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EUCHRE.INS
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPUTER EUCHRE
STARTING THE GAME
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.
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".
PLAYING
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.
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.
5. At the end of a hand, hit return to continue on with the
next hand.
DISPLAY
1. marks the dealer.
2. 'PLAYER X' indicates a computer player.
3. A players name will blink when he must enter either a bid
or a card.
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.