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- Crazy Cards
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- It is important that your current version number is on all
- correspondence. The program consists of:
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- CRAZY.EXE...............Actual program
- CRAZY.DOC...............Program Instructions
- FILE_ID.DIZ.............BBS description file
- READ.ME.................Update information
- HUCKABEY.TXT............Current list of James Huckabey
- software
- SOFTWARE.TXT............Information about shareware
- ARCHIVE.TXT.............This list of files
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- See HUCKABEY.TXT for information on obtaining copies of my
- software.
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- (1) Crazy Cards is a Card Shark type program. The object of
- the game is to guess whether the next card that is displayed is
- going to be higher or lower than the last one displayed.
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- (2) The playing deck contains a regular 52 card deck plus
- the Joker. If you draw the Joker game is Ended and your score is
- reduced to zero. The Joker may or may not come up in any
- particular game. Totally random!
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- (3) At the End of each play, 52 cards or turns, you advance
- to the Top Ten display. If you score is higher than the lowest
- score your score is placed in it's correct position and the 10th
- position is removed. You are returned to the Options Menu at the
- end of the round or if you press <ESC> during game play.
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- (4) The Top Ten file can be erased (reset) and a new one
- started.
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- Type in Crazy and press <ENTER>. The screen displays:
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- ╔═════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Crazy Cards Options Menu ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ <1> New Game ║
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- ║ <2> New Player ║
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- ║ <3> View Top Ten ║
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- ║ <4> Erase Top Ten ║
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- ║ <5> Information/Help ║
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- ║ <6> Turn Sound ON/OFF ║
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- ║ <7> Exit Program ║
- ╟─────────────────────────────────────╢
- ║ Press Choice <1-7> ║
- ╚═════════════════════════════════════╝
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- The Options Menu choices are straight forward!
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- <1> New Game
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- From the Options Menu you can press '1' or <ENTER>. If you
- have not entered a user name you are first prompted for a name.
- See <2> New Player for details.
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- After entering a user name the screen displays 5 playing
- cards with the first one face up. The screen displays:
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- Press Choice: Will next card be <H>igher or <L>ower,
- <S>ound ON/OFF
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- See 'The Play' for playing details
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- <2> New Player
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- From the Options Menu press '2'. The screen displays:
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- Please type in your name and press <ENTER>!
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- [_ ]
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- Press <ESC> to exit!
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- Name length is 16 characters and can be anything, numbers,
- letters or any combination. To erase the input press the
- <BACKSPACE>. Pressing <ENTER> begins a new game.
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- If you do not enter a name the program picks a name for you
- out of thirty one (31) random male and female names, plus "Hey
- You". This was just to add a some variety to the game.
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- <3> View Top Ten
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- From the Options Menu press '3'. The screen displays:
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- Crazy Cards Top Ten
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- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
- No One......... with 0 on 01-01-1995 at 09:30a
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- Press <ANY KEY> for Options Menu
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- If you have just completed a game and your score makes it
- into the Top Ten it will be blinking in it's correct position on
- the screen along with your score, current date and time. On all
- other displays the names do not blink. Pressing any key returns
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- you to the Options Menu.
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- <4> Erase Top Ten
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- From the Options Menu press '4'. The screen displays:
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- WARNING WARNING WARNING
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- Press <Y> To Confirm Deletion of Existing Score File
- or
- Press <ANY OTHER> Key to Abort
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- WARNING WARNING WARNING
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- Pressing 'Y' erases the scores in the Top Ten score file and
- rewrites the default file with "Open" for names, '0' for scores
- and the current date and time. Pressing any other key returns you
- to the Options Menu.
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- When the scores get too high for all ten positions just
- erase the Top Ten scores and start over again.
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- <5> Information/Help
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- From the Options Menu press '5'. The screen displays the on-
- line help screen and author's information.
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- <6> Turn Sound ON/OFF
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- From the Options Menu press '6'. If the sound is OFF it is
- turned on, if it is ON it is turned on. Default for the program
- is OFF. This is for key clicks, warnings, correct or incorrect
- guesses. Sound can also be turned on and off from the play
- screen.
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- The sound can be turned ON/OFF from the play screen by
- pressing <S>ound.
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- <7> Exit Program
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- From the Options Menu press '7'. The program is terminated
- after display of exit credits.
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- The Play
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- The deck consists of 52 regular playing cards and a joker.
- The first Card is displayed on the screen along with the play
- prompt:
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- Press Choice: Will Next card be <H>igher or <L>ower,
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- <S>ound ON/OFF
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- There can be three results. The next card can be higher,
- lower, or equal. You gain points (10) by a successful match of
- higher or lower. You lose points (10) for an incorrect guess.
- Equal matches neither add nor deduct points.
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- Your choices are 'H', 'L' or 'S'. Pressing 'S' turns sound
- OFF if ON, or ON if OFF. Pressing <ESC> aborts the current game.
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- After you press your choice for the 5th card the screen
- displays:
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- Press <ENTER> for next hand or <ESC> to exit
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- Pressing <ENTER> displays the next four cards including the
- last one for reference and the play continues. If you press <ESC>
- 'Escape' you are returned to the Options Menu and the current
- game is ended.
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- If you draw the Joker your score is set to '0' and the Top
- Ten scores are displayed before returning you to the Options
- Menu. The Joker does not come up in every game, or it might. It's
- appearance is totally random.
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- At the end of the 52nd card the screen displays:
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- Press <ENTER> for High Scores
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- Pressing <ENTER> displays the Top Ten.
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- Your Contribution
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- Please send your contribution, $5 is suggested for Crazy
- Cards. Please include your name address, version number, diskette
- size and information on where you received your copy of the
- program (friend, BBS download, Software Library, etc.) to the
- following:
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- James Huckabey
- 3621-A Fraser Street
- Bellingham, WA 98226-2473 U.S.A.
- (360) 671-2868 (voice, Pacific)
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