T.WWT BOOT
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FILENAME(S): T.WWT BOOT
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IS A F| 000001F0: 41 53 54 20 41 4E 44 0D 46 55 52 49 4F 55 53 20 |AST AND.FURIOUS | 00000200: 48 49 53 54 4F 52 59 20 47 41 4D 45 20 54 48 41 |HISTORY GAME THA| 00000210: 54 20 50 52 45 53 45 4E 54 53 0D 4E 4F 54 41 42 |T PRESENTS.NOTAB| 00000220: 4C 45 20 45 56 45 4E 54 53 20 41 54 20 54 48 45 |LE EVENTS AT THE| 00000230: 20 54 4F 50 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 53 43 52 45 | TOP OF THE.SCRE| 00000240: 45 4E 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 50 4C 41 59 49 4E 47 |EN. .HE PLAYING| 00000250: 20 41 52 45 41 20 49 53 20 41 20 46 4F 55 52 0D | AREA IS A FOUR.| 00000260: 42 59 20 45 49 47 48 54 20 47 52 49 44 20 4F 43 |BY EIGHT GRID OC| 00000270: 43 55 50 49 45 44 20 42 59 20 46 4F 55 52 20 4C |CUPIED BY FOUR L| 00000280: 49 54 54 4C 45 0D 4E 41 53 54 49 45 53 20 54 48 |ITTLE.NASTIES TH| 00000290: 41 54 20 C9 27 4C 4C 20 45 58 50 4C 41 49 4E 20 |AT .'LL EXPLAIN | 000002A0: 4C 41 54 45 52 2E 20 20 C1 54 0D 54 48 45 20 42 |LATER. .T.THE B| 000002B0: 4F 54 54 4F 4D 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 53 43 52 |OTTOM OF THE SCR| 000002C0: 45 45 4E 20 49 53 20 41 20 53 54 52 49 4E 47 0D |EEN IS A STRING.| 000002D0: 4F 46 20 45 49 47 48 54 20 53 45 45 4D 49 4E 47 |OF EIGHT SEEMING| 000002E0: 4C 59 20 52 41 4E 44 4F 4D 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 |LY RANDOM NUMBER| 000002F0: 53 2E 0D C6 4F 55 52 20 4F 46 20 54 48 4F 53 45 |S...OUR OF THOSE| 00000300: 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 53 20 41 52 45 20 50 41 52 | NUMBERS ARE PAR| 00000310: 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 0D 41 43 54 55 41 4C 20 |T OF THE.ACTUAL | 00000320: 44 41 54 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 45 56 45 4E |DATE OF THE EVEN| 00000330: 54 2E 20 20 C9 54 27 53 20 59 4F 55 52 0D 4A 4F |T. .T'S YOUR.JO| 00000340: 42 20 54 4F 20 50 49 43 4B 20 55 50 20 54 48 45 |B TO PICK UP THE| 00000350: 20 50 52 4F 50 45 52 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 53 2C | PROPER NUMBERS,| 00000360: 20 49 4E 0D 54 48 45 49 52 20 4F 52 44 45 52 20 | IN.THEIR ORDER | 00000370: 4F 46 20 41 50 50 45 41 52 41 4E 43 45 2C 20 41 |OF APPEARANCE, A| 00000380: 4E 44 20 4D 4F 56 45 0D 54 48 45 4D 20 54 4F 20 |ND MOVE.THEM TO | 00000390: 54 48 45 20 54 4F 50 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 53 |THE TOP OF THE S| 000003A0: 43 52 45 45 4E 20 57 48 45 52 45 0D 59 4F 55 20 |CREEN WHERE.YOU | 000003B0: 42 55 49 4C 44 20 54 48 45 20 44 41 54 45 2E 0D |BUILD THE DATE..| 000003C0: 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 4E 20 54 48 49 53 |..... .N THIS| 000003D0: 20 47 41 4D 45 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 20 4C 4F 57 | GAME YOU'RE LOW| 000003E0: 45 52 20 54 48 41 4E 20 41 0D 4D 49 4D 45 20 2D |ER THAN A.MIME -| 000003F0: 2D 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 20 54 48 45 20 43 59 41 |- YOU'RE THE CYA| 00000400: 4E 20 53 4D 49 4C 45 59 20 46 41 43 45 0D 49 4E |N SMILEY FACE.IN| 00000410: 20 54 48 45 20 55 50 50 45 52 20 4C 45 46 54 20 | THE UPPER LEFT | 00000420: 48 41 4E 44 20 43 4F 52 4E 45 52 2E 20 20 CA 55 |HAND CORNER. .U| 00000430: 53 54 0D 54 48 41 4E 4B 20 C7 4F 44 20 54 48 41 |ST.THANK .OD THA| 00000440: 54 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 20 4E 4F 54 20 59 45 4C |T YOU'RE NOT YEL| 00000450: 4C 4F 57 21 0D D9 4F 55 20 4D 4F 56 45 20 42 59 |LOW!..OU MOVE BY| 00000460: 20 55 53 49 4E 47 20 CC C5 C6 D4 2C 20 D2 C9 C7 | USING ...., ...