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- WHEEL OF FORTUNE by Richard Bain
-
- The Wheel of Fortune is the most
- popular game show on television. Now
- you can play this game at home using
- COMAL 0.14. I tried to make my game
- as close to the television game as
- possible.
-
- Wheel'of'fortune can be played by one
- person or many. There are four
- rounds; the winner goes to the bonus
- round. One special feature of the
- game is the option of having a host.
- Normally, no host is needed since an
- external file can supply phrases for
- you to guess. This can be the file
- supplied or one that you create using
- the random file editor. However, once
- you play the game awhile, you may
- find that you get the same puzzles
- over again. One alternative is to let
- one of the players be a host. The
- host types in the puzzles, so the
- other players continually get new
- ones. Of course the host doesn't get
- to guess the puzzles. One or two
- players can use puzzles supplied by
- the computer. Large groups can have
- different people take turns being
- host.
-
- I added extra features to the game to
- make it more fun. When you spin the
- wheel, you actually see a wheel. I
- couldn't make the wheel spin, due to
- limited speed and memory of COMAL
- 0.14, so I made it like a roulette
- wheel. A ball rolls around the wheel
- until it gradually comes to a stop.
- (Hope it makes it past bankrupt and
- lose your turn.) Sound effects make
- this even more realistic.
-
- RULES
-
- When the game starts, decide if there
- is a host. Then say how many players
- there are and their names (the host
- is not considered to be a player).
- There are four rounds. The players
- rotate starting a round. During your
- turn, you have three options:
- spinning the wheel, buying a vowel,
- or solving the puzzle (follow the
- prompts to see how to do this).
-
- After spinning the wheel, you will
- see bankrupt, lose your turn, or an
- amount of money between $200 and
- $1000. Bankrupt means your lose all
- your money from the current round,
- but you keep winni~{$e7}s from the
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- see a dollar amount, then type a
- letter (vowels are not accepted). If
- the letter is in the puzzle and has
- not been guessed before, you get
- money for each time the letter
- appears. If the letter has been
- guessed before or is not in the
- puzzle, you lose your turn. Keep an
- eye on the used letter board.
-
- It costs $250 to choose a vowel. If
- you choose a vowel but don't have
- enough money, or if the vowel you
- guess is not in the puzzle, you lose
- your turn. If the vowel you guess is
- in the puzzle, your turn continues.
-
- To solve the puzzle, you must type in
- the answer exactly as it appears in
- the solution. If you misspell the
- answer or make a typing mistake, you
- lose your turn. Double check that you
- typed what you intended before
- hitting <RETURN>. If you solve the
- puzzle correctly, you get to keep all
- the money you won during the round;
- there is a $200 house minimun. Sorry,
- but there is no shopping option.
-
- After the four rounds, the player
- with the most money goes to the bonus
- round (a winner is chosen randomly in
- the case of a tie). In the bonus
- round, you get to choose 5 consonants
- and a vowel. After they are exposed
- you must solve the puzzle for
- $10,000. There is no time limit.
-
- Using the Program
-
- Wheel'of'fortune will work perfectly
- if RUN from this disk. If you plan to
- copy it to another disk, be sure to
- include these files:
-
- wheel'of'fortune
- hrg.wheel
- ran.wheel
- load/save.mem.
-
- Be careful, some copy programs will
- not copy random files - and the
- RAN.WHEEL is a random file. In this
- case, just duplicate the full disk.
-
- WARNINGS
-
- The computer is intolerant of
- mistakes. If you type the wrong
- letter, the computer won't bite you,
- but it won't let you fix your mistake
- either. (I've never seen a contestant
- on the game show get a second
- chance). The moral is: be careful how
- you type. Also note that different
- sections of the program expect
- different replies. If the computer
- prompts you for a consonant and you
- type a vowel, nothing will happen.
- This is normal, don't take your
- computer back to the store thinking
- something is wrong.
-
- One final note: the function keys are
- used to choose certain options. This
- shouldn't cause any trouble, but if
- pressed at the wrong time, the
- function keys may swap the text and
- graphics screen. If you see the wheel
- and the ball isn't moving, try
- hitting F1 to go back to the text
- screen.
-