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- !Explode
-
- Version 1.00 by Mike Williams.
-
- Version 2.00 by D. Salt. Is much as version 1.00
- except for a few tweaks to get it to run on the
- desktop at an acceptable speed on ARM2 machines;
- also a few colour changes.
-
- !Cluster is a tactical game. The objective is to
- remove all the opposing player's counters from the
- board.
-
- When a square has the same number of counters on it
- as there are squares surrounding it, its contents
- are scattered to those adjacent squares, adding a
- counter to each. If a counter is scattered into a
- square containing counters belonging to the
- opposing player, those counters are captured
- (change colour).
-
- You are blue. The computer plays orange.
-
- Use the mouse to indicate your move.
-
- When it is your turn, the !Explode icon (on the
- icon bar) will be shown as three blue discs. When
- the pointer is over the game window, it will be
- shown as a blue disc with an arrowhead attached.
-
- When it is the computer's turn, the !Explode icon
- will be shown as three orange discs. The percentage
- indicator shows how much thinking the computer has
- done when it is its turn; otherwise, it shows
- '--%'.
-
- Endgame is indicated by the discs in the !Cluster
- being coloured light green. Click on this icon or
- the game window to start a new game, or, if you
- wish to change the board size...
-
- The size of the playing area may be altered by
- using the 'New game' submenu. Click on the arrows
- to alter it, or on 'OK' (or 'New game') to set the
- size and start a new game.
-