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Christopher G. Gunn
3174 Hawthorn Street
San Diego, CA, 92104
(619) 283-0472
Rodrones 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 Rodrones 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, Rodrone is designed for full color with high resolution
EGA graphics and should run on most PC's and work alikes. If you have any
problems, let me know.
You'll find Rodrones challenging in that you have to think in three dimensions
to succeed. You must move your robot drones close enough to the intruders to
destroy them when you "FIRE" a rodrone. Each time you reposition the rodrones
they report their range to all intruders. Only the ranges are available to
calculate where the intruders are. To be an expert, you must destroy at least
one intruder for each Rodrone expended.
For advanced play, try graph paper and a compass to pin-point the intruder
positions faster. There's a simple plotting graph you can print by selecting
"<P>rint graph" on the combat screen. The graph is already dimensioned and
numbered to match the coordinates with a range scale down the right you can
use to set your compass. None of the upper 128 ASCII codes are used so it
should print on almost any printer set for 10 pitch.
You may copy the Rodrone 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
Rodrone on your hard disk, you may have to adapt the BAT file for your system.
Good luck, and let me know if you enjoy Rodrone,
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 Rodrone along.
Press <Ctrl-C> to quit or