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Link Letters for Palm Information

Current released version: 2.0 - 27th June, 2003
Current release expires: never
Feedback to: Ray Seys (linkletters@astraware.com)
Game Info: http://www.astraware.com/games/astraware/linkletters
Recent update headlines: Version 2.0 - New combined file includes hi-res and enhanced sound, all automatically used if your Palm is compatible!

Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003 Astraware Ltd. All rights reserved.
All rights reserved.

Introduction

### Letter Linking Craziness!

Form chains of words by altering single letters in this super-enhanced version of the classic word link game. Go against the clock or against Lexy the Letter Linker our heckling friend. Four modes of play will give you hours of amusement!

How To Install

Use an extractor program such as WinZip on the PC or Stuffit Expander (on the Mac) to get at the Link Letters for Palm files. Install the game by double-clicking the .prc file, which opens the Palm Install Tool program

Use the HotSync button as usual to install the game onto your handheld. If you have a handheld with an expansion card, you can then move the game over to it. Do this before you register the game!

Now run Link Letters for Palm and tap the screen to play the game!

If you've got any queries about Link Letters for Palm or the registration process, first check out our knowledge base on our website (you must be connected to the internet to access this). If this doesn't help, get in touch with us at support@astraware.com. If you've got any questions (or suggestions, we love those) about the game itself, please get in touch with us at the email address at the top of this page.

Description

Link Letters is an ingenious puzzle game for the quick witted! Challenge your mind to a full work out in a fun and challenging way.

Link Letters a fun game that can be played solo, or have whole groups of family and friends helping to find the solutions! Put your word knowledge to the test against the clock or against Lexy the letter linker your heckling friend.

Features

- All Palm versions contained in one .prc file.
- Great Fun in Color or Greyscale!
- Enchanced HiRes 320 x 320 Graphics on supported devices.
- Sound Effects, including Wave audio for compatible Sony Clie or OS5 device owners.
- Intuitive Touch screen play system
- Four Different Modes of Play
  - Target Trial - Get to the target in as few moves as possible
  - Chain Challenge - Follow the computer's suggestions to make as many links as you can in a limited time!
  - Chain Race - Change letter after letter to make as many new words as you can!
  - Free Play - Let your mind wander from word to word without any time panic!(Registered Only)
- Cheerful Palm character provides help (and heckling!)
- 6,000 word dictionary of 3,4 and 5 letter words
- High score tables allows you to record your victory
- Registered users may export their scores to our Internet High Score Board
- Can be used to both teach and increase literary skills
- Optional color schemes!
- Brilliant fun to play with friends and family!

Instructions

Each game mode has different objectives but the gameplay is the same throughout. Change from one word to another by altering one letter.

- You can insert a letter into a word to form a new word (add the letter ‘S’ to PALM to make PSALM).
- You can change a letter to form a new word (change the letter ‘M’ to ‘E’ to get from PALM to PALE).
- You can delete a letter to form a new word (remove the letter ‘F’ from LEFT to make LET).

Game Modes

Target Trial:
Your objective is to get from one word to another a certain amount of changes. Lexy the likeable letter linker will have done it in two less than the target. Try to embarrass the little fellow by beating his solution. If you get more than him, he’ll be the first to let you know! Each time you finish a puzzle a new one will be generated but the difficulty will increase as you get better. If you go over the target amount of changes the game is over and if you’ve got a high enough score you can enter your name in the hall of fame.
Chain Challenge
Your objective is to change as many words as you can in three minutes. You’ll be told which method of change to use so you’ll have to think quickly in order to get on the top of the high score table. A word will appear in the play area and one of three things will happen.

1. A line of delete symbols will appear over the word (tap one to remove a letter making a new word)
2. A ‘?’ will appear over one of the letters (choose a new letter to replace this letter making a new word)
3. A gap in the word will appear (choose a letter to insert into the gap making a new word)

Each time you get a word the time will increase but when the time runs out the game is over if you have a high enough score then you will get to enter the high score table.
Chain Race:
Your objective is to get the highest score you can before the three minutes runs out. You start with a source and target word just like in target trial but in this mode you don’t have to get the target word. If you do get it though, you will get some extra time and more points so its always a good idea to try for the target word. You can get extra point for making words that have unusual letters in them like Z and Q. each letter is worth a point score rather like in Scrabble and if you make a word that has a high score then you will get a ‘tricky word bonus’ if you make sequences of ‘tricky words’ then you will get even more points. You can only score a tricky word once however to eliminate the possibility of getting into a loop of ten tricky words.
Free Play If you have registered the game then you can play this mode. There is no timer and you are not up against a set amount of moves. As the name suggests you are free to change the words for fun. There is no high score entry so there is no pressure, just play this mode to relax or for practise.

