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- PATIENCE 10, Version 4.00 - DESCRIBE.DOC -
P A T I E N C E 1 0
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Version 4.00
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D E S C R I P T I O N A N D
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A U T H O R I N F O R M A T I O N
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Last updated: June, 1993
This file includes sample descriptions which you may use to describe
the PATIENCE 10 package.
Disk Vendors and Distributors please refer to the VENDOR.DOC text
file for more information.
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Program Information:
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For consistency and to help users locate the files, please use the
following file names:
If the programs and documentation are in separate archive files,
please use the following names (both must be posted):
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PATDOC40.ZIP File/Program Title and Version Number
If the programs and documentation are contained within a single
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extension (PAK, ARC, LZH, ZOO, etc.).
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- PATIENCE 10, Version 4.00 - DESCRIBE.DOC -
Category:
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Solitaire Card Game System
Program Name:
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PATIENCE 10
Short Description:
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PATIENCE 10 features a collection of 10 popular and addictive
solitaire card games all run from a single menu. The games include
Accordion, Canfield, Dimaryp, Eliminate, Golf, Klondike, Nestor,
Pyramid, Stacker, and Vegas. Each game features its own best scores
table. Best scores are determined using everything from cards
remaining and mistakes made to the time it took to play.
Documentation covers rules and strategies for all ten games. Screen
sensitive Help and an Undo feature are also supported. A MOUSE is
fully supported and custom color setup is available on registered
versions.
Long Description:
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PATIENCE 10 features a collection of 10 popular and addictive
solitaire card games all run from a single menu. The games include:
Accordion- Play each card from the deck one at a time to
the tableau. Move the newly played card 1 or 3 to the left
matching on rank or suit. Continue until the deck is empty.
Canfield - Build a tableau of 4 piles and a talon of 13 cards.
First card on the foundation determines its starting rank.
Play all cards on the foundation to win.
Dimaryp - Start with a base of 7 cards. Match rank or suit on
any two cards on the base building up to the top of a
pyramid. To win, finish the pyramid with cards remaining.
Eliminate- Start with 10 stacks of 2 cards each. Remove each
stack that adds to be a multiple of 5. Add one more card to
each stack. Continue until the deck is empty.
Golf - Start with 7 piles of 5 cards. Match each tableau
card with the hand, either one higher or one lower in rank.
Continue until the tableau is empty.
Klondike - Classic solitaire. Start with a tableau of 7 piles
of 1 to 7 cards. Build on the foundation starting with Ace.
Win when all cards are on the foundation.
Nestor - Create a tableau of 8 piles of 6 cards each. Remove
all matching cards in two's.
Pyramid - Start with a pyramid of 1 card at the top, to 7 cards
at the base. Remove card combinations that add to 13. Win
when all cards are discarded.
Stacker - Start with 4 stacks of 3 cards each. Remove top or
bottom cards that create three card combinations that add to
10, 20, or 30. Win when all four stacks are eliminated.
Vegas - Variation on Klondike. Only go through the hand one
time.
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Each game features its own resettable best scores table. Best scores
are determined using everything from cards remaining and mistakes made
to the time it took to play.
On-disk documentation covers rules and strategies for all ten games.
Most of the documentation is covered on the screen-sensitive help
screens including examples of game play.
The PATIENCE 10 game system provides custom color setup, best
scores table maintenance, an undo feature, screen sensitive help, and
hot keys to turn on and off sound, error checking, and best scores
tracking. A MOUSE is fully supported.
Quotes from Reviews, Articles and Users:
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Here is what some shareware distributors say about PATIENCE 10.
Public Brand Software:
Four stars, "Excellent program. An invaluable addition to
our library".
Shareware Express:
Number 15 on the best-seller list.
Some PATIENCE 10 registered users put it in their own words:
"I found PATIENCE a Screaming Delite..."
- Wm Hoaglin, Bella Vista, AR
"I have enjoyed many hours of pleasure from your assortment of
games. In fact, these are the only games I take the time to play on
my computer." - Irene Luckham, St. Petersburg, FL
"I'm very pleased with this: ease of use as well as graphics and
layout...I appreciate the documentation that came with the
shareware." - Marilee J. Layman, Arlington, VA
"We received your program today. We have played all the games
several times by 2330 hrs. We are most pleased by the program
contents and supporting documentation."
- K-C Morgan, Grass Valley, CA
"Your instructions are the best I've found yet in Shareware--clear,
concise, and spelled right..." - PA LeBeau, Punta Gorda, FL
"...I think the PATIENCE software is an amazing amount of
entertainment for a very small price." - NB Roberts, Cincinnati, OH
"...has cost me a lot of sleep, though - keep wanting to play 'one
more game!'" - D Haggerty, Randolph, NJ
"...the entire family is helplessly addicted."
- B McClure, Salt Lake City, UT
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"Thanks for making such a great program available at a most
reasonable price." - T Gatlin, San Angelo, TX
"Your solitaire is the BEST! (but addictive!!)"
- N Hodge, Eugene, OR
"...I play them at work to my detriment. But since I am boss, no
one says much." - D Bryan, Danby, VM
"They are more than I expected. When I finally got to try them
out...I really liked them." - Gregory Peck, Pitcher, NY
Registration Information:
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Registration Fee: US$10.00 U.S. and Canada
US$15.00 Foreign
Registered User Receives:
Registered version of PATIENCE 10 w/setup utilities and NO
shareware screens
Mail support
Notification of product upgrades and new CoCoWare releases
Author/Publisher Information:
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CoCoWare is a small software company owned and operated by David
Cowles. PATIENCE 10 copyright (c) 1990-1993 CoCoWare all rights
reserved.
At CoCoWare we believe that the PRIMARY purpose of business is
service, not profit. This concept is fundamental to our approach to
product development, production and marketing.
CoCoWare has been producing top quality computer software at
reasonable prices, continuously, since 1989. To date we have two
shareware releases. They are:
Product Original Release Date Latest Release Date
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PATIENCE 10 June 30, 1989 February 10, 1993
PATIENCE ABROAD May 1, 1993 May 1, 1993
Please feel free to contact me (David Cowles) at any time if you have
any questions, comments or suggestions. I can be reached by mail at
the following address:
David Cowles (913) 435-2039 - day
CoCoWare (913) 273-9731 - night
P.O. Box 67623
Topeka, KS 66667-0623 NOTE: above phone numbers are
U.S.A. highly subject to change
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