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BSXCAT.DOC
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The Late Fall 1992
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BSX International
806 Park Ridge Rd. Apt A8
Durham, NC 27713 USA
(919) 493-4875 anytime
Prodigy: JBVC54A
GEnie: R.ROBERDS1
VNet: 5 @9198
WWIVNet: 5 @9979
IMPORTANT: Make checks payable to ROBERT ROBERDS!
Hello! BSX International offers a number of products for yer
enjoyment. They're listed in this catalog below, each program along
with a description, lists of features and requirements, and pricing
information.
With regards to the prices, the Registration price refers to the
sum to be paid if you wish to register a shareware program that
you've already acquired and are using. The Purchase price indicates
the sum to pay if you wish to have a product sent to you on a disk.
The Upgrade amount is the price to pay if you've previously registered
or bought an old version of this program and want the latest version
sent to you on a disk.
What to do:
UNITED STATES CUSTOMERS:
Register: Just send a check, cash, or money order for the amount
given.
Purchase: Do likewise, only with the Purchase price.
Upgrade: Do the same, only with the Upgrade amount.
CANADIAN CUSTOMERS:
If paying with US dollars, then do as United States customers do.
If paying with Canadian dollars, then,
Register: Send a check, cash or money order for the Canadian
Register amount.
Purchase: Likewise, with the Canadian Purchase price.
Upgrade: The same, with the Canadian Upgrade amount.
Canadian customers are recommended to send Canadian Postal Money
Orders made out in US dollars. It's easiest that way.
CUSTOMERS FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA:
Send check, cash, or money order in United States dollars,
using the US prices just as American customers do. But also add
a total of $3.00 for overseas shipping and handling of purchases
or upgrades. If ordering more than one item, you still need only
send $3.00, as we bundle orders into one package.
Foreign customers are URGED to send US cash or money orders in US
dollars if AT ALL possible. Money orders in US funds are easily
obtainable at your local post office.
IMPORTANT: If you are in the United States or Canada, then you need
NOT include the $3.00 S&H charge on purchases. Otherwise, you do.
See the included file ORDER.DOC. Just print it out, fill it in,
and send it to us! Thanks for yer support. And don't forget to make
checks payable to ROBERT ROBERDS! (Including the form is optional, of
course).
IMPORTANT: MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO ROBERT ROBERDS! PLEASE! DON'T MAKE
CHECKS PAYABLE TO BSX INTERNATIONAL! DON'T EVEN THINK IT! PLEASE!
IF WE GET ANY CHECKS MADE PAYABLE TO BSX INTERNATIONAL, ALL WE CAN DO
IS THROW THEM AWAY!
If you want to reach BSX International you can use the mail, or
call us at (919) 493-4875, or reach us on Prodigy at JBVC54A, or on
GEnie at R.ROBERDS1, or on WWIVNet at 5 @9979, or on VNet at 5 @9198.
BSX International's Late Fall 1992 line:
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| AMFLAM Version 1.1 |
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The Amazing Flag Machine! The first BSX game that can be
considered (gasp!) EDUCATIONAL!. That's right: learn the Flags
of the World while at the SAME time having a ton o fun playing this
tuff but intriguiging one-player game.
If you've seen DARNIT, well, imagine a 5x5-grid type of
DARNIT but played with flags instead of cards. Sound nuts? It is.
Try it and JOIN THE AMFLAM GENERATION!
Features:
*EZ or hard rule levels.
*Boss "hide" option.
*Sound control.
*Scorekeeping for up to 10 players.
*Mouse supported but NOT required.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $10.00 each ($12.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $11.00 each ($13.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
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| AOTE Version 1.0 |
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It's Aces of the Eno, a patience card game derived from an
old solitaire variously known as Aces Up, Firing Squad, and (ahem)
Idiot's Delight. Can YOU get all four aces to the tops of the
columns? Well CAN you? Didn't think so. I don't think you have
the onions for it. PROVE ME WRONG.
Not like any other computer solitaire game WE'VE ever seen,
and we've seen em ALL. TRY it, you'll LIKE it!
Features:
*Boss "hide" option.
*Sound control.
*Scorekeeping for up to 10 players.
