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FILE CONTENTS
1. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
2. PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS
3. SHAREWARE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
4. TECHNICAL NOTES
5. A NOTE TO THE USER
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
TILEZ CHALLENGE is a classic number puzzle reinvented for today's
demanding gamers in quest of new tests of logic and chance. At its
simplest level, TILEZ CHALLENGE will appear quite familiar to the
seasoned user. At Level 2, interesting. At Level 3, very
interesting. Level 4, very, very interesting. At Level 5, the
prospective puzzle-solver will indeed find the challenge sought.
And then there is Level 6, 64 tiles of numerical chaos awaiting
order.... Infinite in possible moves, random with every new
puzzle, TILEZ CHALLENGE will remain a constant source of challenge
long after all other games are exhausted.
PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS:
The rules to TILEZ CHALLENGE are unmistakeable: take the numbers
the computer generates and place them in order: 1, 2, 3, right
to left, one row after the other until
THIS:
5 8 3
2 1
7 4 6
LOOKS LIKE THIS:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8
In every puzzle there will be one empty space, which you must place
in the lower righthand corner of the puzzle, after the highest
number.
There are 6 LEVELS in TILEZ CHALLENGE. At any moment you may exit
a game and begin playing at a different level.
Your score is the number of moves it takes to complete the puzzle.
You will be attempting to achieve the LOWEST score possible.
"LOWSCORES" are remembered for every level you play for the duration
of ONE GAME.
NAVIGATION in TILEZ CHALLENGE is done through the cursor keys OR,
if you have a properly installed mouse, through the mouse. The
flashing square you see on the screen represents the last tile you
touched if you're using a mouse, or the CURRENT tile you're on if
there is no mouse installed.
To MOVE a tile using a MOUSE:
Move the mouse pointer and click on a tile NEXT to the EMPTY SPACE.
TO MOVE a tile using the KEYBOARD:
Move the FLASHING CUBE onto a tile NEXT to the EMPTY SPACE, then
press either RETURN or the SPACEBAR.
The game is over when all tiles run in numerical order from top to
bottom.
KEYS YOU MAY PRESS DURING THE GAME:
KEY ACTION
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ESC QUIT THE GAME. YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT TO QUIT/RESTART
I BRINGS UP THE INFORMATION SCREEN
S SHUFFLE!
Shuffling the board takes all the tiles on the board and, well, shuffles
them. The end effect is an entirely different board than you had a
moment ago. Use this function sparingly, as it might actually worsen
your cause. You may shuffle the board an unlimited amount of times
during any single game without affecting your MOVES score. I've actually
won once just by shuffling the board (but that was on LEVEL 1 :D )!
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
80286 CPU, STANDARD VGA, DOS 3.0 & UP, MOUSE (OPTIONAL).
SHAREWARE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
TILEZ CHALLENGE is SHAREWARE. For those of you new to the concept,
shareware is a marketing device programmers use to bring low-cost,
high-quality programs, utilities, and games to the general public.
Through shareware, you download the program, as you have with
TILEZ CHALLENGE, and try it for a few days. This time constitutes
an "evaluation period" in which you evaluate a program. If you
decide the program you downloaded is useful and/or fun, you must
_register_ that program. Registration means PAYING for the program
in the manner as outlined by the author in the documentation
or help file accompanying the software.
In many instances, you will download a program which has been
disabled or "crippled" in some fashion. Programmers do this to
ensure they will receive their registration fees from users who
wish to use advanced features of the programs, which are usually
accessible only AFTER registration fees have been paid.
I'm not a big fan of that. When you want to buy a new car, you
inquire about it, shop around, find one you really like, and take
it for a test drive. The car is not disabled--in fact, most dealers
will urge you to try the power windows, the radio, the tilting steering
wheel, the power seat, and the air conditioner. Any one of these
features could convince you to make the purchase.
TILEZ CHALLENGE is *NOT* disabled in ANY way. You have the *COMPLETE*
game. There is no expiration date, _and_ you will _never_ be
interrupted by a flashing UNREGISTERED notice. I trust you will follow
the rules of shareware and register the game.
How do you register TILEZ CHALLENGE? It's easy:
1. PRINT OUT TILEZ.REG
It is an ASCII (text) file included in this archive. This is the
registration form you will be sending with your registration fee.
2. COMPLETE THE FORM.
Please PRINT your name and address and answer as many as the
questions as possible.
3. SEND THE FORM AND $7.00 (U.S. CURRENCY / CHECK) to the following
name and address:
ROBERT J. TIESS
44A Rockwood Gardens
Middletown, New York 10940
As soon as you lick the envelope and drop it in the mail, you've
completed the registration process and may consider yourself a
REGISTERED USER of the software.
