Yatzee

Yatzee V2.0c for the Psion Series 5 (C) DCR SoftWare '97 ----------------------------------------------------------- The UID for this program is 1000048F Released as FreeWare in September '97 To install Yatzee: 1) Make sure the \System folder is shown on your Series 5 system screen. If it's not, enable it in the 'Preferences' dialog. 2) Go into \System\Apps and make a new folder called "Yatzee" 3) Using PsiWin, copy across all the files from this distribution into the new \System\Apps\Yatzee folder. 4) That's it! There will be a new icon on your Extras bar. ----------------------------------------------------------- What is Yatzee: ---------------- Yatzee is playing poker with dice (sort of). You have to fill up 13 categories, 6 in the left column and 7 in the right. The game ends when all the categories have been filled. Scoring in the left column: If you want to score the 'Five's', only the five's in the hand will count. So, three five's will give 15 points in the 'Five's' category. 63 points or more in the left column gives you a bonus of 35 points. Scoring in the right column: ---------------------------- Three of a kind : Scores points in hand if you have three dice of the same kind. e.g. 5-5-5-4-2 scores 21 points. Four of a kind : Scores points in hand if you have four dice of the same kind. e.g. 6-6-6-6-3 scores 27 points. Small straight : Scores a fixed 25 points if you have 4 dice on a row. e.g. 1-2-3-4-6. Large straight : Scores 30 points if you have 5 dice on a row. e.g. 2-3-4-5-6. Full house : Scores a fixed 25 points if you have 3 of a kind AND 2 of a kind. e.g. 3-3-3-5-5 Yatzee : Scores a fixed 50 points if you have 5 of a kind. e.g. 4-4-4-4-4 This is the only category to which you can score more than once. Chance : Any combination is valid. Scores points in hand. Playing: -------- After rolling the dices, mark the dices you want to keep with the keys 1-5. or touch the screen with a pen. Then roll again the unmarked dice with the SPACE key. There is a maximum of three rolls. Then you have to assign the score to a category. Use the Arrow Keys to do the allocating. You can score to an invalid category it will enter 0 points, e.g. allocate to the 'Five's' category, without having any five's or to the 'Yatzee' without having a Yatzee. Toolbar: -------- 1. Button) Restarts Yatzee 2. Button) Opens option screen - turns sound on/off or resets High Score 3. Button) Calls up High Score Table 4. Button) Quits Yatzee Hotkey(s) --------- Ctrl+E - Quits game Update report: -------------- Yatzee V1.0a released: 13/09/97 Yatzee V1.0c released: 14/09/97 - When getting a winning combo (after 1 or 2 rolls) Yatzee goes straight to scoring. Yatzee V1.0d released: 15/09/97 - Quits now with Ctrl+E (anytime) Yatzee V2.0a released: 16/09/97 - Now fully playable by Pen Yatzee V2.0c released: 17/06/97 - minor changes IMPORTANT: If you aren't using Win 95 to unzip Yatzee.zip, please make sure that after unzipping, the folder name and filenames on your Psion 5 are the same as described above!!!!! ( If needed, use RENAME OPTION on your Psion 5 ) For support.... send an E-mail to: roennau.dcr@cww.de My Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/peaks/1167/index.html That's all folks... Dirk C Roennau