the card. You can pick up any of these cards except the ones already put out for points. NOTE: INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT FOLDER ARE PICTURES OF THE GAME SCREEN (IN STANDARD DEGAS FORMAT), TO SHOW WHAT THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE GAME SCREEN ARE. TO PICK A CARD FROM THE DECK: Move the mouse over the deck and click once. The card will now be in your possession. Move it to the place in your hand you want it and click again. NOTE: IF THE DECK RUNS OUT OF CARDS, CLICKING ON THE EMPTY DECK WILL RESTART THE ROUND. TO PICK A CARD FROM THE PILE: Move the mouse over the card you want then click and HOLD the mouse button. Drag that card over to your hand the release the button. If that card gives you a combination to be put out, it and all the cards after it will go into your hand. NOTE: WHEN YOUR OPPONENT PICKS UP FROM THE PILE, THE PROGRAM WILL WAIT UNTIL YOU CLICK THE MOUSE TO LET YOU SEE WHAT IT'S TAKING. (THE CARDS WILL BE RAISED.) TO REORDER CARD POSITIONS IN YOUR HAND: Move the mouse over the card to move. Click and HOLD the mouse button. Drag the card to the new position and release the button. NOTE: YOU CAN FORCE AN AUTOMATIC REORDER OF YOUR HAND BY CLICKING ON THE ICON BELOW YOUR SCORE. TO PUT CARDS OUT FOR POINTS: Before you can put out cards for points, they must be ordered together in your hand from left to right, low card to high card. (Example: 2 3 4 of CLUBS can be put out, not a 4 2 3 of CLUBS.) To put the cards out, click and HOLD the mouse button on the LEFTMOST card in the group you want to put out and drag it to the empty space above your hand. Next, release the button. You will now be holding all the cards to be put out. Position them where you want and click the button again to drop them. (NOTE: You can also put them back in your hand.) TO THROW A CARD ONTO THE PILE: Click and HOLD on the card in your hand to be thrown onto the pile. Drag the card to the pile and release the button. TO KNOCK A CARD: If one player makes a dumb mistake and throws a card onto the pile that could have gone out for points the other player can take (Knock) the card(s) for points. The player who takes the card(s) does NOT use up their turn. Knocking involves the following scenarios: 1)- Your opponent throws a card onto the pile that could have been added to cards already out. (EXAMPLE: The cards 2 3 4 of HEARTS have already been put out for points and your opponent threw the 5 of HEARTS onto the pile.) 2)- Your opponent throws a card onto the pile that makes a full combination of cards in the pile that can be put out for points. (EXAMPLE: Somewhere in the PILE is a 2 and 3 of HEARTS and your opponent throws the 4 of HEARTS onto the pile.) (EXAMPLE: Somewhere in the PILE is 2 ACES and your opponent throws another ACE onto the pile.) -To Knock in scenario #1, Place the mouse over the last card on the pile and press the SPACE BAR. You will now be carrying the card. Position it where you want to put it for points and press the mouse button. -To Knock in scenarios #2, Place the mouse over the leftmost card in the Pile that can be knocked and press the SPACE BAR. You will now be carrying the cards. Position them where you want to put them out for points and press the mouse button. NOTE : Remember when knocking, do not press the mouse button, use the SPACEBAR. THE GAME ENDS WHEN EITHER PLAYER REACHES THE GOAL SCORE. WHEN THE GAME ENDS: -Click the mouse to see your statistics against the computer for the games you played during your current session and since the very first time you played. NOTE: TO PRESERVE THE STATISTICS FROM WHEN YOU FIRST PLAYED YOU MUST EXIT THE GAME USING RUMMY'S QUIT OPTION. THIS IS WHEN THE DATA IS SAVED. THE MENU BAR: - To activate and deactivate the Menu Bar click the RIGHT mouse button. DESK MENU: - About Rummy : Brings up the title screen where you may load, save, quit or continue a game. You may also view the Rummy 500+ Information screen. FILE MENU - Load Game : Loads a previously saved game. If you are loading an online game, make sure you and your opponent are loading at the same time. (Note: Also loads Setup configuration at the time the game was saved.) - Save Game : Saves the current game to disk. If you are saving an online game, make sure you and your opponent are saving at the same time. (Note: Also saves the current setup configuration.) - Save Setup : Saves the current setup. The next time you play Rummy 500+ the current settings will be present. - Quit Game : Exits Game. VIEW MENU - A window into space. OPTIONS MENU - Start New Game : Start a new game If you are online and you start a new game a new game will start automatically on your online opponents computer