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Program: "Word of Fortune"
Type     :  Games
Author   :  Ashique Tanveer
Email    :  ashique@wam.umd.edu
Version :  2.0 Beta.
Status   :  Currently FreeWare
Release Date      :   Jan 27th, 1998
Operat. System   :   Windows 3.1  or Windows 95.
Known Bugs        :   Not Known yet.
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This program  is a stimulation of the popular TV Trivia show "Wheel of Fortune".
The difference is you dont really get any prize except for a score:)

There are 24,600 Words in the file word.txt, that will be used for this game.
Feel Free to add your own words in the text file. A word gets chosen randomly
from the word file.


Requirements
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You must have a working (??)  mouse to play this game.
IBM Pc or Compatible with Windows 3.1 or 95 as O/S. 
Current Version of "Words of Fortune", does not require a Sound Card. Because there is
no sound yet. (This is a weakness of the game. But hey... Its free...). Later versions will 
include nice midi music, as I am working on adding it.

The game was tested on few different computers, running on Windows 3.1 or 95.
The test machines had 16 MB Rams and the game ran fine. But I believe, only 8 MB Ram
will be more than  enough. 

And you need only about 1 MB of Hard Disk Space.



Installation
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If you got the Zipped version fortune.zip, then unzip it. Then execute fortune.exe, like any other windows programs.

WARNING!!   The "fortune.exe" file and  "word.ctv" MUST BE in same directory. Make sure
		They are in same directory (whatever the directory is).



Playing Instruction
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You will be randomly given a word. You click on the A,B,C...Z keys with your mouse to try
that letter. 

If the letter is there then the On-Screen Message Board will become blue and tell you
that it was a HIT.

If the letter is NOT there then the On-Screen Message Board will become Dark Red and tell you
that it was a MISS.

On-Screen MEssage will also tell you, the number of misses so far in this round.
The Elapsed time for this round will be shown on right-top corner.

If you make more than 8 mistakes, you will LOOSE. 

WARNING!!   Remmeber, if you press the same letter twice, when its not in the word, you
		will loose points TWICE. Be alert, after the first time it warns you.
		Keep an eye on the Message it gives you after you choose a letter.

If you take more than 120 Secs (2 Mins), you LOOSE.

If you can choose all correct letters and solve the game then you get as many points
as there were letters in that word.

If you LOOSE in a round, you will Loose as many points as there were letters in that word.

If you Click on the "Solve It" button anytime during the round, you loose points. (Unless
you solved it by yourself).

This is not an easy game. With only 8 chances and 120 seconds its extremely difficult, if not impossible to solve many words. And the game randomly chooses a word from the dictionary
every time. So you may see an easy word like  "good" or a HARDDD word like "Electronumericlysis".

So Be Alert. Always look at Message Board. There are atleast 30 ways to get bonus points and gold coins. Sometimes by luck sometimes by using some tricks. You will learn them as you play. I dont 
wish to explain them cause that will ruin the surprising shock you will get from the game. 
However the basic tricks for getting bonuses are described in help section in the game. Press
F1 to access help anytime during game.



ConClusion
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Well this is a Free software. I just made in me spare time. It took me about 15 days to complete this game starting from scratch. So there might be some bugs. I made the game in 11 days and tested it for 4 days only. If you use it please do send me a note at   ashique@wam.umd.edu
If you liked it, Please do let me know at   ashique@wam.umd.edu
If you Hated it, Please do let me know at   ashique@wam.umd.edu
If you Found a BUG,  Please do let me know at   ashique@wam.umd.edu
If you have suggestions, Please do let me know at   ashique@wam.umd.edu

And at the end, thanks for downloading the game and give it a try.



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