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╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ TOMMY'S DURAK, DOS VERSION, (C) COPYRIGHT 1998 BY ║ ║ TOMMY'S TOYS (TM). ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ║ ║ MAILING ADDRESS: P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ║ ║ CATALOG #TM-238-1A ║ ║ HTTP://WWW.TOMMYSTOYS.COM TOMTOYS@AOL.COM ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ INSTRUCTIONS: DURAK IS THE MOST POPULAR CARD GAME IN RUSSIA. EVERY RUSSIAN WHO PLAYS CARDS KNOWS THIS GAME. DURAK MEANS FOOL IN RUSSIAN, THE FOOL IN THIS GAME BEING THE PLAYER WHO IS LEFT WITH CARDS AFTER EVERYONE ELSE HAS RUN OUT. THE VARIANT PLAYED BY THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO CALLED PODKIDNOY DURAK, OR "FOOL WITH THROWING IN." *NOTE: IN THE EVALUATION VERSION THE PROGRAM EXITS IF YOU TRY TO START A NEW HAND AFTER 5 MIN. (300 SEC.) OF PLAY TIME. PLEASE PURCHASE THE FULL VERSION. PLAYERS: 2-6 PLAYING FOR THEMSELVES, OR 4-6 IN TWO TEAMS. THIS PROGRAM LET YOU PLAY THE 4-PLAYER NON-PARTNERSHIP VERSIONS. YOU PLAY NORTH, THE COMPUTER PLAYS THE REST. YOU CAN USE THE OPTIONS MENU TO SET THE KEYBOARD TO PLAY ANY OR ALL OF THE 4 HANDS, THE PC PLAYING THE REST. *NOTE: IN THE EVALUATION VERSION YOU ARE LIMITED TO PLAYING NORTH ONLY. PLEASE PURCHASE THE FULL VERSION. CARDS: THE FRENCH 52-CARD PACK, WITH THE 2'S THRU 5'S STRIPPED, LEAVING 36 CARDS. THE CARDS IN EACH SUIT RANK FROM HIGH TO LOW: AKQJT9876. OBJECTIVE OF GAME: THIS GAME HAS NO WINNER, ONLY A LOSER, OR A LOSING TEAM IF PLAYED WITH PARTNERSHIPS. AT THE START, EACH PLAYER IS DEALT SIX CARDS, WHICH ARE PLAYED IN A SERIES OF BOUTS OF ATTACK AND DEFENSE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH BOUT, THE PLAYERS' HANDS ARE REPLENISHED TO SIX FROM THE DECK. THE LAST PLAYER OR TEAM LEFT HOLDING CARDS IS THE LOSER OR DURAK AND IS RIDICULED BY THE OTHER PLAYERS. DURAK IS ALMOST NEVER PLAYED FOR MONEY. SOMETIMES MATCHSTICKS ARE USED TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY TIMES EACH PLAYER OR TEAM HAS LOST. IT CAN BE AGREED THAT THE PLAYER OR TEAM THAT LOSES THE MOST GAMES HAS TO DO THE WINNERS SOME DIRTY LITTLE CHORE (GRIN). DEAL: THE INITIAL DEALER IS CHOSEN RANDOMLY THE COMPUTER. SUBSEQUENTLY EACH HAND IS DEALT BY THE DURAK OF THE PREVIOUS HAND. THE DEALER SHUFFLES AND DEALS OUT THE CARDS FACE DOWN TO THE PLAYERS ONE AT A TIME, CLOCKWISE, UNTIL EVERYONE HAS SIX CARDS. TRUMP TURN-UP: THE NEXT CARD FROM THE DECK IS DEALT FACE-UP IN THE CENTER OF THE TABLE. ITS SUIT IS THE TRUMP SUIT. THE TALON: THE REMAINING UNDEALT CARDS ARE PLACED IN A STACK FACE DOWN ON TOP OF THE TRUMP CARD, BUT CROSSWISE SO THAT THE RANK AND VALUE OF THE TRUMP REMAIN VISIBLE. THESE CENTRAL CARDS ARE CALLED THE TALON. HANDING THE HAT: NOTE THAT DEALING IS TRADITIONALLY REGARDED AS MENIAL WORK, UNDERTAKEN AS A PUNISHMENT BY THE LOSER OF THE PREVIOUS HAND. ONLY THE DEALER HANDLES