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- INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPUTER EUCHRE
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-
- STARTING THE GAME
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- 1. Enter each players name. Entering 'return' without a name
- will tell the computer to play for that player. Any number
- of players may play.
-
- 2. Enter the dealer number (player # 1 to 4). If no number
- is entered, the computer will randomly choose a dealer.
-
- 3. Do you want to play with open hands (eg. all cards will
- show during the game)? Enter 'Y' or 'N'. If nothing is
- entered, the game will be played with closed hands.
-
- 4. The above parameters will remain the same for the whole
- game. The computer will now shuffle and start the first
- hand.
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- 5. There are two versions of euchre on the disk.
- "EUCHRE.SRC" is the basic version of the game complete
- with remarks and spaced to make it easier to read.
- This version, however, is too large to run on a 64K
- machine. If you only have 64K then run "EUCHRE.BAS",
- the same program with remarks and extraneous spaces
- deleted.
-
- BIDDING
-
- 1. The computer will automatically bid for all computer
- players. When it is time to enter a bid, the computer
- will flash the players name and tell him to enter his bid.
- Enter 'H', 'D', 'C', or 'S' to bid a suit. Remember that
- on the first pass you must bid the same suit as the flipped
- card, and on the second bidding pass, you can bid any suit
- except the suit of the flipped card. If you enter a bid,
- you will then be asked if you want to go alone. Enter 'Y'
- or 'N'.
-
- 2. Enter 'P' or just hit return to pass.
-
- 3. Enter 'A' for Autobid to have the computer bid for you.
-
- 4. If a bid is made during the first pass, then the dealer
- picks of the flipped card and discards another card. If
- the computer isn't dealing, then it will ask the dealer to
- enter the card to discard. This card will not be displayed
- so that only the dealer knows what is discarded. Enter the
- card as CS where C is the card number (9, 10, J, Q, K, or
- A), and S is the suit (H, D, C, S) eg. to discard the Queen
- of Diamonds, type "QD".
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- PLAYING
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- 1. The computer will automatically play its cards. When it
- is time to enter a card to play, the computer will flash
- the player's name and tell him to enter a card. The card
- must be entered as CS (see above). If you are leading,
- you may lead with any suit, but if you are not leading, you
- must follow suit if you can. Remember that the left bower
- is a trump card.
-
- 2. If someone bids alone, then his partner will not play any
- cards for that hand. The computer will skip over that
- player.
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- 3. If you want the computer to play a card for you, using the
- same logic it uses to play its own hands, type "A" for
- automatic playing.
-
- 4. When there is only 1 card left (the 5th card) the computer
- will play all cards automatically since there is no choice
- to be made.
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- 5. At the end of a hand, hit return to continue on with the
- next hand.
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- DISPLAY
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- 1. marks the dealer.
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- 2. 'PLAYER X' indicates a computer player.
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- 3. A players name will blink when he must enter either a bid
- or a card.
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- 4. After a card is played, either by a player or the computer,
- that card will be displayed in the center of the screen
- near that players name.
-
- 5. If playing with open hands then each players cards will be
- displayed beneath his name. If a card is underlined, that
- means that it has allready been played. The cards played
- are listed in the order that they were played. If a card
- is highlighted, that means that that card won the trick.
-
- 6. During bidding, the legal bids are listed in the lower right
- corner of the screen. Only the first letter must be entered
- for each of those bids. In addition, the flipped card is
- shown in the upper right corner of the screen during the
- first bidding pass. After a bid is made, the bidders name
- and the trump suit is displayed in the upper right corner.
- It will also display if the bidder went alone.
-
- 7. The scoreboard displayes games, points and tricks won by
- each team. There are 5 tricks per game and this is updated
- at the end of each trick. At the end of the hand, points
- are updated for the winning team. The game is won, and
- display updated, when 1 team gets 10 points.
-
- 8. At the end of the game, you will be asked if you want to play
- again. Enter 'Y' or 'N'. If you want to change any of the
- starting parameters (eg. Players names, Dealer number, or
- change to open or closed hands), then you must enter 'N'
- and start a new game.