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Gopher Hunt v1.0
Copyright (C) 1993 RenDic Software Impresarios
Doug Lewis & Rick Damiani
All rights reserved
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WARRANTY
~~~~~~~~
GOPHER HUNT IS SUPPLIED AS IS. THE AUTHORS DISCLAIM ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OF FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE.
THE AUTHORS ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR
CONSEQUENTIAL, WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF GOPHER HUNT.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE & LICENSE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GOPHER HUNT is distributed as SHAREWARE. Under this concept you
may use the SHAREWARE (UnRegistered) version for a reasonable
period of time, which we consider to be 30 days, after which you
MUST register your copy or discontinue usage all together.
The trial version contains all features described in the documents
and is NOT CRIPPLED and will NOT EXPIRE in any way.
Licensee shall not, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
program. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and
automatic termination of this license and legal action.
With that out of the way we can get down to the door itself.
WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GOPHER.EXE The program file
DOOR.SYS A sample DOOR.SYS file set up to play the
game locally.
GOPHBULL.ANS The high score screen.
LOOSER.ANS The "You lost" message.
PRESKEY.ANS The "Press any key to continue" message.
HELP1.ANS First help screen.
HELP2.ANS The second help screen.
GENERIC.SYS Sample GENERIC.SYS file.
GOPHER.DOC This file your reading right now.
PACKING.LST A listing of all files in this package.
ORDER.FRM The registration form.
WHAT GOPHER HUNT CREATES:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GOPHSCOR.BIN High score file. If this file isn't found in
the current directory Gopher Hunt will
create it after the game is played for the
first time. To reset your high scores simply
delete this file.
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Registered users will receive the latest version of the door PLUS:
GOPHBUL.EXE An ANSI bulletin generator for Gopher Hunt.
GOPHBUL.DOC The docs explaining gopher bull execution.
Rick and Doug's undying gratitude and a key file that will
customize Gopher Hunt's exit message with the name of your
BBS.
INSTALLATION:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Installation of this door is fairly easy if you use WildCat! 3.x or
PCBoard 12.0 to 14.x or any BBS that supports DOOR.SYS, CALLINFO.BBS,
PCBOARD.SYS, or DORINFOx.DEF. For other BBS's Gopher Hunt supports
GENERIC.SYS (described below)
THE COMMAND LINE:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GOPHER [drive:][path]DOOR.SYS For standard comports
GOPHER [drive:][path]DOOR.SYS PORT:03F8:5 For nonstandard ports.
The first number is
the address in hex and
second is the IRQ
assigned to that port.
GOPHER [drive:][path]DOOR.SYS PORT:F:1 Fossil driver: port 1
GOPHER [drive:][path]DOOR.SYS PORT:D:1 Digiboard: channel 1
If you are using environment variables such as those used by PCBoard the
following commands will also work:
GOPHER %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS
GOPHER C:%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS
To use the environment variables you will need to use the dos SET command
in the batch file that starts your bbs software such as:
SET PCBDRIVE=C:
SET PCBDIR=\WC30\WCWORK\NODE1
Note: If you need to use a nonstandard port, fossil driver or
Digiboard the first parameter must be the system drop file
(DOOR.SYS etc..) and the second must be the PORT: command
with no spaces. The following will NOT work:
~~~
GOPHER DOOR.SYS PORT: 03F8: 5
GOPHER PORT:F:1 DOOR.SYS
All the *.ANS files included in the distribution archive MUST be
in the directory that you start Gopher Hunt from. If any of the
ANSI screens are missing Gopher Hunt will display an error
message when it tries to read the file. If a GOPHSCOR.BIN file
isn't found in the current directory it will be created (it will
grow some with time, but shouldn't get any bigger than about 400
bytes)
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USING GENERIC.SYS:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The GENERIC.SYS file is a standard ASCII file and contains 3 lines,
each followed by a carriage return/line feed. It can be created using
almost any ascii text editor. The format is:
line 1 - The BBS operator's name.
line 2 - The COM port in use.
line 3 - Time allowed in door.
Below is an example GENERIC.SYS file with a SysOp name of Doug Lewis,
using Com port 1, and allowing 50 minutes in the door.
Doug Lewis
COM1:
50
Each line is followed by a C/R, L/F and the com port follows the same
format as the standard door.sys. COM0: = Local Mode (same as door.sys)
Gopher Hunt will ask the for the user's name and ask the user if they
have ANSI support available.
PLAYING THE GAME:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Really the game is pretty simple. Move the cursor around the screen
using the numeric keypad (Numlock must be ON). When you are over the
middle portion of the gopher press either the '5' or '0' keys to kill
the gopher. If you hit ten gophers you advance to the next level.
With each level the gophers remain on the screen 1/2 second less.
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At any time during the game the player can get help (press 'H') or see
the current high scores (press 'S'). Additionally the following keys
are available to the SysOp:
Function key
~~~~~~~~~~~~
F5 Shell to DOS
F8 Return user to system
F9 Toggle display on/off
F10 Chat mode (use the ESCAPE key to exit)
* F3 Toggle printer on/off
* F4 Toggle pagebell on/off
* F7 Toggle caller alarm on/off
Alternate key
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ALT-H Toggle between different status lines
* ALT-N Toggle SysOp on next
* ALT-X Toggle exit to dos after call
and help lines
Alternately pressing the ALT-H key will bring up the next status
line screen. The 1st screen is a help screen, the second screen
shows your COM port status.
NOTE: Items marked with an '*' are only functional with PCBoard
systems.
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Special Thanks go to all of our BETA TESTERS and fellow SYSOPS who have
provided their assistance and time:
Mike Labellarte of "Arte Graphics BBS" (708) 259-0215 Node 1 WildCat!
(708) 259-6445 Node 2
Chris Koziol of "Sun Surf & Serenity" (708) 453-6630 Node 1 WildCat!
(708) 453-1321 Node 2
Ray Sulich of "Straight Board BBS" (708) 689-1980 Node 1 PCBoard
(708) 689-0119 Node 2
David Lewis of "ThunderBolt BBS" (708) 689-4763 GT Power
Bruce Calvert of "Toads Place BBS" (708) 578-9642 Spitfire
Tony Conte of "TNT Disk Company BBS" (708) 473-9327 Maximus
A VERY SPECIAL thanks to our wives Yvonne and Debbie for putting up with
our contless hours on the computers and for making sure we didn't forget
they were there! <BIG GRIN>
Contacting the Authors:
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You can always find the most recent version of Gopher Hunt on the support
BBS, get Technical Support, & register the door on-line via credit card.
SUPPORT BBS:
The BubbleHead BBS! running WildCat! Multinode
Sysop, Doug Lewis (Co-Author of Gopher Hunt)
(708) 688-0649 NODE 1 14.4kbps
(708) 688-0650 NODE 2 2400bps
Fidonet address: 1:115/669
Gopher Hunt is Freqable via a front end mailer
using the magic name of "GOPHER".
For technical support log onto the bbs and leave a "COMMENT to SYSOP"
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