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- 10 LPRINT " TRIVIAL TOWERS":LPRINT
- 15 LPRINT " VERSION 1.0":LPRINT
- 20 LPRINT " Trivial Towers is an exciting way to match your wits with"
- 25 LPRINT "your friends and family in the computer age. First there was"
- 30 LPRINT "'Go To The Head of the Class'. Then there was 'College Bowl'."
- 35 LPRINT "Now there is Trivial Towers!":LPRINT
- 40 LPRINT "OBJECT OF THE GAME: Players must correctly answer 6 questions in"
- 45 LPRINT "each of the 4 categories they have selected. A correct answer earns"
- 50 LPRINT "that player one floor of the 6-story tower for that category. The"
- 55 LPRINT "first player to build 4 towers by correctly answering 6 questions in"
- 60 LPRINT "each category wins.":LPRINT
- 65 LPRINT " DIRECTIONS":LPRINT
- 70 LPRINT "GETTING STARTED: Trivial Towers consists of 2 disks--the general"
- 80 LPRINT "Program disk and the Question and Answer disk. (Additional Question"
- 90 LPRINT "and Answer disks on new topics can be purchased separately.)"
- 100 LPRINT" To begin, boot up your MS-DOS disk by inserting it into "
- 110 LPRINT"drive A, turning on your computer, and answering the date and "
- 120 LPRINT"time prompts. Pull out the DOS disk and set it aside. Insert "
- 130 LPRINT"your BASIC disk into Drive A, type in BASIC and press the Return "
- 140 LPRINT"key. After the disk drive starts spinning and the red light goes"
- 150 LPRINT"off, pull out the BASIC disk. Insert the Trivial Towers Program "
- 160 LPRINT"disk, type RUN ''TTOWERS (Note: those are open quotation marks, "
- 161 LPRINT"not two apostrophes) and press the Return key. The Program"
- 170 LPRINT"disk will begin spinning, and fill the screen with the Trivial "
- 180 LPRINT"Towers logo while playing a tune. After a few seconds, the screen"
- 190 LPRINT"will clear, and the program will ask you to insert the Questions "
- 200 LPRINT"disk. Remove the Program disk from Drive A, insert the Questions"
- 210 LPRINT"disk, and press the Return key.":LPRINT
- 220 LPRINT"NUMBER OF PLAYERS: The screen will clear, then the computer will"
- 230 LPRINT"ask you for the number of players. Type in a 2,3, or 4 then press"
- 240 LPRINT"the Return key. The computer will give you an error message if any"
- 250 LPRINT"other key is pressed and ask you to try again, so don't worry about"
- 260 LPRINT"hitting the wrong key.":LPRINT
- 270 LPRINT"NAMES OF PLAYERS: The computer will then prompt you for the names"
- 280 LPRINT"of the contestants. Type in the first name of the first player and"
- 290 LPRINT"press the Return key. The computer will respond by showing you"
- 300 LPRINT"what your game piece looks like, and ask for the name of the next"
- 310 LPRINT"player. Repeat this procedure until all players' names have been"
- 320 LPRINT"entered and all players have been assigned game pieces.":LPRINT
- 330 LPRINT"QUESTION CATEGORIES: The screen will clear, then show you the"
- 340 LPRINT"categories available on this Questions disk. Trivial Towers"
- 350 LPRINT"Questions disks come with 6 complete categories. (This number may"
- 360 LPRINT"differ if you insert a disk of questions you have written. See "
- 370 LPRINT"section entitled WRITING YOUR OWN QUESTIONS below.) Type in the"
- 380 LPRINT"name of the category about which all players agree to be quizzed."
- 390 LPRINT"If you make an error and misspell the category name, the computer"
- 400 LPRINT"will ask you to try again."
