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- KLONDIKE
-
- Klondike is a traditional gambling game similar to a card game most
- of us know as "Solitaire". Klondike differs from Solitaire in that
- you can only go through the deck one time, cards are dealt from the
- deck one at a time instead of three at a time, and betting is an
- important part of the game.
-
- OBJECT OF THE GAME
-
- The Object of Klondike is to put as many cards as possible on the
- "piles". This is accomplished by moving the cards around on the
- screen by using either the mouse or the keyboard. Legal moves are
- described below.
-
- HOW TO START THE GAME
-
- To start the game, boot up your computer and type "KLONDIKE" at the
- DOS prompt. If you have any difficulty doing this, consult your DOS
- manual, or ask your local computer wizard. The intro screen will
- appear, accompanied by some music. A prompt will ask you for your
- name. You don't have to give your real name, but you have to type
- something, or the music will play forever. Your name is used to save
- your score in a file. Up to 12 people can have their names and
- scores saved in the file.
-
- DEMO MODE
-
- At the intro screen, you may press F1 for the self-play demo mode.
- We strongly suggest that you do this and then stare at the demo for
- several hours.
-
- THE GAME SCREEN
-
- The game screen is divided into four parts:
-
- COLUMNS: The 7 columns are at the top of the screen and are
- labeled "1", "2", ..., "7"
-
- PILES: There are 4 piles on the right side of the screen. The
- piles are labeled "Pile". The piles resemble face-down
- cards, but there are actually no cards there until you
- put cards there. We just drew the backs of cards there
- because we thought it looked nice.
-
- DECK: The deck is in the lower left corner of the screen. It is
- labeled "Deck". There is a number above the deck
- representing how many cards are left in the deck. A new
- game starts with 23 cards in the deck.
-
- STACK: The stack is right next to the deck. It is labeled
- "Stack". There is a number above the stack, which
- indicates how many cards are currently on the stack. A
- new game starts with 1 card on the stack.
-
- HOW TO PLAY THE GAME
-
- Play the game by placing a bet and then using the mouse or the
- keyboard to make legal moves.
-
- BETTING
-
- At the beginning of each new game, you will be prompted to enter a
- bet. The maximum amount you are allowed to bet will be displayed.
- Press return to bet the maximum amount, or enter any amount less than
- the maximum and then press return.
-
- Your bet will be multiplied by 52 and the amount subtracted from the
- total, possibly leaving you with a negative total. Every time you
- put a card on a pile, your bet will be multiplied by 5 and added to
- the total. For example:
-
- Your total is 500 and you select the maximum bet, which is 10. Your
- bet is multiplied by 52, making the total amount wagered 520. 520 is
- subtracted from 500 leaving -20. Every time a card goes on a pile,
- 50 is added to your total, so the first card on the piles will give
- you a total of 30, the second card will increase your total to 80,
- etc. Your 11th card will increase your total to 530, or 30 more than
- you started with. Therefore, your goal is to get 11 or more cards on
- the piles.
-
- LEGAL MOVES
-
- COLUMN TO COLUMN: To move a card or a series of cards from one column
- to another column, there are three restrictions.
- The top card of the column you are moving from must
- be one less than the bottom card of the column you
- are moving to, and must be a different color. That
- is, you can move a black two onto a red three.
- Additionally, you may move a King to any empty
- column.
-
- COLUMN TO PILE: Sometimes cards are automatically moved from the
- column to the piles. If you want to move a card
- from a column to a pile, it must be sequentially
- one greater than the highest card on the pile of
- the same suit. That is, you can move the three of
- spades to a pile if the two of spades is already
- on the pile.
-
- STACK TO COLUMN: Same restrictions apply as from column to column.
-
- STACK TO PILE: Same restrictions apply as from column to pile.
-
- DECK TO STACK: One card is taken off the deck and moved to the
- stack. Use this move carefully, as you can only go
- through the deck one time.
-
- USING THE KEYBOARD
-
- To move from column to column, first type the number of the "from"
- column, then type the number of the "to" column. To move from
- stack to column, first type "s", then type the number of the column.
- To move column to pile, first type the number of the column, then
- type "p". To move from the stack to the pile, first type "s" and
- then type "p". To move from the deck to the stack, just type "d".
