From - Mon Feb 9 19:53:34 1998 From: "Basciano Philippe" Newsgroups: rec.games.abstract,rec.games.computer.puzzle,rec.puzzles Subject: Peg Solitaire 1.97a update (Win32) , please Beta Test ! Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 18:44:15 +0100 Organization: Wanadoo - (Client of French Internet Provider) Lines: 59 Message-ID: <6bks24$6av$1@peuplier.wanadoo.fr> Other annoying little bugs have been corrected ! Please get this new version : http://www.winsite.com/cgi-bin/dload/29/win95/games/pegsolit.zip The package size is less than 480Ko, it takes 3 or 4 minutes to transfer ... Take a glance at this software ... I bed you will learn a lot about Peg Solitaire games theories. So powerful, so beautiful ... Main features : --------------- Here are Peg solitaire 1.97a main features : 1. Offers 15 different boards. (French, English, Squares, Wiegleb's, Hermary's, Triangulars, ... ). 2. Contains about 300 solved problems. 3. Takes into account "marked" Pegs (Pegs that don't move during the play). 4. Uses "DeBrujin's", "Draugthsboard", and "Sets of Pegs" unfeasibility criterion, which are useful to prove many problems unsolvable. 5. Shows "Inverse solution" for a solved problem. (Great !). 6. Shows number of Sweeps and longest Sweep number, for a solution. 7. Players can design their own problems, can solve them, ... or can let the computer do the job ... they can also save and load saved solutions, and print solutions. 8. Search engine is improved, and solves every problem designed by players in a few (centi)seconds. (in fact, rather 95% should I say ...). Solutions are computed and are given "As is". They do not possess intrinsic distinctive feature. Requirements : -------------- Peg Solitaire 1.97 requires : 1. Win32 (Win95 or NT. Warranty for Win32s is not provided). 2. About 24Mo to correctly run search engine. 3. A 65536 colours (16bits) video driver (at less). 4. A marked enthusiasm for the mathematics of games. 5. A rather full wallet to register this great software. Distribution : -------------- This soft is shareware (in spite of everything, the given software is fully functionnal ...) and is sold for only 20$ (or equivalent for users from other country ... ouaip, d'façon pour les français on s'en fout ... ). Well, even if you don't register, you can send comments, suggestions, insults, congratulations, pieces of advice or reported bugs, ;-) ... ============================================================================ Thanks to all of you (35 persons) who have registered your first version !!! ============================================================================ "Oh please, no more Peg Solitaire ...", Philippe. Keywords : peg solitaire, pegged, hi-q, solitair, solitar, solitario, jump, peg solitaire solver, triangular, hexagonal, lam turki, wiegleb, continental, hermary, piquet, fichet, suremain de misery, bastille,