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1 Player Mode
When you want to start a new game, hit the start game button at the top of the window. In one player mode the object is to get the highest score you can. This is achieved in two ways: Time: When you start the game you will see your score start to run down in the upper right corner, under Bonus. You will also notice that every time you click on a tile to reveal the picture, your click count goes up 1, above the Bonus score. Your score after you have made all the matches is the time you have left under Bonus, divided by your click count. So the faster you finish the game, with the minimum number of clicks, the better your score will be. At harder settings, your score will run down faster and you will see the picture for less time.


2 player mode
In two player mode, you can either play against another person, or against the computer. If you play against another person, there is no Bonus that runs down, it is simply the player who has the most number of matches when the game is over. If a player makes a match , he goes again, if not, then Player 2's button is highlighted and it is his turn. It works the same way against the computer. The difficulty setting affects how "smart" the computer is, or how good a memory it has.


Contents Page
Contents for Concentration

1 Player Mode

2 Player Mode

How the computer "thinks"

What you get in the full version

How to get the full version

Copyright


Copyright Page
This Windows Help file was written by AntiVapor and refers to: Concentration 1.0 /1998 AntiVapor Software. All Rights Reserved.


Demo vs. Full
If you are playing the demo, you are allowed to sample all the features, but you can not play with more than 12 tiles. In the full version you can play with 8 to 48 tiles.


Full Version
To get the full version, please complete the following:

To Register by cheque or Money Order:

1. Make a $20 cheque or money order payable to AntiVapor Software. (American/Canadian funds).  If you wish to purchase more than 1 copy,  multiply the $20 by the number of copies you wish to register.

2. Send it to:

AntiVapor Software

P.O. Box # 29654

Central Parkway Postal Outlet

377 Burnhamthorpe Rd, E

Mississauga On L5A 3Y1

3.Be sure to include your email address!

4. Please wait 3 - 5 business days for a response, which will be sent to your email. It will include instructions on how to register the demo version of Concentration! you have already downloaded.

How else to register:

goto http://members.xoom.com/AntiVa/

The cost is $20.


How the computer "thinks"
The computer can be a wily adversary, depending on the difficulty setting. In easy mode, the computer is about as smart as a chair, at the hard setting, the computer's memory is quite good. The way it takes it's turn is as follows: the 1st tile it picks is always random, it then searches to see if the tile's pair has been revealed yet during the game. Under hard mode, if the tile's match has been revealed, the computer will have a 90% chance of remembering where it was. Under medium difficulty, this drops to 65%. In easy mode, it's down to 10%. Playing with 32 or 48 tiles under hard mode, the computer is quite a challenge.