Azabat Games Collection: Volume 1

A collection of 4 easy-to-play games.

Yahtzee: In the game of Yahtzee you have five dice and a score card. There are 13 categories on the score card and in each round you can throw the dice up to 3 times. At the end of each round you have to choose which category you want to score your points against. You can choose any available category but once you've used a category you cannot use it again or change your mind.
Thus, there are 13 rounds and the overall aim is to score the highest number of points.

Blackjack: This is the classic casino game of Blackjack. The aim is to score
as close to 21 without going over. You play against the dealer and bet an
amount of chips for each hand. If you go over 21 you automatically lose but
if you score more than the dealer you win. A standard pack of 52 cards is
used and the pack is shuffled before each hand. Jacks, Queens and Kings are
all worth 10 points, an Ace can count as either 1 or 11, and the other cards
are worth their own value.

Klondike (Solitaire): Llondike is the most popular version of Solitaire, and
is played with a standard pack of 52 cards. At the start of the game, 28
cards are dealt incrementally into 7 columns. Column 1 contains one card,
column 2 has two cards, column 3 has 3 cards and so on. The cards are all
face down, except the top card in each column is turned face upward. The
remaining 24 cards are kept, face down, in a pile called the stock, and the
top card is turned over. There are four foundation piles, one for each suit,
and the aim of the game is to build the foundations up from ace through to
king until all the foundation piles are complete. You can only move the top
card from each column, or the top card from the stock, on to the foundation
piles, and provided, of course, that the move is legal.

Connect 4: Connect 4 uses a board with 7 columns and 6 rows. Each player
starts with 21 counters of their own colour and they take turns to place a
counter in one of the 7 columns. The board is vertical so the counters build
from the bottom upwards. The aim of the game is to get a line of 4 counters
the same colour in any direction, vertically, horizontally or diagonally. In
this version, you play against the computer. Your counters are red and the
computer plays blue and you always get the first move.

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Azabat Games Collection: Volume 2

There are five word games and one number game on this CD.

Hangman: At the start of the game, the computer selects a common word at random and tells you how many letters it contains. You then guess, letter by letter, and are told if the letter you chose is contained in the word. For each incorrect guess, a piece of the hang man picture is drawn. There are 10 pieces to the drawing and you have to get all the letters in the word before the picture is complete.

Kount-down: This game is based on the popular TV programme but has no
affiliation with it. At the start of the game, use the cursor right and
cursor left keys to alternate between the choice of vowels and consonants,
then press the enter key to pick a random letter from the chosen set. When
you have chosen 9 letters the computer will automatically begin a 30 second
timer. The idea of the game is to rearrange the letters to find the longest
possible word in the allocated time. However, the timer is only there as a
guide, and you do not have to type in the word you have found. Thus, you are
not competing against anyone except yourself. You can take as long as you
like and you can choose to play with fewer than 9 letters if you wish.

Anagrams: Anagrams is similar to the Kount-Down game except the letters are
jumbled from an existing word, so you know there is a solution which uses
all the letters. At the start of the game, use the cursor right and cursor
left keys to choose the length of the anagram. You can choose any length
between 4 and 9 letters, then press the enter key to make your selection.
The computer will choose a word, of the length you have chosen, and scramble
the letters to form an anagram.

Number Crunch: This game is also taken from the popular TV show. The idea is
to take 6 randomly generated numbers and try to get as close as possible to
a target number by using a combination of addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division. At the start of the game, use the cursor right
and cursor left keys to choose how many of the 6 numbers should be large.
Large numbers are 25, 50, 75 and 100, and you can choose one, two or three
large numbers. The remaining numbers will be small, meaning between 1 and
10.

