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T H I E V E S
Version 1.0
Written by DANIEL KNEESHAW
This game is based on a game from the Apple Macintosh.
The reason I wrote a version for the Amiga is that I (& everyone
else at work) found the game incredibly addictive. We have managed to play
over 2000 games (!) in a fairly short space of time. One person actually
played for about 6 hours non-stop out of office hours!!!
So I set about re-creating the game for me to play at home. I used
Amos because of it's ability to handle bobs and zones easily.
The game was written on a 3 meg Amiga 1500 with 105 meg hard drive, and 3
disk drives. The software I used was Amos V1.3, Amos Compiler,
Deluxe Paint IV and Audiomaster II (with futuresound hardware).
This game requires 1 meg to run (unless you know otherwise!)
INSTRUCTIONS
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This game is called 40 thieves and is played with two packs of cards.
The aim of the game is to place all 8 suits into piles, in order, at the
top of the screen starting with the aces.
At the start of a game you will have 40 cards dealt out, and you can
deal more by clicking on the pack.
A card can be picked up if it is on top of a pile.
These can be moved onto cards which are of the same suit and the next
highest value (e.g. 4 spades onto 5 spades)
Or onto a top pile if it is of a lower value. (e.g. 4 spades onto 3 spades)
Cards cannot be removed from the top piles.
Only 1 card can be moved at once.
HOW TO PLAY
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To move a card:
Hold down the left mouse button and drag or Double click on the card.
To turn over a new card:
Click once on the face down card (Bottom left)
Press the SPACE-BAR to pause the game.
MENU FUNCTIONS
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NEW GAME - Starts a new game.
HI-SCORES - Displays the top ten scores.
ABOUT - Displays version number etc.
INFO - Displays text giving brief descriptions.
QUIT - Exit the program.
UNDO - Returns the last moved card. (up to 10000 undos!).
CLEAR HIGH SCORES - Obvious really.
SUGGEST MOVE - Highlights possible moves.
HELPING HAND - The pointer changes to a thumbs-up if the card will move.
SHUFFLE SOUND - The sound when a new game starts.
DEAL SOUND - The sound when moving a card.
COLOUR - For use on a colour monitor.
GREY - For use on a monochrome monitor.
FULL CARD - Displays the full card when being moved otherwise an
outline is used. (The full card flickers because of a
limitation of AMOS, which is that a double buffered
screen cannot be used with menus!)
HINTS
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If the mouse is not responsive enough:
There is a cure! If the SUGGEST MOVE or HELPING HAND is enabled
then the positions are checked constantly to see if a move is
possible. Unfortunately this slows the mouse movement down so just
turn both options OFF.
Beginners:
If you are still unsure where cards will move to, make sure the
suggest move is turned on.
SCORING
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The scoring system for this game works by adding the value of the card to
the total when it is moved onto a top pile.
An ace is worth 1 point
a 2 is worth 2 points
a Jack is worth 11 points
etc.
Also a bonus of 500 points is given when the game is finished.
But 1 point is subtracted every 4 seconds, which means a top 10 score table
is possible. (The highest possible score is 1228 if no time is taken!!)
DISCLAIMER
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All use of this program is at your own risk.
I accept no responsibility or liability for the effects that this product
may have on anyones computer, sanity, social life, etc.
ADDRESS
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If anyone has any suggestions, bug reports, or any other queries then
you can write to me at the following address:
Mr Daniel Kneeshaw,
Ebor Mount,
18 York Place,
Knaresborough,
North Yorkshire,
ENGLAND
HG5 0AA
DISTRIBUTION
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Please feel free to pass this program on to your friends!