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- TOMMY'S KIDDIE CARDS (C) COPYRIGHT 1987 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
- P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CATALOG #87-087-1A
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- THIS PROGRAM PLAYS 2 KIDDIE CARD GAMES:
-
- 1. GO BOOM
- 2. STEALING BUNDLES
-
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- 1. GO BOOM
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-
- THIS IS A CARD GAME FOR TWO. YOU PLAY AGAINST THE COMPUTER. YOUR HAND IS
- DISPLAYED AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, THE COMPUTER'S UNDER IT.
-
- THE DECK: A STANDARD DECK OF 52 CARDS IS USED. ACE RANKS BELOW THE DEUCE.
-
- THE DEALER: THE DEALER IS RANDOMLY CHOSEN.
-
- THE DEAL: EACH PLAYER GETS 7 CARDS, DEALT ONE AT A TIME ALTERNATELY.
- NON-DEALER PLAYS FIRST.
-
- THE PLAY:
- A GAME IS A SERIES OF 2-CARD TRICKS. ONE PLAYER MAKES THE OPENING LEAD.
- THE OTHER PLAYER MUST THEN LAY DOWN A CARD OF THE SAME SUIT OR SAME RANK;
- IF UNABLE TO DO SO, HE MUST DRAW FROM THE DECK UNTIL HE IS ABLE; IF THE DECK
- IS EXHAUSTED AND HE IS STILL UNABLE, HE DOES NOT PLAY A CARD AT ALL.
- THE TRICK IS WON BY THE HIGHEST CARD OF THE SUIT LED. THE WINNER OF ONE
- TRICK LEADS THE NEXT TRICK.
-
- THE HAND:
- THE PLAYER WHO SUCCEEDS IN EMPTYING HIS HAND FIRST WINS GOES "BOOM" AND WINS
- THE HAND.
-
- HAND TOTAL:
- THE HAND TOTAL IS THE SUM OF THE VALUES OF THE CARDS IN THE HAND, WITH AN ACE
- COUNTING AS 1 POINT, FACE CARDS AS 10 POINTS, AND THE OTHERS AS THEIR RANKS.
-
- GAME POINTS:
- THE WINNER GETS GAME POINTS EQUAL TO THE HAND TOTAL OF THE LOSER'S HAND.
-
- GAME:
- A GAME IS 100 GAME POINTS.
-
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- 2. STEALING BUNDLES
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- THIS IS A 2-PLAYER KIDDIE VERSION OF THE CARD GAME CASINO.
-
- THE PLAYERS:
- YOU PLAY AGAINST THE COMPUTER. YOUR CARDS ARE ON THE TOP ROW, THE COMPUTER'S
- UNDERNEATH. THE THIRD ROW IS THE "TABLE", AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN
- ARE THE DECK, THE PLAYER'S BUNDLE, AND THE COMPUTER'S BUNDLE, IN THAT ORDER.
-
- THE DEAL:
- EACH PLAYER RECEIVES 4 CARDS. THEN 4 MORE CARDS ARE DEALT FACE UP ON THE
- "TABLE" (3RD ROW OF THE SCREEN). THEREAFTER, EACH TIME ANY HAND IS PLAYED
- OUT EACH PLAYER RECEIVES 4 MORE CARDS.
-
- THE PLAY:
- NON-DEALER GOES FIRST. PLAYER MUST EITHER "PLACE" A CARD FACE UP ON THE
- TABLE, "TAKE IN" A CARD FROM THE TABLE WITH A CARD OF THE SAME RANK FROM THE
- PLAYER'S HAND, OR "STEAL" THE OPPONENT'S BUNDLE BY TAKING IT IN WITH A CARD
- OF THE SAME RANK AS ITS TOP CARD.
-
- NOTE: IN TOMMY'S KIDDIE CARDS, YOU TYPE "Pn" TO PLACE YOUR CARD #n ON THE
- TABLE; "Tm" TO TAKE TABLE CARD #m (THE COMPUTER FIGURES OUT WHICH CARD IN
- YOUR HAND TO TAKE IT WITH); AND "S" TO STEAL THE OPPONENT'S BUNDLE.
-
- BUNDLES:
- CARDS TAKEN IN ARE PLACED FACE UP ON THE PLAYER'S "BUNDLE", A SEPARATE PILE.
-
- THE GAME:
- THE PLAYER WHO HAS THE MOST CARDS IN HIS BUNDLE BY THE TIME THE CARDS HAVE
- BECOME EXHAUSTED WINS THE GAME.
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- FUNCTION KEYS
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- SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F1 TOGGLES THE SOUND EFFECTS ON AND OFF.
-
- DEMO MODE TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F2 TOGGLES THE DEMO MODE. IN DEMO MODE, THE
- COMPUTER PLAYS YOUR HAND TOO.
-
- TO QUIT: HIT FUNCTION KEY F7.
-
- TO CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR (COLOR MONITORS ONLY): HIT FUNCTION KEY F10.
-
- TO DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS: HIT FUNCTION KEY F5.
-
- GAME SPEED CONTROL: FUNCTION KEY F3 INCREASES, AND FUNCTION KEY F4 DECREASES,
- THE DELAY BETWEEN TURNS. THE VALUE OF THIS DELAY, IN SECONDS, IS DISPLAYED
- ON THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE SCREEN.
-
- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
- S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
- M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
- C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
-
- EXAMPLE: >KCARDS MS
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-
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