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S O L E A U S O F T W A R E
PLIX v1.0
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Program by William Soleau
Requires: EGA/VGA
Requires Files: Plix.ov0 Plix.ov1
Plix.ov2 Plix.ov3
Plix.ov4 Plix.ov5
Plix.jft Plix1.jft
DIRECTIONS / OBJECTIVE
The objective of Plix is to push the various shaped blocks on the
game board into the proper positions in the rows below the grid.
All the different shaped objects must be positioned on top of their
negative images in order to solve the puzzle.
PUSHING TILES
The Red tile is called the pushing tile. You move the pushing tile
with the <Arrow Keys>. When you push a tile, it will continue to
slide in that direction until it either hits another tile or reaches
the side of the game board. If you push a tile down to the bottom of
board, it will leave the board and will be placed in the two rows
at the bottom. The idea is to cover the tile pattern which matches
the tile pushed.
TILE PATTERNS
There are 4 tile patterns which can appear on the game board.
These must be matched with their negative images in the last two rows.
SCORING
Points are given for each tile placed correctly. The points vary
for each pattern.
Triangle = 1 Square = 3 Circle = 5 Bow Tie = 10
To the right of the game board the scores are shown for the puzzle
selected. The top box shows the highest possible number of points.
The next box shows the highest point total you've gotten so far.
The last box shows the current point score for the game in progress.
A puzzle is completely solved when you push all the tiles onto their
matching negative patterns in the last two rows. On the left side
of the screen the Status Box shows if the current puzzle has been
*SOLVED* or is still UNSOLVED.
PERSONAL SCORE CARDS
At the start of each Plix session, a Score Board Menu will appear.
If there are no personal score cards on record, it will ask you to
input your initials to create one. There can be up to five different
personal score cards. Once you have selected the player's card, all
scores will be saved to his or her own special score file.
SELECTING PUZZLES
Puzzles are selected by pressing the <S>elect Puzzle key. A menu
will pop up and allow you to select the puzzle to load onto the
game board. The menu will pop up automatically when you first
select a Player Score Card.
KEYS
At the bottom of the screen you have five different feature keys.
<D>irections <O>ptions <S>elect Puzzle <T>ry Again <Q>uit
At any time during a puzzle you can press the <T>ry Again key to
load the same puzzle again. If your score for that puzzle is higher
then the previous high score, then it will be recorded as the new
high score.
OPTIONS
Many features can be selected by pressing the <O>ption button. The
options are:
Sound Toggle : On/Off
Solutions : See the computer solve the puzzle
Change Player : Change player score card
Soleau Software : Information on Soleau Software Games
SOLUTIONS
There are 30 puzzles in this Shareware version of Plix. I have
provided the solutions to the first five puzzles if you need them.
If you want to see how the game is played, you can press the <O>ption
key and then select Solutions. The computer will then automatically
push all tiles into the proper places right before your eyes !
* NOTE WINDOWS USERS *
Playing Plix under Windows may cause unexpected results. The game
should be played by loading it directly from the Dos prompt.
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* S O L E A U S O F T W A R E *
Plix is distributed as Shareware. You are welcome to give this game
to your friends or local BBS. If you like Plix and continue to use
it, we ask you to register the game with us. Soleau Software depends
on your registrations in order to continue providing an alternative
to expensive commercial software. The registered version of Plix
greatly speeds up the loading and exiting of the program, plus gives
you a total of 60 mind-bending puzzles with the solutions to ALL!
Your $12.00 registration of PLIX will instantly make you a Soleau
Software Member. All members receive special discounts on our other
games through special bonus package offers sent with your disk.
Members also have the option to include an extra $6.00 dollars for
our Member Disk Pack which has EIGHT of our most popular Shareware
EGA/VGA games on a High Density Floppy Disk.
This offer is for Members Only, so please take the time to read the
Plix_reg.doc file for details and register Plix today !
We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you will
continue to enjoy this as well as our other Shareware products.
Sincerely,
William Soleau
President
Soleau Software
163 Amsterdam Avenue
Suite 213
New York, NY 10023