- 430 LPRINT" After you have picked each category, the computer will tell"
- 431 LPRINT"you how many questions are in that category. The computer then asks"
- 440 LPRINT"you to chose which question you wish to begin with for that"
- 450 LPRINT"category. This permits you to play Trivial Towers over and over"
- 460 LPRINT"without repeating the same questions. Simply type in a number"
- 470 LPRINT"higher than the number of the last question you've seen for that"
- 480 LPRINT"category. Don't worry about typing in a number too high or too"
- 490 LPRINT"low--the computer will note the error and ask you to try again."
- 500 LPRINT"(When the computer comes to the end of the question deck for that"
- 510 LPRINT"category, it cycles to the front of the deck and continues with"
- 520 LPRINT"question 1.) Repeat this procedure until you have chosen the 4"
- 521 LPRINT"categories for this running of the game. By varying the starting"
- 522 LPRINT"numbers, you can use the same category for all 4 of the question"
- 523 LPRINT"category decks, thereby 'specializing' the game.":LPRINT
- 530 LPRINT"PLAYING THE GAME: After you have made all of these preliminary"
- 540 LPRINT"choices, the screen will clear and then show the game board. Note"
- 550 LPRINT"that players begin the game in their own individual corners of the"
- 560 LPRINT"game board. After everyone has found his token on the board, press"
- 570 LPRINT"the Return key to begin play.":LPRINT
- 580 LPRINT" After the Return key is hit, the computer will roll its "
- 590 LPRINT"internal dice, and tell the player how many squares to move (1-6)."
- 600 LPRINT"The computer reminds you that it is your turn to move by listing"
- 610 LPRINT"your name and game token beneath the game board.":LPRINT
- 620 LPRINT" The player may move Clockwise by hitting a C, counterclockwise"
- 630 LPRINT"(Yes, we know it's misspelled!) by hitting a K, or exit the program"
- 640 LPRINT"by hitting a Q. After making your selection, press the Return key."
- 650 LPRINT
- 660 LPRINT" If you have decided to Quit the program, the computer will ask "
- 670 LPRINT"you to insert the Program disk. Pull the Questions disk from Drive"
- 680 LPRINT"A, insert the Program disk, and press the Return key. The screen"
- 690 LPRINT"will clear, and the BASIC Ok will appear in the upper left corner."
- 700 LPRINT"You may now play a new game of Trivial Towers with new players and"
- 710 LPRINT"categories, or write your own questions (see section on WRITING "
- 720 LPRINT"YOUR OWN QUESTIONS below).":LPRINT
- 730 LPRINT" If you have chosen a C or K, the computer will move your token"
- 740 LPRINT"to the correct square and ask you a question for that category."
- 750 LPRINT"After you have answered it orally (you may, but do not need to,"
- 751 LPRINT"type your answer), press the Return key."
- 760 LPRINT"The computer will show the correct answer, and ask if"
- 770 LPRINT"your answer was correct. (Due to memory limitations of your"
- 780 LPRINT"computer, the Trivial Towers programmers decided not to have the"
- 790 LPRINT"computer remember all possible spellings and variations of the"
- 800 LPRINT"correct answer. You probably would not have purchased such an"
- 810 LPRINT"expensive program, anyway.)":LPRINT
- 820 LPRINT" If the players agree that your answer matches that of the"
- 830 LPRINT"computer, enter Y and press the Return key. The computer will"
- 840 LPRINT"credit you with one story for your tower of that category, and"
- 850 LPRINT"display it inside the game board. (The first player to build all "
- 860 LPRINT"four 6-story towers by correctly answering Trivial Towers questions"
- 870 LPRINT"wins the game.) The computer will then re-roll its internal dice,"
- 880 LPRINT"and tell you how far you can move next.":LPRINT
- 890 LPRINT" The computer repeats this procedure until you tell it that you"
- 900 LPRINT"have incorrectly answered a question. To do so, type N and press"
- 910 LPRINT"the Return key. The computer will call upon the next player to move"
- 920 LPRINT"his/her token, and the sequence begins anew.":LPRINT
