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INTRODUCTION
WORD 3-4-5 is played a 4x4 grid.
There are two players, you and the
computer. You take turns finding a
three, four or five letter word. You
are Blue, the computer is Red. You
move first.
The object of the game is to have
the highest score at the end of the
game. The words are scored as follows:
one point for three letter words; two
points for four letter words; and four
points for five letter words. The "Qu"
square counts as two letters. The game
is over when both players pass, or 182
words have been found.
Words are formed from squares that
adjoin horizontally, vertically and
diagonally. Any words, except proper
nouns, are allowed. Words within a
word are allowed. You do not get
points for words within a word. The
computer uses Dave Moorman's
"WordsWorth" for it's dictionary. You
are are the final authority on the
words you can use. No square may be
used more than once within a word. A
word can only be used once,
reguardless of how may ways it can be
formed.
NAVIGATION
The pointer can be moved by a
mouse in port 1, or a joystick in port
2, or the keyboard cursor keys.
For the joystick, the FIRE button
and [F7] are used as the left and
right mouse buttons, respectively.
For the keyboard, [SPACE] and
[RETURN] can be used as the left mouse
button, and [F7] as the right mouse
button.
The left mouse button is used to
make a selection. A selection can also
be made with an indicated [KEY]. While
the program is "busy", the pointer
will be yellow. The program will not
process clicks or key presses while
the pointer is yellow. So if you want
to select something while the pointer
is yellow; press a key and wait, or
hold down the left mouse button and
wait.
Note: [STOP] has been disabled.
Game Screen. To form a word, click
on the appropriate letter squares with
the left mouse button. Selected letter
squares are blue. Valid letter square
choices (first or adjoining) are
black. To check a word, click on the
blue square with the left mouse
button. If the message "Duplicate"
appears, the word has already been
used. If the message "WordsWorth"
appears, the word is not in the
computer's dictionary. To cancel a
word, click on a blue letter with the
left mouse button. To pass, cancel the
word (no blue letters) and click on
the blue square with the left mouse
button. To override the computer's
dictionary, click on the blue square
with the right mouse button.
Help Screen. You can use the left
mouse button to scroll and the right
mouse button to page (click on the UP
or DOWN commands). You can also use
[CRSR Left/Right] to page.
COMMANDS
There are three commands on the
game screen; Play, Help and Quit.
PLAY starts a new game.
HELP brings up the help screens.
That's where you are now.
QUIT ends WORD 3-4-5. You will be
returned to LOADSTAR or BASIC. If you
go to BASIC, the top of BASIC will be
at 14336(0+56*256) instead of
40960(0+160*256).
CREDITS
To create this program, I used the
following tools: SYSRES(tm) by Don
Lekei from Hands-on Software Inc.;
FONT STUDIO by Anthony Rose; ZIP BASIC
2.0 by Rick Nash; MR. EDSTAR by Dave
Moorman; and FONTSWAPPER V2 from
LOADSTAR.
This program incorporates the
following tools: MR. MOUSE 2.1 and
MOUSE MATE by Lee Novak; WORDSWORTH by
Dave Moorman; and RANDOM 2-254 by Bob
Markland.