Hearts

Series 5 Hearts v1.1 Document File. Sections. 1. Introduction 2. Installing/Upgrading from v1.0 3. Playing and using the program 4. Differences between registered and unregistered games 5. Registering 6. Differences from previous versions 1. Introduction Hearts is a card game for the Psion Series 5. Other people might know the game by its other names, Black Maria or Chase the Lady. 2. Installing To install, drag the complete unzipped Hearts directory onto the system/apps directory on any drive. The programs icon should then appear on the extras bar. Upgrading To upgrade from v1.0 just replace Hearts.app, logo.mbm and cards.mbm files. Also you MUST delete the file Heartsdat from the System/Apps/Hearts directory on your machine. Registered users will need to re-enter their registration codes again. 3. Playing The object of the game is to score as FEW points as possible. When one of the players scores over 100, the game is over. There are four players in the game. Three are controlled by the Psion, the other by a human player. The game is started by the player with the 2 of clubs. The player with this card must lay it. Each other player then takes a turn until four cards are laid. Each player must follow suit if possible. If they can't then they can lay any card they like. When each player has laid a card the computer checks to see who won the 'trick'. The trick is won by the player who followed suit with the highest card. The computer then checks to see if any points were in the trick and scores accordingly. Points are gained when a trick is won that contains penalty cards. These are as follows.. All Hearts Scores 1 point each. Queen of Spades Scores 13 points All aces are high. As each hand progresses, players may not be able to follow suit. This is their opportunity to discard the penalty cards in their hand. That is why higher cards are best laid early in the game. The skill is knowing what you can get away with laying without incurring points. If your cards are all high, it might be worth trying to 'shoot the moon'. This means trying to win ALL the penalty cards. If you succeed, all other players score the full 26 points and you score 0 points. If you fail though, you can end up a loser! Play continues until all the cards are played. If someone has scored over 100 points the game is over, otherwise the computer deals another hand. At the start of each hand each player is given 13 cards. Before actual play, each player must select three cards to pass to the next player. This is when you can get rid of some of the really nasty high cards. Beware though, one of the computer hands will pass three cards on to you! The queen of spades though cannot be passed on. When it is your turn to play an arrow will appear above your cards. Just use the cursor keys and the enter key to select which card to play. Alternatively, the whole game can be played using the pen. Just touch the card you wish to lay. If the game asks you to press a key, simply touch the screen anywhere to continue. Before the game, you might like to give each player a more familiar name. Just select edit from the menu to change the existing names. These name are remembered, and will then appear whenever the game is re-run. Most of the other menus are self explanatory. 4. Differences between registered and unregistered games With the Unregistered version of the game, when the human player wins the queen of spades they score 75 points instead of 13. Also it is not possible to 'shoot the moon'. The player scores the full value of all penalty cards. 5. Registering Registration for Hearts is 10 pounds. Payment can be made by english Cheque, Euro cheques in sterling or Postal order. Foreign cheques can be sent in any currency, but please add a further 6 pounds to cover bank charges Users of Compuserve can register the game via the SWREG service.SWREG id codes for Hearts, Dungeon or both are.. S5 Hearts id code 16129 price $18 S5 Dungeon id code 15951 price $18 Both id code 16130 price $30 Alternatively, send 16 pounds and receive also the registration code for my other game Dungeon, the only Doom type game on the Psion! (Foreign cheques 22 pounds) Once you've registered, you will receive a personal code to free the game from all restrictions. There is no need to re-install. People who have already registered S5 Dungeon need only send a further 6 pounds, to register S5 Hearts. Send registrations to.. Nick Dawkins 26b Sussex Terrace Lower Flat Brighton Sussex BN2 2QJ England. Please enclose your full name and address. If you have an e-mail address enclose that as well for a speedier reply. Please send all e-mail to ndawkins@pavilion.co.uk Your comments are very welcome. Or visit my web pages for up to date info on this, and future work in progress at.. http://www.pavilion.co.uk/users/ndawkins Hearts may be freely copied and distributed as long as no files are added, removed or edited, including this readme file. Registered users must keep their personal codes secret. 6 Differences from earlier versions v1.1 Removes a bug preventing installation on the `D` drive. Fixes the Score info table, which worked incorrectly. Adds the option to change the score the game finishes at. Disclaimer. This software is supplied as is. No responsibility can be taken for any loss of data or adverse effects when used on your machine. This is though, extremely unlikely. The game has been tested, and shows no signs of naughty behaviour!