×ÈÅÅÌ ÏÆ ÆÏÒÔÕÎÅ  BY ÒICHARD ÂAIN

ÔHE ×HEEL OF ÆORTUNE IS THE MOST
POPULAR GAME SHOW ON TELEVISION. ÎOW
YOU CAN PLAY THIS GAME AT HOME USING
ÃÏÍÁÌ 0.14. É TRIED TO MAKE MY GAME
AS CLOSE TO THE TELEVISION GAME AS
POSSIBLE.

×HEEL'OF'FORTUNE CAN BE PLAYED BY ONE
PERSON OR MANY. ÔHERE ARE FOUR
ROUNDS; THE WINNER GOES TO THE BONUS
ROUND. ÏNE SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE
GAME IS THE OPTION OF HAVING A HOST.
ÎORMALLY, NO HOST IS NEEDED SINCE AN
EXTERNAL FILE CAN SUPPLY PHRASES FOR
YOU TO GUESS. ÔHIS CAN BE THE FILE
SUPPLIED OR ONE THAT YOU CREATE USING
THE RANDOM FILE EDITOR. ÈOWEVER, ONCE
YOU PLAY THE GAME AWHILE, YOU MAY
FIND THAT YOU GET THE SAME PUZZLES
OVER AGAIN. ÏNE ALTERNATIVE IS TO LET
ONE OF THE PLAYERS BE A HOST. ÔHE
HOST TYPES IN THE PUZZLES, SO THE
OTHER PLAYERS CONTINUALLY GET NEW
ONES. ÏF COURSE THE HOST DOESN'T GET
TO GUESS THE PUZZLES. ÏNE OR TWO
PLAYERS CAN USE PUZZLES SUPPLIED BY
THE COMPUTER. ÌARGE GROUPS CAN HAVE
DIFFERENT PEOPLE TAKE TURNS BEING
HOST.

É ADDED EXTRA FEATURES TO THE GAME TO
MAKE IT MORE FUN. ×HEN YOU SPIN THE
WHEEL, YOU ACTUALLY SEE A WHEEL. É
COULDN'T MAKE THE WHEEL SPIN, DUE TO
LIMITED SPEED AND MEMORY OF ÃÏÍÁÌ
0.14, SO É MADE IT LIKE A ROULETTE
WHEEL. Á BALL ROLLS AROUND THE WHEEL
UNTIL IT GRADUALLY COMES TO A STOP.
(ÈOPE IT MAKES IT PAST BANKRUPT AND
LOSE YOUR TURN.) ÓOUND EFFECTS MAKE
THIS EVEN MORE REALISTIC.

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×HEN THE GAME STARTS, DECIDE IF THERE
IS A HOST. ÔHEN SAY HOW MANY PLAYERS
THERE ARE AND THEIR NAMES (THE HOST
IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A PLAYER).
ÔHERE ARE FOUR ROUNDS. ÔHE PLAYERS
ROTATE STARTING A ROUND. ÄURING YOUR
TURN, YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS:
SPINNING THE WHEEL, BUYING A VOWEL,
OR SOLVING THE PUZZLE (FOLLOW THE
PROMPTS TO SEE HOW TO DO THIS).

ÁFTER SPINNING THE WHEEL, YOU WILL
SEE BANKRUPT, LOSE YOUR TURN, OR AN
AMOUNT OF MONEY BETWEEN $200àAND
$1000. ÂANKRUPT MEANS YOUR LOSE ALL
YOUR MONEY FROM THE CURRENT ROUND,
BUT YOU KEEP WINNIÿçS FROM THE
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SEE A DOLLAR AMOUNT, THEN TYPE A
LETTER (VOWELS ARE NOT ACCEPTED). ÉF
THE LETTER IS IN THE PUZZLE AND HAS
NOT BEEN GUESSED BEFORE, YOU GET
MONEY FOR EACH TIME THE LETTER
APPEARS. ÉF THE LETTER HAS BEEN
GUESSED BEFORE OR IS NOT IN THE
PUZZLE, YOU LOSE YOUR TURN. ËEEP AN
EYE ON THE USED LETTER BOARD.

