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SEVEN for OS/2 PM
Release 0.01

Copyright (c) 1994, Altair☆
All rights reserved.

○ Overview

A text-based card game popular on DEC computers over 15 years ago. I ported "SEVEN" for OS/2's Presentation Manager (PM). Apple ][to Ported versions are available on cassette tapes from Programma International. 10 years ago, I ported the one for the CASIO program calculator FX-602P.
I was introduced to the list in a certain magazine, so if you know this game.
Some people may feel nostalgic. It's a text-based game, so it looks a little plain, but it's surprisingly loud. I will

In this SEVEN for OS/2 PM, players can play Urd, Belldandy (Belldandy), Skuld (Skuld), Marller (Marller) three goddesses and one demon, and It's you.


○ Prerequisite software

-- OS/2 2.0 or 2.1 environment with VREXX installed. (tested on OS/2 J2.11, VREXX 1.1
So, the screen resolution was 640 x 480 dots and 1,024 x 768).

-- VREXX is a REXX written by Richard B. Lam of IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
It is a Dynamic Link Library for , and is available free of charge. OS/2 J2.11 Special
･It is included in the CD-ROM of the kit and CD-Showcase Vol#1. Find your nearest BBS or ftp site
You may also be able to download it from


○ Installation and registration of SEVEN

   No special installation steps are required. If you start SEVEN.CMD,
The SEVEN game begins.

   If you want to register this program on the desktop, in "Open" "Settings"
Open the settings notebook, and on the Session page, set Minimize on startup and Minimize on exit
Check both of the "Close windows" check boxes, and
It is recommended that you select "OS/2 Window" for the session.

   If you want to change the name of the player, open SEVEN.CMD in a text editor and type
Please change the settings of player.1 to 5 at the beginning of the file. double-byte characters
cannot be used. A name that is too long is also undesirable for display reasons.
   For example, to change the player "Marller" to "Sayako",
player.4='Sayoko'
will do.


○ Rules

   A deck of playing cards is used without jokers.
   First, each player is dealt 5 shuffled cards, and the remaining cards are
It is placed face down as a deck on the bull. …that said, the program is a text
Since it is a base, the picture of the card is not displayed. (^^;

   In OS/2 PM version SEVEN, each player and table have their own windows.
each player has only his own hand and the cards open on the table.
I can not see. Only the number of cards in hands of players other than yourself can be known to each other.
vinegar.

   When 5 cards are spread out, open one deck on the table, and the game finally begins.
to start.
   Each player takes turns taking turns matching the last opened card (suit; Spades,
Clubs, Harts, Diamonds) or cards of the same rank (rank; A, 2-10, J, Q, K)
You can only discard one card from the bill.
   For example, if the last card opened on the table was the Club King,
The next player can either discard a Club card or a King card.
You can
   The player who runs out of cards the fastest is the winner.

   If the player does not have a hand to discard,
You must draw decks and add them to your hand until you get a card that you can do. luck
If it is bad, the number of cards in hand will increase and the "win" will be far away.
   If you run out of decks, shuffle the cards that have been opened up to that point.
It will be full and used as a platform. At this time, "Table: Shuffling" is displayed in the table window.
It will be displayed.

   Ace, Queen, and the 7 card have special meaning as a hand.

   7 makes the next player add 3 cards from the deck to his hand. your previous
If a layer discards a 7, unless you have a 7 card, take 3 cards from your deck.
must be pulled.
   If you have a 7 card, discarding it will prevent you from ``tripling''.
removed. However, immediately after that, the player played 6 cards because 7 was played twice in a row.
I have to pull. Similarly, if 7 continues 3 times, 9 cards, and if 7 continues 4 times,
must draw 12 cards.

   If an Ace is discarded, the next player skips the turn, and the next player
Players take turns.

