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Games Magazine Presents Word Puzzles Programs and Documentation (C) 1994 Villa Crespo Software, Inc. Certain Puzzle Content (C) 1994 B & P Publishing ALL RIGHTS RESERVED An MVP Software shareware release Games Magazine Presents Word Puzzles is shareware. You are free to evaluate this software for 30 days, after which you must either register with MVP Software or delete the software from your system. Thanks for playing Word Puzzles and for supporting shareware. Your honesty pays. To order the full retail version of Word Puzzles, call 800-968-9684 toll-free 24 hours a day. Please have your Master Card or Visa ready when you call. Or fill out the order form at the end of this manual and fax it to: 616-245-3204. Make sure your credit card number and expiration date are legible. Or if you prefer mail the order form and your check to: MVP Software, 1035 Dallas SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407. For overseas orders or technical support call 616-245-8376. Download All the Latest MVP Shareware Games FREE If your favorite BBS doesn't have an MVP file section, then you may be missing some great shareware. To get all the latest and greatest MVP shareware releases, call one of the leading boards listed below, and check out the FREE MVP file area. In Grand Rapids, Michigan -- Ryan's Bar (616) 456-1845 In Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Exec-PC (414) 789-4360 In New York, New York -- The Invention Factory (212) 274-8110 In Boston, Massachusetts -- Channel 1 (617) 354-3230 In Kansas City, Missouri -- Sound Advice (816) 436-1492 In Palo Alto, California -- Space BBS (415) 323-4193 In Reston, Virginia -- WorldNet (703) 620-8900 Even better, tell your favorite sysop about the MVP Distribution Network and how he can be assured of getting all of the latest MVP shareware hits as soon as they are released. See the SYSOP.DOC file for details. _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER MVP Software 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 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman at 70007,3536. GAMES MAGAZINE PRESENTS WORD PUZZLES RETAIL VERSION ORDER FORM Name ________________________________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________________________ City _______________________________ State ______ ZIP _______________ Country (if outside USA) ____________________________________________ Price of retail Word Puzzles $29.95 Shipping and Handling (US) 3.00 Shipping and Handling (Canada) 4.00 Shipping and Handling (all other countries) 5.00 Michigan residents add sales tax 1.32 ------ Make check payable to "MVP Software" Total enclosed: $ Master Card/Visa information (credit card orders only) Card number __________________________________________ Expiration number ____________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUNTARY QUESTIONS: Please help us determine what features you would like ==================== in future products. Circle what type of equipment you have: 8088 286 386 486 Pentium Circle the speed of your computer(Mhz): 12 16 20 25 33 40 50 66 ___ Circle any that apply: Joystick Mouse Modem_______ SVGA card____________ (speed) (type) Sound Capability: Adlib Sound Blaster SB Pro SB 16 SB AWE32 PC speaker only Other ____________________________________ Where did you get the shareware version of Word Puzzles? Friend CompuServe AOL Prodigy Ryan's Bar Exec-PC WorldNet Invention Factory Space BBS Sound Advice Channel 1 BBS (name): _______________________ Shareware Distributor (name): _________________________________________ Are you a game player? Please answer the following questions about what you like and don't like in computer games. Approx # of commercial games owned: ____ #Registered shareware games: ____ Circle preference: Beautiful Graphics Game Complexity Circle preference: Solo against computer -OR- Modem 2-Player Circle preference: Strategy Action Simulation Other_________ Long term game playability: Few Levels w/ hard difficulty Lotsa Levels --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send this order form and your check to: MVP Software, 1035 Dallas S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407 US or Canada 24-hour order line: 800-968-9684. Fax: 616-245-3204. Tech support, information, or overseas order line: 616-245-8376. INSTALLATION ------------ If you downloaded this file from a BBS, you don't need to run Install. If you purchased an evaluation disk from a shareware vendor or the story, follow these directions. To install Word Puzzles, place the diskette into the A drive and type A:, or into the B drive and type B:. When the A> or B> prompt appears on the screen, type INSTALL. Follow the directions to install the software. To begin the game type GAMES (SVGA) or GAMES16 (VGA). PLAYING WORD PUZZLES -------------------- NOTE: Please do not run this program from within Windows. Exit completely from Windows (or any other shell and/or