Big Blue Disk 41/bbd41.zip/KKARDS.TXT

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^Cby Martin Richardson

 Do you remember playing GO FISH, CONCENTRATION (MEMORY MATCH), OLD MAID,
 or SLAPJACK? You will! With this delightful collection of card games which
 brings these old favorites back to life!

 KIDS' KARDS consists of four different card games designed for players of all
 ages. A card game is selected with the UP- and DOWN-ARROW keys, or with the
 number keys 1, 2, 3, or 4.


^COLD MAID
^C--------
 In Old Maid, two opponents remove cards from each other's hand and discard
 any resulting matching card from his or her hand. If a player selects the
 Old Maid (the Joker), he or she must keep the card until his opponent takes
 the Old Maid back in a future turn.

 To select a card from your opponent's hand, move the large arrow using the
 RIGHT- and LEFT-ARROW keys to the card of your choice, then press ENTER to
 select the card. The matching card is then removed from your hand and the
 pair discarded.

 If a player happens to select the Old Maid, he or she is prompted to select
 a position in his or her own hand to place the newly-chosen card. To position
 the Old Maid, the player uses the same method that was used in selecting
 cards: by moving the large arrow to the desired hand position and then
 pressing ENTER. The Old Maid will then be placed into the player's hand at
 the selected position.

 The object of OLD MAID is to avoid being left holding the Old Maid in your
 hand at the end of the game.


^CMEMORY MATCH
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 Memory Match is a one-player game which features a grid of 20 cards placed
 face down. The object of the game is to find the matching card for every
 card on the board using the fewest number of guesses or turns. In an attempt
 to match two cards, if the player does not select matching cards, they are
 returned to the board face down.

 To select a card, use the UP-, DOWN-, RIGHT- and LEFT-ARROW keys to position
 the large arrow under the card you wish to flip face up, then press ENTER.
 The card you selected will then flip face up, and you will be prompted to
 select the second card in the same manner you selected the first card.
 If the two cards you have selected match, they will disappear. If they do
 not match, they will flip over to their original face-down position.
 Play continues until all cards have been matched and removed from the board.

 The object of Memory Match is to beat the previous low for the number of
 moves required to clear the board. If you do so, you will be prompted to
 enter your name and the lower number of moves for a new low score.


^CGO FISH
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 In Go Fish, one player requests cards of a certain value from his or her
 opponent in an effort to make a "book" of four cards of that same value.
 If the opponent holds any cards of that value in his or her hand, these
 cards must be given to the opponent requesting them. If the opponent does
 not have any cards of that value, he or she says "GO FISH" to the player
 requesting that card-value, forcing that player to take cards from the
 top of the deck one at a time until four cards of the same value have been
 collected to complete that book.

 The game begins with a player's asking the computer for a card of a certain
 value to match a card value held in his or her hand. The computer responds
 to the request by indicating if it holds any cards of that value.

 Each time a book of four matching cards is collected, the cards are removed
 from the player's hand. Only four cards of the same value and only eight
 books are possible. When all of the cards have been made into books, the
 player with the most books wins.


^CSLAP JACK
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 In Slap Jack, each opponent is given a stack of cards face down. Each player
 then removes one card at a time off the top of his or her card stack and
 places it face up onto a pile in the center of the screen. In doing this,
 if a Jack is placed onto the pile, the first player to "slap" the Jack wins
 the whole pile and shuffles it into his or her hand. If a player mistakenly
 slaps a card other than a Jack in an effort to win the pile, he or she loses
 a card to the opponent.

 The game begins by asking for the level of difficulty desired. This level of
 difficulty is simply the speed at which the computer will slap a Jack: the
 faster the speed, the higher the level of difficulty. When a difficulty level
 has been chosen, the game will begin.

 The player is requested to press ENTER to remove and place face up a card
 from his or her stack. As soon as a player has placed a card on the pile
 face up, the opponent may "slap" the card by pressing the SPACE key. The
 computer will then lay down a card from its stack and allow the other players
 to slap the card. If a player runs out of cards, the opponent must continue
 to lay down cards until a Jack appears. The first player to slap the Jack
 wins the entire pile.

 The first player in Slap Jack to capture all of the cards wins.


^COVERALL OPTIONS
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 During any of the four card games, you can return to the Main Menu and toggle
 the sound ON and OFF as desired. To accomplish this, press F3. To exit to the
 Main Menu, press ESC. Any time these options are available, they will be
 displayed at the bottom of the screen.


DISK FILES USED BY KIDS' KARDS:
^FKKARDS.EXE
^FSMALCARD.DEC
^FLARGCARD.DEC