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*Information*
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Written by James Lee (jlee@seahorsesoft.com.com).
Visit Montana's homepage, Seahorse Software at:
http://www.seahorsesoft.com/
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*Changes From Last Version*
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- Fixed end of game bug
- Added New Settings: Taps on Blanks Moves Card, Auto Re-Deal, Reset Re-Deal on Win, Re-Deal Randomly Places Blanks (see settings "i" for help)
- X's now appear in un-useble blank spots
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*Overview*
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NOTE: In the UNREGISTERED version, the game starts over everytime you play it. Statistics are not saved, and there is a shareware notice. Please consider registering.
Montana Solitaire (also known as Station, Blue-Moon, Gaps)
Object:
To order all of the cards in 4 rows of increasing order from 2 to K, one single suit per row.
Initial Deal:
All 52 cards are dealt face up into 4 rows, 13 cards each. The Aces are then removed to create 4 blank spaces.
Moving a Card:
Any card can be moved to a blank spot, provided it:
- is one rank higher than the card to the left of the blank
- is the same suit as the card to the left of the blank
Only 2's may be placed at the beginning of a row, and nothing can be placed after a King.
Tapping on the card you want to move will automatically move it to it's correct spot, if it is a valid move.
Re-Deal:
All unordered cards (those not in sequence, beginning with the 2 at the left most side) of each row are picked up, and shuffled thoroughly with the Aces. The cards are put down again behind each of the remaining rows; subsequently the Aces are removed again to create four new gaps.
The number of re-deal times can be set in the Settings.
Scoring:
1 point for each card in sequence beginning with the 2 of that suit in the left most spot.
Game Over:
The game automatically ends when either all the cards are placed in order, or there are no re-deals left and no possible move.
If all of the cards are placed in order, then a new hand is dealt, and the Score keeps increasing. Note that the Re-Deals are not reset.
Undo:
Undoes the last move only.
See the Settings menu for game play options.
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*Included File*
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Included with this message is the most current version of Montana. It has been tested on CoPilot with a 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x ROM. I have registered the CreatorID with 3COM, thus there should be no conflicts in loading it.
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*New Versions*
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New versions can be downloaded from Seahorse Software (http://www.seahorsesoft.com/).
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*Disclaimer*
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Even though I have tried my best to make a quality program that does no harm, sometimes sneaky little bugs rear their ugly heads. Thus, I can not be held accountable for data loss or harm done to you or your Palm(tm) device. I also can not be held accountable if your boss catches you playing this game at work ;-)
Montana Solitaire, the Palm(tm) game, is Copyright 1999 by James Lee.