This is the readme file for the TI-83 game Yahtzee. Contents: 1. The rules of Yahtzee 2. The controls of the game Yahtzee is a game by Maarten Janssen (a.k.a. Scrapyard) of :) Cheerful Software in 2002. You can visit the Cheerful web site at HTTP://Welcome.to/Cheerful. Thanks for reading this and enjoy the game! ######################### 1. Rules of the game ######################### Playing the game: Each turn you roll all or some of the five dies. You may throw three times. When you've rolled three times or when you see a field where you can enter your score you must fill it in. The game ends when all fields are filled. Scoring: The fields to enter the score are: * One to six: * Three o.a.k. (Three of a kind): When three or more dies have the same value. When you fill in this field the total values of all dies is entered in this field. When there are not three or more dies with the same value you score no points here. * Four o.a.k. (Four of a kind): This is the same as Three of a kind, but here there must be Four dies with the same value * Full House: When three dies have the same value and the other two also have the same value you will score 25 points. When there is not a full house no points will be scored. * S. Street (Small street): Four numbers in a row are a small street. a Small street gives 30 points. An example of a small street is 3, 4, 5, 6. * B. Street (Large street): Five numbers in a row form a large street. Large streets are worth 40 points. An example of a large street is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. * Yahtzee: When all dies have the same value you get a Yahtzee. This is worth 50 points. * Chance: when you have no idea where you should place your score you can fill in this field. You will score the total values of all dies. At the end of the game all points are added together. When the total of the first six is 63 points ore more 35 bonus points are awarded. ######################### 2. Controls ######################### Key: | Function: --------|--------------------------------------------------- 2nd | Roll the dies. y= | Toggle hold die 1. Window | Toggle hold die 2. Zoom | Toggle hold die 3. Trace | Toggle hold die 4. Graph | Toggle hold die 5. Left | Go to left column of score field. Right | Go to right column of score field. Up/Down | Select a row in the score field. Alpha | Place score in selected row in the score field. Clear | Quit the game.