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Triple Yahoo! 1.0 Copyright ⌐ 1993 by Dan Puraty - All rights reserved.
1/4/93 - Initial Release
WHAT IS TRIPLE YAHOO!?
Triple Yahoo! is a game for Windows 3.x similar to the popular
Triple Yahtzee board game, by Milton Bradley. Players roll
animated dice and score in different categories to gain points.
When all scores are made, the player with the most points is
the winner. Triple Yahoo! supports user-configurable Windows 3.1
sound effects via .WAV files if a sound board is installed.
Triple Yahoo! is Shareware, and a registration fee of $10 is
required if used past the 30-day evaluation period.
FILES CONTAINED IN THIS RELEASE
README.TXT Documentation (this file)
LICENSE.TXT License Agreement / Warranty Disclaimer
ORDER.TXT Order Form
VENDOR.TXT Distribution Information / Suggestions
TYAHOO.EXE Required Executable File
TYAHOO.CFG User Preferences File
TYAHOO.HI High Scores File
ATTENTN.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Attention"
READY.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Ready"
ROLL.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Roll Dice"
SORRY.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Sorry"
WINNER.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Winner"
MCI.VBX Required Support File
THREED.VBX Required Support File
(1) Required if wave audio sound is desired
INSTALLATION
To install the evaluation version of Triple Yahoo!, create a
subdirectory and copy all the included files into this sub-
directory. Copy the file VBRUN200.DLL (distributed separately,
and available for free) to either this same subdirectory or
into the Windows "System" subdirectory. If you have multiple
programs that require VBRUN200.DLL to run, it is better to
put a single copy in the Windows System subdirectory rather
than to have duplicates in different subdirectories on your
hard disk.
STARTING TRIPLE YAHOO!
To start Triple Yahoo!, you can simply double-click on TYAHOO.EXE
from the file manager, or define a new program item in the Program
Manager. Once started, you must enter the names of the players.
Choose NEW GAME from the FILE menu, enter the player(s) names,
and click CONTINUE. Click the ROLL button and you're off!
OPTIONS
You can change certain program settings from the OPTIONS menu,
and save them to disk by choosing SAVE SETTINGS. The options are:
Sound Effects: Wave Audio (MCI) plays digitized sounds
PC Speaker (beeps) beeps the PC speaker
Sound Off no sound
Roll Animation: Can be turned off for slower PC's
CUSTOM SOUND EFFECTS
Custom sound effects can be used by replacing any of the included
five .WAV files with your own. Files must be named as indicated.
PLAYING TRIPLE YAHOO!
To play Triple Yahoo!, players take turns rolling the dice and
scoring points. After each roll, possible scores are displayed in
red, and zero scores in grey. You can choose where to score at
any time possible scores are displayed by clicking on the desired
score position. If you choose to re-roll, click on the undesired
dice and press the ROLL button. Each player gets up to three
rolls before they must choose a score. Sometimes a score of zero
must be chosen, and is best taken from the single score column.
There are three columns for scoring. The first scores single point
values, the second scores double, and the third scores triple.
If the point values of "Ones" through "Sixes" total 63 or higher,
a bonus of 35 is given (3-of-a-kind in each category is required to
get 63 points). The Double and Triple columns require multiples of
63, respectively, and receive double and triple bonus values.
When the board is filled, the game is over. The player with the
most points is the winner and is automatically entered in the
high-scores file if qualified.
SCORING
Point values for Triple Yahoo! are as follows:
Ones only 1's are scored
Twos only 2's are scored
Threes only 3's are scored
Fours only 4's are scored
Fives only 5's are scored
Sixes only 6's are scored
Three of a Kind must have 3-of-a-kind, all dice are scored
Four of a Kind must have 4-of-a-kind, all dice are scored
Full House must have 2-of-a-kind AND 3-of-a-kind, score 25
Small Straight must have a sequence of 4, score 30
Large Straight must have a sequence of 5, score 40
Yahoo! must have 5-of-a-kind, score 50
Pot Luck total of all dice is scored
REGISTRATION
Triple Yahoo! is copyrighted Shareware. This is an evaluation copy
valid for 30-days. Any use Triple Yahoo! after the 30-day trial
period is in violation of federal copyright laws. Read the file
LICENSE.TXT for the license agreement and warranty disclaimer.
Distribution information and description suggestions are contained
in the file VENDOR.DOC.
To register Triple Yahoo!, print the file ORDER.TXT and send with
your check for $10 to:
Dan Puraty
3536 Kent Road
Stow, Ohio 44224
Registered users will receive the latest non-Shareware version on
diskette.
I also welcome any comments you may have about Triple Yahoo!.
Thank you in advance for supporting the Shareware concept!
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Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.
Triple Yahtzee is a registered trademark of Milton Bradley Co.