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I h8 readin’ help ﬁlez. PLEASE read diz one - ya might ﬁnd out sumpin’ about da game ya didn’t know! ! F R O G E R ! ##### ##### # # # # # ### # # ### # # # O # ############# # O # # ### ### ### ### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ## # # ######################### # # # ########## ########## ################### by THE MAD COW! IMPORTANT ~~~~~~~~~ ************************************************************** *** FROGGER WILL NOT RUN FROM AN ARCHIVE OR FROM A CD-ROM. *** ************************************************************** * * * Copy Frogger on2 a hard disc or another read/write * * devize be4e playin’ da game. * * * ************************************************************** * * * Be4e distributin’ !Frogger delete da ﬁle * * * * !Frogger.Spec * * * ************************************************************** Da Plot ~~~~~~~~ Ya control Philp da Phrog(!) who iz in a spot of bother, due un-preventable circumstancez beyond hiz control (A rather tasy chick frog on da other side of da road!) Philp haz managed 2 get himself from hiz nize pond 2 da other side of a perticualy busy motorway. Havin’ made a d8 with da girl (Who by da way in frog termz iz an absolute RoboBabe) Philip suddenly realisez he can’t remember how 2 get back 2 da other side, Ya must guide him across da motorway 2 hiz lily pad in da pond so he can get dressed and ready 4 hiz big d8 with Fiona Frog (Who if she waz an American president would be called Baberaham Lincon!) Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~ Da Mad Cow, Mad Cow Software and Aztecsoft U.K (guessed it?). can not be held responsible 4 any adverze effectz of playin’ !Frogger. But if any good comez out of it I’d like 2 know about it. Loading ~~~~~~~ Double click on da Frogger icon, a frog will appear on da icon bar. 2 play da game click on it with Select. Pressin’ menu over da icon bar frog will produze a menu (no surprisez there then!) Menu optionz are: Info : Display a rather nifty info box cre8d by my very own self [Peter] Help : Open diz ﬁle Optionz : See below [Also clickin’ Adjust on icon] Quit ⇨ Kill modulez : Quitz da front end and removez modulez from memory Leave modulez : Quit front end but leavez modules Options ~~~~~~~ A window appearz with lotz of buttonz… Da game featurez are turn off and onable usin’ da check boxez on da left. Clickin’ on da button next 2 gore bringz up a list of Vari-Gore™ typez, select da one ya want. [Try Ultim8 4 a laugh!] In da middle are four buttonz theze are: Help : Open diz ﬁle Animal : Chooze a different animal if ya don’t like frogz! Cancel , man: Cloze da window, any changez will be ignored Save : Save da chancez so they are used next time yoy play da game On da right are da boxez 4 deﬁnin’ keyz, ya can uze any alphanumeric key as well az Spaze and Enter. 2 uze Arrow keyz click on da check box. [Note: Ya cannot mix arrow keyz and other keys] Controls ~~~~~~~~ Da game startz with da intro screen, Read da Scrolly! (It will only take 12mins) Press spaze 2 start. Da in-game controlz are currently: Up - ‘ Down - / Left - z or Z Right - x or X Theze controlz can be altered usin’ da optionz, described above. Other controlz will be prompted. In Game da screen iz split in2 5 sections 1 Da grass on da other side of da road, Diz iz were ya start 2 Three lanez of trafﬁc, ya hit da trafﬁc ya looze a life. 3 Conez, Da carz don’t drive on top of da conez so diz area iz safe, but ya can only go in da gapz between da conez, da conez themselvez won’t kill ya, but they stop ya gettin’ out of da way of on-comin’ traﬁc. 