*Mouse supported but NOT required.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $10.00 each ($12.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $11.00 each ($13.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
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| DARNIT Version 12.0 |
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A different kind of solitaire game. Nice graphics and mouse
interface make this game more fun than a barrel of monkeys. If
you've ever played this "Kings Corner" solitaire, you know how
tough DARNIT can be! Non-mouse systems can use it too!
Rave reviews:
"Difficult, ingenious, and addictive."
- Public Brand Software
Features:
*Different rule levels.
*Boss "hide" option.
*Sound control.
*Scorekeeping for up to 10 players.
*Mouse supported but NOT required.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $10.00 each ($12.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $11.00 each ($13.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
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| FORZEE Version 4.0 |
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Forzee is the result of an unholy union betwixt Yahtzee and
poker. The outcome is a game of such toughness that it fully de-
serves a place beside DARNIT in the annals of BSX card games. This
is a one-player game, so it isn't necessary for you geeks to go out
and make friends or anything.
Rave reviews:
"I've tried a few shareware YAHTZEE games before, but never
anything like this one! The graphics and overall play of Forzee is
the best you'll find anywhere."
- Uncle Hank's Shareware Review Newsletter
Features:
*Boss "hide" option.
*Sound control.
*Mouse supported but NOT required.
*Permanent scorekeeping for up to 8 players.
*More fun than a barrel of nitrous oxide.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $10.00 each ($12.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $11.00 each ($13.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
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| GRIDLY Version 1.0 |
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The Mother Of All Card Games! Place the cards in the grid,
trying to get the best poker hands along the rows and diagonals.
But beware! You can only place cards in certain spots. Going for
that straight flush may well blow yer chance for that full house in
the row above! Holy Cow! Talk about yer Maalox Moments!
Another one-player card game.
This is NOT yer standard 5x5 Poker Solitaire. It's a whole
new game, invented here at BSX.
Features:
*Boss "hide" option.
*Sound control.
*Mouse supported but NOT required.
*10 best scores saved to let you show off to friends.
*More fun than a barrel of Jack Daniel's.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $5.00 each ($6.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $3.50 each ($4.50 Canadian).
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| GUZZLE Version 2.2 |
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A PC drinking/trivia game. Test your luck and trivial skill
while drinking yourself into a coma. Up to four players or teams.
Features:
*500 trivia questions.
*EGA graphics and mouse interface.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*Microsoft Mouse or compatible.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $5.00 each ($6.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $3.50 each ($4.50 Canadian).
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| KAOTIX Version 2.3 |
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Chaotic fractal generator. Plays the "chaos game", a nifty
"random" process that gives rise to decidedly UNrandom and lovely
pictures.
Features:
*Up to 15 vertices.
*EGA 16 color beauty.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*Microsoft Mouse or compatible.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $5.00 each ($6.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $3.50 each ($4.50 Canadian).
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| LEONG Version 1.1 |
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Board game of stragety and skill. Try to get yer pieces from
the starting line to the goal, but WATCH OUT for the hidden traps!
Much harder than it sounds. It could blow yer head CLEAN off!
Features:
*Boss "hide" option.
*Sound control.
*EGA 16 color beauty.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*Microsoft Mouse or compatible.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $5.00 each ($6.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $3.50 each ($4.50 Canadian).
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| MCDOE Version 2.1 |
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Madame Ching's Dungeon of Ecstacy. An X-rated VGA adventure
game for the stout of heart and pure of spirit. Not for the GEEK!
Features:
*Boss "hide" option.
*MCGA/VGA 256 color beauty.
*Sound control.
*Scorekeeping.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*MCGA/VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $5.00 each ($6.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $3.50 each ($4.50 Canadian).
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| MCPOP Version 4.3 |
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Madame Ching's Palace of Pleasure. An X-rated EGA adventure
game for the stout of heart and pure of spirit. Gopher it!
Features:
*Boss "hide" option.
*EGA 16 color beauty.
*Sound control.
*Scorekeeping.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $5.00 each ($6.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $3.50 each ($4.50 Canadian).
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| SLOTY Version 1.1 |
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Sloty is a video-poker game simulator [FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY!]
that, wonder of wonders, DOES NOT CHEAT! What the hey, it's not
real money, so why should it cheat? This little diversion will
keep you busy for hours on end.
