"Fruit Salad", a Vintage Software production (c) Vintage Software 1996-1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations ! You now have on you computer a nice action/puzzle game in its full version. Enjoy it all you can, it's not a limited version: there are 50 levels to play in the regular game and an infinity with the random mode ! You also can freely distribute it. It should work on DOS and Windows 95, with at least a 486. But this game is not freeware, it is "what-you-want-ware"... That means that if you really like it and play it (and/or you're really cool people !), you have to send us some funny and/or pleasant things: ex. some chocolate, an unusual object, even a postcard if you're really out of ideas. If you do so and enclose an envelope with international stamp and your adress or an Email we will send you the level editor, that will let you design your own additional levels ! Here are our addresses: Coder: Anthony Guye-Vuilleme Place du Tunnel 8 1005 Lausanne Switzerland Artist: Andres Wanner Bartenheimerstr. 19 4055 Basel Switzerland For information about the new versions, consult: http://idhsun2.unil.ch:8000/anthony/fsalad.html The latest version can always be downloaded at: http://idhsun2.unil.ch:8000/anthony/fsalad.zip And the update: http://idhsun2.unil.ch:8000/anthony/fsupd.zip The game -------- Running: type "fsalad" from the appropriate directory or d-click on the icon. The goal of the game is to remove all the fruits from all levels. A level is composed of fruits at the top of the screen, and others attached to them. You must remove all of them in order to go to the next level. You control some kind of strange shooting device that lets you shoot additional fruits on the others. Your fruits rebond on the left and right border, and that can help you shoot them in a difficult area. The fruit you'll be shooting does appear on your device, and the next one just on its right side. When at least three fruits of the same kind are in contact, they explose (strange eh ?!) and disappear. At the same time, the fruits that were attached to the ones that exploded fall. A level is finished when there are no fruits left (except for the black ones, that cannot be destroyed). The fruits that fall give you more points than the ones that explode, so do it as often as you can - and it's good to finish the levels too. Depending on the level and on how far you are, the "ceiling" will go down slowly or faster. When a fruit enters the zone of your device you have lost. There are some strange black and white fruits that are "magic" fruits. If you shoot a fruit on it, all the fruits of that kind will explose. The effect will be the same if you shoot one of those "magic" fruits on a "normal" one. At the start of a game, you have three "magic" fruits that you can shoot with the "Ctrl" key. You'll soon understand that those ones are really precious, so use them wisely ! Some numbers may appear on the fruits. If you make those fruits explode, you receive extra points. Some '?' may appear too. In that case a special event occurs. It can be good or bad... Watch the FX indicator and listen to the sound to determine it. There are a bit more "good" events than "bad" ones, so it can be a good idea to shoot those '?'. Ex: add points, remove points, add magic fruit, go to next level, mix all the fruits (The Fruit Salad Event) etc. Keys: 'Cursor Left' and 'cursor right' to choose your shooting angle. 'Space' to shoot a normal fruit. 'Control' to shoot a magic fruit. 'Q' to quit the game. 'P' to pause the game. If you have any question or comment, feel free to contact us by E-mail: Anthony: aguye@pop-server.unil.ch Andres: wanner@ubaclu.unibas.ch Sorry for the bugs... (big sound bug, I know, I know ;-) Thanks ! LLater ! Anthony Guye-Vuilleme (15.4.1997) -------------- PS. If you can't hear any sound try running "ssetup.exe".