
			    Solitaire City
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		      Version: 1.01s (Shareware)
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     256 Color, 16-Bit and True Color Windows Solitaire Collection
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Description
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Solitaire City is a collection of eight popular one and two pack
solitaire games played against the clock for points. The faster
you complete the game, the higher your score, the best of which
are saved to hard drive. Solitaire City looks awesome in 256 color
mode and looks even better in 16-bit or true color modes. The game
supports three size of cards so the graphics will look large and
detailed regardless of your video resolution. Download new card
sets from the Internet or create your own with Solitaire Setty
which is available separately. Solitaire City has been in
development for over a year and a half in order to make it one
of the best and most feature packed solitaire games ever.


One Pack Solitaire Games Included :
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Klondike, Demon, Poker Squares, Pyramid, Cribbage Squares, Golf


Two Pack Solitaire Games Included :
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Casket, Alternations


Other Cool Features
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Forty Three Wacky Sound Effects (Configurable)
Two Cool Cardsets in three sizes for
	(640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768 and better displays)
Numerous Game Rules
Multiple Hi-Score Tables
Hi-Scores Manager
Fast and Furious Game Play

 

Hardware Requirements
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386
4 megs free Hard drive space
4 megs ram
256 color display
Mouse

Recommended
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486 or Pentium
4 megs free Hard drive space
8 megs ram
16-Bit or True Color display
Solitaire Setty (The Cardset Design Tool)


Software Requirements
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Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 or Windows NT



Installation
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[1] Create a temporary directory somewhere on your hard drive
    eg C:\SCRATCH
[2] Unzip all the files in SCITY100.ZIP into this temporary directory
[3] Run SETUP.EXE from the temporary directory, either by selecting
    RUN from the Program Manager menu (Windows 3.1) or from the START
    menu (Windows 95/NT)
[4] Follow the on-screen installation instructions
[5] Delete the temporary directory from your hard drive
[6] Click on the new Solitaire City icon to play. Enjoy !


What's New ?
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V1.00s - First Release
V1.01s - This Version - Added credit card ordering information in the
	 help files. The game remains the same. I've also added batch
	 files, DISK1.BAT, DISK2.BAT and DISK3.BAT which will create
	 a three disk floppy installation of the game which you can
	 then pass around to your friends. Instructions on how to do
	 this can be found in the DISKS.TXT file. Evaluation count has
	 been reset so you can play another 120 games before you are
	 required to register Solitaire City.


Author Contact Information
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Peter Wiseman,
1534 Plaza Lane #334,
Burlingame,
CA 94010-3204.

e-mail pete@solitairecity.com

Please visit my web site where you can keep up to date with the 
latest Solitaire City developments, download photo-realistic cardsets,
silly sound effects and upgrade patches :

http://www.solitairecity.com

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COMING SOON - Solitaire City V1.10 : Expect to see various cosmetic
enhancements including photographic backgrounds which will improve
the look of Solitaire City no end. I will also be adding a few more
rules to Klondike and maybe even including some MIDI music. 
Registered users will be able to download a FREE upgrade patch from
my web site which will convert their existing V1.00r files into 
V1.10r so keep your eyes peeled !
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Pete Wiseman - 28th March 1998