ÉT COSTS $250 TO CHOOSE A VOWEL. ÉF
YOU CHOOSE A VOWEL BUT DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY, OR IF THE VOWEL YOU
GUESS IS NOT IN THE PUZZLE, YOU LOSE
YOUR TURN. ÉF THE VOWEL YOU GUESS IS
IN THE PUZZLE, YOUR TURN CONTINUES.

ÔO SOLVE THE PUZZLE, YOU MUST TYPE IN
THE ANSWER EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS IN
THE SOLUTION. ÉF YOU MISSPELL THE
ANSWER OR MAKE A TYPING MISTAKE, YOU
LOSE YOUR TURN. ÄOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU
TYPED WHAT YOU INTENDED BEFORE
HITTING <ÒÅÔÕÒÎ>. ÉF YOU SOLVE THE
PUZZLE CORRECTLY, YOU GET TO KEEP ALL
THE MONEY YOU WON DURING THE ROUND;
THERE IS A $200 HOUSE MINIMUN. ÓORRY,
BUT THERE IS NO SHOPPING OPTION.

ÁFTER THE FOUR ROUNDS, THE PLAYER
WITH THE MOST MONEY GOES TO THE BONUS
ROUND (A WINNER IS CHOSEN RANDOMLY IN
THE CASE OF A TIE). ÉN THE BONUS
ROUND, YOU GET TO CHOOSE 5 CONSONANTS
AND A VOWEL. ÁFTER THEY ARE EXPOSED
YOU MUST SOLVE THE PUZZLE FOR
$10,000. ÔHERE IS NO TIME LIMIT.

ÕSING THE ÐROGRAM

×HEEL'OF'FORTUNE WILL WORK PERFECTLY
IF ÒÕÎ FROM THIS DISK. ÉF YOU PLAN TO
COPY IT TO ANOTHER DISK, BE SURE TO
INCLUDE THESE FILES:

WHEEL'OF'FORTUNE
HRG.WHEEL
RAN.WHEEL
LOAD/SAVE.MEM.

ÂE CAREFUL, SOME COPY PROGRAMS WILL
NOT COPY RANDOM FILES - AND THE
ÒÁÎ.×ÈÅÅÌ IS A RANDOM FILE. ÉN THIS
CASE, JUST DUPLICATE THE FULL DISK.

×ÁÒÎÉÎÇÓ

ÔHE COMPUTER IS INTOLERANT OF
MISTAKES. ÉF YOU TYPE THE WRONG
LETTER, THE COMPUTER WON'T BITE YOU,
BUT IT WON'T LET YOU FIX YOUR MISTAKE
EITHER. (É'VE NEVER SEEN A CONTESTANT
ON THE GAME SHOW GET A SECOND
CHANCE). ÔHE MORAL IS: BE CAREFUL HOW
YOU TYPE. ÁLSO NOTE THAT DIFFERENT
SECTIONS OF THE PROGRAM EXPECT
DIFFERENT REPLIES. ÉF THE COMPUTER
PROMPTS YOU FOR A CONSONANT AND YOU
TYPE A VOWEL, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
ÔHIS IS NORMAL, DON'T TAKE YOUR
COMPUTER BACK TO THE STORE THINKING
SOMETHING IS WRONG.

ÏNE FINAL NOTE: THE FUNCTION KEYS ARE
USED TO CHOOSE CERTAIN OPTIONS. ÔHIS
SHOULDN'T CAUSE ANY TROUBLE, BUT IF
PRESSED AT THE WRONG TIME, THE
FUNCTION KEYS MAY SWAP THE TEXT AND
GRAPHICS SCREEN. ÉF YOU SEE THE WHEEL
AND THE BALL ISN'T MOVING, TRY
HITTING Æ1 TO GO BACK TO THE TEXT
SCREEN.