menuing program). Run WORD PUZZLES directly from DOS, as described below. Running WORD PUZZLES from within Windows may create unexpected results. THE MAIN SCREEN --------------- The first screen you see is the Main Screen. To log on as a player, click the LOG ON button in the upper left part of the screen, or press the [TAB] key. Type your name (up to 8 characters) and press [Enter]. Logging on allows you to keep track of each player's scores and games completed, but this is not required. You can log on different players during your session by returning to the Main Screen and clicking on the LOG ON button. Press the appropriate key for, or click the mouse on, the game you want to play: [1] CROSSWORDS [2] CRYPTOGRAMS [3] DOUBLE CROSSES [4] QUOTE BOXES [5] WORD SCRAMBLES Press [6] to read an introduction from the editors of GAMES Magazine. Press [7] for general Help. (Within each puzzle, press [F9] or click on the GAME RULES button for instructions on how to use the specific Puzzle Screen.) Press [ESC] to return to DOS. THE LIST SCREEN --------------- After selecting the type of puzzle to play, the List Screen appears (unless the player last exited from a partially-solved puzzle, then WORD PUZZLES goes directly from the Main Screen to that partially-solved puzzle). The List Screen can be reached from any puzzle by pressing [F4] twice quickly. The List Screen has two main displays: List and History. The List Display shows a list of all the available puzzles in the category. Use the up and down arrow keys or [F8] and [F9] to select a puzzle. [PgUp] moves 10 games up the list, [PgDn] moves 10 games down the list. The *, ?, and ! in front of each puzzle in the List Display indicates the status of the puzzle for the player currently logged in: * = Puzzle not yet attempted. ? = Partially-solved puzzle. ! = Completed puzzle. The History Display shows the 10 fastest solving times for the currently selected puzzle. THE LIST SCREEN KEYS -------------------- [F1], [F2], and [F3] have no effect. The Time and Date are displayed next to [F1]; Puzzle # in Play is displayed next to [F2]; and Type of Puzzle is displayed next to [F3]. [F4] Next Game Highlights the next puzzle. [F5] Clear Game Press once to erase any record of the highlighted puzzle having been solved or partially solved. (It is reset to *.) Press twice quickly to reset all puzzles to *. [F6] Any Highlights a puzzle at random. (Press [Enter] to go to the highlighted puzzle.) [F7] Clear History Press once to erase all solving times for the selected puzzle. Press twice quickly to erase history for all puzzles. [F8] * Highlights next puzzle down. [F9] * Highlights previous puzzle up. [F10] Exit Press once to go to the highlighted puzzle. Press twice quickly to exit WORD GAMES and return to DOS. The current puzzle, if any, is automatically saved. [Enter]/mouse click Selects highlighted puzzle for play and goes to it. THE PUZZLE SCREENS ------------------ The top and bottom portion of every Puzzle Screen is similar. The keys and boxes serve the following purposes: [F1] Sets the alarm clock. Enter the time you want it to go off (e.g., 07:05:30). Press [Enter] when the time is set. After the alarm goes off, the date will again be shown. [F2] Toggles Puzzle Title, Standard Solving Time, and Best Solving Time. (Best Solving Time is available only if history for the puzzle exists.) [F3] Starts Puzzle Timer. Use the timer if the player wants to compete for best time. Timer starts as soon as any letter is entered into the puzzle. You must use the timer to be added to the Top 10 in the History Display. [F4] New Game -- Press once to start a new puzzle. Press twice quickly to go to the List Screen. [F5] Solve -- Use carefully-the fun is in solving the puzzles yourself! Press once to solve a single letter at the cursor. Press twice quickly to solve entire puzzle. [F6] Erase -- Press once to erase a single letter at the cursor. Press twice quickly to erase the entire puzzle (except in Word Scrambles, where previously solved words are not erased). [F7] Toggles No Move, Step Move, and IntelliMove On. This determines what the cursor does after entering a letter: No Move-cursor does not move automatically. Step Move-cursor moves to next entry space. IntelliMove On- cursor moves to next open space. [F8] Toggles No Sound, Sound FX, and Musical Themes. This toggles between no sound and key beeps for most computers. If you have a Sound Blaster or compatible sound card, any of 3 musical themes also may be selected. [F9] Game Rules -- Displays the rules and instructions for each puzzle type, the List Screen, and these Special Keys. [F10] Exit -- Press once to exit to the Main Screen. Press twice quickly to exit to exit WORD GAMES and return to DOS. The current puzzle is automatically saved each time you exit it. Alphabet Keys Click on a letter (or type it) to enter it in the square or position where the cursor is located. CROSSWORDS ---------- Fill in the answers to the crossword clues at