Copyright: Help Pre-Compiler v3.0 (C) Antonio Cordero


Author
Main programmer information.

Lane Waters.

Software engineer.

Lane has written several arcade games for various companies.

He has also written accounting software and systems software.

His programming languages mainly consist of C and Assembly Language.

Before moving over to Windows, he programmed on the Commodore Amiga.


Book
Here is a great book.

You may want to get a solitaire book to get pointers on the games.  More

detailed rules would also be available.  It would take an entire book to

write the detailed rules to all the games.  Suggestion:

The Complete Book of Solitaire and Patience Games

By Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith

Copyright 1949 by Longman's Green and Company, Inc.

Copyright 1977 by Albert H. Morehead and Geoffrey Mott-Smith

A Bantam Book / Published by arrangement with David McKay Company, Inc.


Catalog
Product catalog.

All programs run in Windows.

1. Funsol solitaire game.

2. Funpok video poker game.

3. Inside World graphical role playing game.

4. Registering these games.


Classic
Here is a list of the classic card games in Funsol(tm).

There should be something for every type of player.

First for the one deck games.

  1. Aces Up

  2. Agnes

  3. Auld Lang Syne

  4. Baker's Dozen

  5. Beleaguered Castle

  6. Bisley

  7. Bristol

  8. Canfield

  9. Carpet

10. Chameleon

11. Chessboard

12. Captive Queens

13. Citadel

14. Dutchess

15. Eagle Wing

16. Easthaven

17. Eight Off

18. Elevens

19. Five Piles

20. Fifteens

21. Flower Garden

22. Fortress

23. Fortune's Favor

24. Four Seasons

25. Fourteen Out

26. Gate

27. Golf

28. Good Measure

29. King Albert

30. Klondike

31. La Belle Lucie

32. Nestor

33. Old Patience

34. Osmosis

35. Peek

36. Perseverance

37. Puss in Corner

38. Rainbow

39. Russian Solitaire

40. Scorpion

41. Shamrocks

42. Simplicity

43. Spiderette

44. Storehouse

45. Strategy

46. Streets and Alleys

47. Super Flower Garden

48. Superior Demon

49. Tam O'Shanter

50. Thirteens

51. Tens

52. Thumb and Pouch

53. Trefoil

54. Westclif

55. Will O' the Wisp

56. Whitehead

57. Yukon

Here are the two deck games.

  1. Alhambra

  2. Blockade

  3. Blondes and Brunettes

  4. Busy Aces

  5. Colorado

  6. Congress

  7. Contradance

  8. Courtyard

  9. Deuces

10. Diplomat

11. Double Fan

12. Falling Star

13. Fan

14. Fanny

15. Forty Thieves

16. Frog

17. Gargantua

18. General Patience

19. Grand Duchess

20. House on the Hill

21. Indian

22. Limited

23. Lucas

24. Maria

25. Miss Milligan

26. Mount Olympus

27. Napoleon's Square

28. Number Ten

29. Parisienne

30. Patriarchs

31. Rank and File

32. Red and Black

33. Royal Rendezvous

34. Spider

35. Square

36. Streets

37. Sultan


Company
Company information.

Send payment to:

 	The Softgame Company of Vermont Sales Dept.

 	P. O. Box 841

 	Barnard, VT 05031

Other contacts:

The Softgame Company of Vermont Main Office

RR 2  Box 149-D

South Royalton, VT 05068

 	1-802-763-2638

 	Compuserve: 102574,2624

 	Internet: 102574.2624@compuserve.com


Cost
Here are the prices for our products.

1. Shareware Funsol (25 games)             $23.00

2. Professional Funsol (113 games)         $28.00

3. Shareware Funpok (32 machines)          $18.00

4. Professional Funpok (192 machines)      $23.00

5. Shareware Inside World (Three levels)   $28.00

6. Professional Inside World (Ten levels)  $33.00

7. Superset! All three professional games  $73.00


Credits
Product credits.

All of our products were made in the Green Mountain State.