THE CARDS. THEY ARE NOT USUALLY CUT AS IN OTHER CARD GAMES. IF ANY OTHER PLAYER TOUCHES THE CARDS THEY BECOME THE FOOL AND TAKE OVER THE JOB OF DEALING. SOMETIMES THE DEALER MAY OFFER THE CARDS TO BE CUT AFTER SHUFFLING; IF THE PLAYER TO WHOM THEY ARE OFFERED FALLS INTO THE TRAP OF CUTTING THE CARDS, THAT PLAYER BECOMES THE DEALER AND TAKES OVER THE ROLE OF THE FOOL. HENCE THE OLD RUSSIAN EXPRESSION: "SHAPKU S'DURAKA NE SNIMAYUT" -- ONE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT A FOOL'S HAT. WITH SIX PLAYERS AND 36 CARDS THERE WILL BE NO TALON. ALL THE CARDS ARE DEALT TO THE PLAYERS AND THE DEALER'S LAST CARD IS TURNED FACE-UP TO DETERMINE THE TRUMP SUIT. THIS TRUMP IS PART OF THE DEALER'S HAND AND IS PICKED UP ALONG WITH THE DEALER'S OTHER FIVE CARDS WHEN EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. THE PLAY: THE PLAY CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF BOUTS. DURING EACH BOUT THERE IS AN ATTACKER (WHO MAY BE HELPED BY OTHER PLAYERS IF THEY'RE NOT ON THE DEFENDER'S TEAM) AND A DEFENDER (WHO DEFENDS ALONE). SEQUENCE OF PLAY: THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF PLAY IS CLOCKWISE, AND FOR THE FIRST BOUT, THE ATTACKER IS ELDEST HAND, I.E., THE NEXT PLAYER IN TURN TO THE DEALER'S LEFT, WHILE THE DEFENDER IS THE NEXT PLAYER IN TURN AFTER THE ATTACKER, NORMALLY THE PLAYER TO THE ATTACKER'S LEFT. IF AN ATTACK IS BEATEN OFF, THE DEFENDER BECOMES THE NEXT ATTACKER, AND THE NEXT PLAYER IN TURN IS THE NEW DEFENDER. IF AN ATTACK SUCCEEDS, THE DEFENDER DOES NOT GET A TURN TO ATTACK: THE NEW ATTACKER IS THE NEXT PLAYER IN TURN AFTER THE DEFENDER, AND THE NEW DEFENDER IS THE PLAYER AFTER THAT. ATTACKING AND DEFENDING: THE ATTACKER BEGINS BY PLAYING ANY CARD FROM HAND FACE-UP ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF THE DEFENDER. TO BEAT OFF THE ATTACK THE DEFENDER WILL HAVE TO BEAT THIS AND ALL SUBSEQUENT ATTACKING CARDS. A CARD WHICH IS NOT A TRUMP CAN BE BEATEN BY PLAYING A HIGHER CARD OF THE SAME SUIT, OR BY ANY TRUMP. A TRUMP CARD CAN ONLY BE BEATEN BY PLAYING A HIGHER TRUMP. NOTE THAT A NON-TRUMP ATTACK CAN ALWAYS BE DEFENDED BY A TRUMP, EVEN IF THE DEFENDER ALSO HOLDS CARDS IN THE SUIT OF THE ATTACK CARD, I.E., THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO "FOLLOW SUIT". FIRST ATTACK CARD SUCCEEDS: IF THE DEFENDER CANNOT OR DOES NOT WISH TO BEAT OFF THE ATTACK, THE DEFENDER SIMPLY PICKS UP THE ATTACK CARD, WHICH THEN BECOMES PART OF THE DEFENDER'S HAND. IN THIS CASE THE ATTACK HAS SUCCEEDED. SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT ATTACK CARDS: IF THE DEFENDER BEATS THE FIRST ATTACK CARD, THE ATTACKER CAN CONTINUE THE ATTACK BY PLAYING A SECOND CARD. IF THE DEFENDER BEATS THIS SECOND ATTACK CARD TOO, THE ATTACK CAN BE CONTINUED WITH FURTHER CARDS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1) EACH NEW ATTACK CARD MUST BE OF THE SAME RANK AS SOME CARD ALREADY PLAYED DURING THE CURRENT BOUT BY EITHER ATTACKERS OR DEFENDER. 2) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CARDS PLAYED BY THE ATTACKERS DURING A BOUT MUST NEVER EXCEED SIX. 3) IF THE DEFENDER HAD FEWER THAN SIX CARDS BEFORE THE BOUT, THE NUMBER OF CARDS PLAYED BY THE ATTACKERS MUST NOT BE MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF CARDS IN THE DEFENDER'S HAND. THE ATTACK CARDS ARE PLACED SEPARATELY FACE-UP IN FRONT OF THE DEFENDER, AND EACH CARD PLAYED BY THE DEFENDER IS PLACED FACE-UP ON TOP OF THE CARD IT IS BEATING, SLIGHTLY OFFSET SO THAT THE VALUES OF ALL CARDS CAN BE SEEN. JOINING IN THE ATTACK: THE PLAYER WHO BEGINS THE ATTACK IS THE PRINCIPAL ATTACKER, BUT OTHER OPPONENTS OF THE DEFENDER CAN JOIN IN THE ATTACK IF THEY HAVE SUITABLE CARDS TO ATTACK WITH. THE PRINCIPAL ATTACKER ALWAYS HAS PRIORITY, AND THE OTHERS CAN ONLY JOIN IN WITH HIS PERMISSION. FOR INSTANCE, THE PRINCIPAL ATTACKER CAN SAY, "WAIT, I AM PLAYING," OR "GO AHEAD," OR EVEN ASK THE OTHERS ABOUT WHAT CARDS THEY HAVE IN HAND, OR FOR ADVICE ON WHAT CARD THEY SHOULD PLAY, AND GIVE THEM THE PLAY, OR CHOOSE TO CONTINUE THE ATTACK HIMSELF. IN THE INDIVIDUAL GAME WITH FOUR PLAYERS, THE SECOND ATTACKER IS THE PLAYER TO THE LEFT OF THE DEFENDER, AND THIS PLAYER ALSO HAS PRIORITY OVER THE THIRD ATTACKER, WHO IS THE PLAYER OPPOSITE THE DEFENDER. HOWEVER, THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT ATTACKERS CAN STOP THE NEXT ATTACKER IN LINE FROM PLAYING, BUT IS NOT ALLOWED TO ASK ABOUT WHAT CARDS THEY HAVE IN HAND OR FOR ADVICE. NOTE: IN TOMMY'S DURAK, THE PRINCIPAL ATTACKER MAY ONLY QUERY THE OTHER PLAYERS AS TO WHETHER THEY HAVE TRUMPS IN HAND, SORRY. IF THE KEYBOARD PLAYER IS THE PRINCIPAL ATTACKER HE MAY TYPE 0 TO QUERY THEM, AND THEN TYPE 0 AGAIN TO PASS THE ATTACK TO THE NEXT ATTACKER IN LINE. IF THE KEYBOARD PLAYER IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL ATTACKER HE MAY ONLY PLAY, OR PASS BY TYPING 0. WHEN MORE THAN 4 PLAY AS INDIVIDUALS, IT IS USUAL TO AGREE THAT ONLY THE PLAYERS SITTING NEXT TO THE DEFENDER ON EITHER SIDE ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE PART IN AN ATTACK. WITHOUT THIS RULE, THERE WOULD BE SO MANY ATTACKERS THAT THE FIRST DEFENDER WOULD BE PLACED AT TOO GREAT A DISADVANTAGE. THE DEFENDER ALWAYS DEFENDS ALONE. WHEN PLAYING IN TEAMS YOU CAN DO NOTHING WHILE YOUR PARTNER IS DEFENDING. YOU CANNOT HELP TO BEAT OFF THE ATTACK, NOR CAN YOU ATTACK YOUR PARTNER, NOR CAN YOU GIVE CARDS TO YOUR PARTNER WHEN AN ATTACK SUCCEEDS. YOU CAN ONLY SIT AND WATCH. (THIS TEACHES RUSSIANS TO BE GOOD COMMUNISTS, HA HA -- NO GOOD CAPITALISTS, HA HA, JUST KIDDING.) IF AT ANY STAGE, THE DEFENDER IS UNABLE TO OR DOES NOT WISH TO BEAT ONE OF THE ATTACK CARDS, THE DEFENDER MUST PICK UP ALL THE CARDS PLAYED DURING THE BOUT -- BOTH THE ATTACKING CARDS AND THE CARDS USED TO BEAT THEM. ALL THESE CARDS BECOME PART OF THE DEFENDER'S HAND. IN