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C A S I N O C A N F I E L D
Program and Text by Bob Markland
Welcome to Calhoon's Casino! We feature the game popularized at
Canfield's in Saratoga, New York. For $50 you can buy a deck and play a
leisurely game of solitaire which pays $5 for every card you can play to
the foundation.
THE RULES
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A standard 52-card deck is shuffled and the first 13 cards are dealt to
the "stock". The next card is dealt to the "foundation" and you have
already won $5.
The remaining three cards of the same rank also form the foundation.
When and if these cards become available they are automatically moved to
the foundation stacks. Build up on the foundations in suit and sequence.
The rank wraps around with the ace over the king.
Four cards are dealt face up to form the starting "tableau". Should the
rank of any of these cards match the foundation base they are moved
automatically and replaced with another card from the deck.
The tableau is built downward by rank, alternating red and black of any
suit. Again, king wraps to ace, or in this case, ace wraps to king. The top
card of any tableau pile may be moved to the foundation. Additionally, an
entire tableau pile may be moved to another, provided the bottom card of
the pile to be moved meets the rank and color criteria for the pile to
which it is moved.
When any tableau pile is cleared the top card from the stack is
automatically moved there. After the stack is emptied, tableau spaces may,
at your discretion, be filled from the "waste" pile.
The 34 cards that remain after the deal form the "deck". These cards
are turned in packs of three to the waste pile. You may play the top card
to either the foundation or a tableau pile, thus exposing the next card.
When the deck is exhausted, the waste pile, in order, is returned to the
deck and you may turn the cards again. There is no limit to the number of
times you may run through the deck.
In CASINO CANFIELD winning, i.e. moving all 52 cards to the foundation,
is nice. However, in the long term diligence in playing every possible card
to the foundation before asking for a new deck or quitting is the key to
success.
THE INTERFACE
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Each time you run CASINO CANFIELD choose the input device you prefer:
(1) Mouse (2) Joystick (3) Keyboard
Next, enter your name at the prompt. The program will keep track of as
many individual fortunes as disk space allows. When no matching name is
found on the game disk, you begin with a $500 bankroll. Leave the disk game
disk in the drive as the bankroll is updated after each game.
The playing area is laid out as indicated above. Across the top are
four areas you can also click on:
DEAL - At any time the current game comes to a standstill click on this
area to buy a new deck. There is a safeguard built into this option which
prevents another deal until at least three cards have been turned over from
the deck.
CLAIM WIN - After the stock is emptied and the waste is reduced to one
card you may click on this option and all the remaining cards in the
tableau will be added to your current winnings.
HELP - At any time during play, you may click on this option to view a
brief review of the rules.
QUIT - To exit the game, and either return to LOADSTAR or quit to BASIC,
click on this option. Although the program allows it, it is to your
detriment to quit while there still cards which will play to the
foundation.
To move cards about the playing area, use whichever input device you
have selected -- mouse, joystick, or cursor keys -- to position the arrow
over the card you wish to move. Press the left mouse button, fire button or
RETURN as is appropriate to click on the card. The cursor changes to a
rectangle.
Move the rectangle to the desired destination and click again to drop
the card or cards at the new location. The program checks for errors and
will not allow illegal plays. If you find that you don't want to make the
move you started, simply make an illegal move.
To turn over the deck to the waste, click on the deck. When the deck
has been exhausted, click on the empty area to run through the deck again.
Click on the waste only to move a card to the tableau or foundation.
As an added convenience, there are two shortcuts: (1) Rather than click
on a card, then move to the foundation to drop it, click on the same card a
second time to transfer it to the foundation. (2) When clicking on a
tableau pile, it is only necessary for the arrow to be in the proper
column.
PROGRAMMERS' NOTES
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CASINO CANFIELD uses the best of LOADSTAR 128's tools -- CONTROL80-C V3
and MOUSE 80, packaged as a single unit. This combined utility facilitates
quick, easy and professional card games with an excellent user interface.
The latest version of CONTROL80-C incorporates cards with borders which
are displayed at M/L speeds and a realistic card back which is part of the
font. For more complete information, refer to CONTROL80-C V3, elsewhere on
this disk.
\\\\\ R - Run RETURN - Menu \\\\\