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Astrokid
In
The Battle of Planet Funk
Version 1.1
Living and Electronic Dreams
Copyright 1995-1996
--- Distibution ---
This game is public domain and may be freely distributed, on the following
terms:
It may be sold for non-profit purposes only. It may not be used on
coverdisks or similar without prior written notice by author. It may not
be distributed on disks sold for more than $5 or CDs costing more than $50
or equivalent in other currencies. Nor the game or any of the files contained
within the archive may be altered, without prior written notice by author.
This game is supplied on 'as is' basis. This means that if the game
causes any damage to your computer, then it is your own problem, as Living
and Electronic Dreams can not be held responsible.
Computer magazines wanting to put the game on a coverdisk must acquire a
written permission from Living and Electronic Dreams before doing so. A
small fee will be required from these magazines (if any).
--- About Astrokid ---
Astrokid has previously been released under the name 'Calvin and Hobbes -
Goes for the Gusto', but due to copyright restrictions it couldn't be
distributed via Aminet. So it was totally rewritten and the graphics were
redone.
The game is a mix of all sorts of game types, and the different chapters
(the same as levels or stages in other games, but I felt 'chapters' was
better for this game) vary greatly in quality, from fairly boring over quite
puzzling to extremely stimulating. For info about the different levels,
check out the built-in instruction manual in the game.
If I get a lot of response from people (YOU!!!) I may continue the
develpment of the game, elsehow it may strand on the current level (It's up
to you!)
--- Installing to HD or making a bootable Floppy ---
Installation to harddisk is very simple, just unpack the .lha archive
to the prefered drawer, and run the game.
Making a bootable floppy is done by formatting a disk (use Workbench),
and to make it bootable put the disk into the disk drive and write 'Install
DF0:' in the cli. Then unpack the .lha archive to the floppy (it should fit
with a few Kbs extra). Now you have a bootable gamedisk :)
--- How to get the most of it ---
If you wan't to achieve the best possible colours, then use the following
direction lines:
If you are using a Philips CM8833(-II) or a Commodore 1084(S) monitor
you should turn the contrast button to maximum and the brightness button to
a little below average. If you are using a TV turn the brightness to very
low and the contrast to a little above average.
If you are using a multisync monitor or a VGA monitor, I don't even know if
the game will run :)
To achieve best possible speed you should boot the game from floppy disk,
or close all other applictions before running it. Alternatively you could
(if you are using an Amiga with 2.0 or better kickstart, with harddisk)
reset the computer, and select 'boot with no startup-sequence' from the
early startup-sequence, and then run the game as the first thing after
this.
--- History of Calvin and Hobbes ---
v0.1 The first level of the Calvin and Hobbes game. ??/??/92
v0.5 The game now had six levels... ??/??/95
v1.0 Option menu and different improvements 28/12/95
v1.1 Seven levels of cool action, ready to be released. 10/02/96
Was uploaded to Aminet, but wasn't accepted due
to copyright restrictions...
What a perfect f**k up!!!
--- History of Astrokid ---
v1.0 Three levels removed from the Calvin and Hobbes ??/05/96
game, because they didn't fit into the story.
After five tries I finally got Astrokid to
look like he ought to. All graphics was redone,
to make it look a little cooler...
v1.0A The code for chapter 4 (the caves) was totally 01/06/96
rewritten, to make it run even smoother.
Instructions added to the menu.
v1.0B 2 layer parallax scrolling added to chapter 4 16/06/96
Coooool :)
Fire breath added to da big monsta (chapter 2)
Main menu was redone, and 'exit' and 'save
hiscore' was added. Pause and escape added to
all of the chapters (except chapter 3, so that
you can't cheat by writing everything down).
v1.1 Chapter 5 was added together with an end of game 22/06/96
thing. Music added to everything.
First public release.
--- Testing Equipment ---
At present the game has been tested on an A1200 2mb chip, A600 1mb chip and
1mb fast, and an A500 1/2mb chip and 1/2mb fast. And was running smoothly
(except chapter 4 (the caves) which takes a 68020+ to avoid jerky scroll).
It has even been run on a 90mhz Pentium with 32mb of memory, and NetBSD as
operating system, using an Amiga emulator and a 3.0 kickstart, the only bug
was that some colours were f**ked up a bit. Cooool ;>
May not work with VGA monitors? (I don't know if AMOS support these?)
--- Future Products from LED ---
The next couple of months nothing what so ever will be made by me, because
I'm going to Finland to work. But when I return I will propably begin the
creation of 'VX3', which will be a highly violent arcade action game. I can't
reveal too much at present, but if you want an idea about the concept then
check out 'The Galleria' from T2 (No, it's not an afterburner clone!)
