SYNOPSIS: Move a peg by dragging it. A peg may be relocated only by jumping over a single peg into an empty hole. Any peg jumped over is automatically removed. Jumps may only be made horizontally or vertically. The object is to wind up with a single peg in the center hole.
PEGmendous is the most difficult of the puzzles in the Peg Puzzle Pak. The PEGmendous window contains a representation of a board with forty-five holes, all but one of which are initially filled with pegs. Solid black circles represent pegs. Circles outlined in black and with white interiors are empty holes. Pegs are removed by jumping over them with other pegs. The object is to wind up with only one peg, and to have that peg in the center hole.
Pegs can be moved only by jumping horizontally or vertically. A jump can only be made over a single peg into an empty hole; the peg which is jumped over is then removed.
On the Mac, jumps are accomplished as follows: position the mouse pointer (the open hand) on the peg you wish to move, press the mouse button down (which makes the hand close), and keep the button down as you move the pointer to the desired location. A dotted outline of the peg will move along with the pointer. If you release the peg over an eligible hole, the peg will jump automatically to the new location, and the peg jumped over will be removed. If you release the peg anywhere else, i.e., over an ineligible hole or not over a hole, then the outline will jump back to its original location.
SPECIAL MENU COMMANDS:
FILE MENU:
Change Puzzles:
This will bring up a dialog box which will allow you to select the puzzle of your choice by clicking on its name (or on the button next to its name). Click on the "Start selected puzzle" button after you've made your selection. If you decide instead to go back to the puzzle you just left, click on the "Return to previous puzzle" button and you will get back to that puzzle in exactly the state you left it.
PUZZLE MENU:
Undo Jump:
This is the first command in the Puzzle menu. Choosing Undo Jump will return the peg you last moved to its previous location. If you make a move and then choose Save Positions or Revert (see below), you will no longer be able to undo that particular jump.
Save Positions, Revert:
The second and third commands in the Puzzle menu are interconnected. If you choose Save Positions, the Mac will remember where all the pegs were at that point even though you continue to jump pegs. Choosing Revert will return the pegs to the saved positions. The positions saved will continue to be saved until Save Positions is chosen again (unless, of course, you choose New Start, or you quit or change to another puzzle).
New Start:
This is the fourth command in the Puzzle menu. As the name implies, all of the pegs will be returned to their original positions. You can choose this command any time that the PEGmendous window is the active window.
