Pegged
Version 2.01c from 20.01.2005.
Description
Pegged is a logic game for PalmOS devices. The object of the game is to remove all the balls except one from the board by jumping over it with another ball.
System Requirements
Models: Palm devices running OS 3.5 or later
Memory: Approximately 18k free RAM.
Installation
Load the Pegged.prc onto your Palm device.
Game was tested on:
- Palm m100
- Palm m500
- Palm m505
- Palm III
- Sony CLIE PEG-SJ20
- Sony CLIE PEG-NX80V
- PalmOne Zire71
- PalmOne Zire72
- PalmOne T|T3
- PalmOne T|T5
History
Pegged is a logic game with origins dating back to the nineteenth century. No one knows for sure who invented the game, but several sources attribute its creation to a prisoner in the Bastille. The game was very popular throughout Europe in the 1800s, where it was known as "Peg Solitaire" because it was played by moving pegs in a wooden board.
Rules
Pegged is played by jumping with a ball over any adjacent ball and placing the acting ball in a neighboring free cell. Only horizontal and vertical jumps are allowed. A ball that has been "jumped over" is automatically removed from the board.
The object of the game is to jump over all the balls until only one ball remains.
It is most challenging to finish the game having the last ball in the center of the board, but you also win the game if you have your last ball in any cell on the board.
How to play
The playing area is a plus-shaped grid of cells. At the beginning of each game session, there is a certain configuration of balls in the playing area.
Controls are located at the bottom of the screen:
- 'New' button - start a new game at the current board.
- Popup list - displays current board's name and allows you to change the current board
- 'Steps' label – displays the movecounter
- 'Undo' button - undo the last move
To access the game menu tap 'menu' button on handheld
To start a new game on the current board tap "New" on the bottom of the screen or in the "Game" menu. If you have done at least one move, you'll be asked to confirm the new game.
You can change the board by selecting it in a popup list or in the "Boards" menu:
The color of the ball can be changed by selecting the 'Preferences' option in the 'Options' menu. Color changes only make sense on color devices.
To jump over a ball:
- Tap the ball you want to move. The selection bracket will appear. If no selection bracket has appeared, then there are no allowed moves for this ball.
- Then, tap the target cell. If a move is allowed (i.e. if the target cell is free and there is ball in a cell between the selected ball and the target cell), the move will be made.
- To reset the selection tap once on any the cell that can not be the target or tap the selected ball once again.
These steps are illustrated on the pictures below:
To undo the last move tap "Undo" on the bottom of the screen or in the "Options" menu. You can use the “undo” option multiple times.
The current game is autosaved once quitting the game. Note that after loading the saved game session the "Undo" option will still be available.
Pegged is free software, feel free to distribute it!
Pegged is based on Windows game "Pegged!" by Mike Blaylock, 1990.
Alex Smirnov, 2005
Mail to: inckie(at)bk.ru
Ball
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