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Information about “SPELL GAMES”
SPELL GAMES is a spelling game set in the scenario of the World
Olympics.
The program temporarily flashes a word in the corner of the screen, and
you must type it correctly in order to win the round. If a mistake is
made in typing, you immediately lose the round. SPELL GAMES has four
levels of difficulty in its selection of words to spell and you can
select the amount of time the word flashes on the screen each time.
You have eight countries to choose from to represent your team and your
opponent. SPELL GAMES has interesting color graphics and even plays
different types of music depending on the country you choose to
represent your team.
FILE1144.TXT
Disk No: 1144
Disk Title: Spell Games
PC-SIG Version: S1.2
Program Title: Spell Games
Author Version: 1.0
Author Registration: $19.00
Special Requirements: CGA.
SPELL GAMES is a spelling game set in the scenario of the World
Olympics.
The program temporarily flashes a word in the corner of the screen, and
you must type it correctly in order to win the round. If a mistake is
made in typing, you immediately lose the round. SPELL GAMES has four
levels of difficulty in its selection of words to spell and you can
select the amount of time the word flashes on the screen each time.
You have eight countries to choose from to represent your team and your
opponent. SPELL GAMES has interesting color graphics and even plays
different types of music depending on the country you choose to
represent your team.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ To print documentation, type: COPY SPELL.DOC PRN (press enter). ║
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║ To start the program, type: SPELL (press enter) ║
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SPELL.DOC
DOCUMENTATION FOR
SPELL GAMES
(C) Alan C. Elliott
TexaSoft
P.O. Box 1169
Cedar Hill, Texas 75104
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM
________________________________________________________
SPELL GAMES is a SHAREWARE program. This means that you
may copy it and give it to friends, and that user groups
and bulletin boards may distribute it (as long as no files
have been altered). This gives you a chance to try the
program without having to spend money up front for something
that may not meet your needs. If SPELL GAMES is useful to
you, please become a registered user by sending in the
registration form. Thank you.
SPELL GAMES is a game to help you learn how to spell. The
game displays a word on the screen for an instant, then
you must spell the word by typing it on the keyboard.
The game pits your country against an opponent. Each time
you spell a word correctly, your team wins a point. If
you make a mistake, your opponent gains a point. A board
containing nine flags must be filled for one team to win.
When you begin SPELL GAMES, you will choose your country
(your team), and your opponent. Next, you will choose the
level of difficulty of words to spell. Typically, your
choices will be:
1) Very easy words
2) Easy words
3) Moderately difficult words
4) Difficult words
After you choose one of these options, you must then
choose the speed at which the words will be flashed on the
screen, a value between 1 and 100. The number 1 is the
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SLOWEST, and 100 is the fastest. Try about 50 to begin
with, and adjust the speed later to your expertise.
The program will warn you that the spelling word is about
to flash on the screen. When you press the Enter key, a
word will appear in the lower left corner of the screen.
The word will flash off quickly, and you will hear a short
beep. Now the program is ready for you to type the word.
If you make a mistake while entering the word, your
opponent gets the point. The scoreboard on the screen
will keep track of who is winning. Remember, it takes 9
points (flags) to win.
HOW TO RUN SPELL GAMES
________________________________________________________
Running the program from a floppy disk:
Place the program disk in the A: disk drive. Make sure
the DOS prompt is A>. If it is not, enter the command
"A:" (no quotes). At the A> prompt, enter SPELL
A>SPELL
This will begin the program. Following directions on the
screen.
Running the program from a hard disk:
Copy all of the SPELL GAME files to a directory on the
hard disk. Be sure the files SPELL.ACE, SPELL1.ACE,
SPELL2.ACE, SPELL3.ACE, SPELL4.ACE, SPELL.ORD, FLAGS.ACE,
and SPELL.EXE are copied to the hard disk. From the C>
prompt, enter the command:
C>SPELL
This will begin the program. Following directions on the
screen.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT SPELL GAMES
________________________________________________________
Spelling words for this game have been carefully selected.
Please do not alter the files SPELL1.ACE to SPELL4.ACE.
If you wish to add spelling files, you may do so with the
following technique:
The names of the files to be used in SPELL GAMES are
contained in the file named SPELL.ACE. Its original
contents is:
---------------------------------------------
|spell1.ace, Very easy words |
|spell2.ace, Easy words |
|spell3.ace, Moderately difficult words |
|spell4.ace, Difficult words |
---------------------------------------------
Each of these four files contains lists of words. To add
your own spelling file, for example, named MYFILE.ACE
containing legal words, you would add a new line to the
file SPELL.ACE:
myfile.ace, Legal Words
Then, you would place a file on disk named myfile.ace
containing the words you want to be included in the SPELL
GAMES program. The option "Legal Words" will be added to
the SPELL GAMES menu options.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR SPELL GAMES
________________________________________________________
By becoming a registered user, you not only help promote
Shareware, you will also receive a disk the latest copy of
SPELL GAMES and other programs from TexaSoft.
Registration for SPELL GAMES ($19) $____________
Includes disk of other programs.
Texas Residents add 7% sales tax $____________
Add $2.00 Postage and Handling or
PO, COD, Rush: add $4, Overseas add $5.00 $____________
TOTAL ENCLOSED $
============
Payment method:check one
_____ Check or M.O. _____ Credit Card (MC or VISA)
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IF CREDIT CARD:
Name on Card:_____________________________________________
Type Card is __________________ Exp Date is:_____________
Card Number is:___________________________________________
Authorized Signature:_____________________________________
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Mail order to:____________________________________________
Address:__________________________________________________
City:___________________ St_______ ZIP ___________________
Phone ( )______________________________________________
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Where did you get SPELL GAMES?_____________________________
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Please mail to:TexaSoft, Post Office Box 1169, Cedar Hill,
Texas 75104. Thanks. Phone orders call 214-291-2115.
MAIL TODAY!
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Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #1144
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
FILE1144 TXT 2073 2-15-90 7:10p
GO BAT 38 9-30-88 4:16p
GO TXT 540 1-01-80 12:42a
SPELL ACE 128 1-01-90 12:04p
SPELL DOC 7320 1-01-90 12:04p
SPELL EXE 83971 1-01-90 12:04p
SPELL FLA 8960 1-01-90 12:05p
SPELL ORD 1946 1-01-90 12:04p
SPELL1 ACE 2358 1-01-90 12:04p
SPELL2 ACE 3456 1-01-90 12:04p
SPELL3 ACE 3712 1-01-90 12:04p
SPELL4 ACE 8832 1-01-90 12:04p
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