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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.
-