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- Welcome to Thomas Warfield's Pretty Good Solitaire 99!
-
- Pretty Good Solitaire 99 is a collection of 300 solitaire
- games, from classic games like Klondike, FreeCell, and
- Spider, to 28 original games invented especially for
- the program.
-
- Some tips and tricks to remember:
-
- 1) To play a particular game, click on its name on the
- main screen.
-
- 2) To see the rules for a particular game, press F1 or
- click on the help (question mark) button.
-
- 3) The game that comes with Windows is called Klondike.
- Another familiar game is FreeCell. The other most
- popular games are Aces and Kings, Australian Patience,
- Demons and Thieves, Eight Off, Forty Thieves, Penguin,
- Pyramid, Scorpion, Spider, and Yukon. If you have
- trouble deciding what game to play, clicking on the
- random game button chooses one of the games at random.
-
- 4) In most games, the cards can be moved by drag and
- drop. A quick way to move cards is to right click on
- the card you want to move. If there is a legal move
- for this card, Pretty Good Solitaire will make the move.
-
- 5) When you exit a game, the game position is saved
- until the next time you play that game. When you start
- that game again, your saved game is played back ready
- for you to continue.
-
- 6) Detailed statistics are kept for each game, including
- your score, the game number, and date/time when you
- played. You can submit your statistics and have them
- posted on the Pretty Good Solitaire web site along with
- other users top scores. Each game has a top scores list!
- To see the top scores and to submit your statistics,
- go to http://www.goodsol.com/stats.
-
- 7) Have fun!
-
- -- OPERATING SYSTEMS --
-
- FOR WINDOWS 3.1 USERS --
- Pretty Good Solitaire 99 is a 32-bit program for Windows
- 95/98/NT. It will not run under Windows 3.1. A 16-bit
- program that has many of the same features as this
- program, Pretty Good Solitaire 2.3, is also available.
- It is available at http://www.goodsol.com.
-
- FOR WINDOWS NT USERS --
- Pretty Good Solitaire 99 requires at least NT 4.0 Service
- Pack 3.
-
-
- -- HOW TO ORDER --
-
- This program is shareware, try-before-you-buy software.
- Continued use of Pretty Good Solitaire beyond the 30-day
- evaluation period requires registration. Registration
- will bring you instructions on how to get rid of the
- registration reminder screens and other benefits
- (see the help file). Some features of this program will
- be disabled after the 30 day trial period and you must
- register to continue use. The 30 day trial period is
- calculated based on days that the program is actually
- used. A day only counts in the total if the program has
- been run on that day. To order online, visit the
- Pretty Good Solitaire web site at
- http://www.goodsol.com
- Pretty Good Solitaire can also be ordered by phone or
- fax, see the help file for details. To order by mail,
- print out the registration form in the help file and
- send $24 (plus $5 shipping if you want the program on
- CD-ROM) to:
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- Goodsol Development
- PO Box 9155
- Springfield IL 62791-9155 USA
-
- In addition to ordering online at goodsol.com, Pretty
- Good Solitaire can be ordered in Europe from
- BTSoftware (of the Netherlands) in local currency
- via bank transfers, Eurocheques and other means.
- Order directly from the BTSoftware at
- http:\\www.btsoftware.com or send an e-mail to
- order@btsoftware.com. In Australia and New Zealand,
- Pretty Good Solitaire can be ordered from Shareware
- Australia. See http://www.shareware-australia.com
- for details about how to order by phone, mail, or
- fax, as well as online ordering.
-
- -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT --
-
- Technical Support is available by email to
- support@goodsol.com.
-
- -- BUGS, SUGGESTIONS, AND COMMENTS --
-
- If you find any bugs, or have any suggestions for features
- or for new games to be included in the collection, e-mail
- support@goodsol.com.
-
- -- GET THE LATEST VERSION --
-
- The latest version of Pretty Good Solitaire can always be
- found at http://www.goodsol.com.
