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- Mindgame
-
- for DOS
-
- shareware release v1.06
-
- Jan. 5, 1995
-
-
- TECH STUFF
-
- This text file should accompany the files mind.exe, big.fgf, and
- small.fgf, which comprise the Mindgame. Mindgame reqires a 386 with an SVGA
- compatible video system with 640x400x256 colour, 640x480x256 colour or
- 800x600x256 colour support and 512k of video RAM. In order to achieve this
- resolution, users of older video cards may first need to load the VESA driver
- which came with the card (such as VESA.EXE, TVESA.EXE, VVESA.EXE, etc.) into
- memory. To force Mindgame into either mode, run MIND.EXE with the maximum
- vertical resolution you desire. To play at 640x480x256 resolution, run
- "MIND.EXE 480".
-
- Mindgame works under both Windows 3.11 and OS/2 "Warp", through full-
- screen DOS windows. Under Windows, you must set the working path to that in
- which MIND.EXE resides. Under OS/2, it is easiest to add it as a DOS program
- through the "Add Programs" tool under the System Setup folder. As of this
- writing, you may find the latest shareware version of Mindgame at
-
- iconoclast.psyc.brocku.ca
-
- via anonymous ftp. It currently resides in the /pub/Mindgame directory.
-
-
- GAME PLAY
-
- The object of Mindgame is to guess the colours of a row of pegs. By
- default, you have to guess the colours of four pegs in six attempts. This is
- configurable, allowing peg row lengths between three and six, as well as
- three through fifteen attempts. You make your selections for each position
- in the row by clicking on one of the large pegs appearing on the left side of
- the screen. You may undo a selection at any point before the row is completed,
- by clicking anywhere on the screen with the right mouse button.
-
- When you have chosen a row of pegs, your efforts are evaluated. A
- correctly-guessed peg is awarded a white pip in the row of smaller black circles
- which appears on the right of the game board. A peg of the correct colour but
- in the wrong location is awarded a blue pip.
-
- There are two sets of rules by which these award pips are placed in
- the award row. These reflect difficulty levels. The normal - difficult -
- rules place the blue pips first, followed by the white pips. This gives you
- an idea as to the numbers of pegs you guessed correctly in part or in whole.
- Under the easy rules, the pips are placed from left to right in order of the
- pegs guessed. This means that if you have the third peg in the right spot,
- and the fourth peg belongs in the second position, you will be awarded a white
- pip in the third award position, and a blue pip in the fourth.
-
- Since only six rows may be viewed at once, when you select a number
- of attempts in excess of this value, you must scroll through your attempts
- with the up and down arrow buttons which appear to the right of the button
- bar at that time. These buttons do not appear when you have given yourself
- fewer than seven attempts: this is the default. If you scroll the cursor off
- the game board, you make not make selections; you will have to scroll back
- until the cursor is visible.
-
- That's about it. If you play Mindgame and find that I haven't
- explained something, or you'd like a feature added, electronically mail me
-
- mike@iconoclast.psyc.brocku.ca
-
- or drop me a note via snail mail at the P/O box below. For those interested,
- I intend to do a Windows version within the next six months, and possibly an
- OS/2 version as well. In the mean time, there are icons for both Windows and
- OS/2 included with the game.
-
- RELEASE 1.05 NOTES
- The first release of Mindgame - 1.04 - had a slight but annoying bug
- which stopped the game from acknowledging your victory in the easy rules mode.
- This has been fixed.
-
- RELEASE 1.06 NOTES
- The faulty divisor which sandwiched the 640x400x256 mode has been
- fixed, and the unfinished appearance of that mode improved.
-
- REGISTRATION
-
- This is shareware. If you intend to distribute this software, you
- must do so free of charge. You may register this game by sending me your
- name, address, and $20. It would be helpful if you also include your system
- info, so I can send you a version optimized for your specs (486, 387, etc).
- Since this game wouldn't have been any fun if I'd seriously clipped it for
- the shareware release, the only improvements in the registered version will
- be the addition of command line arguments, enabling automatic setup. You could
- therfore run Mindgame as "MIND EASY p6 a15" and play a game guessing six pegs
- with fifteen attempts and using the easy rules - all without going into the
- setup routine. Of course, I will also continue to fix any bugs.
-
- Michael Werneburg
- 80 King Street
- P/O Box 24058
- St. Catharines, Ont.
- L2R 7P7
-