Card Groupers Game Door Version 1.0 September 30, 1989 Nels Anderson 92 Bishop Drive Framingham, MA 01701 DESCRIPTION: CARD GROUPERS is a simple gambling game implemented as a door for PCBoard 14.x systems. Players bet on whether the next card drawn will be higher or lower than the current top card. The game keeps track of all scores, generates a current standings bulletin and at the end of each month generates a winners list. The game is "share aware" so it can be run on multi-node systems. REQUIREMENTS: CARD GROUPERS is designed to run with PCBoard 14.x systems. It's possible that it will run on other systems that support doors but since I'm not familiar with anything other than PCBoard I cannot say for sure. If you do get it running under another system I would like to know about it. It runs in under 256k of memory. SHAREWARE: CARD GROUPERS is distributed as Shareware. You are free to try the program and make copies for others. If you continue to use it, however, you are asked to make a donation to the author of $10 or more to support continued development of this and other software. FILES: The files included in CARD GROUPERS v1.0 are as follows: GROUPERS.EXE The executable file GROUPERS.CNF A sample configuration file GROUPERS.DOC Documentation GROUPERS.TXT This file GROUPERS Sample door batch file GROUPERS.MG Graphics mode title screen All these files MUST be included when distributing this program. If you archive the program for distribution through BBS's, please use the name GROUPERS.ZIP (or .ARC, .PAK, etc. as appropriate). SUPPORT: Support for this software is provided through the )(evious BBS. Call 508-875-3618 or 617-449-7322 (300/1200/2400/9600HST, 8N1) and leave a C)omment for the sysop. The latest version will always be available there first. Mail support is also available; please include an SASE with your request. AVAILABLE SOFTWARE: Other software which I've either written or contributed to: EGATREK: Space strategy battle game, using full EGA graphics, based on the classic minicomputer game. Winner of Public Brand Software's 1988 software contest. MAHJONGG: Solitaire game played with Chinese tiles. Supports EGA and Hercules graphics; mouse optional. See reviews in December 1988 "PCWorld" and April 1989 "Compute!". MOUSTOOL: A collection of utilities for Turbo Pascal programmers wishing to incorporate mouse input in their programs. Sample programs included for both EGA and CGA graphics. SOUNDPAS: A collection of utilities for Turbo Pascal programmers to add music and sound effects to their programs. Includes units for interrupt and real time sounds. BASSTOUR: (Written by Dick Olsen). Game that simulates a fishing tournament, including rod and lure selection. Runs in EGA/CGA/Hercules graphics modes. Uses many of the utilities from MOUSTOOL and SOUNDPAS. BASSMAP: Companion program for BassTour which allows lakes to be created or modified. CALLDOOR: A PCBoard 14.x door that lets users view the system caller log. Logs for any node can be viewed in reverse order (i.e., most recent caller back) or the logs can be searched for any string. TOPPERS: A PCBoard 14.x sysop utility that generates a formatted list of the board's top users (by number of calls, downloads and uploads). The output file has three columns, one for each category. Graphics and non-graphics output is available. TOPTALK: A PCBoard 14.x sysop utility that tracks user activity in conferences based on number of messages posted. Included is a complete record of all user activity plus a bulletin file of the top ten most active message posters. TOPCITY: A PCBoard 14.x sysop utility that generated a formatted list of the cities where the board's users live. A number of options are available and both graphics and non-graphics output is possible. GROUPERS: A PCBoard 14.x game door. Players gamble on the outcome of the next card drawn from the deck. The game is set up to run as a monthly contest and keeps track of current scores, generates a current scores bulletin and an end of month final scores bulletin.