| 00000470: C8 D4 2C 20 D5 D0 20 41 4E 44 0D C4 CF D7 CE 20 |.., .. AND..... | 00000480: 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 CA CF D9 D3 D4 C9 C3 CB 20 |ON THE ........ | 00000490: 41 4E 44 2F 4F 52 20 C3 D5 D2 D3 CF D2 0D CB C5 |AND/OR .........| 000004A0: D9 D3 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 50 49 43 |..... .OU PIC| 000004B0: 4B 20 55 50 20 41 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 42 59 |K UP A NUMBER BY| 000004C0: 20 50 41 52 4B 49 4E 47 0D 52 49 47 48 54 20 41 | PARKING.RIGHT A| 000004D0: 42 4F 56 45 20 49 54 20 41 4E 44 20 50 52 45 53 |BOVE IT AND PRES| 000004E0: 53 49 4E 47 20 C6 C9 D2 C5 20 4F 52 0D D2 C5 D4 |SING .... OR....| 000004F0: D5 D2 CE 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 20 55 53 |... IF YOU'RE US| 00000500: 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 |ING THE KEYBOARD| 00000510: 2E 0D D7 48 49 4C 45 20 59 4F 55 27 52 45 20 48 |...HILE YOU'RE H| 00000520: 4F 4C 44 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 |OLDING THE NUMBE| 00000530: 52 2C 20 54 48 45 0D 42 4F 52 44 45 52 20 57 49 |R, THE.BORDER WI| 00000540: 4C 4C 20 53 54 41 59 20 42 4C 55 45 2E 20 20 C2 |LL STAY BLUE. .| 00000550: 55 54 20 54 48 45 52 45 27 53 0D 44 41 4E 47 45 |UT THERE'S.DANGE| 00000560: 52 21 20 20 C9 46 20 41 4E 59 20 4F 46 20 54 48 |R! .F ANY OF TH| 00000570: 45 20 46 4F 55 52 20 4C 49 54 54 4C 45 0D 4E 41 |E FOUR LITTLE.NA| 00000580: 53 54 49 45 53 20 52 4F 41 4D 49 4E 47 20 54 48 |STIES ROAMING TH| 00000590: 45 20 47 52 49 44 20 54 4F 55 43 48 20 59 4F 55 |E GRID TOUCH YOU| 000005A0: 2C 0D 59 4F 55 20 4C 4F 53 45 20 59 4F 55 52 20 |,.YOU LOSE YOUR | 000005B0: 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 41 4E 44 20 4D 55 53 54 20 |NUMBER AND MUST | 000005C0: 47 4F 20 42 41 43 4B 0D 41 4E 44 20 50 49 43 4B |GO BACK.AND PICK| 000005D0: 20 49 54 20 55 50 20 41 47 41 49 4E 2E 20 20 C2 | IT UP AGAIN. .| 000005E0: 45 20 52 45 41 44 59 20 54 4F 0D 44 4F 44 47 45 |E READY TO.DODGE| 000005F0: 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 D4 48 45 20 4E 41 53 54 |... .HE NAST| 00000600: 49 45 53 20 50 52 45 53 45 4E 54 20 41 20 44 4F |IES PRESENT A DO| 00000610: 55 42 4C 45 0D 57 48 41 4D 4D 59 20 42 45 43 41 |UBLE.WHAMMY BECA| 00000620: 55 53 45 20 54 48 45 59 20 4E 4F 54 20 4F 4E 4C |USE THEY NOT ONL| 00000630: 59 20 53 54 45 41 4C 0D 59 4F 55 52 20 4E 55 4D |Y STEAL.YOUR NUM| 00000640: 42 45 52 2C 20 42 55 54 20 53 4F 52 54 20 4F 46 |BER, BUT SORT OF| 00000650: 20 48 4F 4C 44 20 59 4F 55 0D 43 41 50 54 49 56 | HOLD YOU.CAPTIV| 00000660: 45 20 55 4E 54 49 4C 20 54 48 45 59 20 4D 4F 56 |E UNTIL THEY MOV| 00000670: 45 20 4F 4E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 