ADDITION, THE PLAYERS WHO WERE ENTITLED TO TAKE PART IN THE ATTACK CAN GIVE TO THE DEFENDER (FACE-UP) ANY FURTHER CARDS WHICH THEY COULD LEGALLY HAVE PLAYED IF THE ATTACK HAD CONTINUED. THESE EXTRA CARDS MUST ALSO BE ADDED TO THE DEFENDER'S HAND. THE BOUT IS THEN OVER. ATTACK FAILS: THE DEFENDER SUCCEEDS IN BEATING OFF THE WHOLE ATTACK IF EITHER: 1) THE DEFENDER HAS BEATEN ALL THE ATTACK CARDS PLAYED SO FAR, AND NONE OF THE DEFENDER'S OPPONENTS IS ABLE AND WILLING TO CONTINUE THE ATTACK. 2) THE DEFENDER SUCCEEDS IN BEATING SIX ATTACKING CARDS. 3) THE DEFENDER, HAVING BEGUN THE DEFENSE HOLDING FEWER THAN SIX CARDS, USES UP ALL HIS CARDS IN BEATING ATTACK CARDS. NEW ATTACKER AND DEFENDER ON SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE: IF AN ATTACK IS BEATEN OFF, ALL THE CARDS PLAYED DURING THE BOUT ARE THROWN FACE DOWN ON A DISCARD HEAP AND ARE NOT USED AGAIN DURING THE PLAY OF THIS DEAL. THE DEFENDER BECOMES THE ATTACKER FOR THE NEXT BOUT, AND THE PLAYER TO THE NEW ATTACKER'S LEFT IS THE NEW DEFENDER. NEW ATTACKER AND DEFENDER ON SUCCESSFUL ATTACK: SINCE THE ATTACK HAS SUCCEEDED, THE DEFENDER DOES NOT GET A TURN TO ATTACK. THE NEXT ATTACKER IS THE PLAYER TO THE LEFT OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL DEFENDER, AND THE NEW DEFENDER IS THE PLAYER TO THE LEFT OF THE NEW ATTACKER AS USUAL. ACCORING TO CONDITIONS (2) AND (3) MENTIONED ABOVE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CARDS PLAYED BY THE ATTACKERS IS LIMITED TO SIX, OR TO THE NUMBER OF CARDS IN THE DEFENDER'S HAND, WHICHEVER IS LESS. THE PRINCIPAL ATTACKER HAS PRIORITY, FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER ATTACKERS IN CLOCKWISE ORDER. IF THE ATTACKERS PLAY TOO MANY CARDS, THE DEFENDER CAN CHOOSE WHICH CARDS TO BEAT OR PICK UP, GIVING THE REMAINDER BACK TO THE ATTACKERS. THE SAME APPLIES IF AFTER THE DEFENDER PICKS UP, THE ATTACKERS GIVE TOO MANY ADDITIONAL CARDS: THE DEFENDER ONLY ACCEPTS SIX ATTACK CARDS IN TOTAL (INCLUDING ANY BEATEN CARDS); THE REMAINDER ARE GIVEN BACK TO THE ATTACKERS. MULTI-CARD PLAYS: IN PRACTICE AN ATTACKER MAY PLAY SEVERAL CARDS AT ONCE, PROVIDED THAT ALL ARE LEGAL. FOR EXAMPLE AN ATTACKER MIGHT BEGIN BY PLAYING TWO SIXES, RATHER THAN PLAYING ONE SIX, WAITING FOR IT TO BE BEATEN OR PICKED UP, AND THEN PRODUCING THE OTHER SIX. THERE IS NO REAL POINT IN PLAYING MORE THAN ONE CARD AT A TIME EXCEPT TO SPEED UP THE GAME; THE SAME CARDS COULD EQUALLY WELL BE PLAYED SINGLY. IN FACT, ATTACKING WITH MORE THAN ONE CARD GIVES THE DEFENDER THE ADVANTAGE OF SEEING MORE OF THE ATTACK BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER AND HOW TO TRY TO BEAT THE CARDS. *NOTE: IN TOMMY'S DURAK THERE ARE NO MULTI-CARD PLAYS, SORRY. DRAWING TO REPLENISH HANDS: AFTER A BOUT IS COMPLETE, ALL PLAYERS WHO HAVE FEWER THAN SIX CARDS MUST IF POSSIBLE REPLENISH THEIR HANDS TO SIX BY DRAWING SUFFICIENT CARDS FROM THE TOP OF THE TALON. THE ATTACKER