¢COUNTDOWN¢By Simon Roe¢¢¢ The object of Countdown is to make the five columns on the screen all equal to zero in the least possible moves. You make a move by taking a randomly selected number (1 to 9) and choosing a column (1 to 5) to deduct the number from.¢¢ If the number in the column is positive, then the random number is deducted from the selected column. If the number in the column is negative, then the random number is added.¢¢ Every time you select a column to be deducted then that is classed as a move. At the top of the screen is a high score board with five ratings. Each one is shown with a name and the number of moves taken. Should you achieve a lower number of moves than any on the high score board, then you will be requested to enter your name (7 characters).¢¢ Pressng the ESCape key when asked to enter the column number will bring up the menu below :¢¢ Q-Quit ESC-Return to game¢ Load, Save or Print high scores¢¢ Pressing the ESCape key again will return to the game.¢¢ Pressing the 'Q' key will quit the program.¢¢ Pressing the 'L' key will load the high score data from disk. (COUNTDWN.HI)¢¢ Pressing the 'S' key will save the current high score data onto disk.¢¢ Pressing the 'P' key will print the high scores on a printer if one is attached.¢
