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- TOMMY'S PATIENCE III (C) COPYRIGHT 1993 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
- P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CATALOG #TM-144-1A
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- THE GAMES KNOWN AS PATIENCE OR SOLITAIRE ARE AMONG THE OLDEST KNOWN PASTIMES
- WITH CARDS. TOMMY'S TOYS IMPLEMENTS THE FORMS AS GIVEN IN "THE COMPLETE BOOK
- OF SOLITAIRE AND PATIENCE GAMES", BY ALBERT MOREHEAD AND GEOFFREY MOTT-SMITH
- (GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1949).
-
- THIS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS THE FOLLOWING PATIENCE GAMES:
-
- 1. GOLF
- 2. FORTRESS
- 3. THE BELEAGUERED CASTLE
- 4. POKER SQUARES
-
- THE COMPUTER CAN ALSO PLAY WHILE YOU WATCH FOR A DEMO.
-
- THE DECK:
- THE DECK CONSISTS OF 52 CARDS. IT IS USUALLY DISPLAYED IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND
- CORNER OF THE SCREEN.
-
- THE SHUFFLE:
- TO MAKE IT EASIER TO WIN, WE ALWAYS START OUT WITH A NEW (ORDERED) DECK, THEN
- SHUFFLE IT EXACTLY 3 TIMES AND CUT IT, WITH AT LEAST 5 CARDS IN EACH PACKET.
- THIS INSURES THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF SEQUENTIAL RUNS IN THE DECK.
-
- FOR THE HIGH ROLLERS, WE PROVIDE THE OPTION TO START WITH A COMPLETELY RANDOM
- ORDER INSTEAD (ANSWER NO TO THE 'NEW DECK EACH TIME' QUESTION).
-
- RULES:
-
- *****************************************************************************
- 1. GOLF
-
- INITIAL TABLEAU. DEAL A ROW OF 7 CARDS FACE UP. DEAL 4 MORE ROWS FACE UP
- ON THE FIRST, WITH ALL CARDS IDENTIFIABLE. THAT MAKES 35 CARDS TOTAL.
-
- PLAY. TURN UP THE FIRST HAND CARD AND FOUND THE TALON (FACE-UP). THE OBJECT
- IS TO REMOVE ALL CARDS FROM THE TABLEAU AND PLACE ON THE TALON. TO REMOVE
- A CARD FROM THE TABLEAU IT MUST BE AT THE TOP OF A PILE (BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN
- ON THE SCREEN) AND IN SEQUENCE WITH THE TOP CARD OF THE TALON EITHER 1 HIGHER
- OR 1 LOWER. SUITS ARE IGNORED. BUT THE SEQUENCE IS NOT CIRCULAR: ONLY A 2
- MAY BE PLAYED ON AN ACE, AND A KING STOPS THE TALON.
-
- AFTER THE TALON IS STOPPED (NO MORE CARDS CAN BE PLAYED FROM THE TABLEAU),
- ANOTHER CARD IS DEALT FROM THE HAND ONTO THE TALON AND PLAY RESUMES, UNTIL
- THE TABLEAU IS CLEARED, OR THE HAND IS EXHAUSTED AND THE TALON IS STOPPED.
-
- SCORING. A GAME IS 9 "HOLES" OR HANDS. PAR IS 36 "STROKES", THAT IS, CARDS
- LEFT IN THE TABLEAU AT THE END OF A HAND. IF THE TABLEAU IS CLEARED, ANY
- CARDS REMAINING IN THE HAND COUNT ONE "MINUS STROKE" EACH. TO MAKE IT
- EASIER FOR YOU, YOUR SCORE DURING THE HAND IS THE NUMBER OF TABLEAU CARDS
- PLAYED TO THE TALON; IF YOU CLEAR THE TABLEAU, YOU GET A BONUS SCORE EQUAL
- TO THE NUMBER OF REMAINING HAND CARDS.
-
- TO ENTER MOVES:
- HIT "1" THRU "7" TO PLAY THE TOP CARD ON THAT TABLEAU COLUMN TO THE TALON.
- HIT "N" OR "D" OR THE ENTER KEY TO DRAW THE NEXT CARD FROM THE HAND TO THE
- TALON.
- HIT "X" TO GIVE UP AND START ANOTHER GAME.
-
- *****************************************************************************
- 2. FORTRESS
-
- DEAL 5 CARDS FACE UP IN EACH OF 2 COLUMNS CALLED THE LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS.
- THE REST OF THE PACK IS THEN DEALT IN ADDITIONAL COLUMNS OVERLAPPING TO THE
- RIGHT ON BOTH WINGS. THE LAST 2 CARDS GO TO THE TOP ROW, ONE TO EACH WING.
- THE TABLEAU THUS CONSISTS OF 1 ROW OF 6 CARDS AND 4 ROWS OF 5 CARDS ON EACH
- WING.
-
- FOUNDATIONS. THERE ARE 4 FOUNDATION PILES, ONE FOR EACH SUIT, RUNNING DOWN
- THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE WINGS.
-
- PLAY. FOUNDATIONS ARE BUILT UP FROM ACE TO KING IN SUIT. ONLY THE UPPERMOST
- (EXTREME RIGHT) CARD OF EACH ROW IS AVAILABLE. AN AVAILABLE CARD MAY BE
- MOVED ONTO ANOTHER OF THE SAME SUIT WITH WHICH IT IS IN SEQUENCE, EITHER UP
- OR DOWN. SPACES MAY BE FILLED BY ANY AVAILABLE CARDS.
