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- COMPUTER DOTS
-
- Dots is a complex version of the game played by school
- kids over at least the last half-century. It is difficult to
- pin down just when the game originated, but it remains a
- popular lunch break pastime in many schools across the country.
-
- When the game is played on paper, rows of dots are drawn
- on a blank sheet to form a grid from ten to twenty dots square.
- The first player draws a line between any two dots, then the
- second player does the same. Play continues in turn as each
- tries to draw lines that will keep the other from completing all
- sides of a box. If a player succeeds in completing a box, he
- marks it with his initials to claim it and then takes another
- turn. When all of the dots have been used and no more lines
- can be drawn play ends. Each player then counts the number of
- boxes claimed. The player with the highest score wins.
-
- The computer game is played by the same rules, but the
- grid of dots is substantially larger and the computer auto-
- matically marks each box claimed and tallies the scores as
- play proceeds. Because of the size of the grid it becomes
- possible to develop extremely complex strategies to claim
- boxes later on in the game, which can take up to 45 minutes
- to play.
-
-
- COMMAND KEYS
-
- Press <D> to Draw a line
- Press <V> or <H> to set up Vertical or Horizontal Draw
- Press <I> to move cursor up
- Press <K> to move cursor down
- Press <J> to move cursor left
- Press <L> to move cursor right
- (Arrow keys may be used to move cursor)
-
- left
- Press <L> to move cursor right
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