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- CRUSHER GAME Version 3.0
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- Program written by William Soleau March 1991
- Requires EGA / AT class computer / min 512k
- Hard Drive Recommended
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- Welcome to Crusher....
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- You are about to enter a cavern made up of 25 different
- rooms. The objective is to collect as many points as
- possible while avoiding roving monsters. You are given a
- quest to locate certain objects somewhere within the vast
- maze of rooms. Crusher is a combination of a strategy,
- arcade and an adventure game. Before you begin read the
- directions below.
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- * * * INSTRUCTIONS * * *
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- Upon first loading the game, an opening screen will
- introduce you to the cast of characters. You will then see
- a square room filled with tiles. There are four exit doors.
- You are located in room #13 to start. There are grey tiles
- and red tiles. All the rooms have some grey tiles, yet the
- colors of the other tiles will change as you proceed from
- room to room.
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- Map of Rooms
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- ┌──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┐
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │ 4 │ 5 │
- ├──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 6 │ 7 │ 8 │ 9 │ 10 │
- ├──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤
- │ │ │Begin │ │ │
- │ 11 │ 12 │Here │ 14 │ 15 │
- ├──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 16 │ 17 │ 18 │ 19 │ 20 │
- ├──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤
- │ │ │ │ │ │
- │ 21 │ 22 │ 23 │ 24 │ 25 │
- └──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┘
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- By one of the exit doors you will see your man. He is
- blue and smiles no matter what. To move him around the room
- use the arrow keys. The grey tiles cannot be moved, yet the
- colored ones can. If there is a empty space on the other
- side of the tile, you can push it to that area. This is how
- you can get to exits, grab points, crush monsters.... Also
- in the room you will notice (starfish like) monsters moving
- through the maze. Their one objective is to eat you up, so
- you always have to avoid them. To do this, you can push
- blocks in there way, better yet, trap them and totally crush
- them, so that there are no spaces for them to move. If you
- do this, you not only get points but the monster will
- disappear and a special oxygen tile will then appear
- somewhere in the chamber.
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- ** Oxygen **
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- Oops! Oxygen... Oh yes, because this cavern of rooms
- is so far underneath the earth, you will always need oxygen
- to survive. Throughout the rooms there are oxygen tiles
- which you should grab, because if you run out of air...
- well you guessed it... it's over!
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- ** Diamonds **
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- There are also diamonds of different colors within the
- rooms. Grab these and you will get points. Be careful
- though, if a monster is on the other side of it. Remember
- that he can't get to you by going through it, yet if you
- grab the diamond....well then... your fair game for him.
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- ** TNT (bombs) **
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- The other objects which are found in the rooms are
- sticks of TNT. These are not only great to blast through
- walls with (grey also), but without them, you cannot
- complete the game. To remove a wall, press the spacebar.
- You will see a message that says dynamite activated. Press
- the arrow key in the direction you want the wall removed.
- If there is nothing there, then it will not blow. If you
- decide not to use your valuable TNT then press the spacebar
- again to de-activate it. These sticks of dynamite will be
- your most important friend when things get tough. Every 250
- moves of your man and a certain amount of points gotten,
- will deposit a few more tiles within the rooms (not in the
- room your presently in). Therefore get as many points as
- you can, even if you've already reached the first objective
- of 10,000 points.
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- *** Objectives ***
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- **** Okay now let's get down to the first objective. ***
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- When you begin the game, you will need to get at least
- 10,000 points before your first objective will appear. When
- you reach this point, a special message will appear. READ
- IT CAREFULLY! It will tell you about the secret spy MR.X.
- He will then be placed somewhere in one of the 25 rooms.
- You must find him so that him, so that he can give you
- directions to a map. This special map will locate the
- beautiful Eve. Boy... it's always a maiden in distress.
- Actually she's in a dungeon, in which you'll have to figure
- out how to free her. Once you've freed her... you WIN!
- Simple huh...? heh...heh...heh...
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- 1. Get 10000 Points
- 2. Find Mr.X.
- 3. Find Special Map
- 4. Find Eve
- 5. Rescue Eve (you win)
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- (Registered version only)
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- 6. Find Punk Rocker Ted
- 7. Find First Number
- 8. Find Second Number
- 9. Find Third Number
- 10. Find Vault
- 11. ?????????? (you win)
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- There are many strategies you'll use to get better at
- the game with each try. For instance, when you see EVE in
- the dungeon surrounded by walls and walls... (assuming you
- even get that far) and you have no TNT, well go to another
- room and try crushing monsters. Each monster you crush
- removes some tiles from the dungeon. Another strategy is to
- arrange tiles in a room before you leave, so that if a
- monster is placed inside it, it's easy to trap him. There
- are so many strategies, but you'll discover your own.
- Each time you leave a room and enter a new one, there
- will always be 3 monsters to face. Once you've left a room
- the monsters will rejuvenate, even if you crushed some of
- them. Perhaps upon entering a room, you don't like the fact
- that the monsters are where they are, simply exit the room
- again and re-enter. The monsters will have moved to
- another part of chamber. Of course you use a little oxygen
- up each time, but it's better then being a snack for the
- monsters.
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- Scoring:
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- Diamond : are worth 150 points
- TNT Tiles : are worth 4 Bombs (sticks of TNT)
- Oxygen Tiles are worth 6 tanks (10 move each)
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- Crushed Monsters:
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- Red & Green's 125 points
- Yellow 200 points
- Purple (fast!) 300 points
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- Bonus points are give if you crush 2 or more
- monsters within the same room.
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- 200 points added for 2 monsters crushed
- 500 points added for all 3 monsters crushed
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- 3000/5000/10000 points for different objectives
- found and reached.
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- - 1000 points for each man you lose. You have
- 5 to start the game with.
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- The game will end, if you lose all of your men.
- (5 men per game)
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- The game will also end if you run out of oxygen
- before you complete your mission. The oxygen gauge
- as will as other important statistics, are always
- shown at the bottom of the board.
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- You don't have to finish the whole game each time to
- win. You are trying to accumulate the highest score
- possible before either you have run out of air, lost
- all your men, or rescued Eve. 10 top scores are
- recorded for posterity.
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- This game is not easily completed, but you'll
- have fun trying. The best way I feel to learn any
- game is to just start playing. This way you'll get a
- feel for the action. Pictures are worth a thousand
- words... so go to it !!
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- *** Note ***
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- For real Adventurers, see upgrade features below.
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- Crusher Keys:
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- Arrow keys: move man (push blocks)
- <M>ap : show your room location
- <S>ound : toggles sound (on/off)
- s<C>ores : show top 10 scores
- sa<V>e : save game (reg.users)
- <L>oad : load previous game (reg)
- <Q>uit : New game/Quit Game
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- Upgrade for registered users:
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- So you've gotten to the point where you want more?
- Okay... how about Eve, tells you that there is a Punk
- Rocker named Ted that has some very valuable information
- regarding certain numbers. These numbers might just be
- combinations to a vault... well let's just say the game
- continues for registered users.
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- Registration screens are found inside then program upon
- exiting. With the registration, the game will also add
- the SAVE/LOAD game feature, which will come in handy if
- you have gone further then ever before and don't want to
- start over from the top if something goes wrong. Also
- who wants to wait so long exiting the program screen
- each time, to remind users that Shareware is a
- concept and not a free lunch. Okay.. Okay.. Enough
- said.
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- Most importantly enjoy yourself....
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- William Soleau
- 163 Amsterdam Ave
- Suite 213
- NYC, NY. 10023
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