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INSTANT SOFTWARE DESCRIPTIONS

MATH TUTOR I
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THE MATH TUTOR I PACKAGE IS DESIGNED TO 
HELP CHILDREN TO LEARN THE CONCEPTS
OF MATHEMATICS. IT USES THE TECHNIQUE 
OF IMMEDIATE, POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT.
WHEN CHILDREN ENTERS THE CORRECT ANSWER,
 HE IS REWARDED WITH THE CHANCE TO 
MOVE A SPACESHIP, CAST A MAGIC SPELL, 
OR SAVE HIS MAN FROM HANGING.

THIS METHOD LETS THE CHILD ASSOCIATE 
MATHEMATICS WITH A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. 
THE CHILD CAN HAVE FUN WHILE PRACTICING 
MATH SKILLS.THESE PROGRAMS OFFER YOU, 
THE ADULT, THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO 
INDULGE IN LERNING EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR
CHILDREN AND ALSO INTRODUCE THEM TO 
THE EXCITING WORLD OF MICROCOMPUTERS.

TEACHERS CAN USE THIS PROGRAM IN A 
CLASSROOM SETTING. CHILDREN ARE 
FACINATED BY COMPUTERS. YOU CAN GIVE 
YOUR STUDENT THAT EXTRA ATTENTION AND 
THE INCENTIVE TO WORK AT THEIR MATH 
LESSONS.

THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS ARE INCLUDED 
IN THIS PACKAGE:

HANGING - PRACTICE USING DECIMAL 
          NUMBERS

SPELLBINDER - EXCERCISE YOUR SKILL 
              IN USING FRACTIONS

WHOLE SPACE - DO MATH USING WHOLE 
              NUMBERS

DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS:

* HANGING <APPLESOFT BASIC>

YOU WILL BE TRYING TO CHEAT THE HANGMAN. 
YOUR MAN WILL APPEAR ON THE STEPS
HALFWAY BETWEEN THE NOOSE AND FREEDOM.

THE COMPUTER WILL PRESENT YOU WITH A 
PROBLEM USING DECIMALS. YOU MUST 
ANSWER THE PROBLEM. IF YOUR ANSWER IS 
CORRECT, YOUR MAN WILL MOVE ONE STEP 
CLOSER TO THE NOOSE. IT WILL TAKE TWO 
TO FIVE ANSWERS, DEPENDING ON THE 
DIFFICULTY OF THE PROBLEM, TO MOVE 
YOUR MAN DOWN ONE STEP.

YOUR PROBLEM WILL BE SHOWN IN THE LOWER 
LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN.
TYPE IN YOUR ANSWER AND PRESS RETURN. 
THE COMPUTER WILL TELL IF IT IS 
CORRECT OR NOT.

ROUND OFF YOUR ANSWER TO TWO DECIMALS 
EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE PRESENTED
WITH NINE DECIMALS.

* SPELLBINDER <INTEGER BASIC>

YOU ARE A MAGICIAN COMPETING WITH A 
COMPUTER CONTROLLED SORCERER. 
THE COMPUTER WILL PRESENT YOU WITH A 
PROBLEM USING FRACTIONS. IF YOU ANSWER
CORRECTLY, YOU CAN TRY CAST A SPELL ON 
YOUR OPPONENT. YOU CAN THROW A DEAD
CLOUD, FIREBALL, PARALYSIS RAY, OLD 
AGE IGNITER OR COLD BEAM.

THE SORCERER WILL TRY TO PUT UP A 
DEFENCE AGAINST YOUR SPELLS. IF HE 
SUCCEEDS, HE DOESN'T LOSE ANY POINTS. 
IF YOU MISS A PROBLEM, THE POSITIONS 
ARE REVERSED. YOU WILL NEED TO SELECT 
A DEFENCE.

