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INTRODUCTION
This game of MIN-HA-TO was developed as a project for a program-
ming course in C language. (I had already taught myself C, but I
needed the credits). I have decided to release it as shareware
after many of my friends urged me to do so. Who knows, maybe enough
people will register that I can upgrade my system. NOT! The game
was developed over the course of about four weeks in Quick C 2.5 and
assembler (for graphics speed) on a Zeos 386SX/16 computer. While I
have developed many other programs, both at work and home, this was
my first attempt at a color graphics game. Since my wife is Korean,
I decided to try and get her involvement by designing a Korean card
game. She likes it so much that several more are planned.
Since several more games are planned, I decided that this first
game could be distributed as shareware. Then if people like it
enough to send in a payment, I would send them the other Korean
card games when they are completed. Please feel free to copy and
distribute this game.
REQUIREMENTS
This program requires a VGA monitor. While it will work on a
monochrome VGA, I have not tested it thoroughly and the colors play
a large part in recognizing some of the cards so I don't recommend
using a monochrome system.
The game will use a mouse if available, but one is not required.
It also requires about 300K of free memory and makes no attempt
to use either expanded or extended memory in the system. While the
program itself only takes up about 60K, the graphics for all of the
cards need almost 200K.
INSTALLATION
You may install the game to either a floppy disk or a hard disk.
There are four files included with the game. Please provide all
four files when distributing the game to your friends (or enemies).
MINHATO.EXE - The program itself.
MINHATO.DOC - This documentation file.
HA-TO.CRD - The card graphics.
REGISTER.DOC - Shareware Registration form.
The DOC files are not required to play the game. The MINHATO.EXE
and HA-TO.CRD files must be in the same directory to play the game.
Here are some example installation steps.
Installing to a hard disk from a .ZIP file -
MD \MINHATO
PKUNZIP MINHATO.ZIP \MINHATO
Installing to a hard disk from a floppy disk in drive A -
MD C:\MINHATO
COPY A:*.* C:\MINHATO
Installing to a floppy disk from a .ZIP file -
PKUNZIP MINHATO.ZIP A:
THE MUNDANE DETAILS
To run the game, change into the directory where you installed
the game and type in MINHATO and press ENTER. You may also specify
the path to the game instead of changing to the program's directo-
ry. If desired, you can add the program's directory to the PATH
command of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Then you can type in MINHATO at
any time to run the game. See your DOS manual for more information
on the PATH command.
After the cards are read from the disk a copyright notice is
displayed and three options are given: Begin, Help or Exit. The
first time you play the game you should read through the help to
learn the combinations of cards that form up suits. Once you exit
help the game will start. Select Begin to by-pass the help screens
and start the game immediately. I think you know what exit means.
There are two pull down menus available in the game. They are
the Game menu and the Help menu. On the top row of the screen you
will see the title bar and current scores. You may use the mouse
to click on either Game or Help to bring up a menu. Also you may
press ALT+G to access the Game menu or ALT+H to access the Help
menu.
The Game menu has five choices. The New option will restart the
game. It does not affect the high scores recorded. The High Scores
option will display the number of games played, won and lost along
with some other meaningless statistics. Information about high hands
is updated after every hand, but the game information is not updated
until the end of a complete game. The high scores are recorded in
a file named MINHATO.SCR, which the program creates the first time
you play the game. The Skill Level option pops up a box which allows
setting the computer to easy, medium or expert mode. The Sound option
lets you turn the sound effects on or off. It will show the current
setting. The program will remember the last setting of the Skill
Level and Sound option. The Exit option works as expected.
The Help menu has two choices. The View Help option will bring
up the on-line help system. It consists of 5 screens of rules and
hints. An additionsl 6 screens will display the cards in their
proper suits along with some background information. The Hint option
was designed for you to use until you memorize the card suits. It
will briefly flash the card or cards the computer would play, if it
had your hand. Usually this is the best move, but not always.
Short-cut keys that are active when playing the game -
F1 .......... On-Line Help
Shift+F1 .... Hint
F2 .......... New Game
F3 .......... View High Scores
F4 .......... Toggle Sound on or off
Alt+F4 ...... Exit Game
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME
Much of this same information is also contained in the on-line
help available by pressing the F1 key.
The game of MIN-HA-TO is similar to a game of GO FISH, with a
twist. This game uses an Oriental deck of cards called HA-TO. The
deck has 48 cards which are divided into 12 suits of four cards.
Each suit has a picture meant to associate the suit with one of the
12 months of the year. See the on-line help for a description of
all of the cards in the deck.
The instructions below assume you are using a mouse. To move a
card with the mouse, move the pointer to the card and press and
hold the left button to begin dragging the card. Then move the
card until it is over a matching card and release the button. When
releasing cards, placement is not critical, but since the cards
overlap it is better to drop the card slightly to the left than to
the right. Be careful if two cards of the same suit are side by
side. If you change your mind about the card you wish to play,
release the card anywhere away from the playing area and it will
move back to your hand so you can select a new card.