Features:
*Boss "hide" option.
*Sound control.
*Mouse supported but NOT required.
*More fun than a barrel of salted fish.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $5.00 each ($6.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $3.50 each ($4.50 Canadian).
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| TEGAS Version 3.0 |
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Useful utility for Turbo Pascal graphics programmers. Lets
you create and save EGA images for use with the PutImage procedure.
3.0 is a brand-new, feature-packed version.
Features:
*Lines, circles, rectangles and region fills.
*Resize, zoom, overlay, flip, flop.
*Compare many sprites onscreen at once!
*Save as data files or as Pascal source.
*Ability to edit images of up to 400x200 pixels.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*Microsoft Mouse or compatible.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $10.00 each ($12.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $11.00 each ($13.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
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| TRIV-PAK 2: |
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A package of more trivia questions to go with the GUZZLE
game. Available to customers who've registered or purchased GUZZLE.
You may want to order TRIV-PAK 2 when you order GUZZLE, to ensure
a big supply of questions on hand!
Features:
*500 more tuff and fun questions.
Requirements:
*Registration or purchase of GUZZLE.
Prices:
*Purchase - $1.00 each ($1.50 Canadian).
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| TVGAS Version 2.1 |
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Useful utility for Turbo Pascal graphics programmers. Lets
you create and save VGA images for use with the PutImage procedure.
Features:
*Lines, circles, rectangles and region fills.
*256 big, big colors.
*Ability to edit images of up to 60x40 pixels.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*Microsoft Mouse or compatible.
*MCGA/VGA graphics with full memory.
*256-color .BGI file for Turbo Pascal (obtainable on
BBSs and from Borland International as VGA256.BGI.
TVGAS does not need this to run, but your programs
using VGA graphics will).
Prices:
*Register - $5.00 each ($6.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $3.50 each ($4.50 Canadian).
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| WOWZEE Version 1.0 |
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Wowzee, a recent addition to the BSX stable, combines bits
of Forzee and of all those Mah-Jongg tile games out there. "What?"
you ask. "Sounds 100% certifiably insane." No, no; WOWZEE'S not
insane. But YOU will be after playing this addictive game!
Features:
*Boss "hide" option.
*Sound control.
*Mouse supported but NOT required.
*Permanent scorekeeping for up to 8 players.
*More fun than a barrel of toenail clippings.
Requirements:
*MS-DOS 2.0 or greater.
*EGA or VGA graphics with full memory.
Prices:
*Register - $10.00 each ($12.00 Canadian).
*Purchase - $11.00 each ($13.50 Canadian).
*Upgrade - $6.00 each ($7.50 Canadian).
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DARNIT.DOC
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Version 12.0
A Shareware Solitaire Game of Extraordinary Magnitude
1.0 - Welcome.
Welcome to Darnit 12.0! You keep buying it, so we keep improving it!
Users familiar with earlier versions can look forward to a host of new
features and an exciting new play screen. Newcomers will rejoice at
the ease of play and happy fun times to be had all by one's lonesome.
Solitude and loneliness. For many, these words are synonymous. But
here at BSX, solitude is always a good time (none of your damn
business, if you must ask!). And now it can be for you too! Just fire
up DARNIT 12.0 and there you are. So next time you get stood up for
that big disco date, or when all your friends get married, move out of
town and can talk about nothing but mortgages and baby clothes, no
problem! You can spend some time with BSX and DARNIT 12.0, because we
know just what you're going through. If you can play DARNIT while
those about you are getting married and blaming it on you, then, and
ONLY then, will you be a cardmeister, YOU BUM!
Listen: only the most neophytical of neophytes will need to pore
over these dox. Just start the game and play. Then, if you got a
problem, you can bet these dox will help you solve them. Have fun!
2.0 - Legal Stuff. PLEASE READ!!!
DARNIT 12.0 (C) 1992 BSX International
DARNIT 12.0 was developed in Borland's Turbo Pascal 5.5.
This software is provided "as is" with no guarantees of any kind.