-
- -- UPGRADE FROM PRETTY GOOD SOLITAIRE 97/98 --
- Registered users of Pretty Good Solitaire 97 and 98 can
- upgrade to this version for free. If Pretty Good
- Solitaire 99 detects a registered version of PGS98 on
- your system, it will transfer your settings and statistics
- to Pretty Good Solitaire 99. From that point, the programs
- will be independent and PGS98 can be deleted.
- If you are a registered user of PGS97, send your
- PGS97 registration information (name, address,
- email, registration code) to orders@goodsol.com for
- an updated code.
-
- -- RELEASE HISTORY --
- March 16, 1999 -- new 300 game version.
- Oct. 21, 1998 -- added 30 new games, 230 total.
- (version 4.98.2)
- June 30, 1998 -- maintenance release (4.98.1)
- May 20, 1998 -- new 200 game version. (Version 4.98.0)
- December 12, 1997 -- maintenance release
- (version 3.97.2)
- October 10, 1997 -- maintenance release (version 3.97.1)
- July 25, 1997 -- initial product release, 160 games
- (version 3.97.0)
-
- The 16-bit Windows 3.1 Pretty Good Solitaire program
- was originally released on July 19, 1995 with 5 games.
- The current version is version 2.3 (Sept 15, 1998) with
- 120 games.
-
- -- GOODSOL DEVELOPMENT --
-
- Software design and programming - Thomas Warfield
- Order fulfillment and shipping - Anne Warfield
-
- -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
-
- Pretty Good Solitaire 99 was written entirely by one
- person, Thomas Warfield. However, some other people
- had a role in its development. Thanks to Michael
- Calligaro, who was there in the very beginning. Thanks
- to Stephen Murphy for QCARD32.DLL. Thanks to David
- Parlett and Michael Keller. Thanks to my beta
- testers, especially James Simpson, Bob Beauchamp,
- Dennis Guthrie, Danny L. Olson, Jim Reuber, Sherry
- Coombs, Vania Mascioni, Fred Lunde, Cynthia Taylor,
- and others. Thanks to Brit Hume, whose newspaper
- review brought Pretty Good Solitaire enormous
- exposure.
-
- -- ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS --
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- Thomas Warfield is 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 contacting the member directly,
- ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help
- you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member,
- but does not provide technical support for members'
- products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
- 157-F Love Ave, Greenwood, IN 46142 USA,
- FAX 317-888-2195, or send email to
- omb@asp-shareware.org.
-
- -- LEGAL STUFF --
-
- Pretty Good Solitaire 99
- Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Goodsol Development Inc.
- All Rights Reserved.
-
- -- LICENSE AGREEMENT --
-
- You should carefully read the following terms and
- conditions before using this software. Your use
- of this software indicates your acceptance of this
- license agreement and warranty.
-
- Shareware Version -- You are hereby licensed to:
- use the shareware version of the software for a
- 30 day evaluation period; make as many copies of the
- unregistered shareware version of this software as you
- wish; give exact copies of the original unregistered
- shareware version to anyone; and distribute the
- unregistered shareware version of the software in its
- unmodified form via electronic means. There is no
- charge for any of the above.
-
- The software may be not be sold for a fee on diskette
- or CD-ROM, either alone or as part of a collection with
- other products, without prior permission of Goodsol
- Development (with the exception of magazine cover
- CD-ROMs that are sold with a magazine, which require
- no permission).
-
- Unregistered use of Pretty Good Solitaire after the
- 30-day evaluation period is in violation of federal
- copyright laws.
-
- Governing Law -- This agreement shall be governed by
- the laws of the State of Illinois.
-
- Disclaimer of Warranty -- THIS SOFTWARE AND THE
- ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF
- MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES
- WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. NO
- WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE IS OFFERED.
-
- Good data processing procedure dictates that any
- program be thoroughly tested with non-critical data
- before relying on it. The user must assume the entire
- risk of using the program. ANY LIABILITY OF THE
- SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO
- PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF
- PURCHASE PRICE.
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