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- HEARTS.TXT (Ver. 6c)
-
- -- Requirements --
-
- This program requires a computer with color monitor
- capabilities, DOS 2.xx or greater, and the following files
- present (in the same directory) to operate properly.
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- HEARTS.EXE - HEARTS.DAT - HEARTS.TXT
-
- -- How to Play --
-
- HEARTS is a very easy card game to play and one that will
- give you many hours of enjoyment. The rules for this game are
- quite simple. After the cards are shuffled, they are dealt
- clockwise to each player. There are four players in this game
- with each receiving 13 cards (a total of 52). The direction of
- play, like most card games, is clockwise around the table. A
- player must always match the SUIT of the first card in play. If
- a player does not have the LEAD suit then he or she can play any
- card in their hand. The cards are RANKED in descending value
- from the Ace (A) to the 2. The Ace being the HIGHEST rank. The
- player having the highest ranked card in the lead suit takes
- that TRICK and BEGINS play on the next trick. There are four
- cards in each trick (one from each player) and 13 tricks per
- hand.
-
- You cannot lead a HEART or the QUEEN OF SPADES until they
- are BROKEN (one has already been played), or unless this is all
- that remains in your hand. Each NEW HAND is started by leading
- the TWO OF CLUBS.
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- 3 The players are numbered from 1 to 4, with YOU playing
- 2 4 position number "1" at the bottom of the table.
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- -- Scoring of Hearts --
-
- The scoring of HEARTS is what makes this game unique from
- most other card games. The LOWEST accumulated score wins the
- game. The score is determined by the number of POINT CARDS that
- a player has received in the tricks that he or she has taken.
- The point cards are - all HEARTS, each counting as one point and
- the QUEEN OF SPADES, which counts as 13 points. There is a
- total of 26 points for each hand. The score from each hand is
- then added to your Game Score. When a player reaches or exceeds
- the Game Point, then the game ends and the player with the
- LOWEST score wins that game.
-
- -- Shooting The Moon --
-
- If a player is able to take all 26 points in a hand, then
- that player "SHOTS THE MOON" (a run) and each of their opponents
- will receive 26 points. Remember, LOW score wins, and a score
- of 25 does not qualify as a run.
-
- -- Passing Three Cards --
-
- At the beginning of each hand all players have the oppor-
- tunity to PASS three cards to another player. The direction of
- the pass is counterclockwise. The first pass is to the player
- on your RIGHT. The next pass is to the player ACROSS from you,
- and the last is to the player on your LEFT. The next hand is a
- HOLD hand, in which no cards are passed. The pass rotation then
- begins again.
-
- When selecting your cards to PASS, you may void your
- selection at any time by pressing the ESCAPE key, UP arrow, or
- RIGHT mouse button. The passing process will then begin again.
-
-
- -- The Option Menu --
-
- The Option Menu can be called at any time throughout the
- game. This is done with the ESCAPE key, UP arrow, or RIGHT
- mouse button. The hand you are playing will be SAVED and the
- game will continue upon your return from the Option Menu.
-
- When using the DOS Shell from the Option Menu, be sure
- that Hearts can find the file COMMAND.COM. This can be done
- by setting the environment variable COMSPEC. At the DOS prompt,
- type and Enter - set comspec=[location]\command.com. An example
- of this entry would be - set comspec=c:\sys\command.com. Be
- sure that COMMAND.COM is located where you say it is!
-
- -- Game Commands --
-
- Use the RIGHT and LEFT arrow keys or ROLL the mouse to
- select the card to play. After you have selected your card,
- press the ENTER key or LEFT mouse button to play that card. The
- keyboard CURSOR will skip played cards and will jump to the low
- card of the suit in play. The CURSOR also will wrap from end to
- end. Pressing the ENTER key or LEFT mouse button after each
- trick will bypass the Delay and speed the game along.
-
- The DOWN arrow key or LEFT mouse button will act the same
- as the ENTER key and will respond "Y" to a question and the UP
- arrow key or RIGHT mouse button will act the same as the ESC key
- and will respond "N" to a question. This allows game play to be
- conducted entirely from a centrally located area.
-
- Within the Game Point Option screen, you have the choice
- of weather or not the Trick Points received by each player is to
- be displayed on the score board. After entering your Game Point
- number or selecting the default, you are asked if you would like
- to show the Trick Points. Answering No (N) will remove the
- Trick Points for each hand from the score board. The Game
- Points are not effected and will continue to be displayed.
-
- You can reset the Games Won counters to zero by typing an
- "x" in place of a Game Point number while in the Game Point
- Option screen.
-
- Any comments or suggestions will be gratefully accepted
- and an honest attempt will be made to answer them. Please read
- the file HEARTS.REG for additional information.
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- This program is produced by a member of the Association
- of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that
- the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to
- resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by con-
- tacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP
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- products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road,
- Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a Compuserve message via easyplex
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