1. Author.

2. Company.

3. Tools used.


Form
                              REGISTRATION FORM

Name_________________________________________________________________

Address______________________________________________________________

Town_______________________________State_____Zip_________ - _________

Telephone (______) - ________ - ___________E-mail____________________

Where did you find this program______________________________________

Processor: (circle one)     386         486         Pentium     P6

Memory: (circle one)        2MB         4MB         8MB         16MB+

Disk Drive: (circle one)    720K        1.44M

Shareware Funsol (25 games)                Amt____X $23 = $__________

Professional Funsol (113 games)            Amt____X $28 = $__________

Shareware Funpok (32 machines)             Amt____X $18 = $__________

Professional Funpok (192 machines)         Amt____X $23 = $__________

Shareware Inside World (Three levels)      Amt____X $28 = $__________

Professional Inside World (Ten levels)     Amt____X $33 = $__________

Superset! All three professional games     Amt____X $73 = $__________

Call discount if you called ahead          subtract:      $__________

Total enclosed                                            $__________

You can register through Compuserve.  Our ID# is 102574,2624.

Please make checks payable to The Softgame Company of Vermont.  All

checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank. Checks or money orders will be

accepted.  The programs will be sent as soon as payment arrives.

VT sales tax included.

Send payment to:

        The Softgame Company of Vermont Sales Dept.

        PO Box 841

        Barnard, VT 05031


Funpok
Introduction to Funpok(tm).

Funpok has 192 different machines, each with their own database of stats. (Professional version)

1. General Info.

2. Special features.

3. What you get.


Funpok Features
Funpok(tm) features.

1. Every machine has its own database of stats saved to disk.

2. Jackpot, Double-up and Casino machines.

3. Nickle, Dime, Quarter, Fifty cent, Dollar, Five dollar and Ten dollar machines.

4. Jacks or better in the shareware version.

5. Jacks or better, Joker/Ace-king, Joker/Two-pair, Joker/Deuces, Deuces wild and Tens or better in the professional version.

6. Plenty of preferences.

7. Realistic sound effects.  No annoying sounds!

8. Plenty of stats on game play history.

9. Large card graphics.


Funpok Get
Here is what you get for registering Funpok(tm).

1. 192 different machines in the Professional version, or 32 machines in the shareware version.  Each machine has its own database.

2. Saved stats to start you off.

3. Plus!


Funpok Info
Funpok(tm) information.

Funpok is a Windows video poker game. This program

is shareware.  The shareware version has 32 machines.  The Professional

version has 192 machines.  Except for the amount of games, there are

no other differences between the two versions.  If any new features are

added, they will be present in the your registered version.

To play Funpok, just copy the files to a directory and add the icon to

the Windows Program Manager.  There are several icons in the file to

choose from.  No changes are made to system files.  Windows 3.1, mouse,

VGA and two megs of FREE memory are required to run Funpok.  A

sound card is recommended.  A funpok.ini file is created in the windows

directory.  Use virtual memory if your computer has four megs or less

of memory.


Funsol Info
Introduction to Funsol(tm).

Funsol has a very large library of 113 solitaire games. (Professional version)

1. General Info.

2. Special features.

3. What you get for registering.

4. All those games.

5. Revision history.

6. Rules???


Funsol Features
Funsol(tm) Features.

1. Unlimited undo.

2. Card counter.

3. Saving of game and ALL moves made so far.

4. Powerful seed selection.

5. Plenty of preferences.

6. Show all cards (cheat).

7. Pop-up rule boxes for each game and each pile.

8. Valid move indicator.


Funsol Get
Here is what you get for registering Funsol(tm).

1. 113 entirely different solitaire games in the Professional version or 25 games in the shareware version.

2. Several saved games that can loaded and tried.

3. Plus!


Funsol Info
Funsol(tm) information.

Funsol is a Windows solitaire card game. This program

is shareware.  The shareware version has 25 games.  The Professional

version has 113 games.  Except for the amount of games, there are

no other differences between the two versions.  If any new features are

added, they will be present in the your registered version.

To play Funsol, just copy the files to a directory and add the icon to

the Windows Program Manager.  There are several icons in the file to

choose from.  No changes are made to system files.  Windows 3.1, mouse,

VGA and two megs of FREE memory are required to run Funsol.  A

sound card is recommended.  A funsol.ini file is created in the windows

directory.  Use virtual memory if your computer has four megs or less

of memory.


Funsol Revision
Funsol(tm) Revision history.

 1. Square has been renamed to Spaire because Square was already taken (see below).

 2. Error messages removed.  They did not work right and made game play impossible.  Mainly used for debugging.

 3. Improved movement rate selection.  There are four choices now.

 4. Most bug fixes would not be noticed by the average player, but several were fixed.  This program has been THOROUGHLY tested.

 5. These ten games have been added since the shareware release.

    Grand total: 113 games.