- 930 LPRINT" If you land on a purple wild card square (found only in the "
- 940 LPRINT"corners of the game board), the computer will ask you to pick the"
- 950 LPRINT"category in which you wish to be quizzed. (Hint: It is good"
- 960 LPRINT"strategy to pick a category for which you have not built many"
- 970 LPRINT"stories.) Enter the number (1-4) of the color of the category"
- 980 LPRINT"in which you wish to be quizzed, and press the Return key. The"
- 990 LPRINT"computer will let you know if you pressed a key other than 1-4,"
- 1000 LPRINT"and ask you to try again. If you correctly pressed a 1, 2, 3, or 4"
- 1010 LPRINT"the computer will ask a question from that category and play will"
- 1020 LPRINT"proceed as before.":LPRINT
- 1030 LPRINT"WANT A COPY OF THESE DIRECTIONS? If so, turn on your printer,"
- 1040 LPRINT"boot up DOS and BASIC, insert the Program disk into drive A,"
- 1050 LPRINT"type RUN ''TTRULES (again, that's a single quotation mark) and"
- 1060 LPRINT"press the Return key.":LPRINT
- 1070 LPRINT" WRITING YOUR OWN QUESTIONS":LPRINT
- 1080 LPRINT" Although Trivial Towers question disks bulge with over "
- 1090 LPRINT"2500 questions and more disks are being developed each"
- 1100 LPRINT"day, you may wish to 'customize' your own questions and "
- 1110 LPRINT"categories.":LPRINT
- 1120 LPRINT" To write your own questions, boot up DOS and BASIC, insert"
- 1130 LPRINT"the Program disk into Drive A, type RUN ''TTENTER and press the"
- 1140 LPRINT"Return key.":LPRINT
- 1150 LPRINT"CATEGORY NAME: The computer will ask you for the name of the new"
- 1160 LPRINT"category. If you have 2 disk drives, put a blank, formatted"
- 1170 LPRINT"disk into drive B, type B: followed by the name of your"
- 1180 LPRINT"new category (e.g. B:MOVIES) and hit the Return key. If you have"
- 1190 LPRINT"only one disk drive, remove the Program disk from Drive A, insert"
- 1200 LPRINT"the blank disk into drive A, type A: followed by the name of"
- 1210 LPRINT"of your new category (e.g. A:MOVIES) and press the Return key."
- 1211 LPRINT"If you forget to name a disk drive, the computer will assume"
- 1212 LPRINT"that your blank, formatted disk is in the A drive."
- 1220 LPRINT"If you do not enter any disk drive number or category name, "
- 1230 LPRINT"pressing the Return key returns you to BASIC.":LPRINT
- 1240 LPRINT"ADDING QUESTIONS: The screen will clear, and the computer will"
- 1250 LPRINT"ask you if you wish to list, display, update, or exit from this"
- 1260 LPRINT"category. Press U and the Return key.":LPRINT
- 1270 LPRINT" The screen will clear, and the computer asks if you wish to"
- 1280 LPRINT"modify, add to, or exit the updating routine. Press A and press"
- 1290 LPRINT"the Return key.":LPRINT
- 1300 LPRINT" The screen clears, and the computer tells you how many "
- 1310 LPRINT"questions are already in that category. If you are creating"
- 1320 LPRINT"a new category, this number will be 0. If you are adding"
- 1330 LPRINT"questions to an existing file, this number will be greater than 1."
- 1340 LPRINT"We suggest that you limit the total number of questions in all of"
- 1350 LPRINT"your categories to 2500 because of space limitations on your disk."
- 1351 LPRINT
- 1360 LPRINT" The computer will print"
- 1370 LPRINT"1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 72"
- 1380 LPRINT"to let you know how many characters your"
- 1385 LPRINT"your question contains. Type your question"
- 1390 LPRINT"beneath these letters and press the Return key. Do not exceed"
- 1400 LPRINT"72 characters, including punctuation and spaces, for your question"
- 1410 LPRINT"(again, space limitations). Questions need not end in a question"
- 1420 LPRINT"mark if you're stuck for space. You can also be creative with"
- 1421 LPRINT"punctuation and blank spaces to further help.":LPRINT
- 1430 LPRINT" The computer will prompt you for the answer, and print"
- 1440 LPRINT"1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 56"
- 1450 LPRINT"to let you see how many characters your answer contains."
