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Games/!Patience/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Micro User » MU 1991-07.adf » PD-Stuff |
| Filename: | Games/!Patience/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 043C bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
!Help for !Patience This version of patience has one bug fix: with the standard default palette the number of cards remaining could not be seen in a monochrome mode. A feature has been added which, when "Resign" has been activated, allows the cards in the pack to be stepped through one by one. There are two controls on the menu which affect how the game is played: "Only Kings" refers to which cards are allowed to be placed in empty places. The default is that only kings may be placed in a hole; when any card can be placed the game is dramatically easier. "Rev. Cards" refers to the process by which cards are turned over from the pack to the waste pile. The default is that cards, selected from the top of the pack in groups of three, are order reversed while being moved from the pack to the waste pile - this results in 2/3 of the pack being visible by running through it twice. The alternative is for no reversal - only 1/3 of the pack is visible when running through it:- the game gets much harder. [the interested hacker can change the number of cards being moved!]
00000000 21 48 65 6c 70 20 66 6f 72 20 21 50 61 74 69 65 |!Help for !Patie| 00000010 6e 63 65 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f |nce..This versio| 00000020 6e 20 6f 66 20 70 61 74 69 65 6e 63 65 20 68 61 |n of patience ha| 00000030 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 62 75 67 20 66 69 78 3a 20 77 |s one bug fix: w| 00000040 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 |ith the standard| 00000050 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 20 70 61 6c 65 74 74 65 | default palette| 00000060 20 74 68 65 0a 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 63 | the.number of c| 00000070 61 72 64 73 20 72 65 6d 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 20 63 |ards remaining c| 00000080 6f 75 6c 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 73 65 65 6e |ould not be seen| 00000090 20 69 6e 20 61 20 6d 6f 6e 6f 63 68 72 6f 6d 65 | in a monochrome| 000000a0 20 6d 6f 64 65 2e 20 41 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 | mode. A feature| 000000b0 20 68 61 73 0a 62 65 65 6e 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 | has.been added | 000000c0 77 68 69 63 68 2c 20 77 68 65 6e 20 22 52 65 73 |which, when "Res| 000000d0 69 67 6e 22 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 61 63 |ign" has been ac| 000000e0 74 69 76 61 74 65 64 2c 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 |tivated, allows | 000000f0 74 68 65 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |the cards in the| 00000100 0a 70 61 63 6b 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 73 74 65 70 |.pack to be step| 00000110 70 65 64 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 6f 6e 65 20 |ped through one | 00000120 62 79 20 6f 6e 65 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 |by one...There a| 00000130 72 65 20 74 77 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 73 20 |re two controls | 00000140 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 77 68 69 63 |on the menu whic| 00000150 68 20 61 66 66 65 63 74 20 68 6f 77 20 74 68 65 |h affect how the| 00000160 20 67 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 3a | game is played:| 00000170 0a 0a 22 4f 6e 6c 79 20 4b 69 6e 67 73 22 20 72 |.."Only Kings" r| 00000180 65 66 65 72 73 20 74 6f 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 |efers to which c| 00000190 61 72 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 65 64 |ards are allowed| 000001a0 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 69 6e | to be placed in| 000001b0 20 65 6d 70 74 79 20 70 6c 61 63 65 73 2e 0a 54 | empty places..T| 000001c0 68 65 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 |he default is th| 000001d0 61 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6b 69 6e 67 73 20 6d 61 |at only kings ma| 000001e0 79 20 62 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 69 6e 20 61 |y be placed in a| 000001f0 20 68 6f 6c 65 3b 20 77 68 65 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 | hole; when any | 00000200 63 61 72 64 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 0a 70 6c 61 63 |card can be.plac| 00000210 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 64 |ed the game is d| 00000220 72 61 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 65 61 73 69 |ramatically easi| 00000230 65 72 2e 0a 0a 22 52 65 76 2e 20 43 61 72 64 73 |er..."Rev. Cards| 00000240 22 20 72 65 66 65 72 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |" refers to the | 00000250 70 72 6f 63 65 73 73 20 62 79 20 77 68 69 63 68 |process by which| 00000260 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 74 75 72 6e 65 | cards are turne| 00000270 64 20 6f 76 65 72 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 |d over from the | 00000280 70 61 63 6b 0a 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 73 74 |pack.to the wast| 00000290 65 20 70 69 6c 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 64 65 66 61 |e pile. The defa| 000002a0 75 6c 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 61 72 64 |ult is that card| 000002b0 73 2c 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d |s, selected from| 000002c0 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 | the top of the | 000002d0 70 61 63 6b 0a 69 6e 20 67 72 6f 75 70 73 20 6f |pack.in groups o| 000002e0 66 20 74 68 72 65 65 2c 20 61 72 65 20 6f 72 64 |f three, are ord| 000002f0 65 72 20 72 65 76 65 72 73 65 64 20 77 68 69 6c |er reversed whil| 00000300 65 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 6d 6f 76 65 64 20 66 72 |e being moved fr| 00000310 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 63 6b 20 74 6f 20 74 |om the pack to t| 00000320 68 65 0a 77 61 73 74 65 20 70 69 6c 65 20 2d 20 |he.waste pile - | 00000330 74 68 69 73 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 73 20 69 6e 20 |this results in | 00000340 32 2f 33 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 63 6b 20 |2/3 of the pack | 00000350 62 65 69 6e 67 20 76 69 73 69 62 6c 65 20 62 79 |being visible by| 00000360 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 | running through| 00000370 0a 69 74 20 74 77 69 63 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 61 |.it twice. The a| 00000380 6c 74 65 72 6e 61 74 69 76 65 20 69 73 20 66 6f |lternative is fo| 00000390 72 20 6e 6f 20 72 65 76 65 72 73 61 6c 20 2d 20 |r no reversal - | 000003a0 6f 6e 6c 79 20 31 2f 33 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |only 1/3 of the | 000003b0 70 61 63 6b 20 69 73 20 76 69 73 69 62 6c 65 0a |pack is visible.| 000003c0 77 68 65 6e 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 68 72 |when running thr| 000003d0 6f 75 67 68 20 69 74 3a 2d 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 |ough it:- the ga| 000003e0 6d 65 20 67 65 74 73 20 6d 75 63 68 20 68 61 72 |me gets much har| 000003f0 64 65 72 2e 20 5b 74 68 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 |der. [the intere| 00000400 73 74 65 64 20 68 61 63 6b 65 72 20 63 61 6e 0a |sted hacker can.| 00000410 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 |change the numbe| 00000420 72 20 6f 66 20 63 61 72 64 73 20 62 65 69 6e 67 |r of cards being| 00000430 20 6d 6f 76 65 64 21 5d 0a 0a 0a 0a | moved!]....| 0000043c
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