----------------------------------------- Ultra Peril Snake from Digital Sheep 1993 ----------------------------------------- Programmer...............Beau Chesluk Level Design............Mike Deverell ----------------------------------------- READ THIS FIRST! ---------------- This version of ULTRA PERIL SNAKE is SHAREWARE. This means that you can copy this game and give it to your friends, (which we encourage you to do) as long as you do not alter any of the files. However, if you like Ultra Peril Snake, and play it a lot, then you should register. To register your copy of the game, you simply send us œ15 or the US$ equivalent. When we recieve your registration fee, we will send you a copy of the "Registered Version" of Ultra Peril Snake. The registered version has many features that this version does not. These include: A Fully-Featured LEVEL EDITOR with Tutorial and On-Line help. This will allow you to create your own levels, when you get bored with the original levels. The level editor is exactly the same as the one we used when we created our levels. ONE HUNDRED new levels, plus the chance to complete the game and see the most excellent ending sequence. There are also cartoons every twenty-five levels. A COMPLETE LIST of all the level passwords for both the shareware and registered versions. These will be in a file on the disk we send you, which you can print if you want to. A CHEATS LIST which tells you how to make the game easier or harder. This will also be on the disk. The Registered Version is NOT SHAREWARE and cannot be distributed like the shareware version can. The registered version is only available from us. The registered version includes 100 New Levels and a Level Editor, so that you can make your own levels. For more information on registration, see HOW TO REGISTER later on in this file. WHAT IS ULTRA PERIL SNAKE? -------------------------- The evil SAD GRAPHICS MAN has captured the beautiful princess Mega Galactic Snake and has taken her to his secret lair. You have vowed to rescue the princess, promising yourself that you would not stop until you have succeeded or until you get bored, whichever comes first. To get to the secret lair of Sad Graphics Man, you must travel on a journey through several tricky levels, eating a required amount of food on each level... You must drive Ultra Peril Snake through these levels using the keyboard and eating the food. However, you cannot crash into any walls or into your tail and you cannot stop your snake. Also, your snake gets longer every time you eat some food, which makes the level harder as you progress. There are special blocks which you can eat to do special things- like shrink your body. The game is completely explained in the tutorial, which can be accessed from the main menu. Just press F5. RUNNING ULTRA PERIL SNAKE ------------------------- To start Ultra Peril Snake: 1 - Go into the directory where Ultra Peril Snake is, by typing in the command "CD \UPS" [enter], substituting the "\UPS" with the directory name where Ultra Peril Snake is located. 2 - Type "SNAKE" and press enter. Snake will now run. 3 - If you want the tutorial, press F5. This is recommended to all first time users. It will explain how to play the game. HOW TO REGISTER --------------- To register, you only have to pay us œ15 or the US$ equivalent. This money allows us to continue the development of top quality shareware utilities and games. When you register, you recieve the registered version, which includes a level editor and 100 more levels. The features are listed at the beginning of this file. To register, send œ15 or the US$ Equivalent to: Beau Chesluk 2 Broadway Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 1NB UNITED KINGDOM Please state: * Your required floppy disk size, either "5 1/4 inch" or "3 1/2 inch" Look on your computer or in your manual if you are unsure. Also tell us if you need your disk to be formatted single sided. * Your name and Adress, otherwise we can't deliver * The currency you are paying in. (Either œUK or $US ONLY, no other currencies accepted). œUK is preferred. Please make your checks out to BEAU CHESLUK. Sorry, no credit cards accepted. Don't send cash. We cannot accept responsability for payment lost in the post. Orders will be despatched as soon as possible. We appreciate any comments you may have on this product. We are also interested in new ideas for games and utilities. If you've got a good idea for a game or utility, then tell us! Remember that it is worth taking the time to register, because the registered version has much more to offer. Also, your money allows us to make more great games and utilities. Thanks, Beau Chesluk LIMITED LIFETIME ---------------- Ultra Peril Snake will cease to function thirty days after the first time it is started, or after it has been started fifty times. This has been done to remind you that you should register if you play the game alot. WINDOWS SUPPORT & MULTITASKING SOFTWARE SUPPORT ----------------------------------------------- Ultra Peril Snake should not be run under Windows. If you must run Windows with UPS, you can, but you may notice a significant decreace in speed and the screen may become corrupted. This may also happen with some other multitasking programs, although we have not tested Ultra Peril Snake in any other multitasking environments. Ultra Peril Snake runs perfectly under the DOS SHELL (MS-DOS 5 or greater). REQUIREMENTS ------------ Ultra Peril Snake requires the following: * Any 8086 or Better Processor (286 Recommended) * DOS