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- Pyramid Solitaire
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- by
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- Raymond M. Buti
- Post Office Box 21081
- Castro Valley, Ca. 94546
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- This is one of the most popular members of the
- simple addition family of solitaire games.
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- Starting the Game
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- Before you play this game, make a backup copy of Pyramid by using
- one the COPY commands found in your DOS manual. Use your backup
- copy to play Pyramid and NOT your original source disk.
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- After you have booted up your system, place your new copy of
- Pyramid in Drive A. Type "Pyramid", then press the ENTER key.
- High scores are saved to disk and therefore require the disk to
- remain in your drive.
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- Hard Disk users are required to be in the directory where Pyramid
- has been installed.
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- NOTE: The Public Domain Version of Pyramid does not save high
- scores to disk. You are also limited to playing 3 games.
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- Layout
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- Twenty-eight cards are dealt in the form of a pyramid. The
- pyramid has seven rows of cards. This is composed of successive
- rows of one to seven cards. Each card is overlapped by two cards
- of the row below. The last row which contains seven cards are
- turned face up. All the other cards of the pyramid are turned
- face down. The remainder of the deck is placed off to the right
- of the pyramid. The top card of the deck is turned face up and
- place in a stock pile. This card is also available for play.
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- A card in the pyramid is available for play if not covered by any
- other. The play of two adjacent cards releases one card in the
- previous row. The play of the stock card releases one card off
- the deck.
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- Object
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- Remove all cards from the pyramid and from the remainder of the
- deck by simple addition using any two cards available for play.
- The two cards must add up to 13 points. The only exception to
- this rule is when a King is exposed. The King is worth thirteen
- points and therefore may be removed without the need for a second
- card.
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- Play
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- Move the pointer by using the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys. Place
- the pointer below the card you wish to play and press the UP
- arrow to pick up the card. If the first card picked up wasn't a
- King, you must pick up another card. If the card(s) equal a
- total of thirteen, they are placed into the score area.
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- If no plays are available and you still have cards remaining in
- the deck, press the HOME key and the next card is taken off for
- play. When doing this, the current card in the stock pile will
- be moved over to the waste pile. The top card of the waste pile
- is also available for play. Cards are selected from the pyramid,
- waste pile or stock pile.
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- The game ends when there are no combinations of thirteen
- available and the deck has been depleted.
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- Value of Cards
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- Cards Value
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- Ace's 1
- 2's through 10's Face value
- Jack's 11
- Queen's 12
- King's 13
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- Keys and Descriptions
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- LEFT/RIGHT Arrows Cursor movement.
- UP Arrow Pick up the card above the cursor.
- HOME Deal another card off the deck.
- ENTER Play another game if no cards remain in
- the deck. If this is the first key to
- be pressed, a new shuffle and game will
- begin. Game counter is advanced by 1.
- F1 Displays Key descriptions.
- PG UP Show the Top Ten highest scores.
- PG DOWN Replace the first card.
- F10 Quit and return to DOS.
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- The UP arrow may be used to replace the first card as long as the
- pointer is at the location where the card was picked up from.
- PG DOWN will drop the first card regardless of pointer position.
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- Registration
-
- If you enjoy playing Pyramid Solitaire and intend on using it,
- register your copy by sending a check for $10.00 to:
-
- Raymond M. Buti
- Post Office Box 21081
- Castro Valley, Ca. 94546
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- A registration form is provided on disk. From your DOS prompt,
- type in REGFORM>PRN.