SOCCER CARDS - US 94

                        Written by Stephen Corry
                           Sydney - Australia

                            Koded using AMOS

                      ©1993 Frozen Ice Productions
 

                              INTRODUCTION
This game is the sequel to "SOCCER CARDS - FA Cup Championship" (better
known as simply SOCCER CARDS), which I wrote early last year.

Those who have played SOCCER CARDS, should have no problems getting into 
this new version, based on the 1994 World Cup.


                             GETTING STARTED
Once the game has loaded, you will be presented with a world map, and a list
of MENU items, which appear at the top right of the screen.

Here is a brief description of those items:-

ONE PLAYER/TWO PLAYER:  
If you click on the first item shown, you can toggle between a ONE, or 
TWO player game.

Player 1 will always be displayed in blue, with Player 2 in red.

US 94/SOCCER CARDS MIX:  
By toggling the second item, you have the choice of using the groups for 
the 1994 World Cup, or a SOCCER CARDS MIX - which will scramble all the 
countries, so creating random and unique groups.

LETS GO!:  
This option takes you into the country selection mode.

Here, you simply click on a flag for the country that you wish to represent.

When you have done this, you will be presented with the groups for the World
Cup.


                            PLAYING THE GAME
Before each match is played, you will always be presented with a fixture 
list for that stage of the Cup.

After this (and provided you are still in the Cup), you can start playing 
your game.

When all the matches have been played, you will be shown all the 
results - and if you are playing in the First Round - you are shown the 
Group tables as well. 


                              SOCCER CARDS
Those who have played FA Cup, will notice a dramatic change in appearance 
and presentation to the main playing screen.

The countries to play are displayed at the centre of the screen.

Each player takes it in turn to select a card, which are displayed at the 
top and bottom of the screen.  

You select a card by clicking on the one you wish to draw.

The upper-most country displayed will always draw first, and will place 
their chosen card to the left hand side of the screen.

The second country therefore places their card to the right.


                              THE SHOOT OUT
As there can be no draws in the knock out stage of the Cup, drawn games are 
decided by a SOCCER CARDS SHOOT-OUT.

When such a game ends in a draw, the cards are re-displayed, and both 
countries must select one card.

If one player draws a GOAL card, while the other a NO GOAL card, the player 
with the GOAL card wins the game.  Simple as that!

Any ties will mean selecting another card each.

NOTE: THE "FINAL WHISTLE" CARD IS REMOVED DURING THE SHOOT-OUT STAGE, AND 
IS REPLACED BY A "NO GOAL" CARD.


                             QUALIFICATION
The top 2 countries of each group will qualify for the Second Round, along
with the 4 best 3rd place countries.

The chart below gives you an idea of how each World Cup round is created:-

HELP: WHERE FOR EXAMPLE "B3" IS  DISPLAYED, THIS REFERS TO THE GROUP # AND 
GROUP POSITION.  FIGURES IN () REPRESENT NEXT ROUND CODES.


SECOND ROUND    QF  SF    FINAL
B1 V a3,c3,d3  (a)\
                   (1)\
A2 V C2        (b)/     \
                          (a)
C1 V a3,b3,f3  (c)\     /
                   (2)/
D1 V b3,e3,f3  (d)/

F2 V B2        (e)\
                   (3)\
A1 V c3,d3,e3  (f)/    \
                         (b)
E1 V D2        (g)\    /
                   (4)/
F1 V E2        (h)/

NOTE: LOSERS IN THE SEMI-FINAL WILL MEET FOR 3rd/4th PLACE PLAY-OFF.


FIFA certainly don't do things the easy way - but that's what you get when
you seed 6 (so called) top countries, so they don't risk the chance of
being drawn against each other, until the very final stages of the
competition.


                           THAT'S THAT FOLKS!
I really do thank you for purchasing my game, and I hope that yous all 
enjoy playing it.

A great deal of intensive work has gone into the creation of this sequel, 
and I really hope that it does show.

                                                               STEPHEN CORRY