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TOMMY'S THINK II (C) COPYRIGHT 1995 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CATALOG #TM-157-1A
INSTRUCTIONS:
HOW'S YOUR VOCABULARY? HOW FAST ARE YOUR NEURONS? GIVE YOUR BRAIN A WORKOUT
REGULARLY WITH TOMMY'S THINK II, AN EASY-TO-LEARN BUT CHALLENGING AND EXCITING
LONG-TERM CHALLENGE ON YOUR PC.
THIS TOY IS BASED ON A COMPUTERIZED DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN WORDS LIKE YOU MIGHT
FIND IN A SCRABBLE GAME, BUT IT IS NOT SCRABBLE (ALTHOUGH PLAYING IT REGULARLY
MIGHT MAKE YOU A BETTER SCRABBLE PLAYER). THE DICTIONARY SIZE IS LIMITED, BUT
QUITE LARGE (100,000+ WORDS, 2-15 LETTERS PER WORD, NO PUNCTUATION OR BLANK
CHARACTERS ALLOWED). (DIRTY WORDS ARE A MATTER OF TASTE, BUT AUTOMATICALLY
TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T USE ANY THE COMPUTER WON'T HAVE TO ADMIT IT
RECOGNIZES THEM, AND VICE VERSA -- HA HA).
*NOTE* DUE TO THE HUGE SIZE (1.8 MEGABYTES) OF THE 100,000+ WORD DICTIONARY
IN THE FILE THINK.DAT, WE ALSO PROVIDE A SMALLER (50,000+ WORD) DICTIONARY
(0.9 MEGABYTES) IN THE FILE THINKS.DAT. YOU MAY DELETE IT FROM YOUR HARD DISK
IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO USE THE LARGER DICTIONARY, ELSE DELETE THE LARGER
DICTIONARY INSTEAD. *UNREGISTERED SHAREWARE USERS: WE INCLUDE ONLY THE SMALLER
DICTIONARY THINKS.DAT ANYWAY (HA HA).*
THE GAME IS TO PICK A LONG WORD (7-15 LETTERS, CORRESPONDING TO GAME DIFFICULTY
LEVELS 1-9) AS AN "ANCHOR", AND TRY TO FIND AS MANY SHORTER WORDS (2 OR MORE
LETTERS) HIDDEN IN IT AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE TIME ALLOTTED. IT IS UP TO YOU
TO PICK AN ANCHOR WORD, AND THE COMPUTER LETS YOU USE A GIVEN ANCHOR WORD
ONLY ONCE (TO ERASE THE ANCHOR-WORD-HISTORY JUST ERASE FILE "THINK2.TMP").
NOTE THAT THE CLOCK IS RUNNING WHILE YOU'RE GUESSING YOUR ANCHOR WORD: THAT
IS PART OF THE GAME!
THE COMPUTER'S DICTIONARY ALONE DECIDES WHAT WORDS ARE LEGAL AND WHAT AREN'T,
PERIOD; THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN TEACH IT A NEW WORD AND HAVE IT PLACE IT IN
ITS DICTIONARY.
PLAY:
JUST TYPE THE WORD IN AT THE KEYBOARD AND HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TO TRY IT;
THE COMPUTER WILL TELL YOU IF IT IS LEGAL BY ADVANCING TO A NEW ROW ON THE
SCREEN AND SCORING THE WORD FOR YOU.
GAME TIME LIMIT:
AFTER 5 MINUTES (300 SECONDS) THE GAME ENDS. YOU CAN ALSO GIVE UP BY HITTING
THE ESC KEY.
SCORING:
YOU SCORE 10 POINTS FOR EACH WORD YOU FOUND, PLUS THE LENGTH OF EACH WORD
SQUARED (25 POINTS FOR A 5-LETTER WORD, 36 FOR A 6-LETTER WORD, ETC.).
HIGH SCORE FILE:
YOU PLAY AGAINST A HIGH SCORE FILE. THE TOP 10 HIGH SCORES ARE KEPT FOR EACH
DIFFICULTY LEVEL. IF YOU WISH TO ERASE THE HIGH SCORES JUST ERASE THE FILE
"THINK2.SCR".
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FUNCTION KEYS:
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F1 * SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE
F5 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS
F7 QUIT THE PROGRAM
F10 (COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR
*NOTE: THE LEGEND FOR A TOGGLE SWITCH INDICATES THE MODE THAT WILL BE ENTERED
BY PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME.
COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
EXAMPLE: >THINK2 MS
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