GILSOFT Computer software

Reversi

Reversi was invented in England about a hundred years ago. It achieved great
popularity in the 1880's, but later fell from popularity. It has recently been
reinvented as the board game 'OTHELLO'. The computer industry has adopted it as
a standard computerised game, which overcomes the disadvantage that it needs two
players.

The version of Reversi supplied can be loaded and run by typing the following;

  LOAD "reversi"  (ENTER)

The first program is the main section in BASIC when this has loaded it will
automatically start to load the machine code, so leave the tape running.

The instruction page gives a summary of these instructions. You are now
presented with a choice, you may either play the computer in which case answer
'Y' to the prompt or, another player in which case type 'N'. The RED player
(Dark colour in monochrome) always plays first (you, if you chose to play the
computer).

Players take it in turns to lay a piece so as to capture one or more of the
opponents pieces. This is achieved by typing first the number representing the
line, and then the letter representing the column of the position you want to
play, and pressing ENTER. Capture occurs when one or more opposing pieces lie in
an unbroken line in any direction between the piece being played and another
piece of the same colour. These opposing pieces are then changed to display the
capturing player's colour.

As the game progresses and the board fills up, players may find it is possible
to capture several pieces at once in more than one line. Lines of capture are
determined only by the position of the last piece played, pieces turned over as
a result of a capture may not be used to form new capture lines in the same
turn.

If a player cannot make any captures at all he must miss a turn by typing 'P' as
a move. The game ends when either the board fills or neither player can make a
legal move. The game may also be ended by typing 'E' as a move.


GILSOFT Computer software

Poker Dice

This is a simple but highly enjoyable betting game for one player, you are given
£5 to start with and the task of winning as much as possible in the smallest
number of turns.

The program is loaded and run by typing;

   LOAD "poker dice" (ENTER)

When it has loaded there will be a short delay while the UDG's are set up for
the game. The instruction pages give a detailed list of the features of the game
and a table of POKER hands.

When the screen has been set up you will be prompted for your bet, this may be
any amount from 10p (enter as 0.10) to the entire amount shown. The first of
your three rolls will then be made. In the next two rolls you must try to form
as strong a POKER hand as possible by selectively rolling the dice. The keys
from 1 to 5 allow an individual die to be selected for rolling, if you press the
key a second time it will deselect the die. When all the dice you want to ROLL
have been selected press key 'R'. If on the other hand you already have a good
hand press key 'Q' to end the turn.

The money you win is calculated as follows;

  5 of a Kind - 5*bet
  4 of a Kind - 4*bet
  Full house  - 3*bet
  Straight    - 2*bet
  3 of a Kind - nothing
  2 pairs     - nothing
  1 pair      - bet*-1 (ie lose another amount)

If you enter a bet of 0 your score is calculated by taking the amount of money
owned and dividing by the number of turns taken. If after your three rolls are
up the words POKER HANDS flash you will lose twice your bet again, as no poker
hand at all was formed.