HIDE THE PUMPKIN
A PUZZLE CONTEST

     Prizes totalling $200 are offered for the best timely
solutions to the Halloween puzzle program called HIDE THE
PUMPKIN in this issue. These prizes will be given:
     $100 first prize.
     $50 second prize.
     $25 third prize.
     $15 fourth prize.
     $10 fifth prize.
     First, let's learn how to play the puzzle. Then the
rules of entry will be covered.
     In the Program Menu, choose the program PUMPKIN
PUZZLE. A grid of 64 squares is drawn, and 48 pumpkins
appear in specific squares. To play the game, eliminate
pumpkins by jumping one pumpkin over another in any diagonal
direction. To jump, point the mouse pointer to the square of
the pumpkin to jump and press the left mouse button, then
put the pointer in the square where it will end and click
the left mouse button again.
     Think of the pumpkins as checker pieces that can jump
other pieces diagonally but can't make one-square moves.
     Object is low score. Current score is shown at right of
the board after each move. At the northeast of the screen is
an END BOX. When you have no more moves left, click within
this END BOX to see a screen display of your score and the
SCORE STRING which our judges will use to gauge the
worthiness of your entry.
     You will soon discover it's possible to hop a checker
over an empty square. You may do this if you wish, but our
judges will ADD four points to your score each time such a
move is shown in your score string. So be warned that the
score shown on the screen is incorrect if you make such
moves.
     There is a simple way of printing your score string on
paper via the printer. Near the end of the program is a line
beginning with the characters   REM      .  Edit the
program, erasing the word REM. When it is subsequently run,
the score and score string will appear on paper and screen.
To stop the program for listing and editing, choose it from
the Program Menu and quickly press CTRL and C keys to stop
its run before it registers the ON MOUSE routine that would
otherwise break back to the Program Menu.
     After each game you will be asked if you wish to play
again. Tap letter Y for yes, N for no. A "no" answer will
return you to the JUMPDISK Program Menu.
     ANYONE may enter this contest. You don't have to be a
JUMPDISK subscriber.
     To submit your entry:
     1. In the upper left hand corner of a blank sheet of
paper, write or type your name and full mailing address.
     2. Below name and address, write your score and Score
String exactly as they appear on the screen.
     3. Mail your entry to JUMPDISK PUMPKIN PUZZLE,
1493 Mt. View Ave., Chico CA 95926.
     4. Entries postmarked after October 31, 1986, will be
ineligible for prizes.
     5. The five winners will be the five entrants with the
lowest scores.
     6. In case of ties, winners will be determined by
awarding the prize to the entrant whose entry has the
earliest postmark date.
     7. If tying entries have the same postmark date,
winner will be determined in a random manner by the judges.
     8. No one may win more than one prize.
     9. Only one winner will be eligible from the same
household or address.
     10. One person may enter more than once, but only
lowest score will be considered in the judging.
     11. Winners will be announced in the December 1986 issue
of JUMDISK.
     12. In the unlikely event fewer than five valid entries
are received, remaining prize money will be distributed
among winners evenly.

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