4 Four more lanez of Trafﬁc 5 Da pond, Get here and ya complete da level Each level getz progresively harder with more trafﬁc az well az other obsticalz shuch az Lawm mowerz, Toy boatz and bombz. Also look out 4 da time becasuze if ya run out ya loose a life and have 2 start again. Bombz appear ocasionally gainin’ in frequency up until da last level, Bombz appear randomly and blow da carz up az well az ya so they can be both a help and a hinderence Bonusez appear ocasionally they are - Heart X-tra life S Addz 2 yar score X-plosion Killz one car Bomb Turnz da bombz off 4 da rest of da level Star Imortality 4 a bit X-plodin’ star Imortality 4 a bit, if ya touch a car it iz destroyed 4 da rest of da level. No entry sign Motorway closed due 2 IRA bomb threat! Polize carz only. Clock X-tra time There are some more special featurez which we will leave ya 2 discover! Completin’ da game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 complete da game simply get across da trafﬁc on every level without loosin’ all yar livez. But even when ya have completed it ya may want 2 try and get a better score, remember, every life ya have left @ da end of each level iz worth 500 points Then ya try again with da optionz set harder. Then ya could see if ya can ﬁnd da che@ mode. And if ya still want more challenge then send me a blank disc and some cash or free software etc (Not really! Just a stamp will do) and I’ll upd8 it 2 make it harder and maybe even send ya some free PD (my own of course) Thanx ~~~~~~ Firstly Mega huge thanx 2 Andy Southg8 of Digital Pyscosis(?) 4 writin’ da Amnesia Game Suite, da language in which diz waz written and 4 answerin’ all my pesterin’ letterz when I got stuck, man. Also da character set used, some of da sound effectz and some of da graﬁx. Joe Szpalek 4 lendin’ me da Sampler on hiz P.C (Sad person) and also 4 hiz vocal tallentz in creatin’ much of da sampled speech. Quintin Parker of Gilbert da Hamster software 4 tellin’ me th@ !Frogger didn’t work on da RISC PC and givin’ me a good deal of help with ﬁxin’ it. Get Sheep Racer Delux from werewolf software az soon az it comez out, ??? worldish 97’ kind of time. I havn’t seen it myself but Quinten assurez me it will be all nize and dandy with all sortz of juicy bitz, bobz and knobalz. Chriz Grant, although he doesn’t know it he supplied some of da additional sound effectz through hiz game Robo, which incidentaly doesn’t work on my A7000, if anyone knowz why could they tell me, see system spec below. Chriz Morriz 4 givin’ me da bright Idea 2 have different animalz avaliable. Next 2 Dave & Sue of da Dataﬁle 4 puttin’ all my programz so far in2 their library, and hopefully diz one (Well if yar readin’ diz then they probably have) Dominic Symez, 4 writin’ da brilliant Text Editor !Zap (Could anyone tell me wh@ da queer icon iz?) and 4 puttin’ da Shift Ctrl E function in which haz saved me many a mouse-click Guttorm Vik 4 writtin’ StrongED, da text editor I now uze (az of July 97’) sorry Dominic but ya were just be8n. If there iz anyone out there th@ iz still usin’ !Edit then GO AND GET SOMINT REMOTELY GOOD RIGHT THIS MINIT. No disrespect 2 ??? or anythin’ but StrongED iz just soooooooooooo much better. Guttorm Vik 4 writtin’ StrongHelp and presumably all da acompanin’ manuals theze have been incrediably usefull in da creation of !Frogger. Da Flyin’ Pig 4 inspierin’ me 2 write da scrolly on da intro screen. Cast of Red Dwarf, da funniest sci-ﬁ programme on TV 4 some of da sound effectz. 2 Mum & Dad 4 da computer, da support and 4 idiot testin’. ??? 4 creatin’ such a 1-derful operatin’ system and desktop enviroment Everybody who’s ever slaged of Microsoft, Windoze, Bill G8s, Intel and PCz 4 just bein’ an absolute dosser My brother 4 constantly tellin’ me how rubish my basic software waz and 4cin’ me in2 learnin’ Amnesia J. Michael Straczynski 4 writin’ da all-time best TV seriez EVER. B5 RULES OK! And ﬁnally YOU, Yez YOU 4 botherin’ 2 pick my program from all da hundredz of other PD programz in da dataﬁle. Me ~~ My name iz **** ****** and I write under da Aliaz of THE MAD COW diz iz da ﬁrst Amnesia game I’ve written although I have written several more in