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Remember magic squares -- those little black and white plastic puzzles
with the 24 numbered tiles and one empty space?  You had to slide the
tiles back and forth until you got all the numbers in the right order.
This is the computer version and it's all grown up!

MAZE CUBE is an addictive puzzle strategy game for all ages.  The object
is to match a given pattern with the fewest number of moves.  It is a
great way to help younger players develop logical thinking and spacial
relationship concepts.  For the older player, it's just plum good fun!
MAZE CUBE is entirely menu-driven and provides thorough on-screen
instructions.  Age level: 6-adult.

Also included are 25 different puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty.
A nice feature is the autoplay facility that replays your best game so
you can see where improvements are needed.  The program also lets you
design your own puzzle patterns, up to a maximum of 99 different games.
This is the first game in the "Mind Maze" series, Wreck Tangle (Disk
#1836) is the second.

Disk No: 1419
Program Title:  MAZE CUBE version 1.04
PC-SIG version:  1.1

Remember those little black and white plastic puzzles with the 24
numbered tiles and 1 empty space?  You had to slide the tiles back and
forth until you got all the numbers in the right order.  This is the
computer version and it's all grown up!

MAZE CUBE is an addictive puzzle strategy game for all ages.  The object
is to match a given pattern with the fewest number of moves.  It is a
great way to help younger players develop logical thinking and spacial
relationship concepts.  For the older player, its just plum good fun!

Included are 25 different puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty.  A
nice feature is the Autoplay facility which replays your best game so
you can see where improvements can be made.  The program also lets you
design your own puzzle patterns, up to a maximum of 99 different games.
MAZE CUBE is entirely menu-driven and provides thorough on-screen
instructions.

Age level: 6 to adult.

Program Limitations:  Maximum of 99 puzzles.

Synopsis:  A puzzler. 24 tiles and 25 slots.  Move them correctly to
create the desired pattern in the fewest moves.

Usage:  Entertainment/Puzzles.

Special Requirements:  None.

How to Start:  Type GO (press enter).

Suggested Registration:  $10.00  Registered users receive updates and best
solutions for current games.  If they beat the current best score, they are
also eligible to be listed on the next distribution disk.

File Descriptions:

MC       EXE  Main program.
MCBEST   DAT  Best puzzle scores file.
MCEND    DAT  Puzzle ending layout file.
MCM      EXE  Puzzle generation program.
MCSTART  DAT  Puzzle starting layout file.
README   EXE  Documentation program.
SLTDPROV DAT  Selected proverbs, one is shown at the end of each
              session.

PC-SIG
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(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.


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║ To start the program, type MC (press enter)                             ║
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║ For information about the program, type README (press enter)            ║
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FILE1419 TXT      1961   9-06-89   1:44p
GO       BAT        38   4-24-89   4:39p
GO       TXT       540   6-01-89  11:18a
MC       EXE     74960   7-16-89   3:31p
MCBEST   DAT       198   7-16-89   3:40p
MCEND    DAT      2625   1-22-89   5:03p
MCM      EXE     43328   1-22-89  12:53p
MCSTART  DAT      2625   1-22-89   5:03p
README   EXE     31984   7-16-89   1:21p
SLTDPROV DAT      3978   3-03-89  11:18p
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