Disk No  993
Program Title: BOARD GAMES
PC-SIG version 1.1
 
PC-PENTE is a game which has its roots in the ancient game of Go. The
board is constructed of solid lines which create a grid on the playing
board.  The object of Pente is simple: either get five of your pieces in a
row OR capture ten of your opponent's pieces by surrounding them with your
pieces.
 
PC-PENTE contains the logic needed to automatically check for captured
pairs, remove them from the board, and increment the players scores.  As
in the original game, when five pairs have been taken by one of the
players, the game is over.  It is also okay to form a pair between two
enemy pieces, as PC-PENTE checks if a pair was actually captured or if a
player "moved into" a capture situation, in which case the player in the
middle would not be taken.  In addition, it checks for all five-in-a-row
combinations and terminates the program if one is found.
 
PC-PENTE assumes that you already know how to play the game, but in case
you don't, RULES.COM contains a concise overview of the basic strategy of
PENTE.
 
PYRAMIDS is a strategy game based on an ancient Egyptian theme.  You and
the Pharaoh Cheops are contending to discover the other's pyramid before
yours is discovered.  You each have a set of pieces consisting of
sphinxes, lions, bulls, rams, wolves, hawks, camels, cats, antelopes, and
a cobra.  Each animal has special powers.
 
The key to this game is that you can see your opponent's pieces and your
opponent can see your pieces, but you do not know the rank and power of
your opponent's pieces until you attack or are attacked by one.  This is
also true of your opponent, who doesn't know the rank of your pieces until
he attacks.  This version of the game is the limited version and only
plays to fifty turns.
 
YAHTZEE is the classic dice game we've all played in which you try to
collect pairs, three-of-a-kinds, full houses, and the like for points by
rolling six dice.  From each roll, you may pick up from one to six of the
dice and re-roll them, to try and better the score you receive for the
roll.  Once a slot has been filled, you cannot get that roll again.  For
example, if you roll a full house, and then roll another full house, the
second full house does not supercede the first one.
 
Usage:  Entertainment.
 
System Requirements:  Yahtzee requires BASIC or GW-BASIC.
 
How to Start:  Type IBMPENTE (press enter) for the CGA version, PCPENTE
(press enter) for the Hercules version, and PYRAMIDS (press enter) to run
PYRAMIDS.
 
Suggested Registration:  $10.00 for PYRAMIDS, $10.00 for PENTE and $5.00 for
YAHTZE.
 
File Description:
 
PCPENTE  COM  Hercules graphics card version of main program.
IBMPENTE COM  CGA/Tandy version of main program.
ERROR    MSG  Error message file used by main program.
4X6      FON  Font file used by main program.
RULES    COM  Program to print the rules to the screen.
HARDSET  BAT  Copies the files to you hard disk.
NOTES    TXT  Expanded file descriptions.
FILES    TXT  Listing of PENTE files.
???????  PYR  Data files for PYRAMIDS(6 files).
MANUAL   DOC  Documentation for PYRAMIDS.
PYRAMIDS EXE  Game program.
SETUP    EXE  Configuration program
README   TXT  Documentation for YAHTZEE.
YAHTZEE  BAS  Game program.
YAHTZEE  DOC  Documentation.
 
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