57 |E ON... .OU W| 00000680: 41 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 54 41 4B 45 20 54 48 45 20 |ANT TO TAKE THE | 00000690: 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 54 48 41 54 0D 59 4F 55 20 |NUMBER THAT.YOU | 000006A0: 50 49 43 4B 20 55 50 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 54 |PICK UP TO THE T| 000006B0: 4F 50 20 52 4F 57 20 4F 46 20 46 4F 55 52 0D 45 |OP ROW OF FOUR.E| 000006C0: 4D 50 54 59 20 53 4C 4F 54 53 20 41 54 20 54 48 |MPTY SLOTS AT TH| 000006D0: 45 20 54 4F 50 2E 20 20 CE 55 4D 42 45 52 53 20 |E TOP. .UMBERS | 000006E0: 41 52 45 0D 44 45 50 4F 53 49 54 45 44 20 54 48 |ARE.DEPOSITED TH| 000006F0: 45 52 45 20 42 59 20 50 41 52 4B 49 4E 47 20 42 |ERE BY PARKING B| 00000700: 45 4C 4F 57 20 54 48 45 0D 41 50 50 52 4F 50 52 |ELOW THE.APPROPR| 00000710: 49 41 54 45 20 53 4C 4F 54 20 41 4E 44 20 50 52 |IATE SLOT AND PR| 00000720: 45 53 53 49 4E 47 20 C6 C9 D2 C5 20 4F 52 0D D2 |ESSING .... OR..| 00000730: C5 D4 D5 D2 CE 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 4D 55 53 54 |...... .OU MUST| 00000740: 20 50 4C 41 43 45 20 54 48 45 53 45 20 4E 55 4D | PLACE THESE NUM| 00000750: 42 45 52 53 0D 49 4E 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 4F 52 |BERS.IN THEIR OR| 00000760: 44 45 52 20 4F 46 20 41 50 50 45 41 52 41 4E 43 |DER OF APPEARANC| 00000770: 45 2E 20 20 C6 4F 52 0D 49 4E 53 54 41 4E 43 45 |E. .OR.INSTANCE| 00000780: 2C 20 49 46 20 54 48 45 20 59 45 41 52 20 49 53 |, IF THE YEAR IS| 00000790: 20 31 39 32 33 2C 20 59 4F 55 0D 43 41 4E 27 54 | 1923, YOU.CAN'T| 000007A0: 20 50 4C 41 43 45 20 54 48 45 20 33 20 46 49 52 | PLACE THE 3 FIR| 000007B0: 53 54 2C 20 45 56 45 4E 20 49 46 20 59 4F 55 0D |ST, EVEN IF YOU.| 000007C0: 50 4C 41 43 45 20 33 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 52 |PLACE 3 IN THE R| 000007D0: 49 47 48 54 20 50 4C 41 43 45 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 |IGHT PLACE. .OU| 000007E0: 20 4D 55 53 54 0D 46 49 52 53 54 20 47 4F 20 46 | MUST.FIRST GO F| 000007F0: 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20 31 2C 20 54 48 45 4E 20 54 |OR THE 1, THEN T| 00000800: 48 45 20 39 2C 20 54 48 45 4E 0D 54 48 45 20 32 |HE 9, THEN.THE 2| 00000810: 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 46 49 4E 41 4C 4C 59 2C 20 54 |, AND FINALLY, T| 00000820: 48 45 20 33 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 48 45 52 |HE 3.... .HER| 00000830: 45 27 53 20 41 20 54 49 4D 45 52 20 54 49 43 4B |E'S A TIMER TICK| 00000840: 49 4E 47 20 41 57 41 59 2C 0D 43 4F 55 4E 54 49 |ING AWAY,.COUNTI| 00000850: 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 53 45 43 4F 4E 44 53 20 54 |NG THE SECONDS T| 00000860: 49 4C 4C 20 59 4F 55 20 47 45 54 20 54 45 4E 0D |ILL YOU GET TEN.| 00000870: 44 41 54 45 53 20 52 49 47 48 54 2E 20 20 CF 4E |DATES RIGHT. .N| 00000880: 43 45 20 59 4F 55 20 50 4C 41 43 45 20 54 45 4E |CE YOU PLACE TEN| 00000890: 0D 44 41 54 45 53 2C 20 54 48 45 20 47 41 4D 45 |.DATES, THE GAME| 000008A0: 20 49 53 20 4F 56 45 52 2E 20 20 D9 4F 55 20 43 | IS OVER. .OU C| 000008B0: 41 4E 0D 51 55 49 54 20 41 54 20 41 4E 59 20 54 |AN.QUIT AT ANY T| 000008C0: 49 4D 45 20 42 59 20 50 52 45 53 53 49 4E 47 20 |IME BY PRESSING | 000008D0: 22 D1 22 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 46 20 59 4F 55 |"."