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- Sage Concentration (shareware) Version 1.0
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- Copyright (c) 1997 by Sage Software.
- All Rights Reserved.
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- Sage Software
- P.O. Box 7223
- Huntsville, AL 35807
- (205) 830-9364
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- About Your Sage Concentration User's Guide
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- This manual is only one part of Sage Concentration's documentation set.
- The second is the Online Help system.
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- This manual is arranged as follows:
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- o "About Your Sage Concentration User's Guide"
- An overview of this manual
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- o "System Requirements"
- A list of system requirements.
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- o "Installation Procedures"
- Instructions for setting up Sage Concentration on your computer.
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- o "Online Help"
- Instructions on how to use online Help to find information about
- tasks and features.
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- o "Start Playing"
- Instructions on how to start playing Sage Concentration.
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- o "Rules of the Game"
- A description of the rules of this game.
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- System Requirements
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- The minimum software and hardware requirements your computer system needs
- to run Sage Concentration successfully are shown in the following list.
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- o Windows version 3.1 or later. This program should run with all Windows
- based operating systems including Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT,
- and Windows 95.
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- o 1 megabyte (MB) of free disk space.
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- o A mouse.
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- Installation Procedures
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- Installing Sage Concentration on your computer is simple. To install,
- follow these steps:
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- 1. Start the Windows application and select the Program Manager.
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- 2. Select the run entry from the File menu item.
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- 3. Insert the Sage Concentration disk into the disk drive.
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- 4. Keyin the letter of the drive that you inserted the disk into followed
- by ":\setup" in the command line field. For example, if the disk is in
- drive "a" you would type:
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- a:\setup
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- Next, select the OK button on the dialog box. This will cause Sage
- Concentration's setup executable to start running.
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- Note: Instead of running setup from the run menu entry, you also can
- simply double click setup.exe from the Program Manager or Windows
- Explorer.
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- 5. The setup executable will display a dialog box with a default
- directory specified in the field. If you want to install the files in
- another directory, key it in in this field.
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- 6. Select the Install button on the dialog box and the files will be
- installed. If the specified directory does not exist, it will be
- created for you.
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- 7. If no errors have occurred during installation, a dialog box claiming
- successful completion will be displayed when all files have been
- copied and expanded.
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- If the installation was successful, a Sage program group will be created
- in the Program Manager. This will contain the Sage Concentration program
- item. When you double click on this, Sage Concentration will begin
- execution.
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- Online Help
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- Sage Concentration's Online Help can be accessed in two different ways
- once it is running:
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- By selecting the Help entry under the Help menu item.
- By selecting the F1 key from the keyboard.
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- The Online Help contains information that explains all aspects of this
- game and describes how to use all its functionality. This should be the
- user's main source of help.
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- Once the Help window is displayed, the buttons near the top help you find
- the information you need. The Contents button displays a list of Help
- topics that Sage Concentration provides. The Search button displays a
- dialog box where you specify a topic to search for. The Back button
- displays the previously viewed topic. The History button displays a
- chronological list of all Help topics viewed during your current game
- session.
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- If you need to learn how to use Help, press the F1 key on the keyboard
- while the Help window is open.
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- Start Playing
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- Once Sage Concentration is installed, start the game by double clicking
- the left mouse button on the Sage Concentration program item that was
- created by the setup executable. After doing this, Sage Concentration
- will begin execution by displaying the introduction screen. To stop this
- introduction and go to the main screen simply click the left mouse button.
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- Rules of the Game
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- Object of the Game
- The object of the game is to score more points than your opponent by
- selecting pairs of cards that match. There is some luck involved in this
- game, but in order to beat your opponent consistently you need to
- remember more of the cards that where turned up previously than he does.
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- How points are scored
- Each time you select a pair of cards that match on your turn you are
- rewarded one point.
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- How to play
- The first step to begin play is to select the opponent that you want to
- play against. You have the option of playing againt the computer set at
- one of two levels or you can play against another human player. The
- players can be set on the Players Dialog Box. You also have some controll
- over some of the parameters of the game such as the game speed and sound
- effects. These can be set on the Options Dialog Box. Once the players and
- the game options are set, start the game by selecting the Start entry
- under the Game menu item. You can also simply select the F2 key on your
- keyboard. Once this is done all 52 cards will be dealt and displayed
- face-down on the screen. The players name whose turn it is will be
- highlighted in red at the top of the screen. On your turn, select two
- cards which you think match (i.e. a pair of 7s, Queens, etc.) one at a
- time by positioning the mouse over the card and clicking the left button.
- If the cards that you chose match you will be rewarded one point and it
- will remain your turn. If the cards do not match, your turn will be over
- and play continues with the other player. When it is the computers turn,
- an animated hand will appear and make its selections.
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- Game over
- When all 52 cards have been matched the game is over. The winner is the
- player who has scored the most points.
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- You are welcome to visit our Web site at:
- http://www.best.com/~mcintyre/sage/
- where you can download other great shareware games.
-