Registering

In Demo form, you can play 5 games of Link Letters for Palm for free, as you decide whether you like it or not. After these games are up, the program will display a short message reminding you to register each time you play!

If you beam a demo to someone else, and they also like the game, then they can register it either by purchasing a copy from a local store, or by purchasing online.

Registering Online:

For those that like the speed and convenience of buying of the internet, when you register for the game, you'll get a key which will unlock the game and remain valid for future 1.x upgrades. Go to the web page at http://www.astraware.com/games/astraware/linkletters for more details.

You'll need to know your HotSync ID which you can find by running Link Letters for Palm, and going into the menu, and selecting the 'Register...' option. Your HotSync ID will be filled in for you below.
When you register, Astraware will generate a key based on your ID, which will normally be sent out by email within 48 hours of you registering. When you receive your key, go to the same register option, and enter the key into the space provided.

Submit your High Scores!

Registered users of the game are entitled to submit their high scores to our Internet High Score table.

Just visit the Link Letters for Palm web pages at http://www.astraware.com/games/astraware/linkletters and select the link to view high scores.

To submit your own score, you need to go to the menu in the game, and select 'export high score'. This will provide you with a code which you can then type into our site:

http://www.astraware.com/palm/linkletters/high

You can only submit high scores once you've beaten the scores built into the game!

(Astraware reserves the right to remove this board or facility without any notice, or to remove individual names if necessary)

Astraware Products

You can find out about Astraware and the product range we have for mobile platforms by visiting our website at www.astraware.com.
Here are our top products at time of writing:

Astraware Palm Packs
GameHouse Games Pack 1 | Get shuffling with Nisqually, blast those blocks with Collapse and test your word power with TextTwist!
GameHouse Games Pack 2 | Make crazy chains in Glinx, match stunning gems in Gem Drop, and get them balls bouncing in Bounce Out!
It's A Blast! Shooting Pack | Let out your tension with some target practice with Galaxy Ranger, Police Range and Bang Bang!
Palm Games Pack 2001 | Zap!2000, Biplane Ace and Bzzz! together for under $25 - save over 25%
PopCap Games Pack | Get the web games revolution that is Bejeweled, plus Alchemy, Seven Seas, Mummy Maze and Atomica!
Astraware Palm Games
Abysma | It's a race against time as you attempt to fill in the puzzle pieces before the descending bar of doom!
Alchemy | Turn lead into gold in Astraware's addictive PopCap puzzle game!
Astro Defence | Defend your city from the asteroid threat!
Atomica | Make Molecules in Dr. Atomica's Laboratory in Astraware's addictive PopCap puzzle game!
Bang! Bang! | Backyard blasting fun
Bejeweled | Bejeweled is a Palm version of the incredibly popular and addictive online game by PopCap
Big Money! | Coin collecting fun in another Pop Cap classic!
Biplane Ace | Dogfight against rival fighter pilots
BookWorm for Palm | Feed the bookworm’s loquacious appetite with words made from connected letter tiles.
Bounce Out | Brain bending ball matching action
Bzzz! for Palm | Fly-catching action for the Palm
Candy Cruncher for Palm | Candy Crunching Fun
ChromaGames | Great triple pack of classic games
Collapse! | Tap matching blocks in this simple but frantic GameHouse game.
Dynomite | Get prehistoric with this dino egg-citing game!
Elixir | Collect valuable elixir from a stack of capsules without upsetting the balance in this ultra addictive game from Trixiam Studios.
Eye of Horus | Unleash your magical powers with this Astraware puzzle game.
Galaxy Ranger | Be a Galaxy Ranger, Save the Universe!
Gem Drop | Gem dropping, jewel matching fun
Glinx | Make chains of gems as long as you can!
GTS Racing Challenge | Bring the power of high speed car racing to the Palm of your hand!
Insaniquarium | Feed fish and fight aliens in the craziest aquarium ever!
Link Letters for Palm | Form chains of words by altering single letters in Astraware's version of a classic word linking game
Mahjongg | Relax your mind with the most authentic Mahjongg solitaire game for Palm-powered handhelds
Mars Needs Cows | The challenging PopCap puzzle game of animal abduction!
Mummy Maze | Escape the maze and outsmart the mummy in this great PopCap game!
Nisqually | Make lines of blocks to clear the screen and complete the level
Noah's Ark | Save pairs of animals from the rising water in this great PopCap game!
Police Range | Police Range is a fast game of reactions, dexterity, accuracy and good judgment!
Ricochet | Classic brick blasting fun comes to the Palm in this conversion of the PC favourite.
Rooks Revenge | Try to kill king in this real time chess game from ASAP Games.
Round Up | Marble Moving Madness
Seven Seas | Ship Ahoy! Blast pirates with a broadside and navigate through dangerous waters, in this PopCap puzzle game
T-Blaster | Practice your graffiti/text entry by blasting aliens!
TacTic | A twist on the classic Tic-Tac-Toe game pits you against the brain
Text Twist | Juggle letters to make as many words as you can in a limited time!
What Word for Palm | Word finding fun on your palm
Zap!2000/2016 | Arcade gaming on the Palm has never looked so good!
Astraware Palm Applications
e.Guide | Your essential TV episode guide for Palm
Timetable Lite | Know whats when with Timetable!
Timetable ProPlus | The essential tool for teachers and students, with assignment tracker

