|Aͻͻ
|A |6Fun 'n Games |A ^1Klondike |Aͺ |6Fun 'n Games |A 
|Aͼͼ
^Cby
^CGeorge Leritte


    Klondike is the most popular of the many solitaire card games people have
 played over the centuries.

    The cards are dealt out into seven columns.  The first column has one face-
 up card, the second has one face down and one face up, the third has two face
 down and one face up, and so on until the final column with six face down and
 one face up card.  Remaining cards are placed in a face-down deck.  You can
 move the exposed face-up card(s) in a column to another column if the topmost
 card has a value exactly one less than the value of the card in the column you
 are moving it to, and is of the opposite color.  Values run from aces up to
 kings.  For instance, the queen of hearts can be placed on the king of spade
 or the king of clubs.  An empty column can be filled only with a king.  Moving
 the stack of face-up cards from a column exposes the bottommost face-down
 card, if any.

    If an ace is exposed, you can play it to the foundations.  There are four
 foundations, one for each suit, and they must be started with the ace and
 built up in suit and in ascending value.  Only the bottommost face-up card in
 a column may be played to the foundation, if its value fits.

    You can also play the exposed card in the deck in a similar manner.
 Depending on what option you picked when you started the game, you flip the
 cards in the deck one or three at a time until you find a card you can play.
 Playing a card from the deck exposes the previous card that was flipped.  When
 you reach the end of the deck, you can start flipping through it from the
 beginning again, unless you select the most challenging mode, in which you
 have only one pass through the deck.

    To win, you must get all the cards onto the foundations.  If you manage to
 play all cards from the deck and expose all face-down cards, you can quit and
 watch the computer play the cards to the foundations for you automatically.
 Be warned, though:  Klondike is a challenging, frustrating game, and you may
 just be dealt a hand that isn't winnable.

    This implementation of Klondike has many special features to take advantage
 of your PC's hardware configuration.  It will work on monochrome or color
 screens, and with a keyboard, joystick, or mouse.

    The program automatically configures itself for your computer.  There are
 five commands you can issue to the program to override the game's defaults.
 To do this you type ^1KLONDIKE X^0, where ^1X^0 is one of the commands below:
     ^1N^0 breaks out a new deck and shuffles it ready for play.
     ^1T^0 changes the default to color text mode for use only with a CGA.
     ^1M^0 changes thedefault to monochrome text mode.
     ^1H^0 changes the default to color mode for use only with a Hercules
        graphics adapter with SIMCGA installed.
     ^1C^0 changes the graphics cards to be more readable on a CGA with a
        composite monochrome monitor.

    The ^1N^0 command can be used in combination with any of the others, while the
 others should be not be used together.  When you enter the program, the deck
 of cards is read from disk just as they were saved when you last quit.

    The main menu lets you select which option you wish to play.
     ^11^0, ^12^0, or ^13^0 selects the level of difficulty.  The space bar or ENTER key
        defaults to level 2.
     ^1R^0 resets the high scores list.
     ^1S^0 lets you select your input device; mouse, joystick, or keyboard.

    To use the program with a mouse or a joystick, place the pointer on the
 card(s) you wish to move and press any mouse button or the joystick fire
 button. Then move the pointer and card shape to the place you want to put the
 cards and release the button.  When moving from the deck, put the pointer on
 the card.  To flip the next card(s), put the pointer on the back of the card
 below the face up deck.  To move a card to or from the layout columns, put the
 pointer in the column you wish to use.  To move a card to the foundations,
 move the pointer to the section of the screen where the foundations are.  You
 do not have to match the picked up card to the exact foundation when dropping
 it, just put the pointer in the general vicinity of the foundations and the
 computer will do the rest.  To quit, move the pointer to the box containing
 ^1Quit^0 and press the button.  The only key that is active in the joystick or
 mouse modes is ^1Q^0.  ^1Q^0 ends the game and shows you the high scores screen.

    In keyboard mode, there are two ways to play the cards.  Each portion of
 the screen has a number or letter associated with it.  To select the card from
 the face up deck, press ^1D^0.  To move the card to one of the columns, press the
 number of the column.  To move it to the foundation, press ^1F^0.  To move a card
 or cards from one column to another, press the number of the column to move
 from then the number of the column to move to.  To move a card from a column
 to the foundation, press the column number, then ^1F^0.  ^1V^0 will flip the next
 card(s) in the deck face up allowing you to play them to the foundations or
 columns.

    You can also use the arrow keys to move the pointer around the screen. When
 you place the pointer to pick up a card, press the space bar or the ENTER key
 to pick it up.  Move the pointer to where you want to put the card(s) and
 press the space bar or ENTER to drop the cards.  The up and down arrow keys
 move the pointer vertically to and in the foundation, deck face up, and deck
 face down area. The left and right arrow keys move the pointer to and in the
 layout columns.  ^1Q^0 ends the game.

    The program gives you one point for playing a card from the deck, two
 points for turning a card face up from the layout, and four points for playing
 a card to the foundations.  You lose one point when you start through the deck
 again. All these points are multiplied by the level you are playing.

    Some final notes:  if the arrow keys don't seem to work, try pressing NUM
 LOCK.  Also, note that on monochrome systems, a ten is represented by "T" on
 the cards.  On color systems, however, the deck is represented in its full
 graphics splendor.  The PCjr has a mouse drivers installed.  KLONDIKE detects
 this and gives you the option of using it.  If you don't have a mouse, be sure
 to select the keyboard option or the program will hang up.

    To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type:  ^1KLONDIKE^0.

DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FKLONDIKE.EXE
^FBRUN30.EXE
^FRETURN30.EXE
^FKLONDIKE.PBL
^FSMALCARD.DAT
^FCOMPCARD.DAT
^FKLONDIKE.HIS
