This special version of InTime Corp's Jigsaw Puzzle is shareware and is provided at no charge to the user. The requirements of Jigsaw Puzzle are an IBM or 100% compatible PC, EGA (128k Video RAM) or VGA monitor, 500K RAM and 700K for hard drive. A hard drive will not be required. Features Welcome to the new, exciting adventure of Jigsaw Puzzle! Jigsaw Puzzle is an exciting, artisticaly beautiful, rather unique computer puzzle. Because of the way it actualy "cuts" the puzzle pieces, the puzzle shapes are extremely realistic. You get the feeling that you are actually arranging a puzzle on your coffee table, for all the pieces are visible and can be arranged easily on the edges of your screen. The best part of Jigsaw Puzzle is that you can never lose the pieces! Saving the puzzle in the exact position that you leave it in, is as simple as a keystroke or click of the mouse. When you decide to return to Jigsaw Puzzle, you do not have to fear that the kids got a hold of your "extra" pieces or the cat decided to prey on the corner section, or the dog etc. etc. Jigsaw Puzzle always keeps your puzzle safe inside your computer, just waiting for your next move, in the exact position and condition you leave it in! For the competitive at heart, Jigsaw Puzzle keeps score based on the amount of time it takes to complete a picture and the mode you chose to play with. There's a Novice, Expert and Master mode. Watch the expression on your friend's face, when playing in Expert or Master mode, change drastically, as successfuly placed pieces begin to drop out of the puzzle picture because the puzzle isn't being completed quickly enough! Jigsaw Puzzle allows everyone from a first time puzzle user, to an advanced puzzle connoisseur, to experience hours of puzzle magic and enjoyment! Ease-to-use Jigsaw Puzzle can operate easily with your keyboard or mouse. At first, the top of your screen will look like this: Help Start View Sound Restore Exit Novice Pieces Help / F1 This gives you fast and easy information, directly on your screen, eliminating the need to open your manual. Start / F2 This starts cutting the puzzle picture into the amount of pieces you have selected. After you select Start, your screen will look like this: Help Return View Sound Restore Exit Save Score Time View / F3 Allows you to choose one of the set of puzzle pictures to assemble. Use View to switch back and forth from an incomplete puzzle to a complete picture. Sound / F4 Turns ON or OFF the sound of the puzzle. It beeps when a piece is assembled to the appropriate position, plays music when you successfully complete a puzzle picture and you can hear the puzzle pieces being cut and dropped out of the box. Restore / F5 Restores a saved position of a puzzle picture. Novice/Expert/Master / F6 Modes that allow you to choose the level of expertise in which to play. Novice allows you to arrane the puzzle pieces in a fashion similar to conventional puzzle arranged on a coffee table. You would typically pour the pieces out of the puzzle box and arrange them neatly on the edges of the table. Jigsaw Puzzle works in the same fashion, as the pieces drop out of the picture box allowing you to neatly arrange the unassembled ones around the edges of your computer screen. To assemble the picture puzzle, you simple drag them inside the box to the appropriate place. Expert allows you to arrange the puzzle pieces in the same exact fashion as a Novice. The only clinch to the Expert mode is, after you successfully place a puzzle piece in its exact spot, should you not complete the puzzle within a "certain" amount of time, another successfully placed puzzle piece will drop out of the picture box (when you least expect it!). This mode allows for hours of fun, as it takes advantage of the fact that you are not playingwith a conventional puzzle, on your coffee table! Master allows you to arrange the puzzle pieces in the exact fashion as Novice and Expert, but... as you've probably guessed by now... if you do not complete the puzzle within a "certain" amount of time, successfully placed pieces, begin to drop out of the picture box (when you least expect it!) faster than Expert mode! This mode is great fun, but a word of advise, unless you are prepared for lots of fun and laughs do not attempt! Pieces / F7 This allows you to choose the amount of pieces a puzzle picture can be cut it, prior to starting the puzzle. Your choices are as follows, 12, 25, 46, 62, 72, 87, 95, 101, 132 and 224. Since Jigsaw Puzzle cuts the pieces very realisticaly, the higher the number of cut pieces you select, produces smaller piece sizes. The smaller the number of cut pieces you select produces bigger piece sizes. If you select a puzzle picture to be cut into 12 pieces, your actual pieces will be larger, the image on the piece easy to detect and the pieces will drag slower into the box. The larger piece modes (12, 25, 46) are great for younger children who may be just starting to learn how to use the computer or puzzles. If you select 224 pieces, your actual puzzle pieces will be smaller, the image on the piece more difficult to detect and the pieces will move very quickly when you drag them into the box. The smaller piece modes (62, 72, 87, 95, 101, 132, 224) are exellent for the puzzle "connoisseur"! Save / F8 This allows you to save the current positions of the pieces in the puzzle. If you are in the midst of assemblingthe puzzle and can not complete the whole picture at that point, simply use the save function. When you return yo puzzle at a later time or date, it will be in the exact arrangement you left it in. Other Easy-to-use features Exit or Escape Allows you to leave the game. You will be prompted by a question "Do you want to quit Jigsaw?" Choose from "Yes" or "No". Tab Will pause or continue an action within the puzzle. When you pause, the clock on the top of your screen stpos keeping time, thus having no effect on the score you get after successfully completing the puzzle picture. The faster you complete a picture, the higher score you will get. Arrows or Left Mouse Button Places the pieces accordingly. Backspase or Right Mouse Button Places a puzzle piece from outside the box to the appropriate place inside the box. This can be used to give you a "Hint" in a more difficult mode. Clock The clock on the top of your screen keeps track of the amount of time it takes to complete a picture. Time effects you score. The less time it takes you to complete a puzzle picture, the higher you score is. Score Your score is determined by the amount of time it takes to complete a puzzle and the type of mode you choose to play. If you successfully complete a 46 piece puzzle picture in Novice mode in 15 minutes, your score will be lower then if you completed a 46 piece puzzle in Expert or Master modes in the same amount of time. If you play against someone, it will keep track of both scores. InTime Corporation 41 Elm Street, Stoneham, MA 02180 Phone/Fax (617) 279-0401