The developers assume no responsibilities other than those indicated
below. You may use and distribute this product as you wish, but only
under the following conditions:
1) You may sell this program without permission from BSX International
but you MUST NOT alter the program or its documentation. You MUST
NOT charge any fees other than fees for copying and MUST clearly
state that this fee is NOT a substitute for registration with BSX.
2) Do not distribute this product if it has been reduced in any way.
You may add files, but you may not remove any of the originals.
3) Under no circumstances remove the copyright notices from the code
or documentation.
2.1 - Shareware.
This product is SHAREWARE and is distributed in good faith for
your enjoyment. You may play it for a short period to become familiar
with it. If you decide you like it and want to keep playing it, you
should send a $10 registration fee to BSX, otherwise you should stop
using it. If only all software folks let you use their product before
you paid for it, the world would be a much better place. We've
bought so much BAD software that we don't use, and we're sure you have
too, that we feel GOOD programs should be rewarded. If you don't like
DARNIT, we're not hurt; if you do like our stuff, register, and we'll
keep making it. We're on our twelfth version of this product, so we
think we're doing our part.
This program is not "protected" in any way and is not altered so
that non-registrants will suffer. The authors don't believe in denying
anyone a chance to use our stuff. We are programmers, not businessmen.
We trust that anyone who likes DARNIT and wants more of it will
register. We're not naive, just a little idealistic.
If you do not register you may still distribute this game provided
you follow the rules above. Also, even if you have paid a distributor
for the disk this game was on, YOU ARE STILL NOT REGISTERED. We do not
receive payments from distributors. They just help us disperse our
stuff, and we help THEM by giving them our stuff for distrubtion,
gratis.
2.2 - Registration.
To register DARNIT 12.0 with BSX send a check/cash/MO for $10 (US)
or $12 (Canadian) PAYABLE TO ROBERT ROBERDS to:
BSX International
806 Park Ridge Road Apt. A8
Durham, NC 27713
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*** PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: ROBERT ROBERDS ***
*** DO NOT MAKE THEM PAYABLE TO BSX INTERNATIONAL! ***
*** IF YOU DO, WE JUST HAVE A GOOD LAUGH AT YOUR EXPENSE ***
*** AND THROW THEM AWAY. AND YOU'RE STILL NOT REGISTERED! ***
*** SO, THERE. WE'RE NOT JOKING. REMEMBER, THAT'S -> ***
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*** R*O*B*E*R*T R*O*B*E*R*D*S ***
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*** YOU'D THINK WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE LIKE ***
*** THIS, BUT WE DO. WE REALLY DO. OY THE STORIES WE GOT. ***
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For registering, not only will you encourage us to keep writing
shareware, you will also receive:
1) Our Gratitude.
2) 1/2 Priced discounts on upgrades to this product.
3) A meeting with the Government of Pakistan. (Just send them the
canceled check, and they'll do the rest. Tell them "Farouk" sent
you.)
Your support and comments are appreciated! No foolin!
Listen up: Please read BSXCAT.DOC and ORDER.DOC for FULL INFO on
the rewards you get for registering, and to see a current BSX catalog.
3.0 - Setup.
A complete copy of DARNIT 12.0 has AT LEAST the following files:
1) DARNIT.DOC - Documentation file you are now reading.
2) DARNIT.EXE - The actual executable program.
3) DARNIT.DAT - "Data" file needed for program execution.
4) DARNIT.ICO - Windows icon file (not necessary to play DARNIT, but
provided for expert users who want to run DARNIT
under Windows 3.0+. DARNIT's NOT a Windows program).
5) BSXCAT.DOC - BSX's latest catalog of stuff.
6) ORDER.DOC - E-Z-2-UZE BSX order and registration form. Print it!
To run DARNIT 12.0 from a hard drive, make a directory for this
game (we don't care what you call it, but DARNIT isn't a bad idea)
or pick an existing directory into which you want to put the game.
Copy the DARNIT.EXE and DARNIT.DAT files into this directory. Change
your default directory to the one you just created (with the "CD"
command) and type "DARNIT". It's as simple as that. Or, if that
directory is in your path, you can now type "darnit" from anywhere and
the game will start. Presto!
