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- BAUDLESHIP
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- Written by: Bruce Jaeger
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- Baudleship
- PowerPlay Magazine, September 1985
- Page 99
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- BAUDLESHIP is based on the old two-
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- player game of BATTLESHIP. Using
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- either Commodore's 1600 VIC modem or
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- the 1650 AutoModem, you can play
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- BAUDLESHIP with another person who
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- lives across town or across country.
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- Once you've established contact via
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- modems, simply RUN BAUDLESHIP. The
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- program begins in "chat" mode. In
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- this mode, anything you type will be
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- sent to your opponent. This is when
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- you can send nasty messages warning
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- your opponent that he is about to be
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- annihilated by the awesome expertise
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- of your naval forces.
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- When you have finished trading war
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- slogans, press the F1 key to begin
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- play. If you're first to press it,
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- then a message will automatically be
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- sent to your opponent informing him
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- that he should now press F1. After
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- both players have pressed F1, then
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- you should both input your names when
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- the computer asks.
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- After inputting names, the computer
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- will pause to decide who will play
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- first. Next a ten-by-ten grid will
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- appear. It is now time to hide your
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- ships. Each player has a submarine
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- (two squares long), a destroyer (three
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- squares long), a cruiser (four squares
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- long), and a battleship (five squares
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- long). You place any of your ships by
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- giving a starting coordinate in
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- column-row fashion. Next, you will
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- have to decide on one of eight
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- directions in which to extend your
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- ship. Any entry that places part of a
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- ship off the board or on top of
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- another ship will not be allowed.
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- When both players have finished
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- placing their ships, two grids will
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- appear on each player's screen. The
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- left grid will display your own ships.
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- The right grid (initially blank) will
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- keep track of your shots at the enemy.
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- The player who is to go first will see
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- a flashing "YOUR TURN (F1)". He may
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- press F1 and then enter his shot or
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- he may type a message that will appear
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- on his opponent's screen just like in
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- the prior "chat" mode.
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- If you hit one of your opponent's
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- ships, you will hear an explosion and
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- you will see a reverse-video character
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- appear on your target grid. If one of
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- your ships is being bombed, then you
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- will hear the whistling of the shell
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- as it approaches followed by an
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- explosion.
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- When one player wins, you are
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- returned to the "chat" mode and have
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- the option of playing again.
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- Have fun and happy sailing!!!
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- This program is copyrighted by
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- PowerPlay magazine. All rights to it
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- are reserved. LOADSTAR has relieved
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- you from the burden of keying in this
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- program. For more complete
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- information about this program, refer
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- to the September 1985 issue of
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- PowerPlay Magazine.
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- >Files used: BAUDLESHIP
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