BOTH YOU AND THE SORCERER START THE 
COMPETITION WITH 20 POINTS. 
IF EITHER REACHES ZERO, HE LOSES. 
ALL ANSWERS MUST HAVE THE LOWEST 
COMMON DENOTATION. ENTER YOUR ANSWER 
BY TYPING IN THE NUMERATOR (TOP NUMBER)
,A COMMA AND THE DENOTATOR 
(BOTTOM NUMBER). EVEN IF THE DENOMINATOR 
IS THE ONE OR THE NUMERATOR IS ZERO, 
THEY MUST BE ENTERED.

* WHOLE SPACE <INTEGER BASIC>

YOU WILL BE FLYING A SPECESHIP IN AN 
ATTACK AGAINST AN ENEMY PLANET.
THE COMPUTER WILL PRESENT YOU WITH 
PROBLEMS USING WHOLE NUMBERS. 
EVERY CORRECT ANSWER WILL LET YOU MOVE 
YOUR SHIP, FIRE AT THE PLANET OR
FIRE AT THE ENEMY SPACESHIPS. YOU CAN 
SPECIFY THE DIRECTION YOU WANT
YOUR SHIP TO MOVE OR TO FIRE.

IF YOU ENTER AN INCORRECT ANSWER, AN 
ENEMY SHIP WILL APPEAR AND BEGIN FIRING 
AT YOU. YOU MUST DESTROY ALL THE ENEMY 
SHIPS BEFORE DESTROYING THE PLANET. 
IF YOU COLLECT FORTY HITS ON YOUR SHIP,
YOU WILL BE DESTROYED.

YOU WILL NEED TO BE WITHIN TEN UNITS OF
THE ENEMY PLANET TO DESTROY IT.

THE DIRECTIONAL COMMANDS ARE:
1 = 180, 2 = 210, 3 = 225, 4 = 240, 
5 = 270, 6 = 300, 7 = 315, 8 = 330,
9 = 360 (360 IS STRIGHT UP, 270 IS TO
THE LEFT ETC).

WHEN ENTERING YOUR DIVISION ANSWERS, 
ENTER THE SUM OF THE WHOLE NUMBER
AND THE REMINDER. 

SAHARA WARRIORS
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WHETER YOU STRUGGLE TO MOVE YOUR TROOPS 
ACROSS THE DESERT  OR TRY TO CAPTURE 
THE ELUSIVE DESERT FOX, GENERAL ERWIN 
ROMMEL, THE WARRIORS PACKAGE WILL GIVE
YOU THE GRITTY REALISM OF DESERT 
WARFARE. SEND YOUR COMMANDOS OFF AT 
DARING NIGHTTIME MISSION, OR SEE IF YOU
CAN LEAD YOUR TROOPS TO SAFETY OF A 
DESERT OASIS.

* COMMANDO <INTEGER BASIC>

IN COMMANDO, YOU ARE GIVEN THE RANK OF 
CAPTAIN, AND THE COMPUTER BECOMES A
GERMAN GENERAL. YOUR MISSION IS TO 
SORRUND THE GENERAL WITH YOUR COMMANDOS
AND CUT HIM OF FROM HIS TROOPS.

YOU CAN PLAY THE EASY OR THE HARD GAME. 
IN THE EASY GAME, YOU MUST TRY TO
SURROUND GENERAL GUDERIAN. 
HE IS TRAINED IN THE FINEST PRUSSIAN 
TRADITION AND MOVES ONLY IN STRAIGHT 
LINES. IN THE HARD GAME, YOU MUST 
SURROUND GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL. 
GENERAL ROMMEL, UNLIKE GENERAL 
GUDERIAN, CAN MOVE IN EITHER STRAIGHT
OR DIAGONAL LINES (THEY DON'T CALL HIM
THE DESERT FOX FOR NOTHING). 
BOTH GENERALS CAN MOVE ONLY ONE SPACE 
AT A TIME.

AFTER CHOOSING WHICH GAME YOU WANT, 
YOU'LL BE ASSIGNED A NUMBER OF 
COMMANDOS. THE NUMBER VARIES DEPENDING 
ON THE LEVEL OF DIFICULTY.
THE GAME IS PLAYED ON AN 8 X 8 GRID. 
THE GENERAL'S LAST REPORTED IS MARKED
BY A QUESTION MARK. HE MAY OR MAY NOT
STILL BE THERE. THE POSITIONS OF 
PREVIOSLY PLAYED COMMANDOS ARE MARKED
BY ZEROS.

