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TOMMY'S HIDDEN-WORDS (C) COPYRIGHT 1987 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CATALOG #87-082-1A
INSTRUCTIONS:
THIS PROGRAM GENERATES FUN HIDDEN-WORD PUZZLES FROM A LIST OF RELATED WORDS
OR PHRASES. THE PUZZLE IS DISPLAYED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THE
PHRASE LIST ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. YOU USE THE 4 ARROW KEYS ON THE NUMERIC
KEY PAD TO MOVE THE CURSOR ABOUT THE PUZZLE, THE SPACE BAR TO 'REGISTER'
(CIRCLE) THE LETTERS IN A PHRASE, AND THE <ENTER> KEY TO CHECK IF THE
REGISTERED PHRASE IS CORRECT.
LEVELS OF PLAY:
THERE ARE 9 LEVELS OF PLAY, DIFFERENTIATED BY WHETHER THE PHRASES MAY
OVERLAP (SHARE COMMON SQUARES) IN THE PUZZLE; WHETHER THE PHRASES MAY WRAP
AROUND THE EDGES OF THE PUZZLE (GOING OUT ONE EDGE AND BACK IN THE OPPOSITE
EDGE); AND BY THE PATTERN THEY ARE LAID OUT IN: STRAIGHT LINE (HORIZONTAL,
VERTICAL, DIAGONAL), OR SNAKING PATTERN (MEANDERING SQUARE BY SQUARE).
LEVEL PHRASES WRAP AROUND LAID IN
OVERLAP? EDGES?
1,7 NO NO STRAIGHT LINE
2 NO YES STRAIGHT LINE
3,8 NO NO SNAKING PATTERN
4 NO YES SNAKING PATTERN
5,9 YES NO STRAIGHT LINE
6 YES YES STRAIGHT LINE
NOTE:
IN LEVELS 1-6, THE PHRASE LIST IS DISPLAYED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF
THE SCREEN; IN LEVELS 7-9, IT IS NOT.
PHRASES:
THE PHRASE LIST ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN MAY INCLUDE LETTERS,
BLANKS, PUNCTUATION, AND NUMBERS. IN PUZZLES, ALL THE NON-ALPHABETIC
CHARACTERS, AND BLANKS, ARE REMOVED. THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF A PHRASE (ON THE
RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN) IS 18 CHARACTERS AND THE MINIMUM LENGTH (IN
THE PUZZLE ITSELF) IS 2 CHARACTERS.
SCORE:
YOUR SCORE IS 9999 MINUS THE NUMBER OF SECONDS IT TAKES YOU TO SOLVE ALL THE
PHRASES IN THE PUZZLE (9999 SECONDS IS 166-2/3 MINUTES: IF YOU TAKE LONGER
THAN THAT YOU LOSE).
TO PLAY:
USE THE NUMERIC KEY PAD TO MOVE THE HILIGHTED CURSOR. HIT THE SPACE BAR KEY
TO REGISTER A LETTER IN YOUR CURRENT GUESS: WHEN YOUR GUESS IS COMPLETE, HIT
THE <ENTER> KEY TO CHECK WHETHER THE GUESS SCORES. IF ALL THE REGISTERED
LETTERS REVEAL A PHRASE OF THE PUZZLE, AND NO OTHER, IT IS SCORED FOR YOU.
TO UNREGISTER A LETTER (CHANGE YOUR MIND): MOVE THE CURSOR OVER THE LETTER AND
HIT THE SPACE BAR KEY AGAIN.
ALTERNATE WAY TO MOVE THE CURSOR:
YOU CAN USE THE KEYBOARD KEYS W,A,X,D TO MOVE THE CURSOR INSTEAD OF THE
ARROW KEYS ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD.
AUTOSAVE AND AUTORESTORE:
IF YOU TRY TO QUIT THE PROGRAM IN THE MIDDLE OF A PUZZLE, THE GAME WILL BE
AUTOMATICALLY SAVED ON THE FILES HWORDS.TMP AND HWORDS.SCN ON THE DEFAULT
DOS PATH. (NOTE: DON'T CONFUSE THIS WITH FILE HWORDS.SCR, THE HIGH SCORE
FILE.)
