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T U N E T R I V I A By William Lanke and Jan Eglen IBM PC and PCjr VERSION DESCRIPTION..........................................................2 HOW TO RUN THE PROGRAM...............................................2 Configuring your system.........................................3 PLAYING THE GAME.....................................................4 GAME INFORMATION.....................................................4 Game 1 - Simple version, no strategy............................5 Game 2 - Strategy version, weighted points......................6 Game 3 - Simultaneous version...................................6 Game 4 - Trivia questions only..................................6 MAINTENANCE..........................................................6 Tune maintenance................................................7 Programming a song..............................................8 Trivia maintenance..............................................9 REGISTRATION INFORMATION.............................................9 Copyright 1984, Signature Software, Inc., of Indiana. All Rights Reserved. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. DESCRIPTION TUNE TRIVIA is a game that features both tunes and trivia questions. It is played by humans. While TUNE TRIVIA is unique and exciting for one player, it truly qualifies as a super "parlor game" since up to six people may play at one time. It's one of the first games to use music as its primary sensory medium. The computer plays the most familiar part of a well-known song and you must guess the title in twenty seconds or less; a countdown clock on the screen lets you know how much time you have. Your average score is based on how long it takes you to name the song. The computer displays your score after each tune. There are more than two hundred songs in the program. There are four options to the basic game, which are described in detail a bit later: A simple version, a strategy version, and a simultaneous version. In addition, there's another option you can plug into any of these three game versions - answering trivia questions about music, ranging from the late nineteenth century to the present. The fourth game option is answering trivia questions only, without naming songs. There are two hundred questions in all; approximately half are fairly easy and the remainder are more challenging. The most ardent trivia buff will be hard pressed to correctly answer them all. Finally, there are maintenance programs included which let you alter the songs and/or the trivia questions. You can also enter your own. Music played on a computer is very precise because it's based on mathematical principles; therefore, the one-voice IBM sound system makes some songs sound slightly mechanical; great care has been taken, however, to make them as smooth-sounding and as recognizable as possible. HOW TO RUN THE PROGRAM To operate TUNE TRIVIA you'll need: - An IBM Personal Computer or PCjr with at least 128K of RAM (random access memory) and an IBM DOS (disk operating system). DOS version 1.1 and above is needed for the PC and version 2.1 is needed for the PCjr. - At least one disk drive. - An 80 column monochrome or a 40 or 80 column color display screen. - It's a good idea, also, to keep your computer operating instructions handy in case you need to refer to them from time to time. TUNE TRIVIA is started by placing the diskette in the default drive and entering TUNETRIV. The diskette is set up so that you can make it an auto starting program by placing a copy of DOS on the diskette. This is done with the SYS command. --2-- The first time TUNE TRIVIA is executed, you will need to configure your system to match the program to the type of monitor screen you have. At you try to run the game, you'll be asked the configuration you want to use. The screen shows: SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SCREEN OPTIONS. 1 - Monochrome monitor (80 columns) 2 - Color graphics board (80 columns) 3 - Color graphics board (40 columns) Press number corresponding to your system set-up. If you're using PCjr. the only choice above is 3, regardless of the type of monitor you're using. NOTE: When the command is PRESS, the program continues as soon as you make an entry. When the command is ENTER, you must enter whatever is requested and THEN press the ENTER key for the program to continue. If you press the wrong number by mistake, there's a MAINTENANCE program that allows you to re-configure at will. Next, the screen shows: Press the key indicating the drive containing the data files. Use X if the data resides with the programs. That is the normal set-up. Normally, you'll press X. The only time you wouldn't is if you had added many songs and questions to the point where the data had to be put on another disk. In that case... - If you have a two-drive system, press B and put the extra data disk in that drive. - If you have a one-drive system (e.g. PCjr), press A. As soon as you make the entry the program will run. While it's running the screen shows: Data disk will be checked for tunes and trivia questions. As soon as the check is made, you'll get a screen which shows the following based on the entries you made: There are 22 sets of tunes, and 21 sets of trivia questions. This data will reside on the default operating system drive. You are using a xxxxxxxxxxx monitor. The screen will display xx characters per line. --3-- Press any key to continue When you press any key to continue, you'll first see the TUNE TRIVIA logo. It is recognizable by little notes dancing across the screen with the WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE playing in the background. NOTE: To shorten the playing time of the TUNE TRIVIA logo, press ANY KEY EXCEPT ESC. IMPORTANT: If, after starting the game, questions are not visible and/or underlining of text occurs, you may have configured your screen incorrectly. For example, if you select screen option 3 (which requires the color/graphics board) on a system