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00000030: 42 59 20 CA 41 53 4F 4E 20 CF 4C 44 53 0D 0D 20 |BY .ASON .LDS.. |
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00000100: 44 2E 20 20 CE 4F 57 2C 20 54 48 41 4E 4B 53 20 |D. .OW, THANKS |
00000110: 54 4F 0D CA 41 53 4F 4E 20 CF 4C 44 53 27 20 56 |TO..ASON .LDS' V|
00000120: 45 52 53 49 4F 4E 20 4F 46 20 D3 D0 C5 C5 C4 2C |ERSION OF .....,|
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000004C0: 45 52 2C 20 4D 41 59 20 42 45 20 54 48 52 4F 57 |ER, MAY BE THROW|
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000004F0: 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 CF 4E 43 45 20 59 4F 55 20 |... .NCE YOU |
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00000510: 52 45 53 53 49 4E 47 0D 54 48 45 20 31 2C 20 32 |RESSING.THE 1, 2|
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00000530: 55 20 48 41 56 45 20 54 4F 0D 4D 41 4B 45 20 41 |U HAVE TO.MAKE A|
00000540: 20 51 55 49 43 4B 20 44 45 43 49 53 49 4F 4E 20 | QUICK DECISION |
00000550: 54 4F 20 50 4C 41 59 20 41 4E 4F 54 48 45 52 0D |TO PLAY ANOTHER.|
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00000580: 45 0D 50 4C 41 59 45 44 20 43 41 52 44 20 57 49 |E.PLAYED CARD WI|
00000590: 54 48 20 41 4E 4F 54 48 45 52 20 43 41 52 44 20 |TH ANOTHER CARD |
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000005B0: 42 59 20 50 52 45 53 53 49 4E 47 20 D3 D0 C1 C3 |BY PRESSING ....|
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000005E0: 50 20 49 4E 20 46 52 4F 4E 54 0D 59 4F 55 20 48 |P IN FRONT.YOU H|
000005F0: 41 56 45 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 43 48 4F 49 43 45 53 |AVE MORE CHOICES|
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00000610: 55 20 44 4F 4E 27 54 20 57 41 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 |U DON'T WANT TO |
00000620: 4C 45 54 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 45 52 |LET THE COMPUTER|
00000630: 0D 42 45 41 54 20 59 4F 55 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 |.BEAT YOU TO THE|
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00000650: 55 4E 54 53 2C 0D 41 53 20 57 45 4C 4C 20 41 53 |UNTS,.AS WELL AS|
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000006A0: 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 4E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 | YOU WIN... .|
000006B0: 54 20 41 4C 4C 20 41 44 44 53 20 55 50 20 54 4F |T ALL ADDS UP TO|
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00000700: 59 4F 55 2C 20 42 55 54 20 44 4F 4E 27 54 20 44 |YOU, BUT DON'T D|
00000710: 45 53 50 41 49 52 2C 20 49 54 0D 41 49 4E 27 54 |ESPAIR, IT.AIN'T|
00000720: 20 4F 56 45 52 20 55 4E 54 49 4C 20 54 48 45 20 | OVER UNTIL THE |
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00000790: 52 54 49 4E 47 20 4F 55 54 20 57 49 54 48 20 41 |RTING OUT WITH A|
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000007C0: 43 45 52 54 49 46 49 45 44 0D 48 55 53 54 4C 45 |CERTIFIED.HUSTLE|
000007D0: 52 2E 0D 0D C4 C9 D3 CB 20 C6 C9 CC C5 D3 20 D4 |R....... ..... .|
000007E0: C8 C5 20 D0 D2 CF C7 D2 C1 CD 20 D5 D3 C5 D3 0D |.. ....... .....|
000007F0: 0D D3 D0 C5 C5 C4 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |...... |
00000800: 20 20 20 D3 D0 C5 C5 C4 20 C3 C1 D2 C4 D3 0D D3 | ..... .......|
00000810: D0 C5 C5 C4 20 C3 C8 C1 D2 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.... .... |
00000820: 20 D4 2E D3 D0 C5 C5 C4 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 | ......... |
00000830: 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 CF 46 20 D4 | **** .ND .F .|
00000840: 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |EXT ****. |
..^U:GAMES. S P E E D..
