Montana Solitaire, Version 2.2 ------------------------------ Written by James Lee, jlee@seahorsesoft.com.com Seahorse Software, http://www.seahorsesoft.com/ Price: US$5.00 Please support my efforts by registering this program. Thank you! ------------------------- Changes From Last Version ------------------------- Note: You must delete any version of Montana Solitaire prior to 2.0. Not doing so is not harmful, but you will not be using the most recent version. - Fixed to a bug that showed up if you had the "Place Blanks Randomly" option turned off and played for a long time. It would generate a Fatal Exception upon exiting Montana. - Added new Online Help system. -------- Overview -------- NOTE: In the UNREGISTERED version, the game starts over everytime you play it. Statistics are not saved, and there is a shareware notice. Please consider registering. Montana Solitaire (also known as Station, Blue-Moon, Gaps) Object: To order all of the cards in 4 rows of increasing order from 2 to K, one single suit per row. Initial Deal: All 52 cards are dealt face up into 4 rows, 13 cards each. The Aces are then removed to create 4 blank spaces. Moving a Card: Any card can be moved to a blank spot, provided it: - is one rank higher than the card to the left of the blank - is the same suit as the card to the left of the blank Only 2's may be placed at the beginning of a row, and nothing can be placed after a King. Tapping on the card you want to move will automatically move it to it's correct spot, if it is a valid move. Re-Deal: All unordered cards (those not in sequence, beginning with the 2 at the left most side) of each row are picked up, and shuffled thoroughly with the Aces. The cards are put down again behind each of the remaining rows; subsequently the Aces are removed again to create four new gaps. The number of re-deal times can be set in the Settings. Scoring: 1 point for each card in sequence beginning with the 2 of that suit in the left most spot. Game Over: The game automatically ends when either all the cards are placed in order, or there are no re-deals left and no possible move. If all of the cards are placed in order, then a new hand is dealt, and the Score keeps increasing. Note that the Re-Deals are not reset. Undo: Undoes the last move only. See the Settings menu for game play options. ---------- Disclaimer ---------- Even though I have tried my best to make a quality program that does no harm, sometimes sneaky little bugs rear their ugly heads. Thus, I can not be held accountable for data loss or harm done to you or your PalmPilot. I also can not be held accountable if your boss catches you playing this game at work ;-) Montana Solitaire, the Palm OS(r) game, is Copyright 2000 by James Lee. --> This program may NOT be redistributed on any type of media without the express consent of the author <--