Target: This game is similar to anagrams, except the aim is to make as many
words as you can from the randomly chosen anagram. The words must be at
least 3 letters long, you can only use the letters given, and each word must
contain the middle letter. At the start of the game the computer picks 9
letters and reads them out. It then suggests a target for the number of
words, based on the difficulty. To help you keep track of the game, you can
type in each word as you spot it. Remember to press the enter key at the end
of each word to submit it. The computer will say each letter as you type it
and if you make a mistake just press the backspace key. Each word that you
submit is carefully checked and must conform to the rules, as mentioned
earlier. The computer has a basic dictionary of 30,000 words and an extended
dictionary of 100,000 words.

Link Words: There are 3 variations to this game. Use the cursor up and
cursor down keys to change the game. In link words, the aim is to find a
word which completes the first word and starts the second. To give you an
example, the computer might say, V, I, L, L, 3 letters, N, C, Y. The link
word in this case is "age". It completes the first word, making it into,
"village", and begins the second word, which is, "agency". In lost words,
the aim is to find a 3 letter word which sits in the middle of a 9 letter
word. To give you an example, the computer might say, B, A, R, 3 letters, D,
E, R. The lost word in this case is TEN, making the word, BARTENDER. "All
scrambled up" is the same as lost words except the 3 letter word in the
middle has been scrambled. So, to give you an example, the computer might
say, B, A, R, N, E, T, D, E, R. The middle three letters should be
rearranged to spell TEN, making the word into BARTENDER.

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Azabat Games Collection: Volume 3

A collection of 4 popular "grid" games.

Sudoku: Within a 9 x 9 grid, place the digits 1 to 9 in such a way that each row, column and box contains each digit - once, and only once. These puzzles are not easy, but not impossible, and can be solved logically. You can select by square, row, column or box and hints are available throughout. The programme has an auto-resume feature, which automatically saves the current game when you quit and continues from the point you left off when you start again. Or you can just start a new game. You can also enter your own puzzles, perhaps from a newspaper or book, and save and play them whenever you wish.

Battleships: Battleships is believed to have been devised by British
prisoners of war during World War 1. There have been many variations over
the years but this version sticks closely to the original. Each player has a
square grid, measuring 10 by 10, into which the computer has randomly
positioned a number of ships. The positions are different for each player.
With each turn you make 3 guesses. There are four types of ship placed
within the grid, each of varying size. This game can be played against the
computer or against another player.

UXB!: UXB is short for unexploded bomb. You have a square grid containing a
number of hidden bombs and your task is to work out where the bombs are
without getting blown up. This is done by performing controlled explosions
on selected squares. This is a logic puzzle, based on Windows Minesweeper.
The programme has an auto-resume feature, which automatically saves the
current game when you quit and continues from the point you left off when
you start again. Or you can just start a new game.

Memory: In this game, the computer takes a pack of 52 cards plus two jokers,
shuffles them and lays them out face down. Players take turns to choose two
cards, which are revealed. If they match in value the cards are removed. If
they do not match, they are placed face down again. The player with the most
pairs at the end of the game is the winner. You can either practise on your
own, play against the computer or play against another person.

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Azabat Games Collection: Volume 4

A collection of 4 popular "strategy" games. All 4 games in this volume can be played against the computer or against another player.

Backgammon: Ancient board game, over 5000 years old. Players take turns to roll a pair of dice and move their pieces around a board, trying to be the first to remove them from the board. Uses a combination of skill and chance. Play against the computer or against another person.

Dominoes: From a standard set of 28 dominoes, players take turns to place a piece at either end of the domino chain, or draw a piece from the boneyard if they cannot play. You can play against the computer or with a second player, which could be quite interesting as, unlike the conventional game, each player would know the other player's pieces.

Draughts (Checkers): The classic game of Draughts, which is also known as
Checkers, is played on a standard chess board. Players move their pieces
diagonally, jumping over the opponent's pieces to take them. Play against
the computer or against a second player.

Scrazabat: An accessible clone of a famous letters game in which letters are
placed on a 15x15 board to form words, horizontally and vertically in
crossword-fashion. You can play against the computer or with a second
player. You can play with either a standard or an advanced dictionary and
you can ask the computer for hints.

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