THE COMMANDOS ARE DEPLOYED BY ENTERING 
THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL COORDENATES
OF THE SPOT WHERE YOU WANT TO PLACE 
THEM. IF YOU TRY TO PLACE TWO COMMANDOS
ON THE SAME POSITION, YOU'LL BE DEMOTED
ONE GRADE IN YOUR RANK.

COMMANDOS CAN BE LOST FOR THREE REASONS.
IF YOU DROP A COMMANDO ON THE GENERAL'S
PRESENT POSITION, HE'LL BE CAPTURED BY
THE GENERAL'S GUARDS. OCCATIONALLY A 
RANDOM GERMAN PATROL MAY COME ACROSS 
ONE OFF YOUR COMMANDOS AND CAPTURE HIM. 
FINALLY, ONE OF THE THREE COMMANDOS MAY 
BE LOST IF THEIR TROOP-CARRYING AIRCRAFTS
IS SHOT DOWN.

THE MISSION IS TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE 
GENERAL HAS NOWHERE LEFT TO MOVE TO
OR YOU HAVE NO COMMANDOS LEFT TO 
DEPLOY.

AT THE END OF THE MISSION YOU WILL 
RECEIVE A SCORE BASED ON THE SPEED WITH
WHICH YOU CAPTURED THE GENERAL AND ON 
THE NUMBER OF COMMANDOS REMAINING.
YOU CAN CONTINUE PLAYING THE GAME UNTIL
YOU'RE EITHER PROMOTED TO GENERAL OR 
DEMOTED TO CIVILIAN.

* FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION <INTEGER BASIC>


FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION IS A GAME FOR TWO 
PLAYERS AND REQUIRES TWO GAME PADDLES. 
THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO CROSS THE 
DESERT SAFELY AND CAPTURE THE OASIS. 
ONE PLAYER CONTROLS THE BATTALIONS OF 
THE FRECH FOREIGN LEGION, AND THE OTHER
PLAYER CONTROLS THE ARAB BATTALIONS.

THE PLAYING SURFACE IS A SERIES OF 
COLORED ROWS. THE GREEN TOP ROW IS THE 
OASIS. THE FOUR YELLOW MIDDLE ROWS ARE
THE DESERT. THE SIX LIGHT-GREEN BOTTOM 
ROWS ARE THE ENCAMPMENT. AN ORANGE 
VERTICAL BAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ENCAMPMENT IS THE MOUNTAIN. 
HEADQUARTERS TENT ARE REPRESENTED BY 
THE TWO BROWN BOXES AT THE TOP OF THE
SCREEN. THE OPPOSING GENERALS ARE
REPRESENTED BY FLASHING SQARES.

THE ARAB BATTALLIONS, REPRESENTED BY
RED SQUARES, ARE POSITIONED IN THE 
LEFT ENCAMPMENT AREA. THE FRENCH 
BATALLIONS, REPRESENTED BY BLUE 
SQUARES,ARE POSITIONED TO THE RIGHT.

THERE ARE FOUR OPTIONAL VARIATIONS 
TO THE GAME. YOU CAN PLAY A STANDARD 
GAME WITH THREE BATTALIONS ON EACH OF
THE ENCAMPMENT ROWS, WITH A RANDOM 
NUMBERS OF BATTALIONS ON EACH ROW, 
OR WITH AN EQUAL NUMBER OF BATTALIONS
FOR EACH SIDE DISTRIBUTED RANDOMLY 
IN THE ENCAMPMENT AREA. THE FOURTH 
OPTION ALLOWS FOR SANDSTORMS, WHICH
APPEAR OCCATIONALLY, CROSSING ONE
OF THE DESERT ROWS AND WIPING OUT 
ALL BATTALIONS ON THAT ROW.

