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--------------------------------------------------[SRE 0.986 Registration]---
Registration is NOT required to run SRE. SRE might be classified as one of
these types of programs:
Shareware - Yes! SRE is shareware. You are required to register this game
after 99 years of trial use!
Freeware - Yes! SRE is freeware. You are not required to pay any fee for
this program. However, we do give benefits to those who donate
$15 or more.
Crippleware - Yes! SRE is slightly crippled! You can't access the bank in
the unregistered version. (But you don't need the bank to play
the game.)
Bogusware - Yes! SRE is bogusware! It will destroy itself after 99 years!
(If you don't register!) (just kidding!)
Deadware - Yes! You must've found the bugs!
Bonusware - Yes! If you register, you get bonuses (like the bank)!
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Seriously,
Registration° is only $15 (U.S. dollars) for SRE 0.986, so go ahead and
register! All we want to know is some basic information, and if you like,
you can fill out the survey as well. We may use survey results to determine
what features to add into future games. If you have a BBS that is not
supported in the door file formats, send us the door file format printout or
the door file printout and we will try to write support for it. Also, we
have only tried SRDOOR with DOOR.SYS and DORINFO1.DEF, so if you use another
type, please let us know if it works!
*** To register, fill out SREREG.TXT and send it in. ***
What we do is send you a registration code that you type into SRE and it
will register itself. We do not create a 'registered version' or send you
a disk. The reason? In many games, you can register one version and the
next version requires a new fee for upgrade. For SRE, you get the numbers
that work in ALL versions of SRE. That way, you will be able to get all
future versions for free from local BBSes.
NOTE: We do not register this game under handles (for various reasons).
Non-US persons: Checks / money orders must be US funds from a U.S. bank.
Otherwise, send US cash or an international money order.
(in Canada, the Post Office can issue Money Orders in
U.S. funds.) If you are in Canada, you may want to contact
Hardy Rosenke (see DISTRIB.TXT) to see if he can help
in converting Canadian funds to U.S. funds.
Make out checks or money orders to "Amit J. Patel". Sorry, NO credit card
orders. Expect 3-4 weeks to receive your numbers. We try to handle
everything as fast as possible, but sometimes it just doesn't get done
soon enough. Also, I have lots of homework!!!
Registration is not required in order to run this game, but we'd like
you to register this game! The benefits of registering are:
■ Automatic registration of all new versions. (See above.)
■ The Bank - loan, savings, and investments
■ More Attack types - chemical and nuclear - run SRE HELP and select
chemical/nuclear attacks to see how to get chemical and nuclear
weapons after you register.
■ BBS Messages - you can put your advertisements (or someone else's)
to display at the end of the game before it returns to the BBS,
and you can put a "New User" message for all new players.
■ Customization - you can set the number of turns, the number of
planets available, when games start, the galactic tax rate,
and the bank interest.
Thanks for registering!
--
° By "Registration", I'm NOT implying that you MUST register, like many
other programs; this program IS free, but the "registration fee" is a
minimum donation to enable extra features in the game. You are NOT
required to register.
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Additional Information
Source Code
It is our policy not to distribute any source code for our games.
In the future we may release 'toolkits' for programmers to write their
own games. We are working on an easy-to-use 'most natural' toolkit
which will require a minimal amount of learning for programmers.
For example, Turbo Pascal users would still use Writeln, not S_WRITE,
I_WRITE, L_WRITE, and other strange procedures that other door driver
kits use. Turbo C++ users would use 'kout <<' instead of 'cout <<'
(or #define cout kout), so that very little modification has to be
made to a screen program to make it a modem program. The toolkits
support COM1 - COM4 in TP, or COM1 - COM8 in TC++, and will be easily
extendible. (And they'll come with source.) An early version of the
Turbo C++ toolkit is available on The Solar Realm. (Freqable as
SRCOMM.)
Money
If you do not have the money to register, you do not have to remove
the game, like so many others. You have 99 years as a "trial"
period. Also, if you want a secret menu, keep reading the
docs! There are secrets for those who read the docs... The only
thing you will be missing is the ability to set the number of turns
and set up the bank (and some other minor things).
Our Current Game List
SRE - Solar Realms Elite
0.986 latest release version
0.98x latest alpha/beta/gamma versions
SRE is this game!
AC6 - Alpha Colony 6
0.950 - latest release
AC6 is similar to SRE in style & play. It's written by a
different programmer in a different language; it's not exactly
the same; it takes many of the same types of actions and extends
them (12 types of attack instead of 5, using multiple covert
agents in a covert op, and stocks are just some examples).
PC - Planetary Conquest
1.2 - latest release, but the executable says "1.1"
PC is no longer supported. Registrations are not accepted.
Planetary Conquest is a strategy game placed on a 20x20 on-screen
board. There are several playing pieces, each with a different
purpose, strength, move, and weapon. There are Soldiers, Tanks,
Bases, Artillery, Walls, Obstacles/Symbols, and Water. There are
20 scenarios that can be played by 4 players.
SCE - Solar Conquests Elite
1.1 - latest release
SCE is no longer supported. Registrations are not accepted.
Solar Conquests Elite is similar to PC, but is based in space.
There are 5 types of ships and several weapon/engine types.
The game allows from 2 to 5 players to play.
LEA - Lost Empires of Arcadia
0.990 - latest release
LEA is not currently supported. Registrations are not accepted.
Lost Empires of Arcadia is a huge game with lots of races of
beings, castles, thieves, wizards, assassins, many types of
warfare, etc. There are of course, many bugs! :(
SRH - Solar Realms Hangman
0.990 - latest release
This is a computer version of the popular 'Hangman' game. You
can enter words and other players have to guess them. The winner
gets to enter another word or phrase, and the process continues.
BRE - Barren Realms Elite
0.0870 - latest releases change every day, so I don't have the
right version number.
This is a brand-new game that is better than SRE, not only in
play, but in allowing you to play against other BBSes through
Fidonet. There are more covert ops, more trading options, a
trading market, lower prices (hehe), better warfare, nicer
news files, and best of all - Inter-BBS operations!