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COPYRIGHT & PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
This program is a product of Dan Linton & Jason Blochowiak. It is
protected by United Sates copyright laws and international treaty
provisions. You may NOT modify or create derivative works based on this
this program or any of the information that is contained within it.
You may NOT sell, lease, rent or perform any modifications that might
otherwise convert the original contents, performance or concept that
was intended by the copyright holder of this software package.
DISCLAIMER
The authors of this program make no warranty of any kind either expressed
or implied. In particular we make no warranty as to correctness or
fitness for a particular purpose.
In no event shall the authors be liable for any errors contained herein or
for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing,
performance, or use of this product or documentation.
This document contains proprietary information which is protected by
copyright. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or
translated without the prior written consent of the owner.
The information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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Table of Contents
Introduction to Trivia Shell ................................. 1
System Requirements .......................................... 1
Screen Layout and Information ................................ 1
Getting around easily
The Setup Menu ............................................... 2
Personalizing your game
Browse Mode .................................................. 2
The added educational dimension
Starting a New Game ......................................... 2
Lets get started already
Loading a Game ............................................... 3
Level of Play ............................................... 3
Einstein, look out!
Selecting Points ............................................ 3
Gamble on your genius
The Humor Mode ............................................... 4
Hecklers and cheerleaders
The Display Answer Mode ....................................... 4
The Randomize Option ......................................... 4
Sound ........................................................ 4
Arcade-style fun
Timed Play ................................................... 4
Allowing Hints & the Hint Penalty ............................ 4
The Repeat Wrong Option ...................................... 4
The Icon Bonus & Icon Bonus Penalty ........................... 4
Exercises in concentration
High Scores .................................................. 5
The Hall of Eternal Fame and Honor
Quitting a Game .............................................. 5
For More Trivia, or for Support .............................. 5
Getting help ................................................. 5
Hey! ....................................................... 5
Getting involved in Trivia Shell
Authenticity Information ..................................... 6
How to ensure you have a genuine copy
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Hello, Welcome to Trivia Shell and thank you for choosing our game.
Trivia Shell is an interactive trivia game that allows you to test your
knowledge in a variety of subject areas. Think you know all that there is to
know about movies? Test yourself and amaze your friends by learning new facts
from our files! Is state trivia your bag? We have it covered! You name the
subject and chances are we have it, or we will have it.
Trivia Shell can also be used as a study aid. You and your children can
study geography, presidential history, science and more through Trivia Shell.
Trivia Shell allows you to define the parameters of the game. You choose
how the game will be scored, what questions you will answer, how many points
you will get for correct or incorrect answers, whether you will get hints or
not, and so on. You can control almost every aspect of your game play and we
think that's important. So why don't you read on to learn the details of
customizing Trivia Shell? We hope you enjoy playing the game that puts you
first.
System Requirements
To play Trivia Shell you must have an IBM PC or AT or 100 percent
compatible machine with 640k RAM available. We recommend that you use a mouse
(if you're using a mouse, you must use a 100 percent Microsoft compatible
mouse driver). You must have an EGA or VGA video card installed and you must
be using MS-DOS 2.0 or later.
Please remember to back up your copy of Trivia Shell and play using the
back-up copies, reserving the original game disks for emergencies. See your
DOS manual for information about backing up your disks.
Screen Layout
Trivia Shell is laid out on a menu system, similar to the one used in
Microsoft Windows(TM). In case you are unfamiliar with this system, this
section will explain it and teach you about getting around in Trivia Shell,
with and without a mouse.
On any given screen, there will be a menu at the top, a strip of topics
that allows you to get information, choose special preferences, load and save
games, and quit playing Trivia Shell. You will find details on how to work
with the menu items in the Setup and Starting a Game sections of the manual.
The Info menu item contains information about the program, the author credits
and the version number.
On the bottom of each screen there will a status bar that gives you
important information, like on the right side, how much memory is currently
available for Trivia Shell and the time, and helpful messages and instructions
for Trivia Shell on the left. Looking here will help keep you informed about
the game at all times.
Getting from place to place in Trivia Shell is pretty easy.
If you have a mouse!
Clicking on any of the menu items on the top of the screen will bring up
that menu. Clicking on buttons, like the Next or Previous buttons, will
perform the action specified on each button. For example, the Previous button
will take you to the Previous page. Clicking in check boxes will change their
color from green to black or vice versa. This selects preferences. Green means
a feature is selected, black means it is not selected. See the Setup segment
for further details on preferences. Sunken boxes containing text can be edited
using standard keys. You may delete and re-enter text using the Delete key,
the Backspace key and arrows. We don't recommend using the numeric keypad.
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If you don't have a mouse!
All items can be accessed from the keyboard. Most items have titles. In
each title you will see one underlined letter. Press and hold the Alt key and
press and release the key for the underlined letter. This will activate the
control just as if you had clicked on it with a mouse. You can move
sequentially through the controls by pressing the Tab key. Depressing the Tab
key will highlight the activated command and it will turn white. At this
point, pressing the Space key will activate the control. With a few minor
exceptions, the Enter key corresponds to the Ok function and the Escape key
corresponds to the Cancel function.
Whether or Not You Have a Mouse!
If a menu item or a button has a gray title, it is disabled and you won't
be able to use it. If a menu item or button has a black title, it is enabled
and you may use it.
Setup
The Setup menu can be used to select and set-up your regular