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- SOLISQUARE for EGA
- version 1.0
- A pointless little game for desparately lonely people
-
- Solisquare (SOLIS.EXE) is a very simple game of solitaire adapted from a
- certain card game. In Solisquare, the screen is covered with squares of
- different colors. The object of the game is to remove all the squares by
- picking up pairs of squares that are next to each other horizontally,
- vertically, or diagonally. Use the arrow keys (NumLock must be on) to move to
- any square that is next to another square of the same color. Then hit the "5"
- key to remove that pair of squares. When you do, all the remaining squares on
- the screen will slide left as far as they can, and then up as far as they can.
- Then the two spaces at the lower right corner will be filled in with two new
- colored squares as long as there are cards remaining in the "deck." If the
- square you choose is next to two or more squares of its own color, you will be
- asked to choose which one you want to remove. Just hit the number pad arrow
- key that points in the right direction.
- In the standard game, the layout uses 15 colors laid out in 6 columns and 5
- rows. The deck holds eight squares of each color, for a perfect score of 120
- if you are able to remove all the squares. If you wish, you can choose
- different parameters. Just hit the Esc key when you see the opening screen,
- and the program will ask you how many colors, columns, rows, and squares of
- each color you wish to use. (If you would like to play the game exactly like
- the original card game it was based on, choose 13 colors, 5 columns, 4 rows,
- and 4 of each color). The number of squares of each color must be an even
- number, obviously, or it will be impossible to win the game. Note that if you
- choose 0 of each color, the game will give an unlimited number of squares.
- The parameters you choose can be made permanent by putting them in the file,
- SOLIS.CFG.
- If you like this game, please send whatever spare change you've got to yours
- truly.
-
- Phil Paustian
- Box 644
- Terry, MT 59349
-