REPLENISHES FIRST, THEN THE OTHER PLAYERS WHO JOINED IN THE ATTACK, IN CLOCKWISE ORDER, AND FINALLY THE DEFENDER. IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CARDS IN THE TALON TO GO AROUND, CARDS ARE DRAWN AS USUAL UNTIL IT IS EXHAUSTED. IT MAY BE THAT SOME OF THE LATER PLAYERS DO NOT DRAW ANY CARDS. THE FACE-UP TRUMP IS DRAWN AS THE LAST CARD OF THE TALON. AFTER THE TALON IS EXHAUSTED, THE PLAY CONTINUES WITHOUT DRAWING. EXCHANGING THE SIX OF TRUMPS: IF YOU ARE DEALT THE LOWEST TRUMP (THE SIX) OR IF YOU DRAW IT FROM THE TALON, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO EXCHANGE IT FOR THE FACE-UP TRUMP IF THE TALON HAS NOT BEEN EXHAUSTED. THE ENDGAME: AS PLAYERS RUN OUT OF CARDS THEY DROP OUT OF THE PLAY, AND THE OTHER PLAYERS CONTINUE. THE EFFECT OF THIS ON THE SEQUENCE OF PLAY IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE GAME IS BEING PLAYED INDIVIDUALLY OR NOT: * IN THE INDIVIDUAL GAME, WHEN A PLAYER HAS NO CARDS THE TURN SIMPLY PASSES OVER THAT PLAYER TO THE NEXT PERSON IN TURN WHO STILL HAS CARDS. * IN THE 4-PLAYER PARTNERSHIP GAME, WHEN SOMEONE HAS NO CARDS, THEIR TURN IS TAKEN BY THEIR PARTNER. * IN THE 6-PLAYER PARTNERSHIP GAME, AS THE PLAYERS RUN OUT OF CARDS, THE REMAINING PLAYERS OF EACH PARTNERSHIP CONTINUE TO PLAY IN ORDER, SKIPPING ANY MEMBER OF THE TEAM WHO HAS NO CARDS. GAME: WHEN PLAYING AS INDIVIDUALS, THE GAME CONTINUES AFTER THE TALON IS EXHAUSTED UNTIL, AT THE END OF A BOUT, ONLY ONE PLAYER HAS ANY CARDS LEFT. THIS PLAYER IS THE DURAK AND MUST DEAL THE NEXT HAND. WHEN PLAYING WITH TEAMS, THE LOSING TEAM IS FREE TO DECIDE WHICH OF ITS PLAYERS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE JOB OF DEALING THE NEXT HAND, REGARDLESS OF WHICH ONE WAS ACTUALLY LEFT WITH CARDS. IF THE PLAYERS ARE OF UNEQUAL SKILL, IT WILL BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE WEAKER PLAYER TO DEAL, SO THAT THE STRONGER PLAYER IS THE FIRST DEFENDER. DRAWS: NOTE THAT THE GAME CAN ONLY END AT THE END OF A BOUT. IF AFTER THE FINAL ATTACK HAS BEEN BEATEN OFF NO ONE HAS ANY CARDS LEFT, THE GAME IS A DRAW. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN ONE TEAM ATTACKS WITH ALL THEIR REMAINING CARDS, AND ALL OF THE DEFENDER'S CARDS ARE USED TO BEAT OFF THE ATTACK. IF AT THIS POINT NO ONE HAS ANY MORE CARDS AND THE TALON IS EXHAUSTED, THE GAME IS A DRAW, AND THE LOSER OF THE PREVIOUS HAND DEALS AGAIN, HENCE THE SAYING: "STARYY DURAK KHUZHE NOVYKH DVUKH" (AN OLD FOOL IS WORSE THAN TWO NEW ONES). GAME OPTIONS: ============= *NOTE: GAME OPTIONS NOT AVAILABLE IN EVALUATION VERSION. PLEASE PURCHASE THE FULL VERSION. 6 OF TRUMPS EXCHANGE: SOME PLAYERS DO NOT ALLOW THE SIX OF TRUMPS TO BE EXCHANGED FOR THE FACE-UP TRUMP. 