    Unique games:

     1. Monomoy

     2. Face Walk

    One deck games:

     2. Chessboard

    Two deck games:

     3. Falling Star

     4. Deuces

     5. Square (the unique game Square was renamed to Spaire)

     6. Courtyard

     7. Napoleon's Square

     8. Busy Aces

     9. Fan

    10. General Patience

  6. Help file updated.

  7. Cards pick up no matter where one clicks on a pile.

  8. Much less memory is required to run Funsol.

  9. Fixed Gargantua, only 100 cards were being dealt.


Games
Here is a list of the games in Funsol(tm).

1. Classic games.

2. Unique games.


Get
What do I get for registering?

Here is what you get for each game.

1. Funsol(tm).

2. Funpok(tm).

3. Inside World(tm).


Goodies
You will find at least these extras on the disk.

1. DICE.EXE is a simple dice rolling game that saves your high scores.

   You start with five dice.  Two additional dice are rolled and

   displayed next to the word HUMAN above your dice.  Just press PUSH

   to roll your five dice.  If any of the five dice match

   either of the two dice next to the word HUMAN above, they will be

   darkened and taken away.  Only the remaining dice can rolled if you

   decide to PUSH again.  If all the dice match, you lose all your dice

   and ALL points scored that round from previous rolls.  Don't push

   your luck too far.  Just press STOP to end your turn and keep your

   points for the round.  The computer plays against you in alternating

   turns.  There is a total of five rounds.  Any high scores made by you

   or the computer are saved, and can be displayed via the File menu.

   Press NEW to start over.

2. MAZE.EXE is just a self running demo of a maze generation program.  Watch

   the dots chase each other in the maze.

3. DOSSOL.EXE is the egg.  This is where it all started, as a DOS program.

   Press 'U' to undo (only one level of undo).  Press 'S' to restart the

   same game.  Press 'N' to start a new game.  Press 'E' to view all the

   cards.  Press ESC to exit.  This is Mackenzie only.  Run DOSSOL from

   the DOS prompt.


Inside
Introduction to The Inside World(tm).

The Inside World has ten levels of high quality levels. (Professional version)

1. General Info.

2. Special features.

3. What you get for registering.


InsideFeatures
Inside World(tm) features.

 1. Load and save games at anytime during the game.

 2. Hundreds of items and hints, dozens of spells, many monsters.

 3. Top view scrolling and first person perspective.

 4. Totally graphical.  Fast 256 color graphics in Windows.

 5. Dozens of sound effects and music.

 6. Heavily play tested.

 7. Everything is handled on one screen.

 8. Mouse and keyboard support.

 9. Real time action.  No turns.  Easy and fun fighting.

10. Gain experience and increase skills.

11. Two mapping systems.

12. No death, players just get tired and fall asleep for a while.

13. Inventory system sorts most item types.  Lunchbox, keyring etc...

14. Everything is actually shown, not just described.

15. No area is cut off during the game.  One can return to any area.

16. Growth, monster generation, birth, laying eggs and metamorphosis.


Inside Get
Here is what you get for registering The Inside World(tm).

1. Ten levels in the Professional version or three levels in the shareware version.

2. More spells, monsters and items on the extra levels in the professional version.

3. Plus!


Inside Info
Inside World(tm) info.

The Inside World is a Windows role playing game. This program

is shareware.  The shareware version has three levels.  The Professional

version has ten levels.  Except for the amount of levels, there are

no other differences between the two versions.  If any new features are

added, they will be present in the your registered version.

To install The Inside World, just copy the files to a directory and add

the icon to the Windows Program Manager.  There are several icons in the

file to choose from.  No changes are made to system files.  Windows 3.1 or

Windows 95, mouse, VGA and AT LEAST FOUR MEGS OF FREE MEMORY

ARE REQUIRED TO RUN The Inside World.  Use virtual memory if your

computer has less than eight megs of memory.  A sound card is recommended.


Plus
You get this for registereing any of our products.

1. Several free goodies on the disk.

2. Free shipping, disk, mailer and verification call.

3. Free shareware versions of our games.

4. The latest version of the program, and notification when newer versions are done.

5. Discounts off future software and very cheap updates.

6. Free updates of previous programs when you register new programs.

7. Removal of registration box at startup.

8. Free technical support.  Telephone or e-mail.

9. It's always proper to register useful software.


Register
Registering our products.

