T.PENSATE.INS.1
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00000000: 00 80 5E 55 3A 47 41 4D 45 53 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 |..^U:GAMES... | 00000010: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 D0 C5 CE D3 | ....| 00000020: C1 D4 C5 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.... | 00000030: 20 20 20 20 20 20 42 59 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | BY. | 00000040: 20 20 20 20 20 CA 4F 48 4E 20 C2 45 53 4E 41 52 | .OHN .ESNAR| 00000050: 44 0D 20 20 28 C3 2D 36 34 20 54 52 41 4E 53 4C |D. (.-64 TRANSL| 00000060: 41 54 49 4F 4E 20 42 59 20 D2 4F 42 45 52 54 20 |ATION BY .OBERT | 00000070: C8 41 52 44 59 29 0D 0D 20 20 D0 4F 4C 41 52 57 |.ARDY).. .OLARW| 00000080: 41 52 45 2F D0 45 4E 47 55 49 4E 20 42 49 4C 4C |ARE/.ENGUIN BILL| 00000090: 53 20 D0 C5 CE D3 C1 D4 C5 20 41 53 0D 22 54 48 |S ....... 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(.OU DET| 00000280: 45 52 4D 49 4E 45 0D 54 48 45 20 44 49 52 45 43 |ERMINE.THE DIREC| 00000290: 54 49 4F 4E 20 4F 46 20 4D 4F 56 45 4D 45 4E 54 |TION OF MOVEMENT| 000002A0: 20 42 59 20 50 52 45 53 53 49 4E 47 0D 22 C9 22 | BY PRESSING."."| 000002B0: 20 28 55 50 29 2C 20 22 CA 22 20 28 4C 45 46 54 | (UP), "." (LEFT| 000002C0: 29 2C 20 22 CB 22 20 28 52 49 47 48 54 29 2C 20 |), "." (RIGHT), | 000002D0: 4F 52 0D 22 CD 22 20 28 44 4F 57 4E 29 2E 0D 0D |OR."." (DOWN)...| 000002E0: 20 20 D3 4F 55 4E 44 20 45 41 53 59 3F 20 20 D4 | .OUND EASY? .| 000002F0: 48 45 52 45 20 C1 D2 C5 20 41 20 46 45 57 0D 43 |HERE ... A FEW.C| 00000300: 4F 4D 50 4C 49 43 41 54 49 4F 4E 53 3A 0D 0D 2D |OMPLICATIONS:..-| 00000310: 2D 20 D9 4F 55 20 4D 55 53 54 20 41 56 4F 49 44 |- .OU MUST AVOID| 00000320: 20 54 4F 55 43 48 49 4E 47 20 43 4F 4D 50 55 54 | TOUCHING COMPUT| 00000330: 45 52 2D 0D 20 20 20 43 4F 4E 54 52 4F 4C 4C 45 |ER-. 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..^U:GAMES... PENSATE.
BY. JOHN BESNAR
D. (C-64 TRANSLATION BY ROBERT HARDY)..
POLARWARE/PENGUIN BILLS PENSATE AS."TH
E THINKING GAME." AFTER YOU PLAY.IT FOR
THE FIRST TIME, WE THINK.YOU'LL SEE WHY
-- LIKE CHESS, THE.GAME DEMANDS A KEEN
SENSE OF.STRATEGY... LIKE THE VERY BEST
GAMES OF ITS.TYPE, LEARNING THE BASICS
OF PENSATE.WILL TAKE ONLY A FEW MINUTES;
.MASTERING ITS SUBTLETIES MIGHT TAKE.HOU
RS OF DEDICATED PLAYING... PENSATE'S PL
AYING FIELD IS SIMPLY A.BOARD DIVIDED IN
TO SQUARES. THE.OBJECT OF THE GAME IS T
O MANEUVER.YOUR PLAYING PIECE FROM THE B
OTTOM OF.THE SCREEN TO THE TOP. (YOU DET
ERMINE.THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT BY PRES
SING."I" (UP), "J" (LEFT), "K" (RIGHT),
OR."M" (DOWN)... SOUND EASY? THERE ARE
A FEW.COMPLICATIONS:..-- YOU MUST AVOID
TOUCHING COMPUTER-. CONTROLLED PIECES
. A PENSATE. PLAYING FIELD (DEPENDING
ON THE. LEVEL) CAN HAVE UP TO 25. C
OMPUTER-CONTROLLED PIECES. THERE. ARE
TEN DIFFERENT TYPES, AND. EACH MOVES
IN A PARTICULAR WAY IN. RESPONSE TO TH
E DIRECTION YOUR. PIECE TAKES...-- IF
YOU ARE PLAYING A TWO-PLAYER. GAME, YO
U MUST AVOID CONTACT WITH. YOUR OPPONE
NT'S PIECE...-- YOU MUST PLAN EACH MOVE
THAT YOUR. PIECE WILL MAKE TWO TO FOUR
MOVES. AHEAD OF TIME...-- THE COMPUTE
R'S PIECES CAN "WRAP-. AROUND" THE SCR
EEN; YOUR PIECE. CAN'T. IF YOU PLOT A
SERIES OF. MOVES THAT TAKES YOU OFF TH
E SCREEN. SCREEN, IT WILL COUNT AS A M
OVE,. BUT YOU'LL STAY IN THE SAME PLAC
E... THESE ARE THE OBVIOUS COMPLICATION
S..THE LESS-OBVIOUS COMPLICATIONS ARE.DI
SCUSSED IN PART 2 OF PENSATE'S.INSTRUCTI
ONS... **** END OF INSTRUCTIONS PART 1 *
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