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║   TOMMY'S BIG 2, DOS VERSION, (C) COPYRIGHT 1996-1998 BY                     ║
║   TOMMY'S TOYS (TM).  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.                                   ║
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║   CATALOG #TM-174-1A                                                         ║
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INSTRUCTIONS:

THE CARD GAME CALLED BIG 2 IS A POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT IN HONG KONG, WHICH LOVES
GAMBLING.  AS THIS COUNTRY IS IN THE HEADLINES SO MUCH WE THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO
LEARN THEIR GAME, SO HERE IT IS.

PLAYERS:
FOUR PLAY: NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST.  YOU ALWAYS PLAY NORTH, THE COMPUTER PLAYS
THE REST.

*NOTE: THE EVALUATION VERSION AUTOMATICALLY EXITS IF YOU ATTEMPT TO START A NEW
HAND AFTER 5 MIN. (300 SEC.) OF PLAY TIME.  PLEASE PURCHASE THE FULL VERSION.

CARDS:
THE STANDARD DECK OF 52 IS USED.
CARD RANKING IS ACE HIGH, BUT DEUCE RANKS ABOVE ACE, AND THE SUITS ARE RANKED,
WITH SPADES HIGH, HENCE THE NAME BIG 2 FOR THE DEUCE OF SPADES.
3 (LOWEST) 456789TJQKA 2 (HIGHEST) IS THE CARD RANKING.

DEALER:
WITH REAL CARDS THE PLAYERS WOULD CUT AND HIGH CARD DEALS.  IN TOMMY'S BIG 2
THE INITIAL DEALER IS CHOSEN BY THE COMPUTER AFTER FLIPPING A COIN IN ITS
INSCRUTABLE CIRCUITS.  AFTER THAT, THE DEAL ALTERNATES.

DEALS:
EACH PLAYER RECEIVES 13 CARDS.  PLAYER WHO RECEIVED THE TREY (3) OF DIAMONDS
LEADS FIRST, AND PLAY PROCEEDS AROUND THE TABLE.

THE PLAY:
ON EACH PLAY, EACH PLAYER MUST EITHER PLAY OR PASS.  THE FIRST PLAYER
ESTABLISHES THE TYPE OF CARDS THAT CAN BE PLAYED.  WHEN ALL PLAYERS PASS, THE
LAST PLAYER TO PLAY A CARD OR CARDS LEADS AND ESTABLISHES THE PLAY TYPE AGAIN.

TO SELECT A CARD FROM YOUR HAND USING THE KEYBOARD:
JUST HIT THE NUMBER 1...9, OR A FOR 10, B FOR 11, C FOR 12, D FOR 13.
AFTER YOU SELECT ALL THE CARDS YOU WANT TO PLAY, HIT <ENTER> TO PLAY THEM.
HIT ESC ANYTIME YOU WANT TO START OVER.  HIT A CARD NUMBER TWICE TO TOGGLE
IT ON/OFF.  HIT Z TO SELECT CARDS 1 THRU 5 SIMULTANEOUSLY; IF YOU HAVE LESS
THAN 5 CARDS IN HAND, IT WILL SELECT THEM ALL (FIRST 3, 2, OR 1).

TO USE THE MOUSE:
WHEN ASKED TO PLAY, JUST POINT AT EACH DESIRED CARD AND CLICK, THEN EITHER
HIT THE <ENTER> KEY, OR POINT AND CLICK THE WORD "PLAY" IN THE PROMPT TO PLAY
THE ENTIRE SET.  CLICK A CARD TWICE TO TOGGLE ON/OFF.

WHEN ASKED FOR A YES/NO ANSWER, POINT AT THE "Y" OR "N" IN THE QUESTION AND
CLICK.  OR POINT TO A BLANK SPACE ON THE PLAY SCREEN AND HIT THE LEFT MOUSE
BUTTON FOR YES AND THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON FOR NO.

VALID PLAYS:
EACH PLAYER IN TURN MUST EITHER LAY DOWN A VALID SET OF CARDS OR PASS.
THE LEADER MAY NOT PASS BUT MUST BEGIN THE PLAY.

THE FIRST PLAYER ESTABLISHES THE SET TYPE:

  SET TYPE         MEANING
  --------         -------
  SINGLETON        1 CARD
  DOUBLETON        2 CARDS OF SAME RANK
  TRIPLETON        3 CARDS OF SAME RANK
  POKER HAND       5 CARDS AS BELOW

 POKER HANDS (HIGHEST TO LOWEST RANK):
  STRAIGHT FLUSH   ALL IN SAME SUIT AND SEQUENCE (SEE BELOW)
  4-OF-A-KIND      4 OF SAME RANK PLUS A SINGLETON
  FULL HOUSE       A DOUBLETON AND A TRIPLETON
  FLUSH            ALL OF SAME SUIT
  STRAIGHT         ALL IN SEQUENCE, NOT ALL IN SAME SUIT.  LOWEST STRAIGHT IS
                   34567, HIGHEST IS JQKA2, AND 23456 IS LEGAL BUT A2345 IS NOT.

NOTE THAT THE SET PLAYED MUST EITHER HAVE 1, 2, 3, OR 5 CARDS, NEVER 4.
WHEN COMPARING TWO SETS FOR WINNER RANKS ARE COMPARED BEFORE SUITS.
SUIT RANKING IS: SPADES (HIGHEST), HEARTS, CLUBS, DIAMONDS (LOWEST).
(SEE HOW CHINESE DOIT -- HA HA).
WHEN COMPARING TWO FULL HOUSES THE HIGHEST RANKING TRIPLETON WINS.

