Disk No: 1524 Disk Title: Cycloid & Solisquare PC-SIG Version: S1.23 Program Title: CYCLOID Author Version: 1.23 Author Registration: $9.95 Special Requirements: Hercules graphics, CGA, or EGA. If you enjoyed spiralling away hours with Spirograph(tm) as a kid, you won't be able to resist this computerized version of the famous drawing game! And with CYCLOID, you won't have to worry about your pen slipping at the last minute and ruining your artistic efforts! At first CYCLOID is a little more difficult to use than the actual game since the effect of the "disks" and "rings" can be tough to visualize. But after some experimentation anyone can become a pro at creating the telltale spirograph spirals. CYCLOID is very versatile; it permits adjustment of image size and shape, and has the ability to rotate an existing drawing or even create nested spirographs. Images can be saved and reloaded for later display and there is a more limited version of the program for those of us more artistically inept. Great fun for the young, or bored, computer user. Program Title: Solisquare Author Version: 1.0 Author Registration: $9.95 Special Requirements: EGA. SOLISQUARE is a simple game of solitaire adapted from a certain card game. In SOLISQUARE, the screen is covered with squares of different colors. The object of the game is to remove all the squares by picking up pairs of squares that are next to each other horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Use the arrow keys (NumLock must be on) to move to any square that is next to another square of the same color. Then hit the "5" key to remove that pair of squares. When you do, all the remaining squares on the screen will slide left as far as they can, and then up as far as they can. Then the two spaces at the lower right corner will be filled in with two new colored squares as long as there are cards remaining in the "deck." If the square you choose is next to two or more squares of its own color, you will be asked to choose which one you want to remove. Just hit the number pad arrow key that points in the right direction. In the standard game, the layout uses 15 colors laid out in 6 columns and 5 rows. The deck holds eight squares of each color, for a perfect score of 120 if you are able to remove all the squares. If you wish, you can choose different parameters. the program will ask you how many colors, columns, rows, and squares of each color you wish to use. (If you would like to play the game exactly like the original card game it was based on, choose 13 colors, 5 columns, 4 rows, and 4 of each color). The number of squares of each color must be an even number, obviously, or it will be impossible to win the game. Note that if you choose 0 of each color, the game will give an unlimited number of squares. PC-SIG 1030D East Duane Avenue Sunnyvale Ca. 94086 (408) 730-9291 (c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.