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                  H O L L Y ' S  N U M D R O P S

                           Version 1

                  Copyright 1991, Wayne Zimmerle

                   Recommended for ages 3 to 6

Holly's Numdrops may be used for a trial period of 1 month.
Please feel free to pass copies on to your friends.

Shareware dealers and BBSs have permission to distribute copies of
Holly's Numdrops as long as all the files are intact and only a
nominal copy fee is charged.

To begin play type num and press enter.

These are the files that go with Holly's Numdrops Version 1,
num.exe, numdrops.doc, order.frm, prntdoc.bat and order.bat.

Minimum requirements are an IBM XT or compatible with 256K ram
and a CGA card.  (It will run with a simcga type program on a
monochrome monitor.)  Program speed is set for a 10Mhz XT.  The
default speed selection is 5.  Simply press ENTER to accept this
selection.  Normal speed is set up for an XT running at 10 mhz.
(Find the speed that suits your child.  Remember the higher levels
increase in speed.)

There are 10 levels to Holly's Numdrops.  They get progressively
harder with each level.  A parent or older adult may want to run
through the instructions and help the child get started the first
couple of times.

The player may quit at anytime between levels by pressing n or N or
the ESC key.  To continue play at a higher level simply press y or Y
or ENTER to continue the game.  The player may also quit anytime simply
by pressing the ESC key.  (Even during play.)

Level 1 to 3  have the numbers 1 to 10 flash on across the bottom
of the screen.  You may want to point this out to the younger ones.

Level 1 (SAME AS) ( = )  is the simplest in that all the player has
to do is press the same number that is falling to climb up a rung
of his or her ladder.  If the falling number reaches the bottom of
the screen before the correct key is pressed Mugsy gets to climb up
a level of his ladder.  If Mugsy ever gets all the way to the top
Mugsy and Bugsy will rain numbers down on the picnic and the game
is over.

Level 2 (NEXT ONE) ( + ) is like level 1 except this time the
player must press the next number after the falling number in order
to climb up the ladder to get to the next level.

Level 3 (BEFORE) ( - ) is like level 1 and 2 except that now the
player must press the number which comes before the falling number
to climb up the ladder.

Level 4, 5 and 6 are just like level 1, 2 and 3 except the hint
numbers are no longer shown.  The falling numbers also fall faster.

Level 7, 8 and 9 are like 4, 5 and 6 except again they are faster.
The other difference here is that the player only gets one try to
get the correct response. (Some parents may find that their children
are bright enough to figure out that on levels 1 to 6 they can hit
all the keys one at a time until they get the correct response.)

Level 10 is the hardest and last level.  If the child can get
beyond this they can probably now count to 10 forward and backward.
They will also have grasped the concepts of =, + and -.  The falling
numbers alternate between =, + and - in a random fashion on this last
level.  The child still only gets one chance per falling number.

If your child enjoys this game the registration fee is $15.00.
With this registration he or she will also receive a very similar
game, Holly's Bignumdrops, for the numbers between 10 and 100.  And
to sweeten the deal two packages of candy.  One for each game to be
given to the child the first time he or she completes the game on
his or her own.

There is also available another game, Holly's Letsdrop, which does
for the alphabet what Holly's Numdrop does for numbers.  It has 13
levels using both upper and lowercase letters.  It uses the same
before and after theme to teach the child the alphabet backward and
forward.  (If someone asks you what comes before r, do you have to
go a b c etc?  Once the child masters Holly's Letsdrop he or she
will know immediately.)  The registration fee for Holly's Letsdrop
is only $15.00.  It also comes with a package of candy to reward
the child for the first time that he or she completes the game.

You may want to qualify the above by adding that level 10 must be
reached using a certain speed selection.  Or you may supply your own
reward for each time a player reaches the end of level 10 at a higher
speed.  Another option would to be to dole out the reward in parts.
Like so much for reaching level 3 and so much for level 6 or even
something for finishing each level.  Use your imagination and do what
is best with your particular child.

You  can register Holly's Numdrops and Holly's Letsdrop together at
a special price of $25.00.  You get Holly's Bignumdrops and 3
packages of candy with this.  (A sweet deal.)

The phone number for registered user support is 309-686-0192.

Make checks payable to Zimco.


Send registrations to Zimco
                      514 W. Loucks, #2
                      Peoria, Il  61604

You will be asked if you would like to have an order form printed
out whenever you quit Holly's Numdrops.  Simply press y if you
would like to have the order form printed out.  You may also type
order from the dos prompt to print out the order form.