WHEN YOU RERUN THE PROGRAM, THE GAME IS AUTOMATICALLY RESTORED; IF YOU WANT
TO RUN THE PROGRAM WITHOUT AUTORESTORE, YOU WILL HAVE TO DELETE OR RENAME
THESE 2 FILES.
TO ABORT THE CURRENT PUZZLE AND START A NEW ONE: HIT THE "#" KEY ANYTIME THE
PROGRAM IS WAITING FOR YOU TO MOVE THE CURSOR.
AFTER YOU HAVE SOLVED THE ENTIRE PUZZLE:
THE GAME FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY SAVED, THEN THE HIGH SCORE FILE IS UPDATED.
IF YOU NOW IMMEDIATELY EXIT THE PUZZLE, YOU HAVE THE COMPLETED GAME SAVED
ON THE 2 FILES HWORDS.TMP AND HWORDS.SCN, WHICH YOU CAN THEN COPY SOMEWHERE
TO ANOTHER DOS PATH, OR RENAME; IF YOU DON'T EXIT, THE PROGRAM DELETES THE
GAME SAVE FILES AND STARTS A NEW PUZZLE.
---------FUNCTION KEYS--------
TO QUIT: HIT FUNCTION KEY F1.
TO TOGGLE SOUND ON AND OFF: HIT FUNCTION KEY F2.
DEMO MODE:
FUNCTION KEY F9 TOGGLES THE DEMO MODE ON AND OFF. IN DEMO MODE, THE PROGRAM
MERELY SHOWS WHERE THE HIDDEN PHRASES WERE AND STARTS A NEW PUZZLE. YOU CAN
FLIP INTO DEMO MODE TO 'SKIP' A PUZZLE: THEN FLIP BACK OUT OF DEMO MODE
BEFORE THE DESIRED PUZZLE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DISPLAYED.
NOTE THAT THE SCORE IS RESET TO ZERO EVERY TIME THIS KEY IS PRESSED, ALSO
THAT AFTER THE COMPUTER GIVES AWAY THE SOLUTION, THE GAME CAN NO LONGER BE
SAVED.
NOTE:
THE LEGENDS FOR FUNCTION KEYS F2 AND F9 INDICATE THE MODE THAT WILL BE ENTERED
BY PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
TO CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR (COLOR MONITORS ONLY): HIT FUNCTION KEY F10.
TO CHANGE THE PUZZLE BACKGROUND COLOR (COLOR MONITORS ONLY): HIT F8.
TO DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS: HIT FUNCTION KEY F5.
INITIAL SCREEN COLORS:
WHEN RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS, YOU CAN ENTER THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS
ON THE COMMAND LINE:
M PUTS EVERYTHING ON THE SCREEN IN WHITE ON BLACK (FOR
THOSE WHO PLUG MONO MONITORS INTO COLOR GRAPHICS ADAPTER
CARDS)
C PUTS EVERYTHING IN COLOR (AUTOMATIC BUT JUST IN CASE YOU
CAN FORCE IT WITH THIS SWITCH)
S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
FOR COLOR MONITORS ONLY:
B1,...,BF BORDER COLORS 0,1,...,15 (BLACK,BLUE,...,HILITED WHITE)
G1,...,G6 BACKGROUND COLORS 0,1,...,6 (BLACK,BLUE,...,BROWN)
A WHEN THE BORDER COLOR IS BLACK, THE BOTTOM 4 LINES OF
THE SCREEN ARE ALSO MADE BLACK, REGARDLESS OF THE
BACKGROUND COLOR SELECTED. TO AVOID THIS, USE THE A
PARAMETER, WHICH WILL CAUSE THE SCREEN TO BE ALL SOLID
BACKGROUND COLOR.
EXAMPLES:
>HWORDS MS
>HWORDS B1G1
>HWORDS B8G5A
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