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STARTING THE GAMES
At the computer prompt, type the name of the game you want to play.
There are two games available. Here are their names:
KLONDIKE
PYRAMID
You may play the games directly off the floppy disk, or you may copy
them onto your hard drive.
**** KLONDIKE ****
Klondike is a traditional gambling game similar to a card game most
of us know as "Solitaire". Klondike differs from Solitaire in that
you can only go through the deck one time, cards are dealt from the
deck one at a time instead of three at a time, and betting is an
important part of the game.
OBJECT OF THE GAME
The Object of Klondike is to put as many cards as possible on the
"piles". Each card on a pile is worth 5 times your bet, so the
other object of the game is to accumulate as much money as you can.
SELF-PLAY DEMO MODE
If you press F1 while viewing the intro screen, Klondike will go into
self-play demo mode. Pressing any other key will start the first game.
THE GAME SCREEN
The game screen is divided into four parts:
COLUMNS: The 7 columns are at the top of the screen and are
labeled "1", "2", ..., "7"
PILES: There are 4 piles on the right side of the screen. The
piles are labeled "Pile". The piles resemble face-down
cards, but there are actually no cards there until you
put cards there. We just drew the backs of cards there
because we thought it looked nice.
DECK: The deck is in the lower left corner of the screen. It is
labeled "Deck". There is a number above the deck
representing how many cards are left in the deck. A new
game starts with 23 cards in the deck.
STACK: The stack is right next to the deck. It is labeled
"Stack". There is a number above the stack, which
indicates how many cards are currently on the stack. A
new game starts with 1 card on the stack.
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME
Play the game by placing a bet and then using the mouse or the
keyboard to make legal moves.
BETTING
At the beginning of each new game, you will be prompted to enter a
bet. The maximum amount you are allowed to bet will be displayed.
Your bet will be multiplied by 52 and the amount subtracted from the
total, possibly leaving you with a negative total. Every time you
put a card on a pile, your bet will be multiplied by 5 and added to
the total. For example:
Your total is 500 and you select the maximum bet, which is 10. Your
bet is multiplied by 52, making the total amount wagered 520. 520 is
subtracted from 500 leaving -20. Every time a card goes on a pile,
50 is added to your total, so the first card on the piles will give
you a total of 30, the second card will increase your total to 80,
etc. Your 11th card will increase your total to 530, or 30 more than
you started with. Therefore, your goal is to get 11 or more cards on
the piles.
If you don't feel like betting, just click the right mouse button.
LEGAL MOVES
COLUMN TO COLUMN: To move a card or a series of cards from one column
to another column, there are three restrictions.
The top card of the column you are moving from must
be one less than the bottom card of the column you
are moving to, and must be a different color. That
is, you can move a black two onto a red three.
Additionally, you may move a King to any empty
column.
COLUMN TO PILE: Sometimes cards are automatically moved from the
column to the piles. If you want to move a card
from a column to a pile, it must be sequentially
one greater than the highest card on the pile of
the same suit. That is, you can move the three of
spades to a pile if the two of spades is already
on the pile.
STACK TO COLUMN: Same restrictions apply as from column to column.
STACK TO PILE: Same restrictions apply as from column to pile.
DECK TO STACK: One card is taken off the deck and moved to the
stack. Use this move carefully, as you can only go
through the deck one time.
ILLEGAL MOVES
You can use the mouse to take a card off the piles and put it on one
of the columns. Don't do this, because it is cheating.
USING THE KEYBOARD
To move from column to column, first type the number of the "from"
column, then type the number of the "to" column. To move from
stack to column, first type "s", then type the number of the column.
To move column to pile, first type the number of the column, then
type "p". To move from the stack to the pile, first type "s" and
then type "p". To move from the deck to the stack, just type "d".
Upper case letters work as well as lower case letters. Don't worry
if you type the wrong letter, Klondike will just ignore it. Klondike
will also ignore any illegal moves.
USING THE MOUSE
First click the mouse on the card you want to move, then click on the
place you want to move it to. The exception is moving a card from
the deck to the stack. This requires only one mouse click on the
deck.
Pressing the right mouse button will also remove a card from the deck.
You can also use the mouse to start a new game: just move the mouse
to the area that says "Press F10 to shuffle" and click the left mouse
button. This has the same effect as pressing F10.
AUTOMATIC MOVES
Several things happen automatically during game play. For example,
if you take the last card off the stack, and there are still cards in
the deck, a card is automatically taken from the top of the deck and
put on the stack. This is done simply for your convenience, and to
make the game proceed more quickly.
Another automatic move which at first may seem a little confusing is
the way cards are moved sequentially to the piles. A card will jump
from a column to a pile or from the stack to a pile only if Klondike
determines that the card is no longer useful to have in the columns.
For example, a red three will automatically go on the piles only if
both the black twos have been played. If the red three does not
automatically go on the pile, you have the option of moving it there
yourself (assuming this is a legal move).
WINNING KLONDIKE
You decide whether you have won the game. You may have won if you
have put 11 or more cards on the piles. You may have won if you put
all the cards on the piles. You may have won if you achieved a
higher score than the last time you played Klondike.
STARTING A NEW GAME (SHUFFLE)
Press F10 to shuffle the cards and start a new game. You may do this
at any time during game play.
CHEAT CODE
The Klondike cheat code is "Alt-Z". Don't use it! That's cheating!
ENDING THE GAME
Press Esc at any time to return to DOS. You can exit any of the games
by pressing Esc.
**** PYRAMID ****
The object of pyramid is to discard all the cards in the deck, the
columns, and the waste pile. Cards are discarded in pairs that total
13. Face cards are evaluated at their true value, so a jack is worth
11, a queen is worth 12, and a king is worth 13. The king is removed
by himself.
Cards must be removed in sequence. You can not remove a card that is
covered by another card, even if it is only partially covered, and
even if the sum of the two cards is 13. A card must be completely
uncovered before it can be removed.
Cards are removed from the deck to the waste pile one at a time.
There are two cards available to be matched with the cards in the
columns: one from the top of the deck, and also the one from the top
of the waste pile. These cards may be paired with each other or with
any other uncovered card as long as the sum totals 13.
You can go through the deck as many times as you want. When you get
to the bottom of the deck, it will automatically turn itself over and
start again.
USING THE KEYBOARD
Use the arrow keys to move the red arrow to the left or the right.
Look at the cards and select a pair that totals 13, such as a 6 and
a 7. Then move the arrow directly under one of the cards and press
the up arrow. This will cause that card to be highlighted in yellow.
Then move the arrow under the other card. Pressing the up arrow will
cause both cards to be removed.
If the total of the two cards is not 13, no cards will be removed and
the first card will be unhighlighted. That is, it will go back to
white. Kings are never highlighted because they are removed as soon
as they are selected.
Press the down arrow key to select a new card off the deck.
USING THE MOUSE
To select a card from the columns, position the mouse cursor over
the card of your choice and press the left mouse button. This will
highlight or remove the card. To move a card from the deck to the
waste pile, press the right mouse button. You can start a new Golf
game at any time by moving the mouse cursor over the area that says
"Press F10 to shuffle" and pressing the left mouse button.