version 3 or higher * VGA [compatible] Monitor (colour or monochrome.) * Roughly 400k of Hard Disk Space, but UPS will run from Floppy. PROCESSOR- Ultra Peril Snake has been written to assess the speed of your computer so that it will run at roughly the same speed on any 80x86 computer. However, the speed will probably vary slightly between computers. People with anything slower than a 286 may experience problems with the game. The main problem may be the fading, (possibly caused by an outdated BIOS or video card? we don't know...) which can be disabled in the configuration. Press F3 in the menu. 8086ers should consider running Ultra Peril Snake using the "/FAST" parameter, which makes the menu screen draw quicker (but some of the fancy graphics are not drawn). MONITOR- Ultra Peril Snake requires a monitor which supports a 16 color 640x480 Graphics Mode. VGA Monitors support this mode, and most monitors developed in the future will support this mode. If you have a CGA or EGA monitor, then Ultra Peril Snake will not work properly on your monitor. If you get a "Monitor Not Supported" error message when you run Ultra Peril Snake, then try running Ultra Peril Snake by typing "SNAKE /M" [enter]. This may not work, but it's worth a try. (NOTE- We don't know if this could damage your monitor. Use SNAKE /M at your own risk.) DISK SPACE- Ultra Peril Snake will take only a small fraction of the space of your hard disk, but if you can't possibly make enough space, then Ultra Peril Snake will run off floppy disks. However, we recommend that you run Ultra Peril Snake off your hard disk as floppy disks will slow down the game when levels are loaded and other disk operations take place. If you are using the Level Editor, then a hard disk is strongly recommended. ERROR MESSAGES -------------- This section will tell you how to interpret the various error messages you may get when running Ultra Peril Snake. RUNTIME ERROR AT xxxx:xxxx This is an error which we may not have spotted. "xxxx:xxxx" is an eight figure hexadecimal number which we can use to find the error. If you want to, you can send us information about this error,information like how you caused it and the eight figure number. NOT ENOUGH MEMORY- Ultra Peril Snake requires a fair bit of memory. The only way to resolve this problem is to free up memory in your system. Do this by starting your system up with a system disk that is not set up to use any TSRs or drivers, or by altering your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. BORLAND GRAPHICS INTERFACE ERROR- We can't seem to make one of these happen... If they happen, it will be when the game is loaded. It will probably have something to do with the fact that your monitor may not be supported. MONITOR NOT SUPPORTED- If you get an error message about your monitor not being supported that doesn't say "Borland Graphics Interface Error" then this means that either your monitor is not supported, or your monitor is.... different. If you know that your monitor is VGA or compatible, then try running snake with the "/M" option specified. (Be warned, we do not know if running your monitor in a mode which it doesn't support will break it. We have tested the /M option on people with CGA monitors etc, but we cannot be sure that running UPS with /M specified will not damage your system.) PACKED FILE IS CORRUPT- Someone's been tampering with my Ultra Peril Snake's private parts... Replace with a fresh copy. WAY COOL PARAMETERS ------------------- /FAST : Makes the menu screen draw faster, saving you time. Recommended for 8086ers. /M : Forces Ultra Peril Snake to run with your monitor. Don't blame us if your system blows up when you do this, we cannot be held responsible. VIRUSES ------- Computer Viruses are like their organic counterparts. They spread across your system by replicating themselves and connecting themselves to .COM and .EXE files and cause havoc, either by changing the screen display, deleting files or some other evil thing. Anti-virus software can be used to detect them, and people interested in these products should contact software companies which deal in anti-virus software. The shareware version of Ultra Peril Snake (which comes with this file) was checked for viruses before it was distributed. However, since its release, the program may have come into contact with a virus and could be infected. People who are worried about the possibility of infection should check the program for viruses BEFORE running it, although if you got this file from a reputable bulletin board which does virus checking or from a magasine cover disk which has been virus checked, you have nothing to worry about. Digital Sheep cannot be held responsible for the spread of viruses which may have attached themselves to Ultra Peril Snake. We also cannot be held responsible for any damage caused by the use of Ultra Peril Snake, whether virus related or other. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1993 Digital Sheep. All Rights Reserved. The Shareware version of Ultra Peril Snake may be distributed freely, providing no fee is charged for the software. Shareware companies may charge a small fee for handling, etc (Around $10 Max). This fee DOES NOT include registration. The Registered version of Ultra Peril Snake cannot be distributed without written permission from Digital Sheep. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * D I E S T E * D I G I T A L S H E E P M A R K E T I N G --------------------------------------------------------------------------