Basic. I’m 13 and go 2 Aldridge School Walsall and I’m startin’ my GCSE’s in September of 1997 (currently Wed 09th April 1997) If ya want 2 see x-amplez of my Basic work (It’s not very good) da dataﬁle haz two other peicez of my software !Stocx, a Stocx & Sharez game, and !Psyco, an awful silliy th@ displayz coloured text very fast az deﬁned by da user, man. Get them from da Dataﬁle or write 2 me and I’ll send ya wh@ ya wan’t. (A stamp & a disc would be nize though) I uze an A7000 with 406Mb HardDisc (which haz only 12Mb left free and onze, we had da “disc full” message, so if anyone’s got a Zip drive 2 give away, toss it my way!), CD ROM drive, 12Mb RAM, RISC OS 3.60 upd8d usin’ NewerLook 2 (Well, some of it, we couldn’t get it all 2 work) I work with !Zap text editor (now StorngED) and !Paint with a little help from !Harmony muzak player and SmartCD CD player. Sprite ﬁlez are converted 2 Fast Sprite 4m@ using FSPConv by Andy Southg8, if ya wan’t da original spritez 4 any reason, especially if ya wan’t 2 draw some good one’s just write 2 me. *********** WARNING Peter’s Plug commin’ up! ************************************************** I also uze da x-cellent program !Change, which randomly picx picturez from yar image collection 2 uze az desktop backgroundz. (2 stop ya gettin’ bored) written by Peter Daniel. (On disc UT315 from da Dataﬁle) - GET IT TODAY!, PLEASE! *********** Ok, actually it iz VERY good, put it on yar next Dataﬁle order ****************** If ya have any questionz, wan’t da original sprite ﬁlez, sourze code which iz BASIC with Amnesia SYS callz, or just want 2 say hi any commentz, sugestionz, h8 mail, money, windows jokez, B5 scriptz, Star Treck spoofz, free PD or even if anyone out their even ever readz diz contact me on; Da Mad Cow 134 Broadway North Walsall West Midlands ENGLAND WS1 2QE Tel :- 01922 38483, weekdayz phone after 4:00 Ya never know, if ya send me a disc and a stamp or just a funny letter I might send ya some free stuff. Go on, write, I wan’t 2 brag 2 my friendz @ school. Pleaze! Pretty Pleaze! PRETTY PLEASE WITH A CHERRY ON TOP! I’ll tell ya what, if ya write a very nize letter I’ll tell how 2 get in2 da che@ modez. Versions ~~~~~~~~ 1 Called !Leapfrog, Basic version, terribly ﬁckery, awful 2 Called !Leapfrog2, Basic version 2, even worze. 3 Called !Trial, Amnesia test built up in2 reasonable but slow frog handler 4 Called !Frogger, ﬁrst proper version, started again and done properly, colision checkin’ just will not work. 4.1 New car added, col check still dosen’t work 4.2 Mower added, col check STILL doesn’t work 4.5 Letter 2 Andy Southg8 ﬁxez da problem, slight descrepincy in Amnesia Help ﬁlez. Collision Checkin’ worx. 4.6 Help ﬁle added, diz iz da version @ da moment, Bombz & Toy boatz are a prediction. 4.7 Some sound effectz added curtousy Andy Southg8 & Chriz Grant 4.8 Intro graﬁx, scrolly & muzak added, Help ﬁle upd8d 5 Wimp front end added curtousy Peter Daniel 5.01 Finally got round t doin’ da bombz, Help ﬁle upd8d 5.5 Colission checkin’ completely re-done, It actually doez work now, well, most of da time anyway! More than it did be4e. 5.51 Bombz work, sprite redrawn, help ﬁle upd8d - New idea on versionz, d8 included. D8 - Wed 16th April 1997 5.52 6 More different typez of car added, mower re-written so it worx, overtakin’ added and taken out again coz it dow work. D8 - Thu 17th April 1997 5.53 More carz added, now 15, Make object routine optimised. Bomb creation routine slightly altered 2 allow it 2 cre8 bounusez az well, Bounusez re-drawn, Help ﬁle upd8d. D8 - Fri 25th April 1997 Releaze 1.00 Were 2 start! I’ve neglected da help ﬁle 4 a while, Loadz of Sampled speech added, WIMP front end merged with program optionz added x-cept 4 Sound effectz which dosn’t work. Hiscorez abandoned 4 diz version becauze Peter reconz I should do ‘em and I reckon ‘e should. Win screen added with jumping animalz, star ﬁeld and scrolly text, Prettyest thin’ I’ve ever wrote, man. Gore levelz added. Ya HAVE 2 try ULTIMATE, It takez da Michael. Time added. Get ready and Go added. Time bounuz added. Bar @ da top wh@ tellz ya’ wh@ ya’ got added. 