Here is some information on registering.

1. What do I get?

2. What is the cost?

3. Where do I send my payment?

4. Registration form. (use Print Topic from Help Menu)

5. $1 off if you prefer to call before registering.


Rules
How about the rules?

This has been a common question.

1. Right click on the individual piles to get the rules for each pile.

2. Right click on the background to get special game rules.

3. Here is a great book.


Saved
Saved games to try.

These saved games come with the registered version.

 1. DADD has five easy Daddy Long Legs saved games to try.  Each game

    has an unusual deal of the cards.  Can you find them?

 2. EQUI has nine easy Equinox games, and six hard ones.  They are hard,

    but can be solved.

 3. FIFT has nine easy Fifteens games.  The goal of these games is to end

    up with the 4 aces, the 4 twos and a three.  1+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+3 = 15.

 4. KLON had five hard Klondike games.  Now THESE are a challenge, but

    they can be solved with patience.  Just save and come back later.

 5. MACK has three easy Mackenzie games.  Try to complete it without making

    a SINGLE play to the foundations until the very end.  There are also

    14 hard games that will keep you busy for quite a while.

 6. MISC contains four unusual deals from various games.  Try the find the

    unusual combinations.

 7. MISS contains three hard Miss Milligan games.  Some took over two hours

    to solve.

 8. RAPT has an easy Raptor game, but try winning the eight hard games in

    this directory.

 9. TARA contains 13 easy Tarantula games, but have long straight flushes

    in them.  Try to win without disturbing the flushes until the very end.

    There is one hard game to try too.

10. TIMB has 25 easy Timber Hawk games, and seven hard ones.  Our play tester

    did not think she could ever solve them again, but she did once.  There

    is also a file called HARDEST.GAM that was solved once too, but don't

    even bother with that one!


Tools
Tools used to make our products.

Our products are written entirely in C/C++.

1. Visual C/C++ and Application Studio by Microsoft Corporation were used for programming.

2. Deluxe Paint by Electronic Arts was used for graphics.

3. Soundo'LE by Creative Labs was used for sound.

4. Midisoft Sessions by Midisoft was used for the music.

5. Help Pre-Compiler by Antonio Cordero Balcazar was used to make this help file.


Unique
Unique games.

Here are some unique games found only in Funsol.

Some of them are easier versions of classic games.

Here are the one deck games.

  1. Burnt Paw

  2. Daddy Long Legs

  3. Equinox

  4. Face Walk

  5. Great Bear

  6. Kings Up

  7. Mackenzie

  8. Monomoy

  9. Pelican

10. Raptor

11. Spaire

12. Tarantula

13. Timber Hawk

Here are two deck versions of some of the above games.

  1. Daddy Long Legs

  2. Mackenzie

  3. Mrs Lamminen

  4. Tarantula

Here are two four deck versions.

  1. Daddy Long Legs

  2. Mackenzie


Verification
I want to be sure I get my product when I register!

You can call the company before registering if you so wish.

Some potential buyers prefer to do this.  The company is in excellent financial health though.

If you do call and leave your name and address, one dollar will be taken off your registration.


Welcome
Welcome to the Softgame Company of Vermont.

1. Catalog of products.

2. Registering products.

3. Company.

4. Credits.

5. Vendor and legal info.


Vendor
Vendor information for all games.

1. This program can be uploaded to any BBS.

2. This program can be given to a friend or users group.

3. This program can be given to disk and CD-ROM vendors.

4. This program can be uploaded to major on-line services such as CompuServe, GEnie, Delphi, Prodigy and AOL.

5. This program can be uploaded to FTPs and Internet.

6. This program can be uploaded to ASP member boards.

***Written permission is required for retail rack vending.***

Any conventional means of distribution is encouraged, but no one can

sell the program for profit.  Just charge enough to cover the price

of actually distributing the program, such as disks and shipping.

Please keep all the files together when distributing.

Please do not change any of the files.

Please do not distribute the registered versions of our games.

With respect to the physical disk, The Softgame Company of Vermont

warrants the same to be free of defects in materials and workmanship

for a period of 30 days from the date of purchase. In the event of

notification within the warranty period of defects in material or

workmanship, The Softgame Company of Vermont will replace the defective

diskette.  The extent of this warranty shall be limited to replacement

and shall not encompass any other damages, including but not limited to

loss of profit, and special, incidental, consequential, or other similar

claims.  This package is sold and distributed "as is".