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Peter Sarrett:
We had 4 people at game night last night, and our game czar for the evening picked the Pyramid.  I have an old Cardinal edition of the Pyramid home game, but it's drab and clumsy.  As they pulled it out, my mind kind of glazed over at the thought of dealing with it.  Blech.

Then I remembered the Pyramid CD-ROM, and suggested we try the Party Mode.  This was a total blast!  It plays pretty much just like the game show, and we were able to position the monitor and swap chairs so that only the cluegiver saw the clues.  Worked like a charm.

The only problem is with the clock.  We had it set to hard mode, and it still gave us 60 seconds for the main game and 90 seconds for the Winner's Circle-- in each case, a full 30 seconds more than on TV.  Actually, the clock seemed to run a little fast, so it was probably less egregious than that.  Still, it was too long.  We quickly decided to play for 40 \"seconds\" in the main game, and despite the inelegance of having to watch the clock closely, it worked well.

Anyone know if there's a registry setting or other hidden way to change the duration of the game clock?

  - Peter

JasonA1:
I believe it was reported here that Hard Mode on the clock was indeed 30/60. Perhaps it is moving faster and the actual time is 30 seconds, but they are displaying 60? It would be easier and more memory-effecient that recording and making graphics that allude to there actually being 30 seconds.

-Jason

clemon79:
[quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Oct 2 2003, 12:25 PM\'] I believe it was reported here that Hard Mode on the clock was indeed 30/60. [/quote]
 I think you're right, but my copy is in my desk at work, (and I took today off)so I can't check it and say for certain. But I'm almost sure there is a 30-60 setting.

ITSBRY:

--- Quote ---But I'm almost sure there is a 30-60 setting.
--- End quote ---

I will be most interested to hear how to set this up.  I couldn't figure it out.

ITSBRY
itsbry@juno.com

clemon79:
[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Oct 2 2003, 04:13 PM\'] I will be most interested to hear how to set this up.  I couldn't figure it out.
 [/quote]
 I will most assuredly post here if I find it! :)

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