2meg cut down version added, man. Help ﬁle upd8d. D8 - S@ 31st May 1997 1.20 Front end upd8d, major bug ﬁxed and scrolly made nearly 6 timez longer!!!! D8 - S@ 07th June 1997 1.21 MAJOR bug in main program ﬁxed, !Frogger code now worx ﬁrst time. D8 - S@ 21st June 1997 1.50 Major re-code stasiz hunted down and eradic8d from !Frogger. Frogger should now work on RISC PC’s. Scrolly converted 2 a seper8 text ﬁle. Some other little thingz changed. Illusive Internal error abort on data transfer bug added! D8 - Tue 05th August 1997 (came back from my summer holiday yesterday) Resources ~~~~~~~~~ Diz program took 2 make, @ least 20 hrz coding About 6 hrz bug ﬁxin’ and un-coding 3 packetz of crisps 4 ACE biscuits 6 Corned Beef sandwiches 6-12 Glassez of Robinsonz Apple & Blackcurrant fruit juize (I still don’t think itz az good az Ribena) 20+ sheetz of draft paper 5 pagez of my homework diary 2hr+ Of Mum&Dad tellin’ me I should be doin’ homework 3hr+ Of Mum&Dad tellin’ me I should be in bed 5hrs+ without sleep Several Marx on several piecez of school work I rushed or didn’t do becauze I waz too busy (codin’ of course) Nearly 1 De2 4 not handin’ in homework on time coz' I didn’t do it, see above 3 Episodez of Neighbours 1hr readin’ Manualz (sorry but needz must) 3hrz readin’ !help ﬁles 3hr writin’ letters 11 Letterz, 4 2 A. Southg8, 1 2 da Dataﬁle, 1 2 da Flyin’ Pig, 3 to Quinten Parker of Gilbert da Hampster software, 1 2 ??? User, 1 to Computer Shopper, 1 2 David Glover (only 6 so far) 10minz Typin’ in help commands 30minz Workin’ out wh@ on earth da repliez meant 30minz X-ploratary work in2 other apps Agez Tryin’ 2 ﬁnd muzak and Sound-FX About 6hrz Drawin’ spritez (Henze they look awfull, but I’m a rubish artist anyway.) About 1hr In total discussin’ ideaz with friendz, mainly on da phone (Their billz!). 1½hr Writtin’ diz help ﬁle 2hrz Playin’ certain gamez when I get bored Blue Thunder, V. V. Good PD, well anoyin’ when ya looze yar bonuses becauze ya die. Fire Bolt - Good, but Impossible. Bombz - good, solid in placez. Doez anyone out their know any cheatz 4 any of da a4ementioned gamez? (There’s free PD in it if ya do!) 15minz Lokin’ through Postman P@ boox 2 ﬁnd out how 2 draw tractorz! Agez Readin’ Lord of da Ringz - Fellowship of da rin’ be4e I go 2 sleep 2 stop me from dreamin’ in code!!! (No, really, I did onze!) Agez Doin’ all da other stuff I 4got 2hrz Havin’ a right laugh round Joe’s knockin’ together da Sampled speech. Public Appeal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If anyone out there can draw spritez 4 gamez, make good sound effectz, can write trackerz or can come up with (realsistic) game dezings and would like 2 co-oper8 with me and swell da numberz of Mad Cow Software 2 4m a small, amatureish, no payed but profesional style gamez company. write 2 me and we’ll ze wh@ becomez of it. Fame and 4une certainly! Copywrite Notice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Original App © Mad Cow Software 1997 partz of diz app may be used, modiﬁed, or re-released on other plat4mz az long az I know about it, I get a (large) percentage of da proﬁtz, Da Mad cow or Mad Cow Software iz not taken out of it and I get copyz of anythin’ wh@ iz med from it. Diz still aplies if da code iz only looked @ 4 in4mative purposez. I reserve full copywrite of da !Frogger name & logoz az well az da Mad Cow and Mad Cow Software logoz and sloganz. Bye Now, Have an absolutely massively humunguz one! Da Mad Cow!! (___) (@ @) \O/ BBBB SSSS EEEEE B B S E BBBB SSS EEE B B S E Ya only get BBBBest SSSSoftware EEEEEver from Mad Cow software P.S (guessed it?). Pleaze write or phone so I can brag 2 my friendz @ school!