-
- SCORE IS NUMBER OF CARDS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATIONS, MAX 52.
-
- TO MAKE MOVES:
- THE LEFT WING ROWS ARE NUMBERED A-E FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, AND THE RIGHT WING
- ROWS ARE NUMBERED G-K. (NOTE THAT F IS MISSING).
- TO MOVE THE UPPERMOST CARD OF ROW N TO A FOUNDATION, TYPE NF, WHERE N=A..K.
- TO MOVE THE UPPERMOST CARD OF ROW N TO ROW M, TYPE NM (E.G., AC OR BK).
- TYPE X TO GIVE UP AND START A NEW HAND.
- TO QUIT A MOVE IN THE MIDDLE, HIT 0.
- *CHEAT BUTTON* SINCE THIS GAME SO FREQUENTLY LOCKS UP, YOU CAN CAUSE A ROW
- TO ROTATE LEFT CIRCULARLY 1 CARD. JUST TYPE .N, WHERE N=A..K. NOTE THAT THIS
- CAUSES YOUR SCORE TO DECREASE BY 1, AND MIGHT GO NEGATIVE.
-
- *****************************************************************************
- 3. THE BELEAGUERED CASTLE
-
- START BY REMOVING THE 4 ACES AND LAYING THEM FACE UP TO START 4 FOUNDATION
- PILES. THEN DEAL 2 WINGS OF 4 ROWS, 6 CARDS LIKE IN FORTRESS.
-
- PLAY. FOUNDATIONS ARE BUILT UP IN SUIT AND SEQUENCE ACE TO KING.
- ONLY THE UPPERMOST (EXTREME RIGHT) CARD OF EACH ROW IS AVAILABLE. AN
- AVAILABLE CARD MAY BE MOVED ONTO ANOTHER OF NEXT-HIGHER RANK, REGARDLESS
- OF SUITS. SPACES MAY BE FILLED BY ANY AVAILABLE CARDS.
-
- SCORE IS NUMBER OF CARDS BUILT ON FOUNDATIONS, MAX 52.
-
- *****************************************************************************
- 4. POKER SQUARES
-
- AFTER THE DECK IS SHUFFLED, 25 CARDS ARE DRAWN 1 BY 1, AND THE PLAYER PLACES
- EACH CARD IN TURN INTO A 5 X 5 CARD GRID. AT THE END, EACH ROW AND COLUMN
- OF THE GRID IS SCORED AS A POKER HAND AND THE TOTAL SCORE RECORDED.
-
- SCORING IS EITHER BY THE ENGLISH OR AMERICAN SYSTEM, PLAYER'S OPTION:
-
- HAND ENGLISH SYSTEM AMERICAN SYSTEM
- ==== ============== ===============
- ROYAL FLUSH (ACE-HIGH STRAIGHT FLUSH) 30 100
- STRAIGHT FLUSH 30 75
- FOUR OF A KIND 16 50
- FULL HOUSE 10 25
- FLUSH 5 20
- STRAIGHT 12 15
- THREE OF A KIND 6 10
- TWO PAIRS 3 5
- ONE PAIR 1 2
-
- THE ENGLISH SCORING SYSTEM IS TUNED TO THE POKER SQUARES GAME ITSELF, WHEREAS
- THE AMERICAN SYSTEM IS BASED ON THE GAME OF POKER PER SE, TO THROW YOU OFF (HA
- HA).
-
- TO ENTER MOVES: JUST ENTER THE ROW NUMBER (1-5) THEN THE COLUMN NUMBER (1-5).
- TO START OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF A MOVE, HIT 0.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- GLOBAL CONTROLS:
-
- FUNCTION KEY FUNCTION
- ------------ --------
- F1 DEMO MODE TOGGLE SWITCH.
- F2 CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR (COLOR MONITORS ONLY).
- F3,F4 CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE CARD BACKS.
- F5 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
- F7 KEEP/SWITCH GAME TYPE TOGGLE SWITCH: WHEN A NEW GAME IS STARTED,
- THIS CONTROLS WHETHER A NEW GAME TYPE WILL BE PROMPTED FOR, OR
- WHETHER THE SAME GAME TYPE WILL BE CONTINUED WITHOUT PROMPTING.
- F8 ABORT THE GAME AND START A NEW ONE OF TYPE CONTROLLED BY F7.
- F9 QUIT THE PROGRAM ON CONFIRMATION (YOU CAN ALSO HIT THE ESC KEY
- OR THE "Q" KEY).
- F10 SOUND EFFECTS ON/OFF TOGGLE SWITCH.
-
- *NOTE* THE LEGENDS FOR ALL "TOGGLE" SWITCHES DISPLAY THE MODE THAT WILL BE
- ENTERED AFTER PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE IN EFFECT
- AT THE TIME.
-
- ARROW KEYS:
- TO CHANGE THE PITCH OF THE CARD DRAW: USE THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARROW KEYS ON
- THE NUMERIC KEY PAD.
-
- TO CHANGE THE SPEED OF THE DEMO MODE: USE THE UP AND DOWN ARROW KEYS ON THE
- NUMERIC KEY PAD. THE NUMBER OF SECONDS THE PROGRAM WAITS BETWEEN DRAWS IS
- SHOWN IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN (.1 TO 9.9 SECONDS).
-
- TO SKIP THE STARTUP MUSIC: HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE WHEN
- RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS.
-
- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
- S START UP WITH SOUND ON
- M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
- C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
- * SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW
-
- EXAMPLE: >PATIII MS
-
- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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-
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- SIR TOMMY.
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- BANK.
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