their appropriate number, one square at a time, so that the across and down words interlock. To solve, click on a square or use the arrow keys to move the cursor to a square. The across and down clues for that space will move to the top of the clues lists. Type the correct letter, click its Alphabet Key, or press the Solve key. To undo an entry, press the Erase key once to erase a single letter at the cursor, twice quickly to erase the entire puzzle. Use the [TAB] key, or click on the "ACROSS" or "DOWN" buttons in the clues list, to switch between across and down. (The arrow buttons next to "ACROSS" and "DOWN" will shift the clues up and down if you want to look at clues without moving the cursor.) With Step Move or IntelliMove On set (toggle [F7]), the cursor becomes an arrow to indicate whether the move will be across or down. CRYPTOGRAMS ----------- Each message has been translated into a simple substitution ciphe; that is, each letter is represented by a different letter. Substitutions are consistent throughout any one cipher, but change from one cipher to the next. To solve, click on the square you want to fill, or use the arrow keys to move the flashing box over it. Type the correct letter, click its Alphabet Key, or press the Solve key. The letter will now appear over every occurrence of its ciphertext counterpart. To undo an entry, press the Erase key once to erase a single letter at the cursor, twice quickly to erase the entire puzzle. DOUBLE CROSSES -------------- Answer the clues for words to be entered on the numbered spaces next to the clue. The cursor location blinks. To solve, type the correct letter, click its Alphabet Key, or press the Solve key. To undo an entry, press the Erase key once to erase a single letter at the cursor, twice quickly to erase the entire puzzle. Whenever you fill in a letter, that letter will also appear in a corresponding space in the quote grid above, eventually spelling a quotation reading from left to right. Black squares separate words in the quotation. You can also enter letters directly in the grid. The cursor location blinks. Whenever you fill in a letter, that letter will also appear on a numbered space in the word list below the grid. As you move the cursor from space to space in the grid, the corresponding clue will be highlighted in the clue list. Work back and forth, using the [TAB] key to switch between grid and clue list, to complete the puzzle. The up and down arrows in the lower right portion of the screen move the cursor up or down one space in the grid or one clue in the clue list. When you're done, the initial letters of the words in the word list will spell the author's name. QUOTE BOXES ----------- Raise the letters from each vertical column (not necessarily in the order in which they appear) into the empty squares above them to spell a quotation reading from left to right, top to bottom. Black or darker squares indicate ends of words. A word not stopped at the end of one line is continued on the next. To solve, click on the square you want to fill in, or use the arrow keys to move the flashing cursor over it. Type the correct letter, click its Alphabet Key, or press the Solve key. The selected letter is removed from the column below the entry. To undo an entry, press the Erase key once to erase a single letter at the cursor, twice quickly to erase the entire puzzle. WORD SCRAMBLES -------------- Hidden in each diagram are 10 words fitting the CATEGORY displayed next to the [F2] key at the top left of the screen. Starting with any letter you believe is the first letter of a scrambled word, you may move to any adjacent square, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. To solve, select letters by clicking on them with the mouse or using the arrow keys to highlight a letter and pressing [Enter]. To undo an entry, press the Erase key once to erase the last letter in the string and continue erasing one letter at a time backward toward the first letter. Press the Erase key twice quickly to erase the entire word at once. As you select letters, they will appear in the ovals along the bottom of the screen. Once you have completed a word, it moves onto the Found Word List to the right of the grid, and the Alphabet Keys display is cleared. (Note: Once a word has been added to the Found Word List, it cannot be erased. You must reset the puzzle from the List Screen to clear the Found Word List.) You may use a letter more than once in a word (such as GEORGIA), and you may stand on a space and repeat the letter to spell words with double letters (such as MISSOURI). Words to be found are listed in alphabetical order. WORD PUZZLES PRODUCTION CREDITS ------------------------------- Concept & Design Villa Crespo Software Programming Michael Hausman Puzzle Development & Selection Lou Kesten Program Graphics Gabi Ladowski Music Dan Froelich, David Bredesen Program Testing Reva Schneider, Brenda Andrews Documentation Lou Kesten Shareware distribution MVP Software