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  14. üëMineSweeper
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  16. üFortheAtariST/TTComputers
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  18. üAVulgarPowerProduction
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  20. üByStigPetterOlsrød
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  22. üCopyrightÇü1993
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  38. Ç
  39. ëSharewareê
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  41. Thisprogramisshareware,thatmeansthatyoucancopyitandtestit.
  42. ButifyoudecidethatyouenjoyusingitIwouldreallyappreciateif
  43. yousentmesomemoney.Ihavedecidedtocharge50NOKforthisprogram.
  44. Thisisatthetimeofwriting(17.06.93)about5GBP,7USD,12DM.
  45. Thoseofyouwhodecidednottopaythesharewarefeearemorethan
  46. welcometosendmealetter,postcardorE-mail.Iwanttohearwhatmade
  47. youdecidenottopay,especiallyifitwassomethingyoudidnotlike
  48. abouttheprogram.Iwouldofcoursealsoliketohearfrompeoplewho
  49. enjoymylittlegame.
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  51.  
  52. Icanbereachedatthefollowingplaces:
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  54. Snail-Mail:
  55. StigPetterOlsrød
  56. Romolslia35B
  57. N-7029TRONDHEIM
  58. NORWAY
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  60. E-Mail:
  61. stigpo@lise.unit.no
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  63. Youcanpaythesharewarefeetomebymail,usethe"Servicedescheques
  64. postaux,AvisdeversementVP1",transfercard.
  65.  
  66. ëHowtoInstalltheprogramÇ
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  68. MineSweepercanbeusedbothasaäDeskAccessoryÇorasanäApplicationÇ.
  69. Allyouhavetodotomakeitadeskaccessoryistorenamethefileto
  70. mineswep.acc,thencopyminswep.accüANDÇmineswep.rsctoyourbootdisk.
  71. ThisisthemostlikelywaytorunMineSweeperonamachinenotrunning
  72. MTOS,althoughyoucanuseitasanapplication.
  73. IfyouareusingMTOSyoumaywanttouseitasanapplication,to
  74. preventitfromusingmemorywhenitisnotneeded.Allyouhavetodoto
  75. useMineSweeperasanapplicationistoensurethatmineswep.app(or
  76. minesweep.prg)isinthesamefolderasmineswep.rsc.
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  78. MTOSnote:ThisprogramneedstobesettoSuperprotectionmode!!!!!
  79. Ifyoufailtodoso,thesystemmayhang!!
  80.  
  82. ëHowtoUseMinesweeper
  83. ê
  84. ÇMineSweeperusesGEMandyoushouldconfrontyouGEMmanualifthereare
  85. anythingyoudon'tunderstandinthisdocument.Ifthisdoesnothelp,
  86. feelfreetosendmealetteroremail,andIwilltrytohelpyouas
  87. bestIcan.
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  89. MineSweeperisinvokedintwowaysdependingontheformyouchoseinthe
  90. installing.Ifyouinstalleditasaapplicationyoushoulddoubleclick
  91. onthemineswepicon.Ifyouinstalleditasadeskaccessoryyoushould
  92. findtheentryMineSweeperintheDeskmenu.Chooseitandawindowwill
  93. popup.Thewindowconsistsofthreeparts.Themenu,thedisplayandthe
  94. minefield.
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  96. êTheMenu:Ç
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  98. Themenubarhaveoneentry,Game,youcaninvokethemenubymovingthe
  99. mousepointerovertheitandclickingtheleftmousebutton.(youcould
  100. alsopresstheright,butthisisnotstandardGEMsousetheleft!!:-)
  101. Themenuhaveseveralentries:
  102. äAboutMineSweeperÇgivesyouinformationabouttheprogram.
  103. ä
  104. BeginnerÇchoosestheeasiestlevelwithaminefieldof8*8squares
  105. covering10mines.
  106. äIntermediateÇchoosesthesecondlevelwithaminefieldof16*16squares
  107. covering40mines.
  108. äExpertÇchoosesthehardestlevelwithaminefiledof30*16squares
  109. covering99mines.
  110. äUserDefineÇgivesyoutheopportunitytomakeyourownfield.Thefield
  111. maximumsizeis30by32squaresandminimum8by8squares.
  112. Youwillnotmakeyourwayontothebesttimeslistthisway.
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  114. äResetTimesÇresetsthebesttimeslist.Easywaytogetonthatlistif
  115. youcan'tmanagetobeatthebesttime:)
  116. äShowBestTimesÇdisplaysthebestMinesweeperonthediffrentlevels.
