

                     

		Pica Centro Etc. ...


  Uhh, like, someone ACTUALLY DOWNLOADED one
  of my games?!?  Anyway, to play I suggest
  the following steps:  
 
    1.  Put Pica.exe wherever you plan to keep it.
    2.  Make a shortcut to Pica.exe.
    3.  Click "Shortcut" in the 'PROPERTIES' of
        Pica.exe, and change "Normal Window"
        to "Maximized".
    4.  Name the shortcut whatever you want.
       (Windows 95 allows for long file names;
        after you've played the thing a few times
        I fully expect you to call it something
        like "That One Stupid Game That Doesn't 
        Really Work That I Downloaded Off The 
        Internet Last Week.")
    5.  Move the shortcut to wherever you want it,
        like maybe the desktop or the start menu.

  If you choose to keep this game and don't 
  want to pay for it, you don't have to worry
  about big men in trenchcoats breaking in 
  through some window or something; the game
  is completely freeware!  Anyway, if you do
  like this game (or if you don't), or if you
  have any other questions, comments, or
  suggestions, write me at one of my addresses
  below.  More games will soon be available
  from my web site (including versions compiled
  for Windows 3.1, DOS, and hopefully Macintosh
  if I can figure out how), so if you like 
  Pica Centro Etc, you could try some of the 
  others.  

  This game is basically a kinda funky (complex)
  version of the old standard, Pica Centro.
  It allows for up to 2 players, numbers of 2-8
  digits, base systems from 2 through 32767, and
  some more even more useless features.  It also
  has some surprises; for example, ask for a 
  1-digit number and you end up playing one of 
  the secret games included inside.  To find 
  the others, experiment, or look into the code
  (included as "Pica.c").  Delete Pica.c if you'd
  like; it is completely unnecessary to play
  the game. 

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* WARNING -- I don't know how to program!!!  If      * 
*     you enter anything other than numbers, the     *
*     game will go into an "infinite loop", and you  *
*     will have to press CTRL-ALT-DELETE and choose  *
*     to close the program there.                    *
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  There is a glitch in this game by which you can
  get the computer to play Lucky Guess all by itself,
  with you only having to "enter any number to
  continue" between its guesses.  The glitch would be
  very easy to get rid of, but I actually kind of 
  like it.  See if you can find it! :-]


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  I'm as bad an artist as I am at making games.  * * 
  Thank you so much for trying my program!        -
  ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                          __/


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             Tom Batchelor
             Box 315
             Kiester, MN 56051

    E-Mail:  batcht@vax1.mankato.msus.edu

  Homepage:  http://vax1.mankato.msus.edu/~batcht/