To run DARNIT 12.0 from a floppy, ensure that the files DARNIT.EXE &
DARNIT.DAT are on the floppy. (Use the "DIR" command.) Change your
default drive to the drive the floppy is in (Type "A:" or "B:",
whichever applies) and type "DARNIT". NOTE: We highly recommend that
you run DARNIT from a hard disk, not a floppy, if at all possible.
Refer to your DOS manual for help, if needed.
If you're still having trouble, make sure your machine meets the
minimum requirements below:
1) IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible (any 80x88/80x86 machine,
from 8088/8086 clear on up through 80586 and beyond).
2) 256K RAM minimum.
3) EGA or VGA video adaptor with at least 256K of video RAM.
4) DOS 2.1 or higher or any other DOS-compatible operating system.
5) Microsoft compatible mouse is supported, but not required.
DARNIT 12.0 WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT A EGA OR VGA CARD!
This game has been playtested on many, many systems. We cannot say
it will work on every possible configuration, but it does work on
every system we have tried it on. SO THERE!
We cannot guarantee that this program will run under any operating
system other than DOS or that it will work with any TSR's (Terminate
and Stay Resident programs) or memory management devices. IT IS
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you put:
files=20
buffers=40
device=ansi.sys
in your CONFIG.SYS file. These shouldn't be necessary for DARNIT, but
it's best not to take chances. So many problems are caused by the
omission of these lines that you'd be a fool not to put them in. IT
IS ALSO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, if you do have problems with DARNIT, that
you unload and reload any TSRs before playing. This often helps clean
up problems that other programs have left behind.
Please try to recreate any problem on another, similar configuration
before assuming we have screwed up. If any of the above is confusing
to you, please refer to the manuals that came with your machine. Or
you could talk to a computer salesman. (This won't solve your problem,
but it's always good for a laugh.)
You can always contact BSX, unless we're out on a date or something
(in other words, always). Before beefing, though, please re-read our
docs to make sure you aren't missing something.
You may get in touch with BSX International at (919) 493-4875, just
about any time, or you can send us a message on the Prodigy service
at JBVC54A, or on GEnie at R.ROBERDS1, or on VNet at 5 @9198, or
on WWIVNet at 5 @9979.
Drop us a line! If you call, you may get our answering service. Leave
a message for Bob. He can get lonely.
4.0 - Rules of the Original Card Game.
Some people call this "Kings Corner" solitaire. We don't really
know of any official name of this type of solitaire card game,
but we have opted to call it DARNIT because we seem to say
that an awful lot while playing it. Well, what we REALLY say is
unprintable in a family forum. Anyway, Bob learned it from a college
roomie, who had himself learned it from an obviously sadomasochistic
kid at the summer camp where he worked. And it goes something...like
...this:
You shuffle the deck and, one at a time, take cards from it and
lay them out in a 4x4 grid. The goal is to get the face cards in this
pattern here:
K | Q | Q | K
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J | | | J
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J | | | J
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K | Q | Q | K
Non-face cards can go in any position. Face cards HAVE to go into
the postions shown above. When you have filled the grid, you can then
discard all the tens and all the pairs of non-face cards whose values
add up to ten (aces count as ones). Then you fill the grid again, and
discard, and fill, ad nauseum, until the face cards are all out in the
above pattern.
But you lose if you can't place a face card, or if you fill the grid
and it has no tens or pairs that add to ten. It's rough; it's tough;
it's in the buff. Be prepared to get yer butt kicked a lot. But the
thrill of victory makes all the agony of defeat worthwhile (usually).
Variations: some people like to wimp out and play by the rules that
let you not only eliminate tens and pairs that add to ten, but also
to eliminate ANY groups that add to ten; say a six, a three, and
an ace. This is an unbelievably weenie thing to do, but DARNIT
offers it as an option. You never know with some people.
5.0 - Using DARNIT...The Basics
Just type:
darnit
at the DOS prompt. You'll see the opening screen and cruise on to an
all-nighter of solitaire madness.
Now to explain a few fundamentals. First off, if you have a
Microsoft Mouse or any compatible device, you move around with the
mouse and click with the left button. If you don't have a mouse, you
move around with the arrow keys and with PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End,
and click on things with Return or Spacebar; also, command buttons
onscreen can often be envoked with the first letter of the command;
for example, hitting 'H' calls up the Help screen.