FOR SINGLETS, DOUBLETS, AND TRIPLETS, THE PLAYER WHO PLAYS THE BIG 2 (2 OF
SPADES) AUTOMATICALLY WINS -- REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE GAME?

WINNER:
THE FIRST PLAYER TO DISPOSE OF HIS ENTIRE HAND WINS.

SCORING:
EACH PLAYER TAKES TURNS SETTLING HIS SCORE WITH THE OTHERS, PAYING 1 CHIP TO
ANOTHER PLAYER FOR EACH CARD HE HOLDS IN EXCESS OVER THAT PLAYER.  IF A PLAYER
IS CAUGHT WITH 10 CARDS HE MUST PAY EACH OTHER PLAYER 2 CHIPS PER CARD INSTEAD
OF 1; IF CAUGHT WITH 13 CARDS HE MUST PAY 3 CHIPS PER CARD.  THE PLAYER CAUGHT
WITH THE MOST CARDS GETS SOAKED, BUT PLAYERS IN THE MIDDLE ARE PARTIALLY
COVERED AND CAN EVEN MAKE CHIPS.

POTS:
AT THE START OF PLAY EACH PLAYER HAS 100 CHIPS IN HIS POT (THIS IS A GAME OPTION
THAT CAN BE CHANGED TO BE ANYTHING FROM 50 TO 999 CHIPS).  IF ANY PLAYER RUNS
OUT OF CHIPS THE GAME ENDS, WINNER IS CREDITED WITH 1 MATCH POINT, AND ALL POTS
ARE RENEWED.  THE COMPUTER KEEPS ALL THE POTS AUTOMATICALLY ON DISK BETWEEN
PROGRAM RUNS.

AUTOMATIC SORTING:
FUNCTION KEY F3 LETS YOU CONTROL AUTOMATIC SORTING OF YOUR HAND: NONE, BY RANK,
BY SUIT, OR BY SET.  IN THE LATTER MODE THE COMPUTER AUTOMATICALLY REARRANGES
YOUR HAND, PUTTING LARGEST SETS AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HAND.
IF AUTO-SORTING IS OFF YOU MUST ARRANGE THE HAND YOURSELF BY SWITCHING CARDS
2 AT A TIME AFTER HITTING THE S KEY.  IF YOU PRESS F3 WHILE THE COMPUTER IS
WAITING FOR A PLAY, YOU CAN HIT THE SPACEBAR OR THE S KEY TO MAKE IT RE-SORT
YOUR HAND.

THE NUMBER OF GAMES WON BY EACH PLAYER (N-E-S-W) (AND CUMULATIVE GAME CHIPS)
ARE AUTOMATICALLY KEPT ON DISK FILE TOMBIG2.SCR BY THE PROGRAM.  IF YOU WANT TO
WIPE THE RECORD CLEAN JUST ERASE THE FILE.

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FUNCTION KEY COMMANDS:
SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F1 TOGGLES THE SOUND EFFECTS ON AND OFF.

DEMO MODE TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F2 TOGGLES THE DEMO MODE.  IN DEMO MODE, THE
COMPUTER PLAYS ALL HANDS.

AUTOSORT: FUNCTION KEY F3 ROTATES THE AUTOSORT MODE: NONE, BY RANK,
BY SUIT, OR BY SET.

AUTOPASS TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F4 TOGGLES THE AUTOPASS MODE.  IN AUTOPASS MODE
IF YOU HAVE TO PASS THE COMPUTER AUTOMATICALLY DOES IT FOR YOU WITHOUT
PROMPTING.

FAN TOGGLE: FUNCTION KEY F6 TOGGLES THE FAN MODE.  IN FAN MODE THE COMPUTER
DISPLAYS THE CARDS PLAYED BY EACH PLAYER AS WELL AS THE CARD NUMBERS.

NOTE THAT FOR ALL THE ABOVE "TOGGLE" KEYS THE LEGEND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN INDICATES THE MODE THAT WILL BE ENTERED BY PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS
THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME.

TO QUIT: HIT FUNCTION KEY F7.

TO DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS: HIT FUNCTION KEY F5.

TO CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR (COLOR MONITORS ONLY): HIT FUNCTION KEY F10.

COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
    S    START UP WITH SOUND OFF
    M    FORCE MONO MODE
    C    FORCE COLOR MODE
    D    DISABLE MOUSE CHECK
    *    SKIP STARTUP SHOW

EXAMPLE: >TOMBIG2 MS

STRATEGY:
THE KEY IS NOT ONLY TO DISPOSE OF CARDS BUT TO REMAIN IN CONTROL, BECAUSE
OF THE CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE OF NAMING THE NEW SET TYPE.  NOTING WHAT CARDS ARE
IN HAND AND WHAT HAVE BEEN PLAYED WILL ALLOW AN ASTUTE PLAYER TO DEVELOP
FINESSE SUCH AS IN ANY ELEGANT CARD GAME.

NOTE THAT TO RID ONE'S HAND OF LOW CARDS ONE MUST USUALLY HAVE THE LEAD, BUT
TO GET THE LEAD ONE HAS TO PLAY A HIGH CARD FROM THE HAND.  HENCE HIGH CARDS
"PROTECT" LOW CARDS.

BEGINNERS WILL ATTEMPT TO PLAY TO ANY SINGLETON EVEN IF THEY MUST BREAK UP
SETS IN HAND, OR REFUSE TO BREAK UP A SET WHEN ADVANTAGEOUS SUCH AS WHEN ALL
THEY HAVE LEFT ARE DEUCES.

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