SOLITAIRE is a computer version of the traditional board game. The object is to remove all the pegs but one from the board. To remove a peg you simply jump another peg over it into an empty space. The jump may be either vertical, horizontal or diagonal. There are two game options. If you select option one the last peg must finish up in the centre hole -this can be rather tricky. The second, easier, option allows you to finish with the final peg in any of the nine centre holes. To tell the micro the jump you want to take simply move the rectangular sight over the peg you want to move, press Space, then move the sight to the destination hole and press Space once more. You guide the sight using the Z and X keys for left and right, and the right square bracket and back slash keys for up and down. If you find yourself snookered you can press Q to quit. Full instructions and prompts are given in the program, as well as error checking to eliminate cheating. Not of course that you would cheat. Amstrad owners are above that sort of thing, aren't they? CWTA |