You take cards from the deck by clicking on it. You put the now
face-up deck card in a grid square by clicking in that square. Note
that face cards will only go into their appropriate positions. Other
cards may go into any empty square. DARNIT has an "oh jeez I didn't
mean to put it there" option, too. If you put a card in a grid square
and then realize that that wasn't what you wanted, you can hit the
right or middle button (or Escape or Backspace, if you don't have a
mouse) to put it back on the top of the deck and place it all over
again. But after turning over the next card, there ain't no such
option. It ain't allowed in the card game, and it ain't allowed here.
CHEATING MAY RESULT IN DEATH AND/OR LOSS OF PLAYING PRIVELEDGES.
Once the grid is filled you can eliminate tens by clicking on
them, and you can eliminate pairs by first clicking on one card to
highlight it, then clicking the other. If you change your mind after
highlighting a card, just hit the right or middle mouse button
(or Escape or Backspace) to unselect it. Click on the deck to start
filling again.
5.1 - Features.
Rule Varations:
You have the option to choose to play by the easy rules; that is,
allowing the elimination of not just tens and pairs that add to ten,
but of ALL groups that add up to ten. 'Tis wimpy, but 'tis offered,
because BSX International has only YER best interests at heart. You
may choose which rule to use by clicking on the Rules button while
playing the game. DARNIT will remember that setting from now on. If
you quit, DARNIT will still be in the rule you picked when you start
it again. Try it out!
Run Silent, Run Deep:
Another nifty option is the silent playing mode. This lets you
play without any of the cute music playing on startup and after
winning or losing. So you can play without bosses/and or parents
and/or your roommate(s) kicking yer hiney. Just click on the SOUND
button on the playscreen. And if you wanna make *sure* DARNIT starts
silently, just use the parameter -s on the command line, as in:
darnit -s
Good for the first time you install DARNIT at work!
It's the Boss:
This brings us to the Boss option. Say you got a real dull,
pointless job, kind of like Bob's, and you decide to kill some time
with a nice game of DARNIT. But yer neo-facist employer would not
take a shine to that if he was to catch you at it. Yer boss, the
Master Of The Universe with his heroic Yale chin, would toss you in
the shredder if he caught you goofing on this GAME instead of making
him money. (An aside: I'm using the male pronoun for simplicity.
I know there are plenty of horrible *female* bosses, too.) What to
do? Well, just hit the Boss button on the playing screen, and -POW!-
up comes a fake DOS screen. Yer boss walks by, none the wiser. Cool,
huh? This is a convincing Boss screen, not a lame EGA "C>" like in
F-19 Stealth Fighter. All you have to do is type "darnit" or
"exit" to return to your game. Or, if there's an emergency, you can
type "abort" to leave immediately and exit right to DOS. Your game
will be lost, but your job may well be saved. It is an even swap.
It has been brought to our attention that only bosses play games
at work. So be it. Then you bosses may think of the BOSS option
as an EMPLOYEE option. The song remains the same.
Here's some other options available to you while playing:
Help: Puts up a full-scren help facility. Helps you to keep it
straight! As it were.
Players: This enables you to look at the lifetime scores of up to 10
players. Choose "USE" to play with that player, or "NEW" to erase
that player's stats and enter a new name. And there's always "DONE"
for when you want to get back to the game.
Cards: Choose from one of the eight available designs for the backs
of the cards! YOU make the call!
Mouse: If you're using a mouse and don't like the response, no
problem! Click on the mouse adjust button and use the VCR-like
controls to change the feel. If you don't know how to work a VCR or
don't know what horizontal and vertical are, what the hell are you
doing using a computer? Do yourself a favor and just get a lobotomy
right away. One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo's
nest. DARNIT will remember the mouse speed setting from now on.