  117.  
  118. äNewGameÇrestartsthegame.Coversuptheminesandgivesyouasecond
  119. chancetobeatthebesttime.(thereisabetterwaytodothis!)
  120. äQuitÇclosestheMineSweeperwindow(youcouldalsopressthecloserin
  121. theleftcornerofthewindowborder).
  122.  
  123. êTheDisplay
  124. Ç
  125. Thedisplayhaveaclockwhichdisplaysthetimeyouhaveusedsofaron
  126. thisminefield.Andacounterwhichkeepstrackofhowmanyminesthere
  127. areleftontheminefield(ifyouhavemarkedmoreminesthanthere
  128. shouldbethedisplayshows---)
  129. Andthelastlittlethinginthedisplayareaisthesmilingface.
  130. Ithavefourstates:Asmilewhileyourplaying,aholdmybreathwhile
  131. youopenasquare,asmilewithsunglassesifyoumadeitandsadfaceif
  132. youuncoveredamine.
  133. ThisfacecanalsobeusedasaNewGamebutton.Sojustclickthemouse
  134. buttonwhilethepointerisoverthefaceandyouwillgetanewgame.
  135.  
  136. êTheMineField
  137. Ç
  138. Thisistheareainwhichthegameitselftakesplace.
  139. Youcandothreethingsinthisarea:
  140. Pressingtheleftmousebuttonoveracoveredsquareuncoversthat
  141. square.
  142. Pressingtherightmousebuttonoveracoveredsquaremarksorunmarks
  143. thatsquareasamine.
  144. Pressingbothbuttonssimultaneouslyinasquarewithanumber,will
  145. uncoverallthesquaresarounditifyouhavemarkedthenumberofmines
  146. displayedinthesquare.
  147.  
  148. êRulesoftheGame
  149.  
  150. ÇYougoalistoseekoutandmarkalltheminesandtouncoverallthe
  151. othersquares.Thisisdonebyopeningsquaresandmarkingsquaresyou
  152. knowaremines.Whenyouopenasquare(usingtheleftmousebutton)you
  153. eitherfindamineandthegameisover,oryouuncoveranumber.
  154. Thisnumbershowsthenumberofminessurroundingtheuncoveredsquare.
  155. Thisnumbercanbeamaximumof8,seethefigurebelow.Inthisexample
  156. onemineishiddenamongthe8squaressurroundingthesquarewhich
  157. displays1.
  158. _____________
  159. ||||
  160. -------------
  161. ||1||
  162. -------------
  163. ||||
  164. -------------
  165. Iftherearenominessurroundingasquareallthesurroundingsquares
  166. willbeopened,becausetherecannotbeanyminesunderthem.
  167. Whenyouthinkyouhavefoundamineyoushouldmarkitusingtheright
  168. mousebutton.Thiswilldisplayaflag.Whenyouhavemarkedthenumber
  169. ofminesthatasquareshows,eg.asquareshows2andyouhavemarked
  170. twominesamongthesurrounding8,youcanmovethemousepointerover
  171. thesquarewiththe2andpressbothbuttons,thiswilluncoverallthe
  172. squaresthatarenotmarked.
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  174. NOTE:Youmayhavetoholddownbothbuttonsforalongerperiodthanyou
  175. normallywouldforasinglebuttonclick!
  176.  
  177. Whenyouhavemarkedallminesanduncoveredtherestofthesquaresthe
  178. gameisover,andyouhavesucceeded.Ifyouwerefasterthanthebest
  179. personsofar,youwillbepromptedtoenteryouname,andyouwillget
  180. ontheBesttimeslist!!!!
  181.  
  182. êFinalNoteÇ
  183.  
  184. Ihopeyouwillenjoythisgameandhavemanyhoursoffunwithit.But
  185. iftherearesomethingyoudon'tlikeorifyouhavefoundbugsortypos
  186. inthistext,pleasesendmemailandtellmewhatyouhavefound.That
  187. istheonlywayformetomakethisabetterproduct.
  188. Thankstomybrotherforbetatesting,JørnMoeandErlingHenangerfor
  189. hintsduringthedevelopmentofthisprogram.
  190.  
  191. Yourssincerely,
  192.  
  193. StigPetterOlsrød
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  195.