- 1455 LPRINT"Type your answer beneath these numbers and press the Return key."
- 1460 LPRINT"Please do not exceed 56 characters for your answer. The computer"
- 1470 LPRINT"will let you know if you exceed these limits."
- 1480 LPRINT
- 1490 LPRINT" After you have pressed the Return key, the computer will tell"
- 1500 LPRINT"you how many questions are now in the category, and ask you to"
- 1510 LPRINT"enter another question. This cycle continues until you type X"
- 1520 LPRINT"and press the Return key.":LPRINT
- 1530 LPRINT" If you press X, the computer asks you if you wish to Modify,"
- 1540 LPRINT"Add, or Exit the question-entry routine. To Exit, press X and the"
- 1550 LPRINT"Return key. The computer will tell you if you pressed the wrong"
- 1560 LPRINT"key and ask you to try again. After you press X, the computer"
- 1570 LPRINT"asks you if you wish to List, Display, Update, or Exit this"
- 1580 LPRINT"category. To Exit, type X and press the Return key. As its last"
- 1590 LPRINT"step, the computer will ask if you wish to edit another file."
- 1600 LPRINT"If you do, go back to the instructions for CATEGORY NAME and follow"
- 1610 LPRINT"those procedures. To exit the program entirely, press the Return"
- 1620 LPRINT"key. The computer will tell you that it has saved your category"
- 1630 LPRINT"onto the Questions disk and that you are back in BASIC. From here,"
- 1640 LPRINT"you can program in BASIC, play Trivial Towers using your new"
- 1650 LPRINT"questions, go back into the editing program TTENTER, or remove your"
- 1660 LPRINT"disks and turn off the computer.":LPRINT
- 1670 LPRINT"CORRECTING A QUESTION OR AN ANSWER: If you make a mistake typing"
- 1680 LPRINT"or further research indicates that you have misstated a question"
- 1690 LPRINT"or an answer, corrections are a simple matter. After starting"
- 1700 LPRINT"TTENTER (see first paragraph of these directions), tell the "
- 1710 LPRINT"computer the disk drive and name of the category to be corrected"
- 1720 LPRINT"(e.g. B:MOVIES). Type U to Update when asked if you want to List,"
- 1730 LPRINT"Display, Update, or Exit that category. Answer M when asked if"
- 1740 LPRINT"if you want to Modify, Add, or Exit the Update routine.":LPRINT
- 1750 LPRINT" At this point, the computer will tell you how many questions"
- 1760 LPRINT"have been written for this category, and ask for the number of the"
- 1770 LPRINT"question-answer pair to be changed. (If you don't know the"
- 1780 LPRINT"specific number, enter a number less than 1, and refer to the "
- 1790 LPRINT"Listing and Displaying sections below.) Enter that number and"
- 1800 LPRINT"press the Return key.":LPRINT
- 1810 LPRINT" The screen clears and the computer lists the question as it"
- 1820 LPRINT"presently resides in memory, and prompts you for a new phrasing"
- 1830 LPRINT"of the question. Type the new question below the 1-72 number"
- 1840 LPRINT"scale. Even if you do not wish to change the question's wording,"
- 1850 LPRINT"type the question as is (a blank will otherwise be placed onto"
- 1860 LPRINT"the disk in place of the original question). Press the Return key."
