Triple Yahoo! 1.0 Copyright © 1993 by Dan Puraty - All rights reserved. 1/4/93 - Initial Release WHAT IS TRIPLE YAHOO!? Triple Yahoo! is a game for Windows 3.x similar to the popular Triple Yahtzee board game, by Milton Bradley. Players roll animated dice and score in different categories to gain points. When all scores are made, the player with the most points is the winner. Triple Yahoo! supports user-configurable Windows 3.1 sound effects via .WAV files if a sound board is installed. Triple Yahoo! is Shareware, and a registration fee of $10 is required if used past the 30-day evaluation period. FILES CONTAINED IN THIS RELEASE README.TXT Documentation (this file) LICENSE.TXT License Agreement / Warranty Disclaimer ORDER.TXT Order Form VENDOR.TXT Distribution Information / Suggestions TYAHOO.EXE Required Executable File TYAHOO.CFG User Preferences File TYAHOO.HI High Scores File ATTENTN.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Attention" READY.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Ready" ROLL.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Roll Dice" SORRY.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Sorry" WINNER.WAV Required(1) Sound File "Winner" MCI.VBX Required Support File THREED.VBX Required Support File (1) Required if wave audio sound is desired INSTALLATION To install the evaluation version of Triple Yahoo!, create a subdirectory and copy all the included files into this sub- directory. Copy the file VBRUN200.DLL (distributed separately, and available for free) to either this same subdirectory or into the Windows "System" subdirectory. If you have multiple programs that require VBRUN200.DLL to run, it is better to put a single copy in the Windows System subdirectory rather than to have duplicates in different subdirectories on your hard disk. STARTING TRIPLE YAHOO! To start Triple Yahoo!, you can simply double-click on TYAHOO.EXE from the file manager, or define a new program item in the Program Manager. Once started, you must enter the names of the players. Choose NEW GAME from the FILE menu, enter the player(s) names, and click CONTINUE. Click the ROLL button and you're off! OPTIONS You can change certain program settings from the OPTIONS menu, and save them to disk by choosing SAVE SETTINGS. The options are: Sound Effects: Wave Audio (MCI) plays digitized sounds PC Speaker (beeps) beeps the PC speaker Sound Off no sound Roll Animation: Can be turned off for slower PC's CUSTOM SOUND EFFECTS Custom sound effects can be used by replacing any of the included five .WAV files with your own. Files must be named as indicated. PLAYING TRIPLE YAHOO! To play Triple Yahoo!, players take turns rolling the dice and scoring points. After each roll, possible scores are displayed in red, and zero scores in grey. You can choose where to score at any time possible scores are displayed by clicking on the desired score position. If you choose to re-roll, click on the undesired dice and press the ROLL button. Each player gets up to three rolls before they must choose a score. Sometimes a score of zero must be chosen, and is best taken from the single score column. There are three columns for scoring. The first scores single point values, the second scores double, and the third scores triple. If the point values of "Ones" through "Sixes" total 63 or higher, a bonus of 35 is given (3-of-a-kind in each category is required to get 63 points). The Double and Triple columns require multiples of 63, respectively, and receive double and triple bonus values. When the board is filled, the game is over. The player with the most points is the winner and is automatically entered in the high-scores file if qualified. SCORING Point values for Triple Yahoo! are as follows: Ones only 1's are scored Twos only 2's are scored Threes only 3's are scored Fours only 4's are scored Fives only 5's are scored Sixes only 6's are scored Three of a Kind must have 3-of-a-kind, all dice are scored Four of a Kind must have 4-of-a-kind, all dice are scored Full House must have 2-of-a-kind AND 3-of-a-kind, score 25 Small Straight must have a sequence of 4, score 30 Large Straight must have a sequence of 5, score 40 Yahoo! must have 5-of-a-kind, score 50 Pot Luck total of all dice is scored REGISTRATION Triple Yahoo! is copyrighted Shareware. This is an evaluation copy valid for 30-days. Any use Triple Yahoo! after the 30-day trial period is in violation of federal copyright laws. Read the file LICENSE.TXT for the license agreement and warranty disclaimer. Distribution information and description suggestions are contained in the file VENDOR.DOC. To register Triple Yahoo!, print the file ORDER.TXT and send with your check for $10 to: Dan Puraty 3536 Kent Road Stow, Ohio 44224 Registered users will receive the latest non-Shareware version on diskette. I also welcome any comments you may have about Triple Yahoo!. Thank you in advance for supporting the Shareware concept! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Triple Yahtzee is a registered trademark of Milton Bradley Co.