Jigsaw! The Ultimate Electronic Puzzle! 2 Table of Contents SYSTEM INFORMATION Making a Backup...............................4 Loading Jigsaw!...............................4 Entering Your Activation Counter-Code.........4 USING JIGSAW!.........................................5 MENU COMMANDS File..........................................7 Game..........................................8 Level.........................................9 Help.........................................10 Sounds.......................................11 PLAYER'S HINTS.......................................12 JIGSAW! IMAGES.......................................13 HELP.................................................14 WARRANTY INFORMATION..................................15 3 SYSTEM INFORMATION Making a Backup We recommend that you use a backup copy of the program and store the original for safekeeping. Loading Jigsaw! Insert your Jigsaw! disk at the 'Workbench' prompt. When the Workbench screen appears, double-click on the 'Jigsaw!' icon to open the disk. After the drive light goes out, double-click on either the 'Jigsaw!' icon to load the game or the 'Preferences' icon to set Jigsaw! for your printer. Entering your Classified Counter-Code Once you've booted your disk, you will be asked to type in an activation counter-code from your Jigsaw! Activation Codebook. You will be given the following information: Codebook Page - 0 Horizontal Numeric Code - 00 Vertical Numeric Code - 00 First find the correct page, then look for the designated number across the top of the chart. Now locate the prescribed number along the left side of the chart. The box that falls where the two columns intersect is your counter-code. Type in this number and press RETURN. If you have entered the correct number, Jigsaw! will begin. If you need more information on the Workbench or Preferences refer to your Amiga User's Manual. 4 USING JIGSAW! Load "General" Pull down the File menu, and select LOAD. Use the scroll bars to see the names of the graphics files on the disk. Click on "General" to select it, then click on the LOAD button. Scramble "General" Highlight START GAME and then choose ONE PLAYER from the Game menu to start a one-player game. Move a piece Using the left button, click on any piece. Notice that you now control the piece you selected: it moves with the mouse. Click anywhere else. Note that the piece you were controlling is now at the spot where you just clicked, and the piece that was in that spot is now in the place of the original piece you picked up. This is the fundamental move of Jigsaw! You will hear an "audio hint" when you move a piece to the correct place. If you are playing at the "Hard" or "Very Hard" difficulty level, click the right button of the mouse while you are in control of a piece to rotate the pieces that appear upside down or backwards. 5 Keep moving pieces Select another piece, guess where it should go and move it. If you need a hint, select VIEW PUZZLE or SHOW MISTAKES from the Game menu. These will help you complete the picture. Finish "General" Keep moving pieces until you finish. Fastest times are the top scores. 6 MENU COMMANDS FILE Load O Select this item to open a new puzzle, Jigsaw! can load any picture saved in low resolution (320 x 200 with 32 colors minimum). If you wish to open a picture from another data disk and you have a 2-drive system, insert the data disk into your second disk drive and select NEXT DISK. Print P This will print the Jigsaw! picture currently on the screen. Note: Be sure to select the correct printer driver from the Preferences on your Jigsaw! disk before using this option. About A For more about Jigsaw! choose this. Quit Q Exits the program and returns you to the Workbench. A note on menu commands: To activate a menu item you may select it by using the mouse to highlight your choice or simply press the corresponding letter (listed to the right of the item name in this manual). 7 GAME Load Game L This option loads a game that has been previously saved. Save Game S To save a puzzle in progress, remove the Jigsaw! Program disk from the disk drive and insert a formatted disk in its place. Select SAVE GAME. Be sure to enter a unique file name for each game you save. Start Game 1 or 2 Scrambles the picture and starts the timer. When the nested menu appears, highlight your choice for a one- or two-player game. Note: In the two player mode, the timer will function as usual for the first player. When the second player begins, the timer will count backwards from the first player's time. Restart Game R Resets the difficulty level and number of pieces and starts the game over. In the two player mode, selecting this option forfeits the game to the other player. Top Scores T Show: Shows the six highest scores for the current difficulty level and number of pieces. Clear: Will erase the six highest scores for the current difficulty level and number of pieces. 8 LEVEL Difficulty Easy At this level the puzzle will simply be broken into the desired number of pieces. All of the pieces will appear right side up. When playing at this level, pushing the right button while holding a piece will have no effect. Hard At this level, the puzzle will be scrambles into the desired number of pieces, with some pieces rotated (upside down), some pieces flipped (turned horizontally) and some both rotated and flipped. If a piece was rotated or flipped at the start of the game, pressing the right button while holding that piece will cause it to return to its correct placement. The right button will have no effect if the piece was positioned correctly at the start of the game. Very Hard This level is the same as hard, except that if you press the right button while holding a piece, it will rotate and flip regardless of whether it started the game that way. Pieces You may have the puzzle broken into 200, 160, 128, 80, 50, 40, 20 or 8 pieces. Remember, the more pieces you have, the smaller they are! 9 HELP Pause Game G When selected, the timer will stop until you press the left mouse button. Show Picture I This option shows the original image. The timer will continue to run while you examine the picture. When you are ready to go back to the puzzle, simply press the left mouse button. Note that using this option adds 20 seconds to your score. Show Mistakes M Selecting this will cause all the incorrectly placed or rotated pieces to flash until you press the left mouse button. The time will continue to run during this operation. Note that using this option adds 10 seconds to your score. Pointer This item changes the pointer from a hand to a cross-hair and vice versa. Workbench On/Off W Selecting this will open or close the Workbench. 10 SOUNDS Music On/Off Tab Select this option to toggle the background music. Sounds On/Off Esc Select this option to toggle the audio hint. Sounds Choice This item lets you select between three different tones as your audio hint. 11 HINTS FOR BETTER SCORES Before You Start The timer doesn't start until you scramble the picture. Try to memorize as many key features of the picture as possible. The "Key" Piece It's a good idea to use a "key" piece to start your puzzle. Look for a prominent feature. Find the corresponding puzzle piece and put it in the right place first - using the audio hint or VIEW PUZZLE - then build your puzzle from that piece. Like a building block, you'll find it easier to start this way. Look for a piece that's next to it and go from there. Resetting the Level Occasionally, you'll find the puzzle too difficult to do at the current level. Reset the level and difficulty by using the Level menu. Then select RESTART from the Game menu. Sound On Sometimes all you need is an idea of where a single piece should go. Turn the sound on to know when you've moved a piece to the correct place. Remember that using VIEW PUZZLE adds to your time! Percent Complete If you think you've finished a puzzle, but the timer keeps going - look closer! The percent display will tell you how close you are. You may need to use VIEW PUZZLE or SHOW MISTAKES. Find pieces that may be subtly different. Swap pieces that look alike. Remember - puzzles are tricky! 12 JIGSAW! IMAGES Jigsaw! and other pictures The pictures included with Jigsaw! can be opened for modification by any program which supports low resolutions (320x200 with a maximum of 32 colors) - just insert the Jigsaw! disk into the drive and open it as any other file. (You may wish to create a backup of your disk before attempting to make changes. You can even play Jigsaw! with your own pictures! Pictures saved in 320x 200 mode with 32 colors can be loaded directly into Jigsaw! Run the Jigsaw! program as usual and choose the file from the appropriate directory when you LOAD a puzzle. 13 INFORMATION HELP If you're having trouble using Jigsaw!, call our technical support hotline at (415) 546-1866. We'll be glad to help. Please call between 9am and 5pm Monday through Friday, Pacific Standard Time. 14 ============================================================================ DOCS PROVIDED BY -+*+-THE SOUTHERN STAR-+*+- for M.A.A.D. ============================================================================