- 1870 LPRINT
- 1880 LPRINT" The computer then shows the current answer and asks for its"
- 1890 LPRINT"update. Type the new answer beneath the 1-56 number scale (or"
- 1900 LPRINT"type the old answer if no changes are to be made) and press the"
- 1910 LPRINT"Return key.":LPRINT
- 1920 LPRINT" The computer stores the new question and answer on the disk,"
- 1930 LPRINT"and asks you if you wish to change another question. If you do"
- 1940 LPRINT"not, enter a number less than 1, and backtrack to BASIC as"
- 1950 LPRINT"previously described in the Adding Questions section.":LPRINT
- 1960 LPRINT" If you discover that you do not want to modify a specific"
- 1970 LPRINT"question and answer pair, type an X and press the Return key"
- 1980 LPRINT"when prompted for the new question.":LPRINT
- 1990 LPRINT" You cannot delete a question and answer pair per se. The"
- 2000 LPRINT"computer will put a blank question and answer onto the Questions"
- 2010 LPRINT"disk, and use it during the game when Trivial Towers calls up that"
- 2020 LPRINT"number. Of course, if you want to, you can use these blanks as"
- 2030 LPRINT"free towers for the players lucky enough to land on them by typing"
- 2040 LPRINT"Y when asked if the question was correctly answered.":LPRINT
- 2050 LPRINT"DISPLAYING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE SCREEN: After you have"
- 2060 LPRINT"written several questions and answers, you may wish to check your"
- 2070 LPRINT"work. To do so, you can display question-answer pairs on the"
- 2080 LPRINT"screen or print out some or all of the questions and answers"
- 2090 LPRINT"(see Printing Questions and Answers section below).":LPRINT
- 2100 LPRINT" To display question-answer pairs on the screen, choose the"
- 2110 LPRINT"disk drive and category to be displayed (see the Category Name"
- 2120 LPRINT"section above). Press D and the Return key when asked if you"
- 2130 LPRINT"wish to List, Display, Update, or Exit that category. The"
- 2140 LPRINT"computer will clear the screen, tell you how many questions are"
- 2150 LPRINT"in that category, and ask you for the number of the question-answer"
- 2160 LPRINT"pair you wish to display. Enter that number (the computer will"
- 2170 LPRINT"ask you to try again if you enter too high a number) and hit the"
- 2180 LPRINT"Return key. The computer will clear the screen and display that"
- 2190 LPRINT"question-answer pair. Press the Return key and the cycle will"
- 2200 LPRINT"repeat.":LPRINT
- 2210 LPRINT" To quit displaying pairs, enter a number less than 1 when the"
- 2220 LPRINT"computer asks for a number. You can backtrack to BASIC from"
- 2230 LPRINT"there.":LPRINT
- 2240 LPRINT"PRINTING OUT YOUR QUESTIONS: To further check your work, you can"
- 2250 LPRINT"print out any or all of the question-answer pairs for a given"
- 2260 LPRINT"category. Turn on your printer and pick the disk drive and"
- 2270 LPRINT"category to be printed after loading TTENTER. Enter L and press"
- 2280 LPRINT"the Return key when asked if you want to List, Display, Update,"
- 2290 LPRINT"or Exit from that category.":LPRINT
- 2300 LPRINT" The computer will prompt you for the number of the first"
- 2310 LPRINT"question-answer pair to be printed. Enter that number and press"
- 2320 LPRINT"Return. The computer will ask you for the number of the last"
- 2330 LPRINT"question-answer pair to be printed. Enter that number and press"
- 2340 LPRINT"the Return key. Pressing Return without entering a number exits"
- 2350 LPRINT"the Listing procedure, as does hitting a zero.":LPRINT
- 2360 LPRINT" Press the return key after making sure that the printer is on."
- 2370 LPRINT
- 2380 LPRINT" After printing the requested question-answer pairs, the"
- 2390 LPRINT"computer returns you to the List, Display, Update, Exit prompt."
- 2400 LPRINT"You can backtrack to BASIC from there.":LPRINT:LPRINT:LPRINT
- 2410 LPRINT" Vinyard Software will continue to make improvements on "
- 2420 LPRINT"Trivial Towers, including expanding the game rules, modifying the"
- 2430 LPRINT"graphics, animation, and sound, writing new Question disks,"
- 2435 LPRINT"and configuring the game to run on other computers."
- 2440 LPRINT"Please write us with your comments about how Trivial Towers can"
- 2450 LPRINT"further serve your entertainment needs."
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