A GENERAL WILL, INDICATING WHOSE 
TURN IT IS TO PLAY. YOU MAKE A MOVE
BY POSITIONING YOUR GENERAL, USING 
ONE OF THE GAME PADDLES. WHEN A 
GENERAL IS LINED UP WITH A DESERT
OR ENCAMPMENT ROW, HOLD DOWN THE 
TRIGGER BUTTOM FOR ABOUT TWO 
SECONDS. THIS WILL CAUSE ALL THE
BATTALIONS ON THAT ROW TO LINE UP
BEHIND THE GENERAL. THE GROUP WILL
THEN MARCH FORWARD, LEAVING ONE 
BATTALION ON EACH PASSING ROW UNTIL
ALL HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A NEW ROW.

IF THE LAST BATTALION IN A MOVE LANDS IN
THE OASIS OR ON A ROW HAVING NO FRIENDLY
BATTALIONS, THAT PLAYER'S TURN IS OVER.
IF THE LAST BATTALION LANDS ON A ROW 
WITH ANOTHER FRIENDLY BATTALION, AN 
ADDITIONAL MOVE IS ALLOWED BUT NOT 
MANDATORY. THE ADDITIONAL MOVE MUST BE 
MADE ON THE ROW RECEIVING THE LAST 
BATTALION. THIS ROW IS INDICATED BY 
THE FLASHING OUTSIDE BATTALION. IF NO
ADDITIONAL MOVE IS DESIRED, THE GENERAL
MUST BE MOVED TO HIS TENT AND THE FIRING
BOTTON DEPRESSED UNTIL OPPOSING GENERAL
APPEARS.

IF YOUR LAST BATTALION LANDS ON A DESERT
ROW CONTAINING A SINGLE ENEMY BATTALION 
AND YOU CAN'T CHOOSE NOT TO MOVE, YOU 
CAPTURE THAT BATTALION AND YOU CAN'T 
CHOOSE NOT TO MOVE, YOU CAPTURE THAT 
BATTALION AND ARE GIVEN ONE POINT.

TWO POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR EACH 
BATTALION TO MAKE IT TO THE OASIS. 
HOWEVER ONLY ONE BATTAION PER TURN CAN
ENTER THE OASIS. ANY OTHER ARE 
RETURNED TO THE BOTTOM ENCAMPMENT 
ROWS. THE PLAYER WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE
WINS.


MIMIC
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* MIMIC <INTEGER BASIC>

MIMIC IS A FAST-ACTION MEMORY GAME 
THAT'S PLAYED ON A 3 X 3 GRID OF 
SQUARES. YOUR COMPUTER WILL FLASH A 
SEQUENCE OF FIGURES IN DIFFERENT 
SQUARES. THEN IT IS YOUR TURNS TO 
PRESS THE CORRESPONDING KEYS ON THE
KEYBOARD WITHIN THREE SECONDS.

THESE ARE THE KEYS USED TO PLAY THE 
GAME:

T ! Y ! U
- + - + -
G ! H ! J
- + - + -
B ! N ! M

PRESS THE CORRESPONDING KEY TO ENTER 
YOUR RESPONSE.

THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES FIVE DIFFERENT 
VERSIONS OF THE GAME. JUST ENTER THE
APPROPRIATE NUMBER LISTED IN THE MENU. 
YOU CAN RETURN TO THE MENU AT ANY TIME
BY PRESSING RETURN. 

IN MIMIC LEVEL 1, YOU MUST WORK YOUR WAY
UP TO REMEMBER FIVE FIGURES TO WIN. 
IN LEVEL 2, YOU NEED TO REMEMBER TEN 
FIGURES. THE LEVEL 3 CAN CONTINUE 
ENDLESSLY OR UNLIT YOU GIVE UP. 
IN REVERSE MIMIC, YOU MUST ENTER THE
FIGURES IN THE REVERSE SEQUENCE OF WHAT
YOU SEE. SUPER MIMIC WILL GIVE YOU A 
DIFFERENT SET OF FIGURES EVERY TIME.

YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS CAN COMPETE TO SEE
WHO HAS THE BEST MEMORY OR WHO'S THE
MOST PERSISTENT.