... .F YOU| 000008E0: 20 43 4F 4D 50 4C 45 54 45 20 41 20 47 41 4D 45 | COMPLETE A GAME| 000008F0: 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 59 4F 55 52 0D 54 49 4D 45 20 |, AND YOUR.TIME | 00000900: 49 53 20 4F 4E 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 54 45 |IS ONE OF THE TE| 00000910: 4E 20 42 45 53 54 2C 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 0D 4D |N BEST, YOU'LL.M| 00000920: 41 4B 45 20 49 54 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 20 C8 41 |AKE IT TO THE .A| 00000930: 4C 4C 20 4F 46 20 C6 41 4D 45 2C 20 57 48 45 52 |LL OF .AME, WHER| 00000940: 45 0D 48 4F 50 45 46 55 4C 4C 59 20 59 4F 55 52 |E.HOPEFULLY YOUR| 00000950: 20 4E 41 4D 45 20 52 45 53 49 44 45 53 20 41 54 | NAME RESIDES AT| 00000960: 20 4C 45 41 53 54 0D 4E 49 4E 45 20 54 49 4D 45 | LEAST.NINE TIME| 00000970: 53 20 57 49 54 48 20 59 4F 55 52 20 41 52 43 48 |S WITH YOUR ARCH| 00000980: 2D 52 49 56 41 4C 27 53 0D 4E 41 4D 45 20 52 49 |-RIVAL'S.NAME RI| 00000990: 44 49 4E 47 20 4E 45 41 52 20 54 48 45 20 42 4F |DING NEAR THE BO| 000009A0: 54 54 4F 4D 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 52 45 27 53 0D 4E |TTOM. .HERE'S.N| 000009B0: 4F 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 20 49 4E 20 4D 45 52 45 4C |O POINT IN MEREL| 000009C0: 59 20 42 45 41 54 49 4E 47 20 59 4F 55 52 53 45 |Y BEATING YOURSE| 000009D0: 4C 46 20 2D 2D 0D 59 4F 55 27 56 45 20 47 4F 54 |LF --.YOU'VE GOT| 000009E0: 20 54 4F 20 42 45 41 54 20 C6 C1 CD C9 CC D9 21 | TO BEAT ......!| 000009F0: 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 D4 4F 20 4D 41 4B |...... .O MAK| 00000A00: 45 20 54 48 45 20 47 41 4D 45 20 41 20 4C 49 54 |E THE GAME A LIT| 00000A10: 54 4C 45 20 4D 4F 52 45 0D 52 45 53 50 4F 4E 53 |TLE MORE.RESPONS| 00000A20: 49 56 45 20 41 4E 44 20 48 41 52 44 45 52 20 54 |IVE AND HARDER T| 00000A30: 4F 20 50 4C 41 59 2C 20 C9 27 56 45 0D 43 4F 4D |O PLAY, .'VE.COM| 00000A40: 50 49 4C 45 44 20 49 54 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C1 |PILED IT... .| 00000A50: 20 4C 45 41 52 4E 49 4E 47 20 54 4F 4F 4C 3F 20 | LEARNING TOOL? | 00000A60: 20 D9 45 53 21 20 20 C9 0D 43 45 52 54 41 49 4E | .ES! ..CERTAIN| 00000A70: 4C 59 20 48 41 56 45 20 4C 45 41 52 4E 45 44 20 |LY HAVE LEARNED | 00000A80: 41 20 46 45 57 20 44 4F 5A 45 4E 0D 4E 45 57 20 |A FEW DOZEN.NEW | 00000A90: 44 41 54 45 53 20 53 49 4E 43 45 20 D7 C8 C5 CE |DATES SINCE ....| 00000AA0: 20 D7 C1 D3 20 D4 C8 C1 D4 20 43 41 4D 45 20 4D | ... .... CAME M| 00000AB0: 59 0D 57 41 59 2E 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |Y.WAY.. | 00000AC0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000AD0: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 CA CC CA 0D 20 20 20 20 | .... | 00000AE0: 20 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 C5 4E 44 20 CF 46 20 | **** .ND .F | 00000AF0: D4 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 0D |.EXT ****. |
..^U:BRAINWARE. W H E N W A S T
H A T ?.. BY PENNY DEGROFF..