5-CARD ATTACK 1ST: IN AN INDIVIDUAL GAME WITH MORE THAN THREE PLAYERS, A RULE IS FREQUENTLY PLAYED THAT THE FIRST DEFENDER CANNOT BE ATTACKED WITH MORE THAN FIVE CARDS (INSTEAD OF SIX). THIS IS A WAY OF REDUCING THE SEVERE DISADVANTAGE SUFFERED BY THE FIRST DEFENDER IN A GAME WITH MANY PLAYERS. WITHOUT SUCH A RULE THE FIRST DEFENDER WOULD FREQUENTLY LOSE. SOME PLAYERS ALLOW (OR EVEN REQUIRE) THE THE PLAYER TO DEALER'S RIGHT TO CUT THE CARDS BEFORE THE DEAL, WITHOUT PENALTY. *NOTE: TOMMMY'S DURAK DOES NOT PERMIT PLAYERS TO CUT, SORRY. WHEN FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE PLAY DURAK, IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE A FULL 52 CARD PACK RATHER THAN JUST 36 CARDS. THIS VARIATION IS VERY RARE. THE RULES OF PLAY WITH 52 CARDS ARE THE SAME EXCEPT THAT IT IS THE TWO RATHER THAN THE SIX OF TRUMPS THAT CAN BE EXCHANGED FOR THE FACE-UP TRUMP, AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A TALON. OPEN HANDS OPTION: FOR DEMONSTRATION AND LEARNING PURPOSES, ALL HANDS CAN BE PLAYED FACE-UP. THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER'S HANDS BUT IT CAN'T SEE YOURS. REPLAY HAND OPTION: AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH HAND IT WILL OPTIONALLY ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO REPLAY THE LAST DEAL (THE CONTRACT ITSELF IS NOT REPEATED). AUTOTRICK OPTION: WHEN OFF, YOU HAVE TO HIT THE <ENTER> KEY OR CLICK THE MOUSE AFTER EACH PROMPT. WHEN ON, THE COMPUTER WAITS 'DELAY' SECONDS AND THEN AUTOMATICALLY PROCEEDS AFTER PROMPTS (SEE COMPUTER SPEED CONTROL BELOW). FUNCTION KEYS: THESE ARE HOT KEYS, MEANING THEY CAN BE PRESSED AT ANY TIME. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- F1 * SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE F2 * DEMO MODE TOGGLE. IN DEMO MODE THE COMPUTER PLAYS ALL HANDS WHILE YOU WATCH. F3 POP-UP THE OPTIONS MENU. USE THE ARROW KEYS ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD TO CHANGE OPTIONS; HIT ESC WHEN DONE. F4 * AUTO-SORT TOGGLE. WHEN ON, THE COMPUTER AUTOMATICALLY SORTS YOUR HAND. F5 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS F7 QUIT THE PROGRAM F9 (COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE THE SCREEN BACKGROUND COLOR F10 (COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR *NOTE: THE LEGEND FOR A TOGGLE SWITCH INDICATES THE MODE THAT WILL BE ENTERED BY PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME. COMPUTER PLAY SPEED CONTROL: THE UP/DOWN ARROW KEYS ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD CONTROL THE DELAY, IN SECONDS, BETWEEN COMPUTER MOVES. THE CURRENT VALUE IS SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THIS IS DISABLED ONLY WHEN YOU ARE IN THE OPTIONS MENU (F3). COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS: S START UP WITH SOUND OFF M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE * SKIP STARTUP SHOW D DISABLE MOUSE CHECK EXAMPLE: >DURAK MS ---------------------- DID YOU LIKE THIS TOY? DON'T FORGET TO TRY OUR GOBS OF OTHER NEAT LOW-PRICED GAMES AND TOYS FOR THE IBM PC AND COMPATIBLES. 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