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                        **    KINGHIGH V.2.0   **
                        **          By         **
                        **        LUNDY        **
                        **       May 1992      **
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         This programme is released as SHAREWARE. If you like it and 
intend to use it please forward £3 to the address at the end of this 
documentation. If you include a blank disk and stamped addressed 
envelope I will return your disk with other games I have written on 
it. Please feel free to copy and distribute this game but please 
include this documentation and all associated icons. They are all     
my work and remain copyright.

ABOUT THIS GAME
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          KINGHIGH is a card game. Put simply the idea is to guess 
what will come next, that is whether the next card will be higher or 
lower than the previous card. The game is divided into five sections 
as outlined in the PLAYING THE GAME section which follows.

          The game was written in AMOS and compiled using the AMOS 
compiler. For the AMOS users among you I include the source code.

PLAYING THE GAME
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          The game is controlled using the Joystick with occasional 
keyboard input.
          On opening you are asked to press the fire button at which 
point a pack is chosen for you. The pack should vary each game due to 
the coding used. A scrolling message is then displayed followed by a 
demo of the first part of the game. To leave the scrolling message 
press the fire button.

          In the first part of the game a card is displayed and you 
must guess if the card which follows will be higher in value or lower 
than that first card ( ACE IS ALWAYS LOW ). If correct then you guess 
if the next card will be higher or lower than the new one displayed 
and so on until all five blank cards are replaced. If you are correct 
every time then you get a chance to gamble or save the ten points you 
have won up to a maximum of 100 points.

          CONTROL is by joystick. When choosing high or low move the 
joystick left or right until your choice is highlighted and press the 
fire button. To choose gamble or save use the same method and then 
press the fire button during the gamble sequence to earn extra points.
       
          Should you fail to get four correct choices FIVE times in a 
row OR should your score drop to 0 points the game finishes.

          Once 200 points is reached ( or later in the game your score
becomes 200 points higher than before ) you move to part two of the 
game.

          In part two - the fastcard section - the same rules apply 
only this time you have to choose your cards quickly as only a limited
time is allowed for each choice. If you are too slow then you lose a 
turn. For each correct answer you win 100 points. The maximum you can 
score each turn is 1400 points and should you get all fourteen correct
then you get another turn. Once ten incorrect turns pass then you move
to part three of the game. When prompted by the words - Again Y/N -
PRESS THE FIRE BUTTON for Yes, you don't have time to go to the 
keyboard. If you want to quit press the key 'n'. To quit the game at 
any other time press 'ctrl' and 'c'.

          In part three the roles are reversed in that you must guess 
wrongly - If you guess higher and the next card is higher then you are
WRONG ( This section should be fine for negative thinkers ). Again 
after 200 points have been earned you move to part four of the game.

          Part four is a fastcard section with the rules of part three
in that to be right you have to get the answer wrong.
 
          Once this part is completed you are returned to part one.

          If your score has reached 20000 points OR more as you enter 
the first or third parts of the game a new pack is chosen and you are 
taken to part five - KINGHIGH PONTOON.

CHEAT - If you have trouble with the gamble part i.e. its too fast try
pressing F1.

KINGHIGH PONTOON
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          As with Pontoon itself the idea is to get as near 21 points 
as possible. In this game the Player is you and the computer is the 
Bank. The rules are as follows:-

1. Ace always counts as 1. Royal cards all count as 10. The remaining 
   cards take their face value.

2. If the Bank equals your score then the Bank wins.

3. Five card tricks are allowed but if the Bank gets one it beats 
   yours and anything else you might have.

4. Use TWIST to choose another card and STICK if you do not want 
   another card.

5. You always play first.

6. Each time you beat the Bank you earn 1000 points.

          After ten runs through you return to the section of the game
from whence you came and must earn a further 20000 points using the 
new pack before getting another chance at KINGHIGH PONTOON.

ADDRESS
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          Please send all bug reports ( I haven't found any yet ) 
shareware fees,ideas and disks to the following address:-
 
          Graham LUND
          10 Hawkcliffe View,
          Silsden,
          KEIGHLEY,
          West Yorkshire.
          BD20 OBS

Please enjoy the game.