Shareware is a remarkable system, and as long as there are honest users,
there will be programmers eager to continue their software development
and program updates. Only you can keep the shareware movement alive.
TECHNICAL NOTES
The font for TILEZ CHALLENGE was created using the FONTEDIT.COM program
from the PC MAGAZINE utilities archive VOL7N15.ZIP, which can be located
at a number of public mirror sites on the internet.
TILEZ CHALLENGE was written and compiled in BORLAND C++ for DOS.
A NOTE TO THE USER
Please keep TILEZ CHALLENGE and all related files in a separate directory.
If you intend to upload TILEZ CHALLENGE anywhere, please keep the
ORIGINAL TILEZDOS.ZIP file and use that for uploading purposes. You are
not authorized to modify, add, or subtract to this archive, which is
limited to the following six files:
TILEZ.EXE (THE MAIN PROGRAM)
TILEFONT.COM (An internal program called by TILEZ CHALLENGE)
NORMFONT.COM (An internal program called by TILEZ CHALLENGE)
TILEZREG.TXT (THE DOCUMENTATION TO TILEZ CHALLENGE)
TILES.REG (THE REGISTRATION FORM FOR TILEZ CHALLENGE)
FILE_ID.DIZ (FILE DESCRIPTION FILE)
You are encouraged to upload TILEZDOS.ZIP and share it with your friends
and associates. You are authorized to duplicate and distribute this
software as long as this is done so soley through the ORIGINAL
TILEZDOS.ZIP file and in accordance to the laws of shareware. Any other
method of distribution endangers the integrity of the software, which
leads us to the following message:
If any of the above files are missing from this archive, please DELETE
the ENTIRE archive from your computer and attempt to acquire a fresh
archive from an alternative source, reporting, if practical, to the
keeper of the file that you suspect possible tampering. It's better
to be overcautious than the victim of a computer virus. ;)
That's all!
Have fun!
I said, that's all!
Maybe there is more....
No, there's nothing else.
Well, if you really want to, keep reading.
OKAY, HERE'S THE SECRET TO WINNING TILEZ CHALLENGE--ON ANY LEVEL!!!!
MOVE THE CURSOR
BACK AND FORTH
UP AND DOWN
THEN BACK AND FORTH AGAIN
THEN UP AND DOWN
THEN BACK AND FORTH AGAIN
THEN UP
THEN DOWN
MOVING TILES AS YOU DO THIS
REPEAT SEVERAL DOZEN TIMES UNTIL....
THE FIRST FEW ROWS ARE IN ORDER
THEN... HERE'S THE SECRET!!!!!!!!!
DO THE SAME TO THE _SECOND_ HALF OF THE PUZZLE!
EVENTUALLY
IN MINUTES
OR HOURS
OR DAYS
YOU WILL SOLVE THE PUZZLE.
THIS ALSO WORKS WITH THE MOUSE
MOVING THE MOUSE
UP AND DOWN
THEN RIGHT
THEN LEFT
REPEATING THIS SEVERAL DOZEN TIMES....
IF YOU THINK THIS IS RIDICULOUS...
YOU'RE RIGHT!
AND YET YOU KEEP READING....
AS IF THERE'S SOMETHING HERE....
AND MAYBE THERE IS.
AND THEN AGAIN,
MAYBE NOT.
WELL, there IS.
I CAN TELL YOU THE *REAL SECRET* TO WINNING TILEZ CHALLENGE.
ARE YOU READY?
OF COURSE YOU ARE!
OR ELSE YOU WOULDN'T BE READING THIS.
RIGHT?
RIGHT!
SO WHAT'S THE SECRET?
THE SECRET TO WINNING TILEZ CHALLENGE IS
THE SECRET TO LIFE
WHICH IS
PERSISTENCE
DETERMINATION
(ISN'T THAT THE SAME THING?)
(No.)
LOVE
(Love?)
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS
(You mean like fractals?)
(what's a fractal?)
And finally,
PEACE.
PEACE?
PERSISTENCE, DETERMINATION, LOVE, ORDER OUT OF CHAOS, PEACE
AND RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS.
IT'S ALL THESE THINGS
AND MORE.....
OR LESS....
WHO'S TO SAY?
It takes intelligence.
And passion.
And a little luck [randomize();] to beat TILEZ CHALLENGE.
I THINK THAT'S IT.
IN FACT, I *KNOW* THAT'S IT.
Just when you think you've seen everything there is to see,
Hear everything there is to be heard,
Smell everything there is to smell,
(Smell?)
Taste everything there is to taste,
(I'm hungry)
(be quiet!)
Feel all there is to feel,
Something else appears,
Or rubs against our noses
And fills us with delight
or something else
in any case
Have a NICE DAY.
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