                               P E R K Y

COPYRIGHT

     This program is COPYRIGHTED FREEWARE.
     The program code is Copyright (C) 1998 by Klaus Tadsen.
     The title melody is Copyright (C) 1998 by Meike Tadsen (9 years).
     All rights are reserved.


THE GAME

     The aim of this game is to place 5 of your `marbles` in a row, horizontal,
     vertical or diagonal.Your opponent is the computer who obviously also 
     tries to place 5 of his pieces in a row and win himself.

     You can move around on the board with your mouse. Select any of the empty
     fields and place one `marble` on it by pushing the left mouse button. 
     After you made your move it`s Perky`s turn, who tries to block you. 
     If you click on an occupied field, Perky will show the field where he 
     made his last move to! 

     When you do well, you receive points and will be placed in the high 
     scoring table. But you can earn even more points by winning not only
     one match, but a series of matches. This will increase your score. 
     But if you loose, the series ends and you have to start over.

     The alltime-highscore file will only accept one entry / player. 


THE MENU
     
     Scroll a list of players by clicking with your left mouse button on the
     name or type in a new player.
     Click on `sound`, to select or deselect the PC - speaker sounds. There is
     no ( not yet :) ) support of soundcards. Click on `level` to chose one.
     Level 1 is easy (with 1 bonus move), level 3 is strong. The higher the
     level, the more points you will receive. The default setting is level 2.
     After you have won a game you can`t change the level until the winning
     series ends!! Click on `exit` to end the game from the menu or hit `F4` 
     at any time during the game. Clicking on `high score` leads to the high
     scoring table.

     Perky will remember your favorite settings.


STRATEGY

     The clue is that you have to combine your pieces so that they work
     together. Let`s take an example:

           O                                                    O   
           O         X means a piece of yours, O means          O
           X         an empty field and # is Perky`s one.       X
     O O X O X O O   If you could reach a situation       O O X X X O O
           X         like this, you might put your              X
           O         next piece right in the middle.            O
           O         Now you have two rows of three             O
                     pieces with open ends. Perky can
                     only put his piece at one open
                     end.

                                   O
                                   O
                                   X
                               # X X X O
                                   X
                                   X
                                   O

     Now you have the chance to place your piece to the row with the two
     open ends. Now it is a row of four pieces with open ends. This is 
     unbeatable, because if Perky places his piece at one end, you put
     yours at the other and reach `5 in a row`.

          O           There are lots of different              X
          X           situations like this.Find them,          X
          X           use them and you will be the             X
      # X X X O       PERKY - CHAMP!                       # X X X O
          X           But...you have to watch Perky`s          X
          #           moves to block situations like           #
                      this.


CONTEST

     I am running a highscore contest on my web page.

           http://members.tripod.com/~Klaus_Tadsen/
           http://village.flashnet.it/~fn050126/

     I would be pleased if you submit your score ONLINE on my webpage 
     or via email to:

                      klaus.tadsen@flashnet.it

     There is a checksum-test in the score itself to make the contest 
     a little serious. This simply means some numbers are ok, others
     are not... 


INSTALLATION

     This program is made for DOS 3.0 or later.It will also run as
     a DOS application under Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and 98.
     You should have a VGA Graphic card. 

     The zip file contains the following files:

     perky.exe      the run file
     perkyxx.dat       the graphics data
     perky.ico         an icon for installing the game under windows
     readme.txt        this file
     file_id.diz       file description for BBS systems
     vendinfo.diz      vendors info
     perky.hsc         the high score file ( will be created)

     If your old high score file is in the same directory Perky will
     convert it to the new binary format.


NEW VERSIONS

     Lookout for new versions on PERKY`s homepage

           http://village.flashnet.it/~fn050126/
           http://members.tripod.com/~Klaus_Tadsen/


COMMENTS

     If you can upload the game to any game related area,server,BBS...
     ...just do it!!      THANKS

     Don`t hesitate to correct my english :))
     Please feel free to email your comments to 

                                    klaus.tadsen@flashnet.it

     Have fun...