From machf@jro.igp.gob.pe Mon Sep 16 07:14 PDT 1996

Well, here's more or less what my card games are about. I originally wrote
them with their publication in a local magazine in mind, so they are in
Spanish.

CARDPAK1 contains:

-OCHOLOCO: a revised, debugged and improved version of Antic's Crazy
Eights program, published some time in 1985 (which I am acknowledging).
You use the cursor keys and space bar to select the card or action you want
to take (or was it the number keys for the action? Can't remeber now...).

-DOMINO: well, that's not a card game... but its structure is very similar. You
get 7 dominoes, as does the computer, and have to match them with the
'ends' (shown as a sigle domino) of the dominoes on the table. You can either
put a domino on the table, steal one from the pile, or pass.

-PIRAMIDE: that's a (partially) joystick-driven version of the game known by
MS Windows users as "Tut's Tomb"... since my aunt taught it to me long
before Windows was released, the bottom line has only 6 cards (for a total of
21 cards on the table). You can select (by moving the joystick up and down)
between stealing a new card from the deck, playing cards from the table, or
using the top card from the discard pile. The idea is to take pairs of cards
which add to 13; kings are taken alone. If you feel frustrated by the game,
you can hit START at any time, and the deck will be shuffled again. I am
planning to write a version with proper joystick-control (no menu options to
choose from, simply click on the proper place)


CARDPAK2 contains:

-KLONDIKE: the classic solitaire game. This one was the first completely
joystick-driven I wrote. If you don't know the rules, get a printout from the
Windows version... that's the faster way ;-)
Too lazy to do that?  OK, then I'll tell you that the idea is to order all four suits,
starting with the aces, which are automatically placed in the proper place.
Meanwhile, you can build descending series of alternating colors, placing the
lowest-ranging cards over the highest-ranging. Kings can be moved to any
free spaces on the table. (sorry,there is no 'undo' feature) START restarts
the game with a new shuffle any time you have lost your patience.

-CRUEL: also fully joystick-driven. You can also get the rules from the
Windows version.
Here, the objective is again to re-build the suits. But this time, you can pile the
cards in descending order, same suit only, no group moving allowed. You can
retrieve the cards and lay them again on the table by groups of 4 by clicking
on the "DEAL" ("DAR") button. Again, START is for the frustrated players.

-MSWEEPER: this one is in TurboBASIC XL. It's no card game, of course, but
a version I wrote of the Windows 'Minesweeper' game. Use the joystick to move
around, the firebutton to click on which you consider a safe place, OPTION to
mark a 'bomb spot', SELECT to select the difficulty level, START to (re-)start
the game. The numbers in each cell tell you how many bombs surround that
cell. This game requires a great amount of logic dexterity...


CARDPAK3 Contains:

-FREECELL:

-TUTSTOMB:

-GOLF:


CREDITS:

Marco Antonio
Checa  Funcke

JTKirk@usa.net
JTKirk@hotmail.com
mcheca@li.urp.edu.pe