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- D E S C R I P T I O N A N D
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- A U T H O R I N F O R M A T I O N
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- Last updated: June, 1993
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- This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to describe
- the PATIENCE 10 package.
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- Disk Vendors and Distributors please refer to the VENDOR.DOC text
- file for more information.
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- Program Information:
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- File Name(s) for BBSs:
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- For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the
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- If the programs and documentation are in separate archive files,
- please use the following names (both must be posted):
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- PATDOC40.ZIP File/Program Title and Version Number
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- If the programs and documentation are contained within a single
- archive file, please use the following name:
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- PATENC40.ZIP File/Program Title and Version Number
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- method, then please use the name "PATENC40" with the appropriate
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- Category:
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- Solitaire Card Game System
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- Program Name:
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- PATIENCE 10
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- Short Description:
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- PATIENCE 10 features a collection of 10 popular and addictive
- solitaire card games all run from a single menu. The games include
- Accordion, Canfield, Dimaryp, Eliminate, Golf, Klondike, Nestor,
- Pyramid, Stacker, and Vegas. Each game features its own best scores
- table. Best scores are determined using everything from cards
- remaining and mistakes made to the time it took to play.
- Documentation covers rules and strategies for all ten games. Screen
- sensitive Help and an Undo feature are also supported. A MOUSE is
- fully supported and custom color setup is available on registered
- versions.
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- Long Description:
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- PATIENCE 10 features a collection of 10 popular and addictive
- solitaire card games all run from a single menu. The games include:
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- Accordion- Play each card from the deck one at a time to
- the tableau. Move the newly played card 1 or 3 to the left
- matching on rank or suit. Continue until the deck is empty.
- Canfield - Build a tableau of 4 piles and a talon of 13 cards.
- First card on the foundation determines its starting rank.
- Play all cards on the foundation to win.
- Dimaryp - Start with a base of 7 cards. Match rank or suit on
- any two cards on the base building up to the top of a
- pyramid. To win, finish the pyramid with cards remaining.
- Eliminate- Start with 10 stacks of 2 cards each. Remove each
- stack that adds to be a multiple of 5. Add one more card to
- each stack. Continue until the deck is empty.
- Golf - Start with 7 piles of 5 cards. Match each tableau
- card with the hand, either one higher or one lower in rank.
- Continue until the tableau is empty.
- Klondike - Classic solitaire. Start with a tableau of 7 piles
- of 1 to 7 cards. Build on the foundation starting with Ace.
- Win when all cards are on the foundation.
- Nestor - Create a tableau of 8 piles of 6 cards each. Remove
- all matching cards in two's.
- Pyramid - Start with a pyramid of 1 card at the top, to 7 cards
- at the base. Remove card combinations that add to 13. Win
- when all cards are discarded.
- Stacker - Start with 4 stacks of 3 cards each. Remove top or
- bottom cards that create three card combinations that add to
- 10, 20, or 30. Win when all four stacks are eliminated.
- Vegas - Variation on Klondike. Only go through the hand one
- time.
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- Each game features its own resettable best scores table. Best scores
- are determined using everything from cards remaining and mistakes made
- to the time it took to play.
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- On-disk documentation covers rules and strategies for all ten games.
- Most of the documentation is covered on the screen-sensitive help
- screens including examples of game play.
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- The PATIENCE 10 game system provides custom color setup, best
- scores table maintenance, an undo feature, screen sensitive help, and
- hot keys to turn on and off sound, error checking, and best scores
- tracking. A MOUSE is fully supported.
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- Quotes from Reviews, Articles and Users:
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- Here is what some shareware distributors say about PATIENCE 10.
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- Public Brand Software:
- Four stars, "Excellent program. An invaluable addition to
- our library".
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- Shareware Express:
- Number 15 on the best-seller list.
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- Some PATIENCE 10 registered users put it in their own words:
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- "I found PATIENCE a Screaming Delite..."
- - Wm Hoaglin, Bella Vista, AR
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- "I have enjoyed many hours of pleasure from your assortment of
- games. In fact, these are the only games I take the time to play on
- my computer." - Irene Luckham, St. Petersburg, FL
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- "I'm very pleased with this: ease of use as well as graphics and
- layout...I appreciate the documentation that came with the
- shareware." - Marilee J. Layman, Arlington, VA
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- "We received your program today. We have played all the games
- several times by 2330 hrs. We are most pleased by the program
- contents and supporting documentation."
- - K-C Morgan, Grass Valley, CA
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- "Your instructions are the best I've found yet in Shareware--clear,
- concise, and spelled right..." - PA LeBeau, Punta Gorda, FL
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- "...I think the PATIENCE software is an amazing amount of
- entertainment for a very small price." - NB Roberts, Cincinnati, OH
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- "...has cost me a lot of sleep, though - keep wanting to play 'one
- more game!'" - D Haggerty, Randolph, NJ
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- "...the entire family is helplessly addicted."
- - B McClure, Salt Lake City, UT
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- "Thanks for making such a great program available at a most
- reasonable price." - T Gatlin, San Angelo, TX
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- "Your solitaire is the BEST! (but addictive!!)"
- - N Hodge, Eugene, OR
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- "...I play them at work to my detriment. But since I am boss, no
- one says much." - D Bryan, Danby, VM
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- "They are more than I expected. When I finally got to try them
- out...I really liked them." - Gregory Peck, Pitcher, NY
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- Registration Information:
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- Registration Fee: US$10.00 U.S. and Canada
- US$15.00 Foreign
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- Registered User Receives:
- Registered version of PATIENCE 10 w/setup utilities and NO
- shareware screens
- Mail support
- Notification of product upgrades and new CoCoWare releases
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- Author/Publisher Information:
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- CoCoWare is a small software company owned and operated by David
- Cowles. PATIENCE 10 copyright (c) 1990-1993 CoCoWare all rights
- reserved.
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- At CoCoWare we believe that the PRIMARY purpose of business is
- service, not profit. This concept is fundamental to our approach to
- product development, production and marketing.
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- CoCoWare has been producing top quality computer software at
- reasonable prices, continuously, since 1989. To date we have two
- shareware releases. They are:
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- Product Original Release Date Latest Release Date
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- PATIENCE 10 June 30, 1989 February 10, 1993
- PATIENCE ABROAD May 1, 1993 May 1, 1993
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- Please feel free to contact me (David Cowles) at any time if you have
- any questions, comments or suggestions. I can be reached by mail at
- the following address:
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- David Cowles (913) 435-2039 - day
- CoCoWare (913) 273-9731 - night
- P.O. Box 67623
- Topeka, KS 66667-0623 NOTE: above phone numbers are
- U.S.A. highly subject to change
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