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- ************************* How to Play ADUNO ************************
-
- (Release 1.6, February 1991 -- Shareware)
- by Ken Dowst, CIS 71257,252
-
- for Adrian Dowst
-
-
-
- Requires: IBM PC or compatible, color monitor (CGA or better).
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-
-
- What's New in Release 1.6?
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-
- 1.6 is the same as the first public release (1.5, also February, 1991),
- with this exception: REGISTERED users now get their name on the title screen
- and get a "Thank you" at the end.
-
-
-
- The Game in a Nutshell:
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-
- Play a card that matches the last card played in color or in value. If
- you cannot play any card, you must draw one. Some cards do special things.
- The game ends when one player gets rid of all his cards.
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-
-
- The Game in Detail:
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-
- ADUNO is similar to the card game UNO. The deck comprises 108 cards.
- 8 cards are wild; the other 100 each have a color (blue, green, red, or
- yellow) and a value. The value may be a number (0-9) or a word (Reverse,
- Skip, or Draw Two). The wild cards (colored magenta) comprise the normal
- Wild and the powerful Wild Draw Four.
-
- Your hand is shown at the top of the screen. Your goal is to play
- (discard) all of the cards in your hand. You can play a card if it matches
- the last card played in color or in value. When you play any "word" card
- (excapt Wild), you get to play again immediately. When you play a Draw Two or
- Wild Draw Four, your opponent must draw 2 or 4 cards from the deck (the
- computer takes care of the drawing automatically).
-
- Here's how you play a card in ADUNO: Move the cursor to the card you
- want by pressing the arrow keys. Then press {Enter} to play the card. The
- cursor is a bright white border that jumps from card to card.
-
- If you cannot play any of the cards in your hand, you must draw one card
- from the deck (press {End}). If you still cannot play, you must pass (press
- {End} again). Then it's the computer's turn to play a card in *his* hand.
-
- You may draw a card even if you are already holding a playable card. You
- may also "reneg": after you have drawn a card, you need not play it (and only
- it) or pass--you may play any playable card in your hand.
-
- You can play Wild at any time; you can play Wild Draw Four only when you
- have no cards the same color as the card in play. After you have played Wild
- or Wild Draw Four, you announce the color you want the card to be. You may
- choose any of the four regular colors.
-
- The player who manages to discard all his cards wins. He is then awarded
- points based on the cards still held by his opponent: wild cards are worth 50
- points, other "word" cards are worth 20, number cards are worth face value.
- Traditionally, new games are played until one player acquires a total of 500
- points.
-
-
-
- Your Options at the "Your turn" Prompt:
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-
- Your keystroke options are listed at every "Your turn" prompt. They are,
- {4 arrow keys} Move cursor to desired card
- {Enter} Play card at cursor
- {End} Draw or Pass
- {S} Toggle sound (beep at each prompt) on/off
- {C} Toggle CHEAT mode on/Supercheat/off
- {?} Call Help screen
-
- One other option is not listed there: press {Esc} to quit immediately.
-
- The computer will not allow you to make an illegal move.
-
-
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- Some Notes on Operating ADUNO.EXE:
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-
- (1) For "Fast-start" mode, enter ADUNO F at the DOS prompt. This will
- shorten the title screen and skip the initial message.
-
- (2) To get more quickly past the title screen and (in normal-start mode)
- the initial message, press a key.
-
- (3) You do not have to hold down {Shift} when pressing {?}.
-
- (4) The cursor is a bright white border for a card. In the unlikely
- event you cannot see it, adjust the contrast of your monitor.
-
- (5) The computer plays a fairly good game, but you should be able to
- outsmart him . . . which doesn't mean that you'll necessarily win, since
- chance plays a large role in ADUNO.
-
- (6) If you try to play a Wild Draw Four illegally, you will get a
- message like, "You must play your red cards first." Don't worry: your
- computer-opponent does not ever know what cards are in your hand--does not
- know whether you are holding any red cards or not--does not even know how
- *many* cards you are holding. If anybody is cheating--or reasoning
- deductively--it's you!
-
- (7) Apologies to rodentophiles: mouse support will have to wait for
- Version 2.0 (not due anytime in the near future).
-
-
-
- Distribution:
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-
- ADUNO is distributed as Shareware. You are welcome to try the program
- free of charge. You may give away copies to friends and upload the program
- to computer bulletin boards (BBSs).
-
- If you decide you like and want to keep the program, please register
- your copy by sending a check for $2.00 to the author (Kenneth Dowst,
- Department of English, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106).
-
- This *extremely* low price for a good program is an experiment: Will
- more users support the Shareware concept if the price is kept absolutely
- rock-bottom?
-
- Even if you decide not to register, you can support ADUNO and the
- Shareware principle by giving away copies of the program and uploading it to
- some BBSs. (Please make sure you include all three files: ADUNO.EXE,
- ADUNO.DOC, and READ.ME.)
-
-
-
- Feedback:
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-
- I'd appreciate your comments, suggestions, and bug-reports. You can
- reach me on CompuServe at 71257,252 and on several Hartford-area BBSs. Some
- suggestions (all a.c. 203): Endeavor! 763-0016. Mark & Anna's 875-8889.
- New England Photo II 875-6400. Club Cougar 623-3518. The Device Driver 871-
- 7665. (Apologies to the sysops of a dozen other good boards not mentioned
- here.) Or if you'd prefer, you can write (see above for address).
-
-
- ADUNO was written and compiled with QuickBASIC 4.5.
-
-
- Ken Dowst
- Hartford, CT
- February 21, 1991
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-