OKAY, SO YOUR FOLKS HAVE ALWAYS.CLAIMED
THAT THEY KNEW HISTORY.BETTER'N YOU, AN
D THEY BEAT YOU AT.TRIVIAL PURSUIT AND N
AME THAT.DICTATOR TO PROVE IT... WHEN
WAS THAT TO THE RESCUE. ALL.YOU HAVE T
O DO IS GET A REALLY GOOD.TIME INTO THE
TOP TEN HIGH SCORE LIST.AND EVERY TIME Y
OUR RELATIVES COME.BY, THEY SCORE LESS T
HAN YOU DO. OR.BETTER YET! THEY DON'T
EVEN MAKE IT.TO THE TOP TEN!.... WHEN
WAS THAT IS A FAST AND.FURIOUS HISTORY
GAME THAT PRESENTS.NOTABLE EVENTS AT THE
TOP OF THE.SCREEN. THE PLAYING AREA IS
A FOUR.BY EIGHT GRID OCCUPIED BY FOUR L
ITTLE.NASTIES THAT I'LL EXPLAIN LATER.
AT.THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS A STRING.
OF EIGHT SEEMINGLY RANDOM NUMBERS..FOUR
OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE PART OF THE.ACTUAL
DATE OF THE EVENT. IT'S YOUR.JOB TO PIC
K UP THE PROPER NUMBERS, IN.THEIR ORDER
OF APPEARANCE, AND MOVE.THEM TO THE TOP
OF THE SCREEN WHERE.YOU BUILD THE DATE..
..... IN THIS GAME YOU'RE LOWER THAN
A.MIME -- YOU'RE THE CYAN SMILEY FACE.IN
THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER. JUST.THANK
GOD THAT YOU'RE NOT YELLOW!.YOU MOVE BY
USING LEFT, RIGHT, UP AND.DOWN ON THE J
OYSTICK AND/OR CURSOR.KEYS... YOU PIC
K UP A NUMBER BY PARKING.RIGHT ABOVE IT
AND PRESSING FIRE OR.RETURN IF YOU'RE US
ING THE KEYBOARD..WHILE YOU'RE HOLDING T
HE NUMBER, THE.BORDER WILL STAY BLUE. B
UT THERE'S.DANGER! IF ANY OF THE FOUR L
ITTLE.NASTIES ROAMING THE GRID TOUCH YOU
,.YOU LOSE YOUR NUMBER AND MUST GO BACK.
AND PICK IT UP AGAIN. BE READY TO.DODGE
... THE NASTIES PRESENT A DOUBLE.WHA
MMY BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY STEAL.YOUR NUM
BER, BUT SORT OF HOLD YOU.CAPTIVE UNTIL
THEY MOVE ON... YOU WANT TO TAKE THE
NUMBER THAT.YOU PICK UP TO THE TOP ROW O
F FOUR.EMPTY SLOTS AT THE TOP. NUMBERS
ARE.DEPOSITED THERE BY PARKING BELOW THE
.APPROPRIATE SLOT AND PRESSING FIRE OR.R
ETURN. YOU MUST PLACE THESE NUMBERS.IN
THEIR ORDER OF APPEARANCE. FOR.INSTANCE
, IF THE YEAR IS 1923, YOU.CAN'T PLACE T
HE 3 FIRST, EVEN IF YOU.PLACE 3 IN THE R
IGHT PLACE. YOU MUST.FIRST GO FOR THE 1
, THEN THE 9, THEN.THE 2, AND FINALLY, T
HE 3.... THERE'S A TIMER TICKING AWAY
,.COUNTING THE SECONDS TILL YOU GET TEN.
DATES RIGHT. ONCE YOU PLACE TEN.DATES,
THE GAME IS OVER. YOU CAN.QUIT AT ANY T
IME BY PRESSING "Q"... IF YOU COMPLET
E A GAME, AND YOUR.TIME IS ONE OF THE TE
N BEST, YOU'LL.MAKE IT TO THE HALL OF FA
ME, WHERE.HOPEFULLY YOUR NAME RESIDES AT
LEAST.NINE TIMES WITH YOUR ARCH-RIVAL'S
.NAME RIDING NEAR THE BOTTOM. THERE'S.N
O POINT IN MERELY BEATING YOURSELF --.YO
U'VE GOT TO BEAT FAMILY!...... TO MAK
E THE GAME A LITTLE MORE.RESPONSIVE AND
HARDER TO PLAY, I'VE.COMPILED IT... A
LEARNING TOOL? YES! I.CERTAINLY HAVE
LEARNED A FEW DOZEN.NEW DATES SINCE WHEN
WAS THAT CAME MY.WAY..
JLJ. **** END OF
TEXT ****.
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