This Program is Shareware
This program is shareware. In shareware mode, all of the features of the program are enabled. The only item disabled is the saving of the game when you exit. This means when you restart the game, you are forced to start a new game. Also, all of your settings and statistics are reset.

You are free to evaluate the program for as long as you like. But, if you enjoy the program, you are encouraged to register it.

Please visit http://www.seahorsesoft.com/register.html to find out how to register this program. There are a variety of ways it can be accomplished. Once registered, you are entitled to free updates of the product for it's life.

How To Play
Crazy 8's is a game for two to four players, in which the object is to get rid of the cards in your hand onto a discard pile by matching the number or suit of the previous discard.

For two player games, each player starts out with 7 cards. For three and four player games, each player starts out with 5 cards.

An indicator shows who's turn it is. When "Play" is displayed by your hand, then you must either play a legal card, or draw a card (tapping on the Seahorse Card in the middle) and thus pass your turn.

A legal card is:

• Any card that matches either number, suit, or type (ie. Draw 2) of the current top discard.
• An eight (or Wild), in which case you get to pick a suit (which will then be displayed along with the 8/Wild as the top discard).

When a computer player plays an 8/Wild, then they will select a new suit, and this will be shown as the top discard. If Verbose Play is enabled, then a dialog box will appear informing you of the suit change.

If there are no cards left to draw, the discard pile will be "recycled", and game play continues.

The first player to get rid of all their cards wins that round, and the other players score penalty points for the cards remaining in their hand as follows:

• 50 for an eight/Wild
• 50 for a Draw 2, Draw 4, Reverse (if enabled)
• 10 for a face card
• Face value for number cards (Aces are 1 point)

If special cards are enabled, arrows appear to indicate what direction game play is occurring in (Reverse cards change this direction). Also, with special cards enabled, the cards themselves change from suits to "colors". On color enabled devices, the "suits" become Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue. On non-color enabled devices, the "suits" become Black, White, Stripes, and Dots.

Undo Button:
Undo's your last move.

The Bottom Buttons:

• Special: sorts all special cards (8's/wild, draws, reverses, etc.) to the left of your hand.
• Num/Suit: sorts your hand by number, then by suit.
• Num: sorts your hand according to number.
• Suit: sorts your hand according to suit.

Jog Dial/Wheel Enhancements:
This program has also been enhanced to take advantage of the Jog Dials and Wheels on various devices.

In the Statistics screen, you can use the Jog Dial up/down to toggle between Best Scores, Game Stats, and Round Stats. Pressing the Jog Dial in will return you to the playing screen.

You can also use the Jog Dial up/down in any of the on-line help screens. Pressing the Jog Dial will exit the help system.

Card Design
Card design settings vary with the device the program is running on.

• Face: No-Line/Line: Sets whether the card face has a line drawn inside of it.
• Numbers: If Red/Black is selected, then cards whose suit is a Diamond or Heart will have it's number red also.

• Difficulty Level:
  Sets how challenging the computer players are.

• Ending:
  Determines how many points a game is. Once that value is reached by a player, then the game is over.

• Verbose Play Enabled:
  When checked, a dialog box will pop up every time the computer player changes suit with an 8/wild card. Also will inform you when a player uses the "Draw Accumulate" feature (if enabled).

• Special 8's Enabled:
  When checked, 8's will be displayed differently. (Unless Special Cards are Enabled, then 8's will always be displayed as Wild)

• Double Deck:
  When checked, the game is played with 104 cards. Else, it is played with 52 cards. Changing this option will force a new game to be started.

• Ordered Sort Enabled:
  When checked, your hand will be sorted in the order dictated by the 4 selections below this checkbox. This sort happens on deals, when you draw a card, or after a Draw 2 or 4 card is played on you.

• Draw 2:
  Opponent on which this card is played on gains two cards and loses his/her turn. This card replaces the 2's in the deck.

• Draw 4:
  Opponent on which this card is played on gains four cards and loses his/her turn. This card replaces the 4's in the deck.

• Skip:
  Opponent on which this card is playyed on loses his/her turn. This card replaces the Jack's in the deck.

• Reverse:
  Changes the direction of play. This card replaces the 7's in the deck.

• Wild:
  Allows the person who played to change the suit on the top most discard. This card replaces the 8's in the deck and is always enabled when Special Cards are enabled.

• Draw Cards Accumulate:
  When checked, a legal draw card played on top of a draw card played by the previous player causes the number of cards to be drawn to continue to accumulate and play passes to the next player. (Total accumulation is shown at the top of the screen)

Default Color:
Sets the Background Color to a known color.

Support

• Web: http://www.seahorsesoft.com/support.html
• E-mail: support@seahorsesoft.com

Disclaimer
All attempts were made to make a quality program that runs without glitches. But from time to time glitches (or bugs) do inadvertently appear in the program. You are encouraged to make frequent backups of your data to prevent loss. As such, Seahorse Software can not be held responsible for any data loss experienced by use of this program.

Also, Seahorse Software can not be held accountable for any addictions formed to our software. If your boss catches you playing this game at work, we also claim lack of knowledge ;)