with only a monochrome board, questions and text would be directed to the board not installed and, therefore, would not be visible. The same situation will occur if you've configured TUNE TRIVIA for one system and then want to run it on a system with a different configuration. In either case, see the MAINTENANCE program. (Note: the configuration data is kept in the file SIGSOFT. Another way to force the configuration to be done is to erase the file SIGSOFT. The next time the program is run, it will start with the configuration questions.) PLAYING THE GAME To play the game, enter TUNETRIV at a DOS prompt. After the logo has run, the screen shows: TUNE TRIVIA There are four different types of games in TUNE TRIVIA. Select the one you wish by pressing the game number. Game Description 1 - Simple version, no strategy 2 - Strategy version, weighted points 3 - Simultaneous version 4 - Trivia questions only Once you make a choice of 1, 2, 3, or 4, the screen shows: You may answer trivia questions for bonus points. Press Y if this option is desired or N if not. After you've made your choice, another screen appears: Please answer the following questions. Number of players (1-6) --4-- This obviously means that up to six people can play at one time, or you may choose to have two teams or some other arrangement. If more than one person is playing, you'll get a repeat of the following question for as many people as the number you just entered up to six. Please enter the player names. Player 1 - xxxxxxxxxxxx And finally you'll answer the following question: Enter the number of rounds (1-50)? NOTE: A "round" is one song and/or trivia question per player. Remember you must hit the ENTER key whenever you are told to enter some piece of data. At this point the game will begin. - GAME INFORMATION - GAME 1 - SIMPLE VERSION, NO STRATEGY The songs are presented randomly and each is played for about twenty seconds. Try to guess the correct title within that time. A countdown clock appears on the screen when the song begins and stops as soon as you press any key indicating you know the title. Your AVERAGE scores is based on how quickly you do this EACH TIME. You've probably heard most of these songs before; the trick, however, is to remember the CORRECT title. The game has been programmed to recognize the exact title including correct punctuation if required, or two alternative keywords in the title that show you recognize the song. If you choose the trivia question option, each tune you name correctly will be followed by a bonus trivia question. Each of these is worth ten points if you answer correctly. When entering your answer, use the word "and" instead of an ampersand (&). For example, ONE AND TWO, not ONE & TWO. Also, to correct any typing error, use the BACKSPACE key. NOTE: IF you feel your answer to either the song title or the trivia question is correct when the computer has called it wrong, press the ESC key before you press a key to play the next song. This overrides the scoring system by showing the correct title or answer, and awarding you the points. This gives you some flexibility in your answer and allows you to say you had a correct answer the computer didn't consider. Also, if more than one person is playing, the final decision as to "correct or incorrect" can be left up to the opponents. This is the best version to start with until you're comfortable with the way the game is played. --5-- GAME 2 - STRATEGY VERSION, WEIGHTED POINTS This is played exactly as Game 1 with one exception: you may choose the number of seconds allowed (up to 20) in which to stop the clock and answer. The shorter time you pick, the more points the song is worth: 20 seconds = 20 points, 10 seconds = 30 points, 1 second = 40 points. Therefore, if you choose a low time and miss, your average can drop quite dramatically. You're gonna love it! GAME 3 - SIMULTANEOUS VERSION This allows head-to-head competition between up to six players, or between teams. The idea is to see who can recognize the tune the quickest - much like TV's "Name That Tune." Seat one player to the right of the keyboard, one to the left, and crowd in anyone else playing in the best way possible so everyone has access to the keyboard. Each player enters his/her name. Next, each player enters the letter-key he/she will use to play the game;this serves to identify the players also. The screen will display whatever key each chooses beside the respective name so nobody will forget which key to hit once a song begins. Each player may hit ONLY that key when he/she recognizes a song. If anyone strikes a wrong key, the song will be repeated. If a player strikes his/her key correctly and guesses incorrectly, another will get a chance on the same song. If there's disagreement over the computer answer, opponents should negotiate and, if all agree, strike ESC key to override the computer and get the points. GAME 4 - TRIVIA QUESTIONS ONLY When you choose 4, the first question immediately appears on your screen. Enter your answer - if correct, you'll get ten points;if not, you'll get none. MAINTENANCE The maintenance programs allow you to alter the songs and questions, delete or add songs and questions of your choosing, and to re-configure your particular set-up. There is one way to access the maintenance programs. They are invoked by striking the ESC key while the logo (William Tell Overture) is running. The following maintenance menu will then appear; --6-- You have requested the use of the tune functions. Press the key corresponding to the function you desire. 1 - Update the tunes available. 2 - Update the trivia questions available. 