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- This special version of InTime Corp's Jigsaw Puzzle is shareware
- and is provided at no charge to the user.
-
- The requirements of Jigsaw Puzzle are an IBM or 100%
- compatible PC, EGA (128k Video RAM) or VGA monitor, 500K RAM
- and 700K for hard drive. A hard drive will not be required.
-
- Features
-
- Welcome to the new, exciting adventure of Jigsaw Puzzle!
-
- Jigsaw Puzzle is an exciting, artisticaly beautiful, rather
- unique computer puzzle. Because of the way it actualy "cuts"
- the puzzle pieces, the puzzle shapes are extremely realistic.
- You get the feeling that you are actually arranging a puzzle
- on your coffee table, for all the pieces are visible and can
- be arranged easily on the edges of your screen.
- The best part of Jigsaw Puzzle is that you can never lose
- the pieces! Saving the puzzle in the exact position that you
- leave it in, is as simple as a keystroke or click of the mouse.
- When you decide to return to Jigsaw Puzzle, you do not have to
- fear that the kids got a hold of your "extra" pieces or the cat
- decided to prey on the corner section, or the dog etc. etc.
- Jigsaw Puzzle always keeps your puzzle safe inside your
- computer, just waiting for your next move, in the exact position
- and condition you leave it in!
- For the competitive at heart, Jigsaw Puzzle keeps score based
- on the amount of time it takes to complete a picture and the
- mode you chose to play with.
- There's a Novice, Expert and Master mode. Watch the expression
- on your friend's face, when playing in Expert or Master mode,
- change drastically, as successfuly placed pieces begin to drop
- out of the puzzle picture because the puzzle isn't being
- completed quickly enough! Jigsaw Puzzle allows everyone from
- a first time puzzle user, to an advanced puzzle connoisseur,
- to experience hours of puzzle magic and enjoyment!
-
- Ease-to-use
-
- Jigsaw Puzzle can operate easily with your keyboard or mouse.
- At first, the top of your screen will look like this:
-
- Help Start View Sound Restore Exit Novice Pieces
-
- Help / F1
- This gives you fast and easy information, directly on your
- screen, eliminating the need to open your manual.
-
- Start / F2
- This starts cutting the puzzle picture into the amount of
- pieces you have selected. After you select Start, your screen
- will look like this:
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- Help Return View Sound Restore Exit Save Score Time
-
- View / F3
- Allows you to choose one of the set of puzzle pictures to
- assemble. Use View to switch back and forth from an incomplete
- puzzle to a complete picture.
-
- Sound / F4
- Turns ON or OFF the sound of the puzzle. It beeps when a
- piece is assembled to the appropriate position, plays music
- when you successfully complete a puzzle picture and you can
- hear the puzzle pieces being cut and dropped out of the box.
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- Restore / F5
- Restores a saved position of a puzzle picture.
-
- Novice/Expert/Master / F6
- Modes that allow you to choose the level of expertise in
- which to play.
- Novice allows you to arrane the puzzle pieces in a fashion
- similar to conventional puzzle arranged on a coffee table. You
- would typically pour the pieces out of the puzzle box and
- arrange them neatly on the edges of the table. Jigsaw Puzzle
- works in the same fashion, as the pieces drop out of the picture
- box allowing you to neatly arrange the unassembled ones around
- the edges of your computer screen. To assemble the picture
- puzzle, you simple drag them inside the box to the appropriate
- place.
- Expert allows you to arrange the puzzle pieces in the same
- exact fashion as a Novice. The only clinch to the Expert mode
- is, after you successfully place a puzzle piece in its exact
- spot, should you not complete the puzzle within a "certain"
- amount of time, another successfully placed puzzle piece will
- drop out of the picture box (when you least expect it!). This
- mode allows for hours of fun, as it takes advantage of the fact
- that you are not playingwith a conventional puzzle, on your
- coffee table!
- Master allows you to arrange the puzzle pieces in the exact
- fashion as Novice and Expert, but... as you've probably guessed
- by now... if you do not complete the puzzle within a "certain"
- amount of time, successfully placed pieces, begin to drop out of
- the picture box (when you least expect it!) faster than Expert
- mode! This mode is great fun, but a word of advise, unless you
- are prepared for lots of fun and laughs do not attempt!
-
- Pieces / F7
- This allows you to choose the amount of pieces a puzzle picture
- can be cut it, prior to starting the puzzle. Your choices are as
- follows, 12, 25, 46, 62, 72, 87, 95, 101, 132 and 224. Since
- Jigsaw Puzzle cuts the pieces very realisticaly, the higher the
- number of cut pieces you select, produces smaller piece sizes.
- The smaller the number of cut pieces you select produces bigger
- piece sizes. If you select a puzzle picture to be cut into 12
- pieces, your actual pieces will be larger, the image on the piece
- easy to detect and the pieces will drag slower into the box. The
- larger piece modes (12, 25, 46) are great for younger children who
- may be just starting to learn how to use the computer or puzzles.
- If you select 224 pieces, your actual puzzle pieces will be
- smaller, the image on the piece more difficult to detect and the
- pieces will move very quickly when you drag them into the box.
- The smaller piece modes (62, 72, 87, 95, 101, 132, 224) are
- exellent for the puzzle "connoisseur"!
-
- Save / F8
- This allows you to save the current positions of the pieces in
- the puzzle. If you are in the midst of assemblingthe puzzle and
- can not complete the whole picture at that point, simply use the
- save function. When you return yo puzzle at a later time or date,
- it will be in the exact arrangement you left it in.
-
- Other Easy-to-use features
-
- Exit or Escape
- Allows you to leave the game. You will be prompted by a question
- "Do you want to quit Jigsaw?" Choose from "Yes" or "No".
-
- Tab
- Will pause or continue an action within the puzzle. When you
- pause, the clock on the top of your screen stpos keeping time,
- thus having no effect on the score you get after successfully
- completing the puzzle picture. The faster you complete a picture,
- the higher score you will get.
-
- Arrows or Left Mouse Button
- Places the pieces accordingly.
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- Backspase or Right Mouse Button
- Places a puzzle piece from outside the box to the appropriate
- place inside the box. This can be used to give you a "Hint" in
- a more difficult mode.
-
- Clock
- The clock on the top of your screen keeps track of the amount of
- time it takes to complete a picture. Time effects you score. The
- less time it takes you to complete a puzzle picture, the higher
- you score is.
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- Score
- Your score is determined by the amount of time it takes to
- complete a puzzle and the type of mode you choose to play. If you
- successfully complete a 46 piece puzzle picture in Novice mode in
- 15 minutes, your score will be lower then if you completed a 46
- piece puzzle in Expert or Master modes in the same amount of time.
- If you play against someone, it will keep track of both scores.
-
- InTime Corporation
- 41 Elm Street, Stoneham, MA 02180
- Phone/Fax (617) 279-0401