this version by Chris Carman (cecarman@miavx1.muohio.edu)
GunShy originally by someone else
Visit the Smashing Pumpkins page at http://www.muohio.edu/~carmance/sp.html
Anyway, about this game... the rules are accessible within the game, but just to summarize: you match available tiles until they're all gone. An available tile is one where its long side (vertical) is open and no other tiles are on top of it. Just find another available tile that looks just like it, click them both, and the tiles are removed. Pretty simple.
One thing I've noticed about this version of GunShy is that if you DO win, the game freezes up right after you click the last two tiles. Maybe that's just because I'm using a PowerPC, but it seems like an odd error.... so just be forewarned. If you do happen to forget this problem and joyfully click the last two tiles off (or you want to see the nifty graphic), then just hit cmd-opt-esc, and select force quit. That should save if you there are any problems.
About these icons... a lot of them are froms scan I've done myself or scans I've stolen off the internet. The Rocket video icons are from starladear@aol.com, as is the background graphic, so I just wanted to credit him here.
It isn't necessary to know anything about the Smashing Pumpkins and their releases to play this game, but it helps with the singles. The following singles have their front and back sides correlated so that you can choose between them when you're looking for a match:
I am One CD5 (front: gold crescent moons; back: small white cat at bottom of tile)
Today 7" (front: red & yellow girls; back: b&w center surrounded by yellow border)
Cherub Rock 7" (front: small child with "Smashing Pumpkins" above; back: brown &
green with man in top half)
Disarm 7" (front: SMILE; back: HEART on black background -- not white background)
What I mean by choosing between them should be clear in this example. You see the I am One front is available, so you look around for a match. Both the other I am One front and one of the I am One backs are both available, and you can match EITHER of them to your first tile. I know it doesn't make sense in writing, but just try choosing front to front, front to back, back to back to see what I mean. You'll get the hang of it, I'm sure.
This game is "Every-ware", as decided by the original GunShy author, and seeing as I didn't really do much (just some cicn resources), all I hope is that you get some enjoyment out it.
By the way, the memory requirements are kinda stressful due to the high-quality image in the background (thousands of colors, if you can display it), so don't mess with what I've set up in the info window. Also, don't try to play this game in black and white... and I'm sure it looks awful in anything less than 256 colors.
