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-
- Author - Matt Voight
- Copyright (c) 1993
- All Rights Reserved
- Version - 1.7
-
-
- ABOUT EUCHRE
-
- This program was written in Turbo C v2.0, and it took about a month to
- complete. The sole purpose of this game is make the card game of Euchre
- enjoyable with only one person available. Your partner is a computer
- player and so are your opponents. The computer doesn't cheat! (Unless its
- a programming error!!!)
-
- This program runs 320x200x256 VGA graphics and should be executed from a
- hard drive to increase speed. The program does not use a mouse or
- joystick - only the keyboard. Also, the game uses a lot of bitmapped
- animation, so a computer slower than a 286 won't run the game very well.
- Actually, I saw it run on a 286, and it didn't look too good on that
- either!
-
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- Installing Euchre is very easy. Simply put all the files into one
- directory and run the program EUCHRE.EXE. Euchre will not run unless all
- files are present in the same directory. These files are:
-
- EUCHRE.EXE
- GAMESCRN.VGA
- INSTRUCT.DOC
- RESRCE1.VGA
- RESRCE2.VGA
- RESRCE3.VGA
- RESRCE4.VGA
- RESRCE5.VGA
-
-
- THE MAIN MENU
-
- The menuing systems in this game are straight forward arrow key-driven
- menus using the Up/Down arrows to select each option. Also, an option can
- be selected by pressing the highlighted letter in the option you want to
- choose.
-
- The first option in the main menu is PLAY GAME. This is self-explanatory.
- It simply goes into a game of Euchre. Your hand is the cards displayed at
- the bottom of the screen, and your partner is sitting directly across from
- you.
-
- The menu's second option is CONFIGURATION. This option is a sub-menu
- which controls game speed, the points played up to, and sound.
-
- The third menu option is INSTRUCTIONS. This option will simply call up
- this file and read it out on the screen. Press the <ESCAPE> key in order
- to stop reading the file, and press <ENTER> to continue on to the next
- page.
-
- The final option is QUIT GAME. This will immediately exit you from the
- game.
-
-
- THE CONFIGURATION MENU
-
- This menu's first option is GAME SPEED. This option controls the speed
- of the animation and the delay of each player's speech and movements. A
- value of 1 would be no delay at all thus being the fastest. This game was
- made on a 486DX / 33 and used a speed of about 45. Choose a speed which
- shows fairly smooth game play, and allows enough time to read each
- player's messages.
-
- The second menu option is POINTS. This option will control what number of
- points you want to play up to. I usually play up to 10, but I find that
- not all people do it that way!
-
- The third option toggles the sound. There isn't a lot of sound in the
- game because it was very difficult to put in due to all the delays,
- frame animation, and counters in the program. SO - whatever sound there
- is, you can turn it on and off!!!
-
- The final option, EXIT MENU, just takes you back to the main menu.
-
-
- NOTES ABOUT EUCHRE
-
- One thing to remember about the program is that whenever you are playing a
- game, you can always hit the <ESCAPE> key to call up the main menu. BUT,
- when you do this, it will end the game you were currently playing.
-
- The dealer for a new game is chosen randomly by the computer.
-
- This file is not a tutorial on how to play euchre, it simply explains how
- to run this program properly. If you want a tutorial - download the BASIC
- euchre game call Four Hand Euchre. This will give you a nice little
- tutorial - but the game isn't too hot!
-
- A couple of special key-combonations will do some interesting things:
-
- 1. Press CTRL-X to toggle the poster on the wall
- 2. Press CTRL-Z to watch your partner get busy!!!
- When you are in this loop, hit any key (except
- CTRL-Z) to get out of hit. You may have to hit
- a key several times!
-
- I would like to thank everyone who wrote in telling me of all the errors
- I didn't find early on! I LOVE hearing from people about the game. SO,
- if you write to me and tell me how you liked the game - I'll send you
- an expanded, laser-printed manual, the current release of the game, AND
- a supplement to the game which will enhance your viewing pleasure FOR
- FREE!!! yes, i said FREE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
-
- That's about it - enjoy!
-
- Matt Voight
- 5189 Falmouth
- Troy, MI 48098
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