-
- Upper case letters work as well as lower case letters. Don't worry
- if you type the wrong letter, Klondike will just ignore it. Klondike
- will also ignore any illegal moves.
-
- USING THE MOUSE
-
- First click the mouse on the card you want to move, then klick on the
- place you want to move it to. The exception is moving a card from
- the deck to the stack. This requires only one mouse click on the
- deck.
-
- AUTOMATIC MOVES
-
- Several things happen automatically during game play. For example,
- if you take the last card off the stack, and there are still cards in
- the deck, a card is automatically taken from the top of the deck and
- put on the stack. This is done simply for your convenience, and to
- make the game proceed more quickly.
-
- Another automatic move which at first may seem a little confusing is
- the way cards are moved sequentially to the piles. A card will jump
- from a column to a pile or from the stack to a pile only if Klondike
- determines that the card is no longer useful to have in the columns.
- For example, a red three will automatically go on the piles only if
- both the black twos have been played. If the red three does not
- automatically go on the pile, you have the option of moving it there
- yourself (assuming this is a legal move).
-
- WINNING THE GAME
-
- You decide whether you have won the game. You may have won if you
- have put 11 or more cards on the piles. You may have won if you put
- all the cards on the piles. You may have won if you achieved a
- higher score than the last time you played Klondike.
-
- STARTING A NEW GAME (SHUFFLE)
-
- Press F10 to shuffle the cards and start a new game. You may do this
- at any time during game play.
-
- ENDING THE GAME
-
- Press ESC at any time to return to DOS.
-
- DISTRIBUTION FILES
-
- ABOUT_FG.TXT -- Information about Fastgraph
- KLONDIKE.EXE -- The program
- KLONDIKE.DOC -- This file
- KLONDIKE.DAT -- The file that stores your high score. Delete this
- file when you give the game to someone else so that
- they can start with a fresh game.
- ORDER.FRM -- Convenient order form to register this game and order
- more games from Ted Gruber Software.
-
- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
-
- Klondike is designed to run on any PC or compatible with EGA. Some
- EGA systems will not run Klondike. If you are having trouble running
- Klondike, check that you have 256k of memory on the EGA card, you
- have an enhanced (not RGB) monitor, and your dip switches on the card
- are set correctly. Klondike may not run on an AT&T EGA system.
-
- A mouse is nice to have, but not required. If you have a mouse, and
- it doesn't seem to be working with Klondike, make sure you have
- loaded your mouse driver. Klondike recognizes Microsoft and Logitech
- mice, but should work with any mouse thant is 100% compatible with
- these.
-
- Other Programs by the Same Author
- _________________________________
-
- All of the games listed below are available on bulletin boards, or may
- be ordered from selected shareware distributors. You can order
- registered versions directly from me using the order form in the
- file ORDER.FRM.
-
- EGAKENO.ZIP -- A sexy simulation of a casino keno game. EGA
- graphics, mouse support, and a pretty keno runner. My most
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-
- VEGAS20.ZIP -- The Las Vegas EGA Casino, version 2.0. This is a
- collection of 3 popular casino games: video poker, a slot machine,
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- card counters. Version 2.0 features new graphics and Sound Blaster
- support. Registration: $15.00
-
- MBUCKS2.ZIP -- MicroBucks II, an electronic marvel. This is a five-
- coin, five-payline slot machine with realistic graphics and sound
- effects. MicroBucks II version 2.0 now supports Sound Blaster.
- Registration: $12.
-
- SCRAM11.ZIP -- Scramble, a crossword board game similar to Scrabble.
- EGA graphics, mouse support, a 33000 word reconfigurable dictionary,
- undo feature, multiple computer or human opponents. My most
- sophisticated game. Registration: $15.00.
-
- If you are interested in video poker games, I also have released a
- commercial program, "Video Poker à la Carte", published by
- ComputerEasy. It features 6 popular video poker games, including
- deuces wild and second chance poker. The EGA graphics are real
- pretty; I used a fancy deck of playing cards from the Soviet Union.
- Ask for this game at your local software store. Watch for version
- 2.0 of this program.
-
- Notice to Shareware Distributors
- ________________________________
-
- You have my permission to include this program in your library, but
- you must distribute all the files intact. You are specifically
- forbidden from tampering with the distribution files, including the
- executable program and the documentation file.
-