3 - Reset the configuration: screen size, color, etc. 4 - Play the game. 5 - Exit to operating system. If you press 1, you'll get the following options on screen: TUNE MAINTENANCE 1 - Add a tune 2 - Delete a tune 3 - Change a tune 4 - Leave tune maintenance Press number desired If you again press 1, you'll see a display: ----------------------------------------------------------- | Title (1) | | | | Octave(2) Tempo(3) Length(4) | | | | Keywords(5) | | (6) | | | | T U N E | ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- | (7) | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------- The numbers in parentheses indicate the seven areas in which entries are made. --7-- This program was written to involve only certain keys. TAB is the only key that allows you to move between the seven areas. The four arrow keys on the right side of your keyboard allow you to move the cursor left and right, and up and down within each of the areas. On model PC, the buttons also have numbers 2, 4, 6, and 8 on them. PCjr. buttons are also marked Home, Pg Up, Pg Dn, and End. In addition, the Ins (insert) and Del (delete) keys are useful for adding or omitting a character in the middle of a line. After such an entry, all characters following are automatically adjusted space-wise. The ENTER key is used ONLY when TUNE note entry has been COMPLETED. When struck, this key either plays what was entered or indicates an error in coding. IF YOUR PRESS 2 OR 3, you'll be asked in which set of songs (no. 1-22) you wish to make a deletion or a change. Either of these keys makes it possible to see all song titles in the tune program. You may have already discovered this on your own. PROGRAMMING A SONG The IBM BASIC manual has an excellent discussion of the techniques and format to be utilized in coding music. TUNE TRIVIA has adhered strictly to the manual (section 4-209) instructions with some programming liberties taken to make tune entry easier for you. The best way to learn is to do. If you read music it will be very helpful in transforming notes to letter code. Since only twenty seconds of a song will be played back, it's useless to enter more than twenty seconds of coding. You should enter the most well-known portion of the song - generally, that part that includes the title (in the lyrics). Avoid entering introductions, verses, etc., that will be less familiar to the average player. If tune entry is error-free, the program will tell you how long your song plays. If it's more than twenty seconds, you might want to go back and delete some of it. REMEMBER - it's the TAB key that allows you to move the cursor into the area you need. If a song sounds too fast or too slow, adjust the tempo (total range: 32-255). NOTE: TUNE TRIVIA'S music library is made up entirely of songs in the public domain. If we had used recent (within the last fifty years) songs the royalties that would have to be paid would be so great that the whole project would have been impossible. There are things like mechanical copyrights, synchronization copyrights, and performance royalties - all three of which would have to be paid if copyrighted music were to be programmed by us in this program. So you can add the tunes you want but don't try to sell it or give it away if you use other than public domain material. The laws are quite explicit in this area and have been tested. --8-- TRIVIA MAINTENANCE This program (no. 2 in maintenance menu) enables you to alter, delete, or add to any of the trivia questions. It's done in much the same way as Tune Maintenance with one exception: to save your new question, answer, and keywords, press ENTER key after writing the last keyword. Depending on the length of your questions, and whether or not you entered questions along with songs you entered, it's possible to add a maximum of eight hundred to a thousand (approximately) questions (only). Never write beyond the box, and don't try to use the Shift keys for capitalization - nothing will happen. When you're finished with either Tune Maintenance or Trivia Maintenance, press 4 to leave that program and return to the main menu. REGISTRATION INFORMATION You're encouraged to copy and share this diskette with others. If after evaluating this program, you find it to be useful or entertaining, you're trusted to send a $20 payment. Bill Lanke P.O. Box 3434 Terre Haute, Indiana 47803 TUNE TRIVIA is NOT a public domain program. It has been copyrighted since 1984 when it was written.You are encouraged to copy the program for evaluation by others. However, if you use the program you are trusted to do "the right thing" and send in the requested payment. We will register your name and send you information on an expanded music and/or trivia data base updates which you will be entitled to purchase at a nominal charge. Also we will be offering other programs of a game nature which will probably be distributed in this manner and you will receive advance notice and special evaluation opportunities. So register your package. Individuals are granted permission by the authors to freely copy the TUNE TRIVIA diskette for their own use or for others to evaluate, so long as no price or other consideration is charged. Computer clubs (non-profit) are granted permission by the authors to copy the TUNE TRIVIA diskette and share it with their members, so long as, 1. No price or other consideration is charged. However, a distribution cost may be charged for the cost of the diskette, shipping and handling. 2. The program or documentation are not modified in any way and are distributed together. 3. The programs may not be distributed via computerized "bulletin boards" or through any other telecommunications link. --9-- REGISTRATION FORM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BILL LANKE P.O. Box 3434 Terre Haute, Indiana 47803 TUNE TRIVIA registration fee enclosed ($20 suggested). Contribution offered $_______ MasterCard_______ or Visa______ or personal check_______ Card Number:____________________________________ Expiration date:_________________ Signature___________________________ Name___________________________________________________________________ Address________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ City_____________________________State_________________ZIP_____________ Where did you obtain your copy of TUNE TRIVIA?_________________________ Check if you would be interested in additional tunes_______, trivia questions________, or both__________.