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- ALL ABOUT THE STATES
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- "ALL ABOUT THE STATES" is an educational learning game about our 50 states.
- Four levels of play allow you to test your knowledge on the geography,
- history, industries and natural resources of the states.
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- DATAMARK
- EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
- P. O. BOX 914
- BROOKHAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA 19015-0914
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- COPYRIGHT DATAMARK CORPORATION 1987
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- USING THE PROGRAM
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- The ARC file received from DATAMARK contains everything you need to use the
- "ALL ABOUT THE STATES" package.
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- The file "STATES.ARC" contains five files:
- STATES.EXE STATES.FAC
- STATES.DAT STATES.CHM
- STATES.DOC
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- 1. Be sure to back up your original ARC file on to a floppy diskette.
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- 2. UnARC the STATES.ARC file to extract the files it contains.
- Type: ARC E STATES.ARC
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- 3. To execute "ALL ABOUT THE STATES":
- - Transfer control to the drive with "ALL ABOUT THE STATES" on it.
- Make sure that all required files are on the default drive and type
- STATES.
- - Hit the ESC key to exit the program.
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- THE FOUR LEVELS OF PLAY
- EXPLANATION
- Level 1
- An outline of the state is given, and you are required to enter
- the name of the state.
- Level 2
- An outline of the state is given, and you are required to enter
- the capital of the state.
- Level 3
- An outline of the state is given, and you are required to enter
- the name of the state and its capital.
- Level 4
- An outline of the state is given, and you are required to enter
- the name of the state and its capital. Then the screen will
- change, presenting you with facts about the state and a randomly
- chosen about the state's geography, history, industries or natural
- resources.
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- CHOOSING A LEVEL OF PLAY
- A level of play screen will ask you to enter a number to select the level
- of play. Type the required number.
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- SCORING
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- You are allowed three attempts to correctly spell the state and three attempts
- three attempts to correctly spell the capital. After three tries the computer
- will spell the word for you. Points will be taken off for spelling errors.
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- Each question is worth:
- 5 points if answered correctly on the first try
- 3 points if answered correctly on the second try
- 1 point if answered correctly on the third try
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- Becoming a CHAMPION:
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- If you beat the high score you will become the CHAMPION. You will be asked to
- enter your name. The current CHAMPION's name will be displayed during every
- game.