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- Championship Spades (tm) v7.1
- for Windows 95, 98, NT, and 2000
- Copyright 1999 by DreamQuest(tm) Software
- http://www.dq.com/spades.shtml
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- GAME DESCRIPTION:
- For avid players, Championship Spades v7.1 is an exciting Spades card
- game that features good layout, fast play, rich sounds, a MIDI jukebox
- of songs, auto-save, statistics, undo, hint, auto-play, and help with
- tutorials. Play your favorite Spades variations such as Swap, Jokers,
- Blind, Suicide, and Cut. Polished interface is unique in using eight
- customizable personalities that adapt and learn. Choose from 14 decks,
- 19 tables, and 94 sounds. Evaluate free for thirty days. $19-29 <ASP>
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- MINIMUM: 486, 24MB memory, 6MB disk space, mouse, 256-color video.
- BETTER: 32MB memory, Wave-table sound card with MIDI, hi-color video.
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- CERTIFICATIONS:
- Championship Spades runs under Windows 2000 and NT and meets
- Microsoft Logo requirements. It has been fully Year 2000 tested,
- includes full uninstall support, and has been designed for use
- worldwide. DreamQuest is also a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals, which promotes professional shareware and
- ethics. The ASP Ombudsman helps guarantee our support and product
- quality. Contact them at omb@asp-shareware.org or 1-317-888-2194.
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- OUR FAVORITE ADVANCED TIPS AND TRICKS:
- 1. Quickly set the 'intelligence' of the opponents using the Difficulty menu.
- 2. Adjust game speed and other cool stuff under the Options...General dialog.
- 3. Customize opponent's playing styles by clicking on their face and then Edit.
- 4. Click on the trickcard to quickly show the last trick played.
- 5. Create a new profile/name, try some of the Game variations, and compare stats.
- 6. Read Spades 101 and Mastering Spades to improve your game.
- 7. Use right-click menu to take back a play or let the computer playout.
- 8. Disable practice options & resist temptation under the General Options menu.
- 9. Create your own decks, tables, sounds in BMP, GIF, or JPG formats.
- 10. Partner or opponents frustrating? Throw a pie at them under Practice menu!
- 11. Download MIDI jukebox songs and themes from http://www.dq.com/spdown.shtml
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- HIGHLIGHTS OF MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS 7.1 (AND 7.0) RELEASE:
- 1. All new high-color artwork for everything, including new card faces.
- 2. Massive improvements in computer bid & play from expert feedback.
- 3. Improved statistics (more added, automatic %, challenging rankings).
- 4. Improved player profiles (art choices, dropdown, delete, lower case).
- 5. Improved jukebox, including ability to request MIDI play selection.
- 6. Improved game speed and smoothness of play.
- 7. Quality and smoothness of sounds and taunts improved.
- 8. Added 'Disable Practice' option so you can avoid being tempted.
- 9. Improved readability of afterhand analysis screen.
- 10. You can now select the 'random' deck for each game startup.
- 11. Download size reduced by breaking off MIDI pack & compressing files.
- 12. You may now add your own images in BMP, GIF, or JPG formats.
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- UPGRADES:
- We highly recommend that people upgrading from older versions first
- uninstall the previous version. Even if you uninstall, your name and
- register key will be automatically transferred over. Since this release
- replaced most artwork/sounds, you will save hard disk space and prevent
- duplicate files by uninstalling first BEFORE installing this release.
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- HOW TO UNINSTALL:
- To uninstall, use Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs
- and select Championship Spades. Your autosave games will not be
- uninstalled. You should manually delete the Championship Spades
- directory if you do not want these files after you have used the
- uninstall program. If for some reason the standard uninstall does fail,
- you may safely just delete the Spades directory manually.
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- DIFFERENT INSTALLATION LEVELS IN SETUP PROGRAM:
- Full: Includes public-domain MIDI songs, game sounds, and player taunts.
- Minimal: Includes all critical game files but no sounds or MIDI files.
- Custom: Allows you to selectively choose which components you wish to use.
- Suggest: Additional MIDI files (pack of top 200) are also available from our
- site in SpMidiPk.exe (1.5 MB) from http://www.dq.com/spdown.shtml
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- INSTALLATION FROM A SELF-EXTRACTING ZIP (EXE) FILE:
- Simply double-click on the EXE. Select Setup and then specify the
- directory to install. After installation, the game will create an icon
- and allow you to start playing. You can now safely delete spades32.exe
- to conserve disk space. If you have problems extracting and installing,
- try unzipping the EXE first using WinZip or PkUnzip and then follow the
- diskette installation instructions below.
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- INSTALLATION FROM SETUP DIRECTORY OR DISKETTES:
- Run setup.exe and follow the prompts to install. You can specify your
- own installation directory and group, if you desire. For instructions on
- making your install diskettes, see the included Spades FAQ (faq.txt).
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- REGISTRATION:
- This game is NOT freeware. The author has spent a great deal of time
- making a quality Spades game. If you have enjoyed this, please register
- so you can help fund improvements. You have 30 days to evaluate this
- game and either register it or uninstall it.
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- Registered users receive a key to disable all registration reminders,
- personalization of their copy, an extensive Spades tutorial, lifetime
- free upgrades, licenses for 2 workstations, participation in the
- multiplayer Beta, positive karma, and freedom from guilt for
- supporting shareware over large corporate game development.
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- For details, see the registration section from the Help menu in the
- game. To order, print the ORDER.TXT file or visit us at www.dq.com
- The price has permanently been lowered to $29 ($19 with discount)!
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- LICENSE, WARRANTY, VENDOR REDISTRIBUTION:
- Details on this stuff can be found in the vendinfo.diz file.
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- FREQUENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS:
- See faq.txt file for detailed answers to most common problems.
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- FEEDBACK, SUPPORT, QUESTIONS:
- Please e-mail spades@dq.com with feedback and ideas for improvement.