Cadenza Cribbage (version 1.9, May 29, 1988) Hardware Requirements This program should run on any Atari ST computer with a monochrome monitor. This program MAY run on color monitors in medium resolution (please see the Bugs section below). Distribution of this Program Since Cadenza Cribbage is public domain, you may freely distribute copies of the program to other users, user groups, electronic bulletin boards, etc. Running the Program Once the program has been started you are ready to play. However, there are menus that will allow you to set the length of the game, disable or enable x-ray vision, and start a new game or quit the program. Menu options can be changed before the start of any game (not just before the first game). Menu options and desk accessories cannot be accessed in the middle of a game, however. The Game Length Menu This menu allows you to play a game to 121 (twice around) or to 61 (once around). By default the game will go to 121. The X-Ray Vision Menu Like Superman, you may choose to have x-ray vision which will allow you to see all of your opponent's cards. This feature is disabled by default. The Who Plays? Menu By default you play the computer. However, if you ever want to watch the computer play itself, select the "I play for you" submenu. The computer will play itself until you press the key. The Start/Stop Menu When you are ready to play a game (after the menu options are to your liking), select the Start New Game submenu. When you want to quit the program, select the Quit Program submenu. Screen Layout and Card Selection You and the computer will take turns being the dealer, but the computer is always the dealer for the first hand of a game. The scoreboard is displayed as follows: Me: / You: / RT: Throughout the program, the computer is referred to as "I", and the human player as "you". To select a card, place the mouse arrow on top of the desired card and then press and release the left mouse button. When you play a given card, it is turned over. If you attempt to play a card that cannot legally be played, the computer's bell will sound, and you will have to choose another card to play. The computer's cards are drawn in the uppermost row on the screen, and your cards are drawn immediately below them. The crib is drawn in a row below the computer's cards, and the starter is drawn below the crib, and to the right. As cards are played, they are drawn on the bottom of the screen from left to right. The human player's cards are drawn with solid borders, and the computer's cards have dotted borders. Quitting in the Middle of a Game You can quit in the middle of a game by pressing the UNDO key. However, after you press UNDO play will not end immediately - if you are in the middle of playing a hand, play will continue until that hand is completely finished. Pressing the UNDO will only allow you to quit the current game. If you want to quit the program, select the Quit Program menu option after you have quit the current game. The Rules of Cribbage The rules of this game are rather elaborate, and will not be discussed here. If you are unfamiliar with the rules, you may want to read one of the following: Hoyle's Modern Encyclopedia of Card Games (Highly Recommended) Walter B. Gibson Dolphin Books, Doubleday and Co., Inc., Garden City, New York ISBN 0-385-07680-0 Hoyle's Rules of Games, Second Revised Edition Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith Signet New American Library, NAL Penguin, Inc., New York ISBN 0-451-14842-8 Payment If you like this program, please send $5.00 US to the following address: Eric Bergman-Terrell Cadenza Software, Ltd. 1450 West 116th Avenue, #21 Westminster, CO 80234 U.S.A. For $10.00 + $2.00 postage you may order a disk containing the complete source code for this program, written in OSS Personal Pascal version 2.0. You may write to the same address to report bugs, request additional information, suggest improvements in the program, etc. If you want a reply, please include return postage (2 IRCs for those outside the U.S.A.). Bugs: When the computer plays the last card, and this brings the total of the played cards to 31, the user is obliged to press the left mouse button twice, rather than just once. This program frequently erases and redraws the screen. This may cause problems with some desk accessories. Since this program was developed on a monochrome system, there may be some bugs when it is run on a color monitor. Enjoy the program!