Release Revision History!

Release 2.0 : 27th June, 2003

- Hi Resolution Support for 320x320 capable devices!
- Full OS5 support.
- Improved graphics speed.
- Added compatibility for future devices.
- All Palm versions contained in one .prc file.

Release 1.01 : 11th September, 2002

- Fixed a bug causing a Fatal Exception when reentering Link Letters after playing a memory Intensive game.

Release 1.00 : 1st September, 2002

- First Public Release!

Feedback

If you've got suggestions about how to improve Astraware Link Letters for Palm - or with reports of any problems you've had, then please contact us!

Link Letters for Palm enquiries/feedback: linkletters@astraware.com
Registration problems: registrations@astraware.com
General Astraware enquiries: feedback@astraware.com

Contributors

- Palm Game Programming: Ray Seys
- Original Design: Marc Silver, Howard Tomlinson, and Ray Seys
- Game Graphics: Marc Silver, Stephen Thorley, and Ray Seys

Thanks also to the help of our dedicated beta testers.

Software Licence Agreement

This is a legal agreement between you, the end user, and Astraware Limited. Read this agreement very carefully. If you do not wish to accept this agreement, you may not use Link Letters for Palm on a device or software emulator.

1. Grant Of License
   This License permits you to use Link Letters for Palm on any single computer, provided the software is installed on only one handheld device at any time.

2. Copyright
   The software is owned by Astraware Limited. and is protected by United Kingdom copyright laws, international treaty provisions, and all other applicable national laws. You may not modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, dissasemble or otherwise attempt to discover the code and algorithms of the software.

3. Other Restrictions
   You may not rent or lease the software, but you may transfer your rights under this license agreement on a permanent basis provided you transfer all copies of the software and all written materials and the recipient agrees to the terms of this license.

4. No Warranty
   The software is delivered as is and Astraware Limited. makes no warranty as to its use or performance. Astraware Limited. does not, and cannot warrant the performance or results you may obtain by using the Software or its documentation. Astraware Limited. makes no warranties, express or implied, as to noninfringement of third party rights, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. In no event will Astraware Limited. be liable to you for any consequential, incidental or special damages, or for any claim by any third party.

Legal

Astraware Ltd takes no responsibility for any adverse effect that this software could cause to your machine or the data on it: backup important data before using Link Letters for Palm. Link Letters for Palm is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. Link Letters for Palm is licensed, not sold.

You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble this software.
Astraware’s and its suppliers’ entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be, at Astraware’s option, either (a) return of the price paid, if any, or (b) replacement of the product that does not meet the warranty and which is returned to Astraware with a copy of your receipt. This warranty is void if failure of the product has resulted from accident, abuse, or misapplication. Any replacement software product will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or thirty (30) days, whichever is longer. These remedies are not available without proof of purchase from an authorized source.

Written permission must be obtained before distribution of this game, either in demo form or full form, through any online or offline methods.

Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003 Astraware Ltd. All rights reserved..

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