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- CATEGORY SHOWDOWN
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- by
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- D. J. B. Shibley
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- So....you're pretty good at trivia
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- games are you? Your pies are always
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- filled to overflowing during TRIVIAL
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- PURSUIT? You always have the answers
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- ---but what about the questions?
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- QUICK---
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- The category is "SIT-COMS", and a
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- correct responce is worth $300.
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- The answer is ---- 'The character
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- played by Gleason in the
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- HONEYMOONERS'. But what is the
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- question?
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- If you answered, 'Who is Ralph
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- Kramden', CATEGORY SHOWDOWN might
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- become your favorite trivia game. If
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- you haven't guessed yet, CATEGORY
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- SHOWDOWN is like a home computer
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- version of JEPORADY(tm), and has over
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- 60 categories of mind teasing
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- questions.
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- When the game starts, you will be
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- asked for the name of Player 1 and
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- Player 2. If, for some reason you
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- want to play by yourself, just press
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- RETURN for the name of Player 2.
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- Next, the computer will ask you for
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- a response key for both Player 1 and
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- 2. The response key is that key on
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- the keyboard that you will press when
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- you think you know the answer to a
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- question. If you can press your key
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- before your opponent presses his when
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- the computer asks the question, you
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- get first crack at answering it.
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- After the first few formalities, the
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- computer will select 6 categories from
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- which to choose. The complete names
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- of the categories will be listed and
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- the computer will tell who has control
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- of the board.
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- After this, a screen with 6 columns
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- and 5 rows will be displayed. This is
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- the actual screen from which you will
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- pick a category and a money amount.
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- Towards the bottom of the screen you
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- will see a statement telling you who
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- gets to choose a question. The
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- columns are numbered and you simply
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- enter the number of the category you
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- want. Next you enter the money amount
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- you want to play for. You cannot
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- choose a category that has no
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- remaining questions.
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- During the game, entering a "c"
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- when choosing a category displays a
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- list of the current categories and
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- scores. Entering a "q" at this point
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- quits the game. You receive the
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- option of beginning a new game or
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- game or returning to LOADSTAR.
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- After you have chosen a category and
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- a money amount, the computer will
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- display your question. At this point,
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- whoever thinks he knows the correct
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- answer should press his response key.
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- If no one presses a key after a
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- certain amount of time, a timer will
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- sound, the answer will be shown and
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- you will return to the main game
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- board to try another question.
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- If someone presses a response key,
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- that player will be asked to answer
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- the question. If it is answered
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- correctly, that player will be awarded
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- the chosen money amount. If the
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- question is answered incorrectly, then
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- the other player will have a chance to
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- answer the question. If neither
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- player correctly answers the question,
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- then play returns to the main game
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- board.
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- It is important to note that every
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- time you attempt to answer a question
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- and are incorrect, the money amount is
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- deducted from your account. This
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- keeps the game interesting. In fact,
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- you can wind up with a negative score.
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- When all questions have been chosen,
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- if either player has a positive amount
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- of money, a new category will be
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- chosen. If a player has any money, he
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- can place a wager on one final
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- question. If both players have some
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- money, then both players will attempt
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- to answer the same question. As
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- before, if you answer the question
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- correctly, you are awarded the amount
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- you wagered. If your answer is
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- incorrect, you lose the amount you
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- wagered.
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- After the final scoring, the
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- computer will decide the winner. This
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- is, of course, based upon which player
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- has the most money. At this point,
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- you will be asked if you want to test
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- your trivia knowledge again with
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- CATAGORY SHOWDOWN.
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- >Files used: DOUBLE DANGER
- and a whole slew of
- question files. If you
- view the directory of
- this disk, you will see
- them grouped along with
- DOUBLE DANGER between a
- pair of dashed lines.
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