PATIENCE ver 2.00

By OASO aka Octavio Salguero
Released October-2001

Patience is a collection of nine of the most popular solitaire games written for the 68K based TI calculators using TI-GCC.

FEATURES

INSTALLING AND STARTING PATIENCE

  1. Upload the file PAT.??G to your calculator.
  2. Archive the files PAT.ASM and PATDAT.PPG.
  3. Type pat() on the command line or press [ENTER] over PATDAT.PPG from TICT-EXPLORER. If you want to launch PATIENCE only from TICT-EXPLORER, you won't need PAT.ASM.
    WARNING! There are a lot of ASM launcher programs with a very ugly bug that makes calcs crash when launching large programs. I recommend you to launch PATIENCE from the MAIN SCREEN or TICT-EXPLORER. TI-BASIC launcher programs also work OK.

THE MENU SYSTEM

New:

Klondike: Starts a new Klondike game.

Pyramid: Starts a new Pyramid game.

Golf: Starts a new Golf game.

Free Cell: Starts a new Free Cell game.

Diplomat: Starts a new Diplomat game.

Spiderette: Starts a new Spiderette game.

Firing Squad: Starts a new Firing Squad game.

Red and Black: Starts a new red and Black game.

Library: Lets you choose the number of the next game. Example: To play the Klondike game #1 of the book #3, choose Library and set book:3 and game:1, then choose a new Klondike game.

Load/Save: Lets you load and save your game. Slot 0 is saved automatically when you leave the program. You can access this menu via the [STO] key.

Options: Lets you change the default options of the program:

Cards back: Choose one of the three included images, or USR to choose the user-defined image. The user-defined image must be in the current directory and must be called PATBC.PIC.

Cursor speed: Set the cursor's low speed (The speed the cursor gets when pressing [DIAMMOND]). The higher the number, the lower the speed.

Auto-Load: Turn it OFF if you don't want to load PAT00.STR on startup.

Auto-Save: Turn it OFF if you don't want to save your game in PAT00.STR before exiting.

Spacing: Sets the spacing in pixels between the cards.

Deck (89 version only): Choose between one of the two decks of cards.

Help: Shows the help pages with a brief description of each game's rules. you can reach the general help via the [F1] key.

About: Shows the credits and the program version. It also displays the number of game you're playing.

Exit: Exits the program.

KEYS

[F1] Shows General Help Page
[UP] Move Cursor Up
[DOWN] Move Cursor Down
[LEFT] Move Cursor Left
[RIGHT] Move Cursor Right
[DIAMOND] Slow Down Cursor
[ENTER],[2ND] Select Card/Make Move/Open Menu Entry
[ESC] Enter or Leave Main Menu
[STO] Load/Save Game
[CATALOG] Open Games Library
[BACK] Take back a Move
[ON] Turn calc OFF
[F5] Boss Key

CREDITS

TO DO +

  1. Someone whose name I forgot (sorry) suggested three cards Klondike. I liked that idea.
  2. Combine the two versions (89 and 92+) in one binary.
  3. Remove the old graphics in the 89 version.

Well, this time I want you to know that I already started to work in the third version. I started from scratch because current code is a big (working-by-miracle) mess. All I will tell you is that it will be full of surprises and this one will come with source code.

You can always tell me what you think about the game and whatever you want. I want to apologize to those who wrote me and didn't got any answer, and to invite them to write me again. With my new email address it will be easier to answer all your mails.

PROTECTIVE STATEMENT

This program has been tested a lot and it runs very stable (it has never crashed my calc nor my friend's). However, as all the computer software, it is not perfect and there exist the remote posibility that it may crash your calc. If that ever hapens, remember, IT'S YOUR FAULT!