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^Cby
^CJohn Besnard


        Did you ever play "Capture the Flag" in your youth?  In this issue    
     we present a new version of the game.  Instead of one team of friends    
     competing against another, it's just you and your wits pitted against    
     a computer-generated puzzle.  Each puzzle is a maze containing blank     
     blocks, stop signs, and arrow icons.  Your goal is to navigate a path    
     through the puzzle and capture your flag on the other side.  Have fun!   

     ^1MAKING YOUR MOVE                                                       
        Each puzzle contains 7 rows and 13 columns.  You decide which row     
     to start on by pressing a number between 1 and 7.  If you have a mouse   
     just click on the row number where you want to begin.  After making      
     this initial decision, you must navigate your way through the maze by    
     choosing one of the eight possible directions:                           

                        Direction     Key to Press                            
                        ----------    ----------------                        
                        UP            Up Arrow    or 8                        
                        DOWN          Down Arrow  or 2                        
                        LEFT          Left Arrow  or 4                        
                        RIGHT         Right Arrow or 6                        

                        UP-RIGHT      Pg Up Key   or 9                        
                        DOWN-RIGHT    Pg Dn Key   or 3                        
                        UP-LEFT       Home Key    or 7                        
                        DOWN-LEFT     End Key     or 1                        

     If you have a mouse, you may click on one of the arrow icons at the      
     bottom of the puzzle to choose a direction.                              

     ^1THE ZIG ZAG DRAG                                                       
        To make the game challenging, a limit is placed on the number of      
     times you are allowed to move in a particular direction.  At the         
     bottom of the playing screen you will see arrow icons for each           
     direction.  Below these icons you will see a "^1MOVES LEFT^0" counter    
     for that direction.                                                      

        Keep an eye on how many moves you have left.  If you're just one      
     block to the left of the flag, but you don't have any more moves to      
     the RIGHT remaining, then you will not be able to capture the flag.      
     The move counter is color-coded to help you keep tabs on your moves:     

                      Green  -- 5 or more moves available                     
                      Yellow -- 2 to 4    moves available                     
                      Red    -- 0 or 1    move  available                     

        NOTE:  If you have CGA, the entire game will be in black and white,   
               so the color coding for the move counter will not show up.     

     ^1THE GAME BOARD                                                         
        Each puzzle is a maze containing some combination of BLANK blocks,    
     STOP signs, and ARROW icons.  Land on a BLANK block, and the program     
     will await your next move.  Land on a STOP sign, and you'll have to      
     start the puzzle over.  If you land on an ARROW icon, then the program   
     will automatically advance you in the appropriate direction.  For        
     instance, if you land on an UP arrow, then you will advance to the       
     block above the arrow icon.  To win the game you must land on the spot   
     containing the flag.                                                     

     ^1CHANGE THE CHALLENGE                                                   
        If you get tired of a puzzle or just can't determine the solution,    
     then you can use the <F2> key to load a new puzzle file.  There are      
     ten different puzzles to choose from.  You may either ^1START NEXT GAME^0
     and get the next puzzle file or ^1RESTART PRACTICE^0 to go back to the   
     very first puzzle.  A name for each puzzle appears above the maze.       

        Perhaps the puzzles are too easy or too difficult for you.  If this   
     is the case, just use the <F4> key to change the level of difficulty.    
     You may choose from EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, REALLY HARD.  The harder the     
     level chosen, the fewer number of moves allowed.  Good luck!             

     ^1ACTIVE KEYS                                                            
        The following function keys are active:                               

           <F1>  - Display HELP screens.                                      
           <F2>  - Load a new puzzle FILE.                                    
           <F3>  - Toggle the SOUND and speech on or off.                     
           <F4>  - Choose the LEVEL of difficulty.                            
           <ESC> - Exit a menu without change or QUIT program.                

        If you have a mouse, the cursor on the screen looks like a small      
     flag.  Place it on the function keys listed at the top of the screen,    
     and click it to activate the function.  You may also use the mouse to    
     answer Yes-or-No questions.  The left button is YES.  The right is NO.   


     ^1OUTSIDE OF BBD                                                         
        To run this program outside the ^1Big Blue Disk^0 menu,               
           type ^1ZIG^0.                                                      

        To run this program in ^1SILENT^0 mode,                               
           type ^1ZIG S^0.                                                    

        Disk files this program uses:                                         
^FZIG.EXE
^FBEZ.SEZ
^FSHAPES.BEZ
^FALPHA.BEZ
