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Christopher G. Gunn
3174 Hawthorn Street
San Diego, CA, 92104
(619) 283-0472
HowTwo is not for sale through retail facilities. It is distributed as
shareware on an "I trust you" basis and is not in any form to be considered
public domain or free. Considerable effort went into creating the program and
I'm retaining full protection under the copyright laws. However, I also want
you to be able to share my games with your friends. So, please feel free to
hand on as many copies as you would like, as long as you include the original
BAT file and all of the document files.
There are no set prices for my games. I leave their value up to you. If you
are going to use HowTwo for your personal enjoyment, whether you got it from a
software distributor or a friend, please mail a check to me at the above
address. Your donation towards each programs creation is appreciated. In
exchange, I'll add your name to the list of those eligible for updates,
contests, and additional games. For example, I hope soon to have a joystick
added to many of them. I'd also like your comments and suggestions. If you
wish, you may use the registration and order form by typing PRINT SHAREME.REG
at the DOS prompt.
Like all of my games, HowTwo is designed for full color with high resolution
graphics and should run on most PC's and work alikes. HowTwo does require an
EGA display adapter or a VGA adapter in its EGA mode. If you have problems,
please let me know. There is a provision for disabling the game sounds if you
prefer the game to play quietly.
HowTwo is a build-it game. The object is to collect all of the robot parts
and take them to the laboratory for assembly without running out of batteries
to make the equipment, such as the elevator, work. The elevator and lifts
must be repaired before they always go to the right floor. Part of the fun is
the berserk Stock Clerk Robot that keeps taking parts to its attic stockroom.
You move around the ten story building by pressing the left or right arrow
keys, the number for the elevator floor, or the alphabet key for one of the
hydraulic lifts. The part boxes can be picked up by pressing the up arrow key
or put down with the down arrow. If the Stock Clerk Robot catches you with a
part box, it'll grab it and transport it to the Stock Room along with some of
your battery power. Sometimes you can put the box down where the clerk can't
grab it. Another defense is to press the number for a floor without any boxes
before the clerk can get out of the elevator. HowTwo will prompt for many of
the keys you need to press.
To repair something, like a robot part, you must get to the Repair Room with
at least one full battery. You also need to watch the energy level indicator
at the right edge of the screen. You lose if you get stuck on one of the
upper floors without the power to run the elevator. You can get batteries in
the Battery Room at the lower left of the screen. The Stock Clerk Robot will
also snatch batteries when it can and you may not have enough left to finish
building the robot.
To build the robot, you must first pick up a part box. You can carry two or
three at a time depending on how many batteries you are also carrying. When
you bump a box, the program will ask for the up arrow to pick it up. Then,
you must take the box to the correct floor at the Laboratory. When you bump
the railing, the program will prompt for the <W> key to work on the robot. If
the part fits, it will be added to the robot. When it doesn't fit you'll have
to try another floor of the laboratory. Normally, if something is wrong, the
program will tell you what the problem is.
Currently the time required to update all of the machinery sometimes makes the
movements a little jerky. Part of the problem is excess key strokes have to
be ignored to keep the keyboard buffer from beeping because it's full. I hope
to smooth it out more in the next version.
You may copy the HowTwo files into any directory on hard disk or another
floppy. The only real requirement is that all of the files associated with
the game, except for its BAT file, must be in the same directory. You may
activate the program directly, with a BAT file, or from ActMenu. If you put
HowTwo on your hard disk, you may have to adapt the BAT file for your system.
Good luck, and let me know if you enjoy HowTwo,
Chris
P.S. You can disable this message by removing the 'TYPE' and 'PAUSE' entries
from your personalized BAT file. Please retain the original BAT file if you
are going to pass HowTwo along.
Press the <Ctrl-C> key to quit or