NOTE: If you have a mouse but don't wish to use it to play DARNIT,
just start the game with the -n command option, as in:
darnit -n
One More Thing:
DARNIT is truly idiot-proof; we know cuz we've tested it ourselves
a million times, doing all sorts of idiotic stuff. Lose the .DAT
file, or forget the rules of the game, or try to run on a system
w/o EGA: NO sweat! DARNIT WILL NOT crash. Nothing's more annoying
than a game that crashes. Also, it's VERY user-friendly; mousers
seldom need touch the keyboard, and non-mousers seldom need use any
hand but the one on the numeric keypad. Note to mousers: You
might want to disable any mouse-ignorant screen savers, or the
screen may blank and scare the very bejeebers outta you, until you
remember that all you gotta do is hit a key. Used to happen to me a
lot when using mouse-only applications.
6.0 - Technical and Version Notes.
DARNIT was conceived over a weekend of serious beer-drinking and
hardcore Chinese food-eating. It was done in Turbo Pascal 5.5 on an
IBM PC with an Intel Inboard 386, a Maxtor 120Mb hard drive, a
Paradise Pro VGA card, and a Logitech bus mouse.
The game was tested and docs were written on a Gateway 2000 386/33
with Super VGA & 200MB Hard Drive running MS-DOS 5.0 with a Kraft
Serial Trackball.
The mouse routines used were those in the Public Domain TP unit
known as EGAMOUSE, by Eduardo Martins. This is a fine, simple-to-use
unit that comes with source, allowing for easy modification.
The unbelievably buggy background music routines were adapted and
debugged from a REAL old TP3 include file dating from the
Pleistocene (1985).
6.1 - Version Summary.
Version 1.0 released 6 June 89 - Initial release.
Many other releases followed until...
Version 11.0 released 8 July 91 - Many improvments including new
play screen, card back selection, mouse sensitivity control,
extended win/loss tracking with player selection and incorporating
all other bug fixes since initial release.
Version 11.1 released 16 Sept. 91 - Mouse action smoothified. Some
color changes.
Version 12.0 released 5 Nov. 92 - Mouse routines replaced. Dumb
changing-mouse stuff eliminated. Colors and fonts changed. Black
gold. Texas tea.
7.0 - About BSX International.
BSX is mostly the fault of Bob Roberds, sometime programmer and
all-around swell guy. Partly to blame is Dave Kotomski, sometime
programmer and fellow game fanatic. Together with the help of
programmers and other computer geeks, they run BSX International, a
shareware company. Our amazing growth and diversity is due to the
large number of registrants and other enthusiasts who contribute time
and money (mostly just time) in the form of registrations and ideas as
well as code, advice, the occasional beer and shoulder to cry on. We
appreciate it all. Mostly the beer, though.
Bob and Dave spend a lot of time on the phone. We usually talk
about politics, music, modern life, last week's Star Trek:TNG episode,
and beer. When Bob's not on the phone, he eeks out his meager
existence in Durham, NC and writes our software and drinks beer. When
Dave's not on the phone with Bob, he's on the phone with his "wife"
(should I get call-waiting?) or drinking beer in Trumbull, CT (never
both. Maybe a new girlfriend?). Both of us are playing games the rest
of the time, or we're passed out somewhere (often in Baltimore on
bus-stop benches).
8.0 - Acknowledgements.
Bob would like to thank Dave for being a true blue BSXian. With
gratitude extended to local riff-raff like Elvis for testing and input
(GIGO, I always say). Endless dittoes to Spike the macaw for inspiring
the ubiquitous parrot imagery. And, miracle of miracles, LRG has
actually STOPPED the Silent Treatment for a bit. But, we're sure,
only for a BRIEF bit.
Dave would like to thank Bob, John, Debbie, Gail and Alexei for good
times and stuff. It's amazing to me that Bob picks up the phone as
often as he does when he knows I call so much. What's more amazing is
he actually uses some of my "suggestions" in our games. I suppose I
should acknowledge some ex-girlfriends out there. There, I did it.
Happy?
BSX International -
Bob "Sideshow Bob" Roberds - Development, Design & Beer.
David "I AM Klingon" Kotomski - Playtesting, Dox & Jack Daniels.
So round, so firm, so fully packed...
It must be from
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International
"Where the Future is Tommorrow"
Rootin Tootin Computin for the 90s and Beyond
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
We're fierce, we're BSX International, and we're *IN YER FACE!*
Serving your shareware needs for over a fiftieth of a century!
Ewwww...dogwater!
Peace.
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