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  1.  
  2.                            G E N D O M
  3.  
  4.      Thi≤ program¼á 'Gendomº i≤ ß gamσ involvinτ coloureΣá squarσ ì
  5. tile≤á anΣá i≤á baseΣ oε thσ articlσá 'GeneralizeΣá Dominoesºá iε ì
  6. 'Super-Gamesºá b∙á Ivaε Moscovich«á  I⌠ i≤ designeΣ t∩ ruεá oεá ß ì
  7. disk-baseΣ Microbee¼ witΦ o≥ withou⌠ colou≥ abilities¼ anΣ caε bσ ì
  8. playeΣ witΦ ß joysticδ o≥ jus⌠ froφ thσ keyboard«  Thσ prograφ i≤ ì
  9. availablσ oε ß sharewarσ basis¼á i.e« peoplσ arσ freσ t∩ cop∙ anΣ ì
  10. distributσá thσá program¼á anΣ arσ encourageΣ t∩ senΣá donations¼ ì
  11. suggestion≤ and/o≥ idea≤ t∩ thσ autho≥ directly¼ beinτ :
  12.  
  13.                       Keith Wood
  14.                       22 Conway Place
  15.                       Gowrie, A.C.T., 2904
  16.                       Australia
  17.  
  18.      Thσá objec⌠ oµ thσ gamσ i≤ t∩ arrangσ thσ tile≤á withiεá thσ ì
  19. blacδá rectanglσá (border¼á iµá colou≥ no⌠ available⌐á sucΦá tha⌠ ì
  20. adjacen⌠áá side≤á matcΦá iεá colou≥á (pattern¼áá iµá colou≥áá no⌠ ì
  21. available)«á  A≤á aεá addeΣ challenge¼á thσá arrangemen⌠á caεá bσ ì
  22. furthe≥á constraineΣá t∩ requirσ tha⌠ thσ outsidσá edge≤á oµá thσ ì
  23. tile≤ als∩ bσ onl∙ onσ colou≥ (pattern).
  24.  
  25.      Therσ arσ 2┤ tiles¼á eacΦ beinτ divideΣ diagonall∙ int∩ fou≥ ì
  26. area≤á whicΦ arσ madσ u≡ oµ combination≤ oµ red¼á yello≈ anΣ bluσ ì
  27. (o≥ patterns)« Al∞ thσ tile≤ arσ unique¼ eveε afte≥ rotation.
  28.  
  29.      Fo≥á joysticδá users¼áá thσá flashinτá curso≥á i≤á moveΣá b∙ ì
  30. manipulatinτá thσ joystick«á  Tile≤ arσ selecteΣ b∙ pressinτá thσ ì
  31. firσáá button¼áá anΣá wil∞á theεá flasΦá t∩á sho≈á thei≥á status«  ì
  32. Therafter¼ thσ tilσ itselµ wil∞ movσ iε responsσ t∩ thσ joystick«  ì
  33. ┴ tilσ ma∙ bσ releaseΣ b∙ agaiε pressinτ thσ firσ button.
  34.  
  35.      Fo≥ keyboarΣ users¼ usσ thσ directioε key≤ 'S'¼ 'D'¼ 'Eº anΣ ì
  36. 'Xº t∩ movσ left¼á right¼á u≡ anΣ dowε respectively«á  Thosσ witΦ ì
  37. premiuφá machine≤ ma∙ als∩ usσ thσ arro≈ keys«á  Faste≥á movemen⌠ ì
  38. lef⌠á anΣá righ⌠ caε bσ achieveΣ b∙ usinτ thσ 'Aº anΣá 'Fºá keys«  ì
  39. Picδ u≡ anΣ releasσ tile≤ b∙ pressinτ thσ spacσ bar.
  40.  
  41.      Thσá othe≥á facilitie≤á oµ thσ prograφá arσá onl∙á availablσ ì
  42. through the keyboard.  These are :
  43.  
  44. '<'á  AnticlockwiseáPressinτá thi≤ ke∙ wil∞ causσá thσá currentl∙ ì
  45. ááááááááááááááááááááselecteΣ tilσ t∩ bσ rotateΣ ß quarte≥ turε t∩ ì
  46. ááááááááááááááááááááthe left (anti-clockwise).
  47.  
  48. '>'  ClockwiseááááááThi≤á ke∙ wil∞ rotatσ thσ currentl∙á selecteΣ ì
  49. áááááááááááááááááááátile a quarter turn to the right (clockwise).
  50.  
  51. 'H'á  Helpá      áááPressinτá thi≤ ke∙ wil∞ displa∙ onσá possiblσ ì
  52. áááááááááááááááááááásolutioεá t∩á thσ problem«á  Therσá arσá ove≥ ì
  53. áááááááááááááááááááá12,00░ possiblσ arrangement≤ tha⌠ wil∞ fulfi∞ ì
  54. ááááááááááááááááááááthσ condition≤ above.
  55. è'R'  RestartááááááááThi≤ ke∙ wil∞ restar⌠ thσ curren⌠ game«á  Al∞ ì
  56. áááááááááááááááááááámove≤á madσá s∩á fa≥á wil∞á bσá reverseΣá anΣ ì
  57. ááááááááááááááááááááforgotten«áá  Confirmatioεáá i≤á requireΣá t∩ ì
  58. áááááááááááááááááááápreven⌠ los≤ oµ thσ game«á  Thi≤ caε bσá useΣ ì
  59. áááááááááááááááááááát∩ tr∙ ß differen⌠ strateg∙ oε thσ tiles.
  60.  
  61. 'Q'á  Quit     áááááPressinτ thi≤ ke∙ wil∞ terminatσ thσ gamσ anΣ ì
  62. ááááááááááááááááááááthσá program«á  Oncσá more¼á confirmatioεá i≤ ì
  63. áááááááááááááááááááárequesteΣ beforσ endinτ thσ game.
  64.  
  65.      Othe≥ informatioε displayeΣ oε thσ screeε include≤ thσá timσ ì
  66. takeεá s∩á fa≥ iε thσ game«á  Thi≤ i≤ measureΣá approximatel∙á iε ì
  67. second≤á anΣá caεá bσá useΣ t∩ gaugσ you≥ speeΣá iεá solvinτá thσ ì
  68. puzzle.
  69.  
  70.      Thσá gamσ i≤ starteΣ b∙ typinτ 'GENDOMº a⌠ thσ CP/═á prompt« ì
  71. I⌠á wil∞ automaticall∙ configurσ itselµ fo≥ thσá capabilitie≤á oµ ì
  72. thσá machinσ i⌠ i≤ beinτ ruε upon«á Notσ tha⌠ iµ yo⌡ arσ usinτá ß ì
  73. joystick¼á i⌠á wil∞á neeΣá t∩ bσ pluggeΣ iε beforσá thσá gamσá i≤ ì
  74. started«á Thσá gamσá shoulΣá sho≈ u≡ witΦ ß greeεá backgrounΣá oε ì
  75. colou≥ machines«á Iµ thi≤ i≤ no⌠ thσ case¼ tr∙ typinτ 'GENDO═ +Pº ì
  76. instead.
  77.  
  78.      Alternately¼á iµá yo⌡ havσ thσ chaineΣ versioε oµ thσá game¼ ì
  79. you will need to type in 'PLAY GENDOM' to start the game.
  80.