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- PC-YAHTZEE
-
- v1.7
-
-
- by
-
- Al Lawrence
-
- Sunrise-80 BBS
- (404) 256-9525
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-
- OVERVIEW
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- PC-Yahtzee is played exactly like the board game and the BBS Door game,
- Triple Yahtzee. A 50 entry high score file is maintained. Since this
- game can take a while to play to completion, a game save feature has
- been included. This feature allows you to save the game contents and
- return to the same game on your next play automatically. You will also
- be able to particpate in the Triple Yahtzee door game, being played on
- you favorite BBS by uploading your scores to the BBS and having the
- Sysop merge them with the Triple Yahtzee scores.
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- INSTALLATION
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-
- Installation is fairly easy and straight-forward. The following steps and
- examples should have you up and running in a very short period of time.
-
- 1) Create a directory to hold all PC-YAHTZEE files. (MD PCYAHTZ)
-
- 2) Unzip PCYATZxx.ZIP into the the above directory
-
- 3) Modify the PCYAHTZ.BAT file to reflect the name of the directory you
- created in step # 1 above. If you wish you may change the name of
- PCYAHTZ.BAT to any name you wish, with a .BAT extension.
-
- C:
- CD\PCYAHTZ
- PCYAHTZ PCYAHTZ.CFG
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- 4) Move the .BAT file to any directory in your PATH or add the directory,
- created in step #1, to the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
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- CONFIGURATION File
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- If running an unregistered version of PC-YAHTZEE, DO NOT change
- anything in the configuration file.
-
- When you register PC-YAHTZEE, place your name ( or the name you
- used to register the game), plus the registration number on line #1
- using the format:NAME/REGISTRATION #.
-
- Supplemental registrations follow the same format, but they must be
- placed on line 2 thru n.
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- HIGH SCORE FILE UPLOADING
- (Registered Versions Only)
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- High score file uploading to your favorite BBS' requires that your
- version of PC-Yahtzee BE REGISTERED so as to create a xxxxxxxx.UPL file.
-
- Upon completion of a game of Yahtzee, the high score is added to the
- .SCO file as well as to the xxxxxxxx.UPL file (provided the name you
- used matches EXACTLY to one of the names in the .CFG file.
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- The next step would be to upload the xxxxxxxx.UPL to the BBS.
- Whether you must ZIP the file before uploading, or not, depends on the
- BBS requirements (check with Sysop). After uploading, delete the file
- as follows: DEL xxxxxxxx.UPL
-
- Please NOTE: Only the name of the registered user (if he/she is the
- current player) will be entered in the .UPL file. Should you have other
- members of your household that you would like to be entered in the .UPL
- file you must have each one fill out a separate registration form
- indicating they are Supplemental players.
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- REGISTRATION
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- Registration and the subsequent placement of your name and registration
- number in the .CFG file, allows for the display of your name on the
- opening screen, and the elimination of all "beeping", pauses, and
- EVALUATION messages. BEST of ALL, registration allows you to save your
- high scores to a file and upload the file to your foavorite BBS. The BBS
- will in turn take your score(s) and update the BBS' Yahtzee high score file.
- This is a liesurely way of particpating in the BBS' Triple Yahtzee game,
- similar to offline message reading and replying.
-
- Please contact your favorite BBS' to be sure that the Sysop has the latest
- version of the Triple Yahtzee door game (version 3.7 or later) and that
- he/she is set up to handle uploaded PC-Yahtzee score files.
-
- To register your copy of PC-YAHTZEE, please fill out the registration form
- (REGISTER.FRM) and mail it along with a small donation ($15) to the name
- and address on the form. If there are other members of your household that
- you would like to be able to upload their scores to the BBS, be sure to
- add their name to the registration form, as a Supplemental user, along with
- the appropriate additional contribution.
-
- Based upon information supplied on the registration form, I will pre-
- register you on my BBS. You will then be able to call SUNRISE-80 and pick
- up your registration number OR you can include a self-addressed stamped
- envelope for me to return your registration number.
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- LEGALITIES
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- THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
- WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
- FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
- THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
- SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF
- OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
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- DISTRIBUTION
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- You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
- upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
- changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
- individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
- whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
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- MISC
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- The latest version of PC-YAHTZEE and other fine SUNRISE DOOR and stand-alone
- programs are always available for download from SUNRISE-80 BBS.
-
- Remember, should you have any problems, questions or suggestions, be sure
- to drop me a message on either of the SUNRISE-80 BBS or via PCRelay/RIME
- network where I monitor the SYSOPS, BBS_DOORS, PCBHints and SHAREWARE
- conferences. You may also contact me via the SN_SYSOPS conference on
- SMARTNET.
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