BY JASON OLDS.. MY FRIENDS US
ED TO AVIDLY PLAY.THIS CARD GAME AND, BE
CAUSE I DIDN'T.KNOW HOW TO PLAY IT, I WA
S ALWAYS.LEFT OUT OF THE FUN. LUCKILY I
WAS.ALSO LEFT OUT OF THE INEVITABLE.BRA
WLS THAT FOLLOWED. NOW, THANKS TO.JASON
OLDS' VERSION OF SPEED, I'M A.VIRTUAL P
RO AT THE GAME. WHEN I.RETURN TO MY HOM
ETOWN, I'LL HUSTLE A.FEW BUCKS FROM THE
PEOPLE WHO ONCE.SNUBBED ME BECAUSE I WAS
SPEED.ILLITERATE. UNLESS, OF COURSE,.T
HEY'VE MOVED ONTO SOME OTHER CARD.GAME I
DON'T KNOW... SPEED IS APTLY NAMED B
ECAUSE.YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF THROWING DOW
N.CARDS AT HIGH SPEEDS. THERE'S NO.SUCH
THING AS WAITING YOUR TURN IN.THIS GAME
. IN THE CENTER OF THE.SCREEN YOU'LL SE
E TWO CARDS FACE-UP,.SURROUNDED BY THE C
OMPUTER'S CARDS.WHICH ARE FACE DOWN. YO
U HAVE FOUR.FACE-UP CARDS BENEATH THESE
AND A.FACE-DOWN STOCK. YOU TRY TO GET R
ID.OF YOUR CARDS BEFORE THE COMPUTER CAN
.GET RID OF HIS... THE STRATEGY IS SI
MPLE. IF YOU.HAVE A CARD THAT IS ONE HI
GHER OR ONE.LOWER THAN EITHER OF THE TWO
CARDS,.PRESS THE CORRESPONDING BUTTON T
O.THROW IT DOWN BEFORE THE COMPUTER.BEAT
S YOU TO IT.. YOU MAY THROW A 2 ON A
3, A 9 ON.AN 8, ETC. SUITS DON'T MATTER
. AN.ACE, HOWEVER, MAY BE THROWN ON A 2
OR.A KING OR VICE VERSA... ONCE YOU
PLAY A CARD BY PRESSING.THE 1, 2, 3 OR 4
KEY, YOU HAVE TO.MAKE A QUICK DECISION
TO PLAY ANOTHER.CARD (IF POSSIBLE) OR RE
PLACE THE.PLAYED CARD WITH ANOTHER CARD
FROM.YOUR STOCK BY PRESSING SPACE. BY.K
EEPING FOUR CARDS FACE UP IN FRONT.YOU H
AVE MORE CHOICES TO PLAY, BUT.YOU DON'T
WANT TO LET THE COMPUTER.BEAT YOU TO THE
DRAW. SPEED COUNTS,.AS WELL AS KILLS..
. PLAY ALL OF YOUR CARDS BEFORE THE.C
OMPUTER DOES AND YOU WIN... IT ALL AD
DS UP TO FRUSTRATION AND.FUN. THE COMPU
TER WILL SEEM ONE STEP.AHEAD OF YOU, BUT
DON'T DESPAIR, IT.AIN'T OVER UNTIL THE
ONE-EYED KING.WINKS. I HAVE YET TO DEFE
AT IT ON.THE THREE FASTEST LEVELS. I HU
MBLY.SUGGEST STARTING OUT WITH A SLOW.SP
EED. THE COMPUTER IS A CERTIFIED.HUSTLE
R...DISK FILES THE PROGRAM USES..SPEED
SPEED CARDS.SPEED CHAR
T.SPEED.. **** END OF TEXT ****
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