also. - Set Winning Score : Set the winning goal score. Default is 500. (Can be very large for extended games.) - Set Difficulty : Set the computer opponents intelligence. (NOTE:Not available with online games.) -Dumb -Average -Smart (Default) -Smarter - Auto Reorder ON/OFF: Enables/Disables the automatic reordering of the cards in your hand. -Auto REORDER ON : Cards will be reordered lowest value to highest. You do not have to order cards to be put out. You also do not have to pick the leftmost card when putting cards out with this setting. (Example: If your hand has 2 3 4 A 5 A J A, to put out the ACES you could now grab ANY of them to put out. You could also grab the 3 or 4 when putting out the 2 3 4.) -Auto REORDER OFF: The DEFAULT setting. You can reorder your hand the way YOU like. Works best when there are multiple cards to point. - Animation ON/OFF : Turns the shuffle animation on or off. (Default is ON.) -Online Options : Choose from the online game options. -Play Online Game : Starts an online game. After you click on 'Play Online Game', you will be at the Dial/Answer screen. -If you'll be dialing, enter the phone # to call then click on DIAL. -If you'll be answering, WAIT FOR THE PHONE TO RING then click on ANSWER. If all goes well you will find yourself at the Chat Screen. Click on PLAY to begin a game. (NOTE: When you start the first online game, there is a 10 second wait to synchronize with the host computer.) (NOTE: You and the host computer must have the Baud rate set to the same value. 300 is default) (NOTE: Your modem must respond with the word CONNECT somewhere when a successful connection has been made. Most do.) Go To Chat Screen: Jump to a 'Chat Screen' where you can talk(type) to your online opponent during an online game. NOTE: YOU CAN ONLY INITIATE THE CHAT SCREEN AT THE BEGINNING OF *YOUR* TURN. -Hang Up : Hang up the modem and end the online session. NOTE: WHEN YOU HANG UP YOU CAN CONTINUE PLAYING AGAINST THE COMPUTER. JUST START PLAYING AGAIN, AND THE COMPUTER WITH PLAY AGAINST YOU. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's all there is to it! I hope you enjoy playing!!!!!!!! =========================================================================== RED CAT RUMMY 500 ORDER FORM =========================================================================== SEND ORDERS TO : Thomas J. Starace (JR.) 73 Rush Street Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776 USA FROM : Name : ______________________________________ Address : _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Date : _________________ ==================== VERY IMPORTANT =================== Please check the version of TOS your computer is running: ========================================================= TOS 1.xx ____ TOS 2.xx ____ TOS 3.xx ____ Falcon TOS ____ Please send me Red Cat Rummy 500+. Enclosed is my $21.99 check or money order payment. If I am registering from a country other than the United States, I am sending a payment at least equal to 26 U.S. dollars. Send my order to: FIRST NAME : ______________________________________________ LAST NAME : ______________________________________________ ADDRESS : ______________________________________________ CITY : ______________________________________________ STATE/PROVINCE: ______________________________________________ POSTAL CODE : ______________________________________________ COUNTRY : ______________________________________________ I acknowledge that Red Cat Rummy 500+ is a commercial program and may not be copied or sold to any other person or party. Red Cat Rummy 500+ is sold as is and in no event will Thomas J. Starace (JR) or YAM Software be liable for any damages or loss of data that may be caused by the use or inability to use the Red Cat Rummy 500+ program. Defective DISKS that become unreadable are under warranty for 30 days and can be returned within the 30 days after purchase for an even exchange. If you have a defective disk you may write to YAM Software for a RETURN AUTHORIZATION Number. Returns without a Return Authorization will be refused. All sales are final and only even exchanges will be given with problem disks. This program has been thoroughly tested and every effort has been made to make it bug free (Even while debugging with a ULTRA CUTE but teething baby). Problems with program code are not covered by warranty. It is advisable to make a backup of the Red Cat Rummy 500+ master disk for your personal use only. By purchasing this program I agree to the above statements. SIGNATURE: ____________________________________ =========================================================================== ===========================================================================