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- ************************ MIX AND MATCH ************************
- by CARR SOFTWARE P.O. Box 3919, Merced, CA 95344-1919
-
- GOAL
-
- Try to match the randomly chosen color in the left paint can with the
- fewest mixes (tries). Mix your solution by choosing the intensity
- (amount) of the three primary light colors (red, green, blue).
-
- If you loved Tetris, you may love MIX AND MATCH. In Tetris, the goal
- was to correctly arrange the blocks. The challenge was the time
- constraint. In MIX AND MATCH, the goal is to match the random color.
- The challenge is to do it with the fewest tries.
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- When you press the mixing key, it mixes the red intensity, the green
- intensity, and the blue intensity together and PUTS the resultant new
- color in the paint can below them. Note, they are not added to what is
- already in the paint can. What is in the paint can is thrown away
- before the new color combination is put in it. You are not mixing
- AMOUNTS of red, green, and blue but LEVELS of red, green, and blue
- INTENSITY.
-
- KEYS
-
- LEFT and RIGHT ARROW KEYS: Selects the color to change.
- UP and DOWN ARROW KEYS: Changes color intensity.
- ENTER (or INS or '+') KEYS: Mixing key - mixes the 3 colors .
- 'S' KEY: Toggles sound off and on WITHIN game.
- ESC: Quits the current game.
-
- Hint: Your hand doesn't need to leave the number pad if you use the
- grey ENTER or '+' mixing keys that are to the RIGHT of the number pad
- (the 5 key is also an down arrow key).
-
- An alternative for enhanced keyboard owners: use the four cursor keys
- between the number pad and the regular keys. For these keys, use the
- INS mixing key that is to the right of them.
-
- MOUSE
-
- LEFT BUTTON: Selects color and intensity.
- RIGHT BUTTON: Mixing key - mixes the 3 colors.
-
- Pressing either button at most of the menus will allow you to proceed.
-
- CHEAT MODE
-
- Score is not eligible for TOP 10 SCORE SHEET.
-
- SIX LEVELS
-
- Except for level 6, the low intensities are not proportional. To make
- them visible they were given a higher number.
-
- BACKGROUND
-
- This game mixes colored lights not colorants. Therefore it is not like
- mixing paint. The following is a quote from the World Book
- Encyclopedia section on color:
-
- "When lights of different colors are projected together onto a screen,
- they blend and form new colors. Mixing colored lights produces new
- colors DIFFERENTLY from the way mixing colorants does. Mixing
- colorants results in new colors because each colorant subtracts some
- wavelengths of light. But mixing colored lights produces new colors by
- adding light of different wavelengths. For this reason, colored light
- mixtures are sometimes called 'additive color mixtures' or 'color by
- addition'."
-
- "In an additive color mixture, the primary colors differ from those in
- paint. The 'primary colors in light' are red, green, and blue,..."
- The primary colors for paint colorants are red, yellow, and blue.
-
- LIST OF FILES
-
- mixmatch.exe (program file)
- mixmatch.doc (documentation file)
- mixmatch.ord (order form)
- mixmatch.fon (font file)
-
- REQUIREMENTS
-
- 256k and VGA adapter.
-
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