To use the keyboard to play the game, move the pointer with the
arrow keys, then press ENTER or SPACE to select the card you want
to play. Then move the pointer to a matching card and press ENTER
or SPACE again.
You may select a new card if you change you mind by moving the
pointer to the new card and pressing ENTER or SPACE. This will
unselect any previous card and select the new card. When a card
is selected it is shifted up slightly.
During the game you and the computer will take turns matching a
card from your hand with one of the cards in the playing area.
Once you play a card from your hand, you then turn over the next
card from the deck and attempt to match it with one of the cards in
the playing area. This is repeated until all cards have been
played. As you play, the current points you have won are shown on
the bottom line of the screen. In this game, "My" means the computer
and "Your" means the person playing the game (usually a human).
Your hand is displayed across the bottom of the screen and the
computer's hand is across the top. Of course, you cannot see the
computer's cards, but don't worry, the computer does not look at
your cards. To the right of the screen is the playing area and the
deck is just to the left of the playing area. Both the computer's
hand and the deck can be recognized by the large blue RLP and 1992.
You must play a card from your hand every round. If you do not
have a match, or don't wish to make a match, you must add a card to
the playing area. Do this by dragging a card to the playing area
and releasing it.
If you attempt to illegally add a card to the playing area that
has a match, or accidently drop a card on a different suit, the card
will move back to your hand to indicate an illegal move.
The twist in this game is the fact that many of the cards have
extra symbols drawn on them. These extra symbols are worth points
when you win the cards.
Nine of the cards also have Korean lettering on a sign. Three of
them have black letters on orange signs and are called HUNG-DON.
Three of them have white letters on orange signs and are called
CHO-DON. The last three have black letters on blue signs and are
called CHUNG-DON. If you win all three of the related signs, more
bonus points are awarded.
In addition, three of the suits are considered trump suits and
provide bonus points if you win all four cards in the suit. The
three trump suits are called CHO-SI-MA, PUNG-SI-MA and BE-SI-MA.
See the on-line help for a list of the special groups.
The bonus points given to your hand are also subtracted from
your opponent's score. Usually, the bonus points will win or lose
the hand. To win the game often you must learn to recognize the
card groups that give extra points and play to win them. A little
luck is also needed, but skill will give you the edge over the
computer.
Once a hand is completed, the computer will show all the cards
that have points. See the on-line help for the point values of the
cards. If either you or the computer have won any special groups,
their names are displayed also. When the computer wins one or more
of the special groups their names are shown at the top of the
screen. When you win any of the special groups, their names are at
the bottom. At this point press any key or click the mouse to begin
the next hand.
A demonstration mode is available. Use a /d switch to start the
game and the computer will play against itself. Press any key to
exit the program when running in demo mode. You may also use /q
to turn on the Quiet mode (ie. No sound).
REGISTRATION
This is a shareware game and if you like the game, I would
appreciate any donation you care to make. I am asking for $10.00,
in U.S. funds please. Also for each additional $10.00 you send I
will send you another game based on the HA-TO card deck. There are
two more games planned for the very near future.
The other games play similar to MIN-HA-TO but the scoring is
completely different and the special card groups are different.
The game of MIN-HA-TO is the older of the three, so it has fewer
rules and stipulations. The two games under development are called
GO-STOP and YUK-BECK (Korean for 600).
To register the game, print the file REGISTER.DOC using the DOS
command COPY REGISTER.DOC PRN, then fill out the form and mail it
to:
Randy L. Pearson
3809 Ashland Drive
Huntsville, AL 35805
Since this game is still in a testing stage I am looking for
errors in the program. If you find a bug and mail me the first
description of the error, I will automatically register you for the
additional games. I ask only for $5.00 to cover the cost of disks
and shipping. Please provide the version number and a complete
description of your computer setup and exactly what was happening
when the error occurred. This offer will expire on July 4th, 1992.
I reserved the right to determine if the error you report is the
first time reported, and whether it is really a bug in program or
some other error in your system.
FINAL THOUGHTS
This program is copyrighted 1992 by Randy L. Pearson. Do not
attempt to sell or otherwise profit from the distribution of this
program. Mail order distribution companies may only charge a
nominal fee designed to cover the cost of reproduction and shipping
and handling fees for this program.
Since this is a copyrighted game, please do not attempt to
reverse engineer or modify the program code. If you wish to have
a modified version, contact me and we can discuss the matter.
What does RLP stand for? It could be "Really Long Programs",
"Real Lousy Programs" or even "Real Life Programs". What do you
think?
One last thing. Since I am in the military, I am subject to be
moved overseas at any time. Military regulations prohibit using
the U.S. military postal system to operate a business. If I am
sent overseas, I will no longer be able to mail registered users
copies of the new programs. If this should happen, I will ask a
friend to continue the mailings. Should this not be possible, any
money received while I am out of the country will be returned to
you. I do not expect to be sent out of the country for another two
to three years, so this should not pose a problem, except for you
procastinators out there.
Good luck and hope you enjoy the game!
P.S. I got an A in the class. I get my grade from you based on
the number of registrations I receive.
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