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Skittles History
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Skittles
by John Stiles
1.0.7 (12/96)
• Updated e-mail and web page links.
• Cleaned up registration dialog slightly.
• Added a score indicator in the High Score Entry dialog box.
• Fixed a small bug where activating the cheat could make the game act unpredictably.
• Fixed a bug where trying to print when no printer driver was installed caused a crash.
• Increased memory allocation slightly, as certain extensions could cause Skittles to require extra memory.
1.0.6 (10/96)
• Improved efficiency of graphics updates when "Faster Graphics" is off.
• Holding the mouse button or escape key down will no longer pause and unpause the game rapidly.
• Fixed a minor cursor glitch that occured with a PCI Power Macs starting in some color depths.
• Getting a high score no longer leaves tiny glitches on large screens.
• Gravis GamePad settings are now included with Skittles.
• Sped up two-player mode a little, in response to user feedback.
• Fixed a bug where some zaps would score more than others.
• Made the Demo mode a little quicker in the shareware version.
• Added a small shareware 'nag' dialog when starting up the unregistered version.
• Removed the Power Macintosh dependency on QuickTime.
1.0.5 (7/96)
• Fixed a harmless glitch where the Skittles residue would stop "blinking."
• Enlarged a warning dialog which, previously, was too small to read its entire contents.
• Allowed the user to pause and resume via the escape key, or mouse clicks.
• Cleaned up high score name entry to allow for editing keys.
• Tightened up the key repeat handling.
• Cleaned up the music code.
• Added extra tricks to the "secret" menu.
• Spruced up the About box.
1.0.4 (6/96)
• Pressing any key to continue now excludes caps lock.
• Fixed weird problems that Macs without QuickTime were subject to under 1.0.3.
• Fixed bug where music would stop playing on some Macs if the game was paused.
• Added "Click mouse to play" so new users will figure it out.
1.0.3 (4/96)
• Fixed a very minor graphic glitch that can affect some slow Macs while Skittles are landing.
• QuickTime music is kept in memory whenever possible to avoid loading delays.
• Flashy Animation can now be deactivated, so that slow Macs can play Skittles.
• Progress bar now visible while Skittles loads.
• Gray skittles will now fill the top row.
• Tightened computer AI and dark Skittle selection.
• Both players receive dark Skittles in equal distribution now.
• Worked around a bug in Apple's Universal Headers <Sound.h>.
• Version number and WWW site displayed in the About box.
• 'Key repeat' activated—holding left or right will make the Skittles slide.
• Extra-cool secret stuff added. Hint: The secret can be activated within the About box. ;)
1.0.2r (4/96)
• Fixed the dates in this file! (They all read 1995 before... how embarassing!)
• Tightened the computer opponents and control scheme to allow for better control on fast boards.
• Fixed several high score bugs.
• Released to registered users only—most of these fixes don't affect unregistered users.
1.0.2 (3/96)
• Changed behavior of 'dark skittle' to be helpful (instead of just a random Skittle).
• Added current stage indicator.
• Notified a registered user if he tries to register again (duh).
• Added high score table (registered version only!).
• Fixed slowdowns on slower 68040 processors (by removing trigonometric calculations from speed-intensive code).
• Fixed minor graphics glitch while rotating your Skittles.
• Fixed 24-bit addressing error (again!).
• New opening title graphics.
1.0.1 (3/96)
• Added checks for Sound Manager 3.0 before playing sound.
• Tightened the code which handles drawing in 24-bit addressing.
• Strengthened the Preference file handling immensely.
• Added error messages to fatal error dialogs.
• Checked the screen bounds before using the screen.
• Fixed white backdrop behind Victory screen.
• Allowed second-player controls to be used in one-player mode.
• Fixed the small white flash when pausing or restarting game.
• Tweaked a few resources here and there for better overall performance.
1.0 (3/96)
• Initial release.
Hidden Secret menu: Open the about box, then type "help." You'll gain access to new tricks!
Thanks for reading this History file! ; )