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GOLF SOLITAIRE Version 2.00 (C) Copyright 1989 by Raymond M. Buti All Rights Reserved United Innovations Plus Post Office Box 21081 Castro Valley, Ca. 94546 (415) 886-0958 TERMS This software is distributed as ShareWare. What this means is, you a granted free license to use, copy and distribute this software as often as you wish so long as the following restrictions have been met: 1 - When distributing this software, it must be in its original unmodified form. The ARCed or Compressed .EXE version of this software will only be distributed to Bulletin Board Systems and computer information exchanges, i.e. The Great American Dream Machine (415)-581-3019, GEnie, Delphi, The Source, Compuserve etc. 2 - Prior written consent from United Innovations Plus must be obtained before a fee or charge is made for copying or distribution, with the exception of the computer information exchanges as mentioned above. 3 - This software shall not be included with other programs, goods, services, etc. without prior written consent from United Innovations Plus with the exception of the computer information exchanges as mentioned above. REGISTRATION AGREEMENT United Innovations Plus requires you to register this software if you plan on using it. Registered users will receive the latest version with all options available, full support and notification of later releases. Please note that not all options and functions are available with this Shareware release. To register your copy of this software, please use the Registration Form and make checks payable to United Innovations Plus. TABLE OF CONTENTS PROGRAMS ON DISK ............................................. 1 PROGRAMS REQUIRED TO RUN GOLF ................................ 1 GOLF RULES ................................................... 2 GOLF VARIANTS ................................................ 2 SCORING ...................................................... 2 SCORING VARIANTS ............................................. 2 STARTING GOLF ................................................ 2 MAIN PLAYING SCREEN .......................................... 3 MAIN OPTIONS ................................................. 3 F1/ENTER - Deal .......................................... 3 F3 - Setup Menu .......................................... 3 F8 - High Scores ......................................... 3 F10 - Quit ................................................3 PLAY OPTIONS ................................................. 3 LEFT/RIGHT ARROW KEYS - Move Pointer ..................... 4 UP ARROW KEY - Move Card ................................. 4 D or DOWN ARROW KEY - Deal Deck Card ..................... 4 F10 - Quit ............................................... 4 SETUP MENU ................................................... 4 Display Shuffling ........................................ 5 Sound .................................................... 5 Save High Games .......................................... 5 Scoring Method ........................................... 5 Show Card Movement ....................................... 5 Sliding Screens .......................................... 5 Snow Removal ............................................. 5 Allow Queen's on King's .................................. 5 Card Movement Speed ...................................... 6 Type of Game Play ........................................ 6 Changing Card Colors ..................................... 6 HIGH SCORES .................................................. 6 SHAREWARE VERSION ............................................ 7 OTHER PROGRAMS ............................................... 7 REGISTRATION FORM ............................................ 8 PROGRAMS ON DISK The following is list of file names that you should have on your distribution disk. File Name File Description Golf .Exe - The main program for Golf Solitaire. Golf .Doc - The documentation for Golf Solitaire. GStart .Bat - A batch file to read the documentation, print the documentation and install Golf Solitaire on a Hard Drive. GRead .Com - Used by GStart.Bat GReply .Com - Used by GStart.Bat GIntro - Used by GStart.Bat GPrt - Used by GStart.Bat GHd - Used by GStart.Bat GReg - Registration Form Golf2AS .Arc - Shareware Version of Golf Solitaire PROGRAMS REQUIRED TO RUN GOLF The only file required to play Golf Solitaire is GOLF.EXE. Be sure you are logged onto the drive or directory where GOLF.EXE resides. This is required if you want to save game statistics. - 1 - GOLF RULES The solitaire game of Golf is played with a standard deck of fifty-two cards. The layout is made by dealing out five rows of seven cards each, overlapping face up. A total of thirty-five cards form the layout. One more card is dealt below the layout, face up to form your base. The bottom cards of the layout columns are available for play on your base card. The object is to clear away all the layout cards by building onto the base card. Building is done in sequence, in either direction, regardless of suit. The sequence is not circular. Only a two may be build on an Ace (always treated as low), and only a Queen may be build on a King. When the player has run out of moves, a card is dealt from the deck and placed face up on the base stack. Play continues until all the cards have been removed from the layout and placed on the base stack, or until the remaining cards in the deck have been depleted and the player has run out of moves. GOLF VARIANTS Some players do not allow a Queen to be played on a King. When the game is played in this fashion, once a King is placed on the base stack, another card must be dealt from the deck. Golf may be played one hole (game) at a time or any amount of holes up to nine. SCORING The player starts off with a score of thirty-five points. One point is deducted each time a card is placed from the layout onto the base. The best score is zero (a hole in one). This is known as the Standard scoring method. SCORING VARIANTS In the Advanced scoring method, once the layout has been depleted, one point is deducted for each card remaining in the unused portion of the deck. Therefore, the best score could be less than zero. In addition to this, one point is added to your score each time two cards have been dealt off the deck. STARTING GOLF From your DOS prompt, type GOLF and press ENTER. Your monitor will display the opening screen. After a few seconds, or until you hit a key, the main playing screen will appear. - 2 - MAIN PLAYING SCREEN This screen is where the game of Golf is played. The screen has an area set aside for the layout and base card. The upper right portion of the screen will display your options before and during the play of the game. The lower right portion of the screen will display the current and past games and high scores. MAIN OPTIONS Before starting a game of Golf, you have the following options: F1/ENTER F3 F8 F10 F1/ENTER - Deal By pressing either Function 1 or the ENTER key, you will start dealing out a hand of Golf. There is a 10 game limit for the Shareware version. F3 - Setup Menu Pressing Function 3 will take you to the setup menu. In the setup menu, you will be able to change some of the features of Golf. You may save these changes to disk so they will be available to you each time you play the game. F8 - High Scores Pressing Function 8 will allow you to view the top fifteen Golf players. F10 - Quit Pressing Function 10 will end the game and return you to your Dos prompt. PLAY OPTIONS When you have pressed F1 or ENTER from the Main Options, you will start a new game of Golf. The options in the upper right portion of the screen will change. The new set of options will show you what keys to use during the play of Golf. During the game, you will have the following options available: - 3 - LEFT/RIGHT ARROW KEYS - Move Pointer Your screen will show a double up arrow pointing to a card in the layout. This pointer may be moved left or right using the LEFT/RIGHT Arrow keys. The pointer must be pointing to the card you are about to move to the base stack. UP ARROW KEY - Move Card After you have moved the pointer to the card you wish to move to the base stack, press the UP Arrow and if the move is valid, the card will be place onto the base stack. D or DOWN ARROW KEY - Deal Deck Card When you have run out of moves, press either the "D" key or the DOWN Arrow and another card will be dealt off the deck and placed on the base stack. F10 - Quit Press the Function 10 key when you want to quit playing or when you have run out of moves. You may quit playing at any time. After you have pressed F10, your Main Options will replace the Play Options. SETUP MENU The Setup Menu is reached by pressing F3 from the Main Options. A new screen will appear displaying the following options: 1 Display Shuffling On 2 Sound On 3 Save High Games Off 4 Scoring Method STANDARD 5 Show Card Movement On 6 Sliding Screens On 7 Snow Removal Off 8 Allow Queen's on King's Off 9 Card Movement Speed 20 0 Type of Game Play 1 Hole A Change Card Colors These are the default settings that come with Golf Solitaire. All of these options may be changed to suit your playing style. These are saved to disk when you quit playing Golf. It is required that GOLF.EXE reside on the current drive or directory from where you started the game. - 4 - 1 - Display Shuffling You have the option to display the shuffling of the cards or you may wish to play a faster game by not viewing the shuffling. This may be changed with this option. 2 - Sound Use this key to turn your sound either On of Off. 3 - Save High Games If you want to save your high scores to disk, be sure this option is On. When saving high scores to disk, there will be up to nine files created with the extension .HIS. 4 - Scoring Method The default scoring method is set at Standard. The best score you could achieve per hole would be a score of zero. When changing this to Advanced, you will lose a point for every second card dealt off the deck and place onto the waste or base stack. In addition to this, if you have removed all the cards from the layout, you will be given an extra point for each card remaining in the unused portion of the deck. In the Advanced scoring method, you could have a final score of less than zero. 5 - Show Card Movement The cards are displaying while they are being dealt to their respective positions. If you would rather not see this, you may set this option to Off. 6 - Sliding Screens While going from one screen to another, the screens will slide open. If this causes snow or you would rather not see it happen, you may turn it off with this option. 7 - Snow Removal Use this option if you are experiencing snow. 8 - Allow Queen's on King's Queen's are not allowed to be played on King's as a default setting. If you wish to allow this as a variant on Golf, be sure this option is set to On. - 5 - 9 - Card Movement Speed If option 5 above is On, your cards will be dealt and moved around the table at the default speed setting of 20. This means nothing until you actually see the cards in motion. If you press this option 9, you will be able to change the speed setting for the card movement speed. The bottom of your screen will display the following options: LEFT/RIGHT Arrows ENTER F10 Use your LEFT/RIGHT Arrow keys to decrease or increase the speed setting. Press the ENTER key if you want to see the effect the speed setting has on the card movement. When you are satisfied with the setting, press the Function 10 key to quit. 0 - Type of Game Play Each time you press the number 0, you will change the amount of holes you will be playing. The default setting is set to a one hole game. You may set this to any amount of holes up to nine. A - Changing Card Colors Pressing the letter "A" will bring you to a screen which will allow you to change the card colors. The top portion of your screen will display a row of cards, face down. Below that row will be another row, face up. The lower portion of your screen will display the following: Card Back Card Face F1 Border Foreground Color F4 Border Foreground Color F2 Border Background Color F5 Border Background Color F3 Pattern Color F6 Face Color ALT-D Restore Default Colors Pressing the Function keys, F1 through F6 will change the two card rows to the available colors allowed with each function key pressed. Pressing ALT-D will restore the card colors to their default colors. When you are satisfied with the color changes, press the ENTER key and you will be returned to the Setup Screen. These changes are saved when you quit playing Golf. Be sure Golf.Exe resides in the drive or directory from where you first started the game. HIGH SCORES This screen is viewed by pressing the Function 8 key from the Main Options. If you have option 3 in the Setup Menu set to On, you will be able to view the top fifteen players. The screen will display the players name, par (score), hole or game number and date the score was recorded. - 6 - On the right side of the players name will be either a "-S" or "-A". These symbols stand for Standard scoring and Advanced scoring. When you view the high scores, you will be viewing the high scores for the type of game your are currently playing (See option 0 in the Setup Menu). You may toggle between all high score screens by pressing a number key from 1 to 9. Each screen will will display the top 15 scores for each game. If you press the letter "A", the high scores will display the best score from each game. Pressing the ENTER key will exit the high scores and return you to the game. SHAREWARE VERSION The ShareWare version of Golf Solitaire will not allow the saving of game statistics, setup options or card colors. We believe in leaving some options available to Registered users only. We ask that you register your copy of Golf Solitaire if you plan on playing it. 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