--- Author's Address ---
If any questions or errors arise durring the use of the game, then you can
contact me on the following address:
Mikkel Fredborg
Living And Electronic Dreams
Parkvej 14
8270 Højbjerg
DK - Denmark
Or by Internet on this address:
soren@virtual-cafe.com
--- The Archive ---
The archive which is distributed should contain the following files:
Listing of archive 'Astrokid.lha':
Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
7118 1708 76.0% 23-Dec-94 01:31:58 Data/Amal_Battle.Abk
2590 807 68.8% 23-Dec-94 01:46:44 Data/Amal_Caves.Abk
3176 1033 67.4% 23-Dec-94 00:20:00 Data/Amal_Sewer.Abk
2920 870 70.2% 23-Dec-94 01:33:08 Data/Amal_SpaceFlight.Abk
13280 5419 59.1% 23-Dec-94 01:12:06 Data/Icon_Battle.Abk
21348 8996 57.8% 23-Dec-94 00:08:36 Data/Icon_Caves.Abk
8292 1518 81.6% 23-Dec-94 00:40:02 Data/LMap_Caves.Abk
232 126 45.6% 23-Dec-94 00:13:14 Devs/system-configuration
4280 2499 41.6% 09-Oct-80 09:53:40 Libs/mathtrans.library
46402 15487 66.6% 23-Dec-94 02:29:32 Objects/Battle.Abk
1566 880 43.8% 23-Dec-94 02:01:16 Objects/Caves.Abk
13190 5795 56.0% 23-Dec-94 00:47:34 Objects/Crater.Abk
1430 225 84.2% 23-Dec-94 00:44:08 Objects/Intro.Abk
10440 3718 64.3% 23-Dec-94 00:42:54 Objects/Memorizer.Abk
19262 8637 55.1% 23-Dec-94 00:19:24 Objects/SpaceFlight.Abk
7398 1178 84.0% 23-Dec-94 01:15:42 Objects/TheEnd.Abk
7930 5881 25.8% 23-Dec-94 00:21:24 Pictures/Amiga.Bin
11260 6004 46.6% 23-Dec-94 00:59:40 Pictures/Astrokid.Bin
7854 6508 17.1% 23-Dec-94 01:13:34 Pictures/AstroTitle.Bin
18220 12731 30.1% 23-Dec-94 01:13:58 Pictures/Battle.Bin
6980 5199 25.5% 23-Dec-94 01:15:24 Pictures/Chapter1.Bin
5510 3992 27.5% 23-Dec-94 01:15:02 Pictures/Chapter2.Bin
7042 5664 19.5% 23-Dec-94 01:15:40 Pictures/Chapter3.Bin
6106 4143 32.1% 23-Dec-94 01:16:00 Pictures/Chapter4.Bin
4040 2389 40.8% 23-Dec-94 01:16:22 Pictures/Chapter5.Bin
11566 7820 32.3% 23-Dec-94 00:21:52 Pictures/ComicClassics.Bin
23236 17271 25.6% 23-Dec-94 01:09:30 Pictures/Crater.Bin
1014 803 20.8% 23-Dec-94 02:54:56 Pictures/Letters.Bin
15832 9564 39.5% 23-Dec-94 00:35:50 Pictures/LivingAndElectronic.Bin
33304 26777 19.5% 23-Dec-94 01:18:34 Pictures/Memory.Bin
6574 2382 63.7% 23-Dec-94 01:19:04 Pictures/ScoreBoard.Bin
26196 20774 20.6% 23-Dec-94 01:19:34 Pictures/SpaceFlight.Bin
16562 10568 36.1% 23-Dec-94 01:08:42 Pictures/TheEnd.Bin
50 50 0.0% 23-Dec-94 00:09:48 S/Startup-Sequence
18930 12603 33.4% 23-Dec-94 00:34:38 Sound/Mod.Chapter
56216 30039 46.5% 23-Dec-94 00:34:02 Sound/Mod.Crater
46168 27516 40.4% 23-Dec-94 00:02:52 Sound/Mod.Flight
89696 82902 7.5% 23-Dec-94 00:02:56 Astrokid
2922 1941 33.5% 23-Dec-94 00:39:46 Astrokid.info
52144 37468 28.1% 23-Dec-94 00:34:10 Sound/Mod.Battle
15608 12468 20.1% 23-Dec-94 03:46:52 Sound/Mod.Caves
91968 48514 47.2% 23-Dec-94 00:51:04 Sound/Mod.Intro
69690 34681 50.2% 23-Dec-94 00:32:14 Sound/Mod.Memory
9222 3936 57.3% 23-Dec-94 00:52:50 Astrokid.docs
937 403 56.9% 23-Dec-94 00:56:58 Astrokid.docs.info
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
825701 499887 39.4% 23-Dec-94 00:57:54 45 files
If any of these files are missing then please contact LED.
Mikkel Fredborg, 28th of July 1996