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README.MAZ FILE for MAZEMAKER (tm) Version 2.01
Copyright (c) 1992 by Custom Real-Time Software, Inc. (CRTS)
All Rights Reserved
INTRODUCTION
MAZEMAKER is a game for Microsoft Windows(tm) Version 3.0 or higher. You can
probably guess that it is a maze game. The intent of the game is to present
you with the sort of challenges that a laboratory mouse faces rather than those
of an Adventure style game. Thus MAZEMAKER mazes look more like the ones you
might find in a puzzle book; but with some important differences. All
but the easiest mazes are three dimensional! And it is nearly impossible to
work a maze from the end.
MAZEMAKER mazes are also more complicated. When MAZEMAKER is started it
generates the "Maze of the Day." If, at first, you find the Maze of the
Day too difficult try the "EASY Maze of the Day" until you get the hang of it.
If you want to be shown how to attempt a maze, select DEMO from the GAME menu.
After you solve the Maze of the Day, you become eligible to attempt the "Maze
of the Week." When you solve this you can try the "Maze of the Month" and
ultimately the "Maze of the Year!"
There are other mazes and options too. You can probably figure them out by
exploring the menu options. If not, or if you want more information, look at
the text file MAZEMAKR.HLP. (This file may also be viewed while running
MAZEMAKER by selecting HELP.)
DISCLAIMER
MAZEMAKER is supplied as is. CRTS disclaims all warranties, expressed or
implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and
of fitness for any purpose. CRTS assumes no liability for damages, direct
or consequential, which may result from the use of MAZEMAKER.
MAZEMAKER IS SHAREWARE
MAZEMAKER is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to you for
your evaluation. This is a complete program. None of its features is
disabled. But MAZEMAKER is NOT free. If you wish to continue using it you are
required to pay a registration fee. Remember: If you want to be Attorney
General someday (or even if you don't) that it is against the law to use this
program except as authorized by its copyright owner.
OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT
CRTS is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).
ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are
unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting
the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical
support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via
CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
TEMPORARY LICENSE
You are granted a temporary license to install and use MAZEMAKER for evalu-
tion purposes. This license expires 21 days after you first use the game.
REGISTRATION
If you find MAZEMAKER entertaining and wish to continue playing beyond the
evaluation period, you must make a registration payment of $15 to CRTS. Upon
receipt of the fee CRTS will send you a registered copy of MAZEMAKER which
includes a license that permits its unlimited use by one person on one computer
at a time. Registered users can submit their records to the MAZEMAKER
National Registry and those that have solved the Maze of the Year! are
eligible to win MAZEMAKER tee-shirts.
A printed copy of the file ORDER.MAZ should be filled out and accompany
the $15 registration fee.
Network and Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting CRTS.
SUPPORT
If you encounter a problem while running MAZEMAKER (not including
frustration!), please contact CRTS. We will endeavor to provide assistance
to help solve your problem. If you are writing, be sure to describe your
Windows environment (DOS and Windows version numbers, processor type, memory,
video configuration, other applications that are running, autoexec.bat,
config.sys, and system.ini files; and anything else you think might be
relevant.) as well as the anomaly exhibited by MAZEMAKER.
Registered users who are not satisfied with our response, FOR ANY REASON, and
who return their ORIGINAL MAZEMAKER Program Disk to CRTS within six months from
the date they registered, will have their registration fee refunded in full.
COPYING AND REDISTRIBUTING
You are permitted and encouraged to provide free copies of MAZEMAKER to anyone
you choose. The only requirement in this regard is that ALL of the files
listed below, or their compressed equivalent, must be included unmodified in
any copy you make. You may not charge any fee except as provided below.
Anyone distributing MAZEMAKER for any kind of remuneration must first contact
CRTS at the address below for authorization. This authorization will be
automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to
its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin
offering MAZEMAKER immediately.
CONTACTING CRTS
Our address is: PO Box 1106, West Caldwell, NJ, 07007-1106.
Our phone number is: (201) 228-7623.
Our CompuServe ID is: 72467,1255.
MAZEMAKER FILES
The following files are supplied with MAZEMAKER:
1) MAZEMAKR.EXE A Windows 3.0+ executable file;
2) MAZEMAKR.DAT A file with setup information, stock maze descriptions,
and eventually data about mazes you have worked on;
3) MAZEMAKR.HLP An ASCII file with information about MAZEMAKER.
4) SETUP.EXE A Windows 3.0+ program which automates installation
of MAZEMAKER onto your system;
5) SETUP.INF An information file used by the installation program
that tells it what must be done;
6) METER.DLL A Dynamic Link Library required by the installation program;
7) ORDER.MAZ A form that should accompany your registration fee;
8) README.MAZ This file;
9) VENDOR.DOC Information file for Shareware Vendors;
10) FILE_ID.DIZ A "Description In Zip" file primarily for BBS use.
INSTALLATION
YOU MUST READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS ENTIRE FILE BEFORE INSTALLING MAZEMAKER!
==========================================================================
Place a disk with the MAZEMAKER files in the "A" drive.
From the Windows Program Manager, select File - Run, type "A:SETUP <enter>"
and then follow directions.
Note: If you cannot use the "A" drive, you may use the "B" drive or any other
DOS Path. Just be sure to indicate the correct path when you tell the Program
Manager what you want to "run."
If you take all the installation default, files <1>, <2> and <3> above will be
copied to the directory C:\GAMES. (This directory will be created if it does
not exist, or you can specify some other new or existing directory.) The
MAZEMAKER Icon will be added to the GAMES Group that already exists on most
Windows platforms. (The GAMES Group will be created if, by some miracle, it
does not exist.)
ENJOY !!! AND THANK YOU FOR TRYING MAZEMAKER !!!