   Queen can be played at any time except immediately after 7. And it's convenient for me
You can call a new pattern.
   When the card on the table shows the King of the Club, the player has both the Club and the King.
Even if you don't have a Queen, if you have it, you can put it out. and
You can arbitrarily specify the pattern that the next player should put out. For example, throw away the Queen of Spade
can call Diamond, and the next player must play a Diamond card.
must be

   The first player to lose their hand is the "win".

   The following points are deducted from the 4 losers according to the cards they had at the end of the game.
will be

Queen: 10 points
7: 5 points
Others: 1 point

   It's better to have Queen and 7 just in case, but
If you continue to exist, the demerit points will increase. The tactics around it are important.

   All points deducted by other players are added to the winner's score.
   Therefore, rather than simply winning, the losers will quickly move up while they have more cards in hand.
The trick is to get a high score.


○ Operation

   If you start SEVEN.CMD, the SEVEN game for PM will start, with a green table in the center
･Window, a blue window for each player opens around it, and 5 cards are dealt
You can After bidding, the game starts according to the rules. Play in turn
windows are shown in light blue.

   On your turn, a menu box will appear listing the cards you have in hand.
A box will be displayed, so please select the card you want to put on the table. However, 1
If you select the top "Draw", you will draw a platform.
   Queen is a role card that can specify the next picture, so if you select Queen in the menu box
is selected, followed by , to specify four types of patterns: Space, Hart, Club, and Diamond.
A second switch box will appear, select one of the four.

   One game ends when one of the players goes up, and each player's window
A dialog box that displays the cards each person has and also displays their score
is displayed. Each player's score for the current game is displayed, as well as
It is the total score of the game up to.
   This dialog box has an OK button and a Cancel button.
Press to restart a new game. Press the Cancel button to exit SEVEN.CMD.
finish.

   SEVEN.CMD only programs the dialog box at the end of this one game.
I don't have a way to quit.
   If you want to terminate SEVEN.CMD in the middle of the game, Ctrl + in the SEVEN.CMD task
Press Break. Ctrl + ESC if the SEVEN.CMD task is not in the window
or press the middle mouse button (or both left and right buttons at the same time for a two-button mouse).
to open the window list and select SEVEN.CMD to display the SEVEN.CMD task.
Press Ctrl+Break there.
   When you press Ctrl+Break, if it's your turn, a list is displayed for you to select a card.
box is displayed. REXX input when the list box is displayed.
The interpreter has passed control to VREXX, and REXX has ported the keyboard buffer.
There is no ringing, so pressing Ctrl+Break will not interrupt SEVEN.CMD.
In this case, press Ctrl+Break and then press the OK button on the list box.
please. Control returns to the REXX interpreter and Ctrl+Break in the keyboard buffer
will interrupt SEVEN.CMD.

   Close SEVEN.CMD from the window list popup menu and force
Closing will leave the player and table windows on the screen
or a program using VREXX other than SEVEN.CMD initialized successfully.
You may not be able to run normally without understanding the reason. Exit SEVEN.CMD
use the Cancel button in the score display box or the Ctrl+Break method.
please.


○ Copyright Notice

   The copyright of SEVEN.CMD and this document SEVEN.DOC is the author's Altair☆
is held by Unauthorized quotation or reproduction of all or part of these works
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○ Known Bugs

   Although it is very rare, SEVEN.CMD hangs when the 7 card dances wildly and the game becomes heated.
You may end up doing it. This issue is not fixed in the version distributed this time. such times
Please force SEVEN.CMD to end as described at the end of the operation section.

   According to one theory, this hang is caused by the Skuld Bomber exploding inside the software.
Opinions that it may have been split or that Urd may have summoned lightning
There seems to be one, but it's actually a Yggdrasil bug. ← Lie (^^;)


○ Trade Marks

   OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp.

   DEC, Apple and CASIO are registered trademarks of their respective companies.

   Urd, Belldandy, Skuld, Mahler and Sayoko are from Comic Afternoon
It is the character name of "Oh, Goddess" in the N series.


Altair☆

