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CHARMS version 1.1             (C) Copyright 1992,1997 by Jonn Dalton
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CHARMS is an action/strategy game based on the Sega arcade game Columns.

The goal of CHARMS is to obtain the highest score possible before
the pile of falling charms reaches the top portion of the screen.

Charms are removed from the screen by matching three or more like
charms in an horizontal, vertical, or diagonal arrangement.  In
addition, the start of every 7th level provides a set of magic charms,
which causes all charms matching the charm landed upon, to be removed
from the screen.

Each removed charm is worth:

  Levels 1-10:   10 x Level
  Levels 11+:    Level x Level

The Level and game speed are increased after every ten sets of charms.

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CHARMS is a DOS program which can be run with either OS/2 or DOS.
Keyboard control instructions appear on the game screen.

CHARMS has very little sound in this release, but if you want to run
it silently, use the -s parameter.  Example:  CHARMS -s

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CHARMS History

Date            Version
901121          1.00    Original version
910311          1.01    Added -s option to turn off sound
921114          1.02    Clock bug fix
971227          1.10    Saves high score


LICENSE AGREEMENT

CHARMS is Freeware.  It may be freely used, copied, shared, or distributed.
It may not be sold or modified in any way.  If you share this game with
others, both the game (CHARMS.EXE) and this documentation (CHARMDOC.HTML)
must be included.


Enjoy the game!

Jonn Dalton
[email protected]