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- Outland Ho
-
- Outland Ho is a version of the popular game Spaceward Ho designed for use
- over the Outland network. You must download the Outland Gateway and connect
- to Outland to use this program, as it is not a standalone application.
- However, you do not need to own a copy of Spaceward Ho already.
-
- Outland is a graphical multiplayer game network for Macintosh users.
- Currently, the applications we have available are Spaceward Ho, Chess,
- Reversi, Backstab, and a graphical BBS.
-
- You can connect to Outland if your Mac has Internet access using MacTCP, or
- if you dial our modems in Palo Alto, California. Other dial-up sites will be
- available soon.
-
- For more information, or if you are interested in developing games for
- Outland, contact us at 1-800-PLAY-OUT, or outland@aol.com.
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS:
-
- 68020+ Macintosh
- System 7.0 or later
- MacTCP or a 2400+ baud modem
- Outland Gateway software
-
-
- INSTALLATION:
-
- 1. If you have not done so already, download the Outland Gateway and create
- an Outland Games folder in the same folder as it.
-
- 2. After decompressing the archive, you will see three Outland Ho files and
- this readme.
-
- 3. Move the Outland Ho files to the Outland Games folder before connecting
- to Outland.
-
-
- SPACEWARD HO! OVERVIEW
-
- The goal of Spaceward Ho! is to conquer the galaxy. You start out on a
- single, wonderful, heavily populated planet. You have just become capable of
- building your first interstellar space ships. So you build a couple of
- exploratory ships and send them to nearby stars. Some of the planets at
- these stars will be more habitable than others.
-
- Once you find a planet that’s like your home planet, you build a Colony Ship
- and go colonize it. Once there, you make its temperature better by
- terraforming it, mining the metal from it, and using it as a base for further
- exploration and colonization. After a number of years the new planet’s
- population will grow so large that it make a profit, just like your home
- planet.
-
- You’ll hop from planet to planet expanding your galactic empire. Somewhere
- along the line, you’ll run into opposition— bad guys (other Outland players)
- who are out to conquer the galaxy, too. In addition to exploring and
- colonizing, you’ll need to defend yourself against the more aggressive of
- these alien races. You can do this by building defensive satellites at your
- colonies. You can also defend yourself by building fleets of fighters and
- preemptively attacking the aliens. If fighting isn’t to your taste, you can
- befriend some of these aliens, creating allies instead of enemies.
-
- In addition to building ships and terraforming and mining planets, you spend
- money on technology research. The first ships you build are capable of
- travelling to other stars, but they can’t go far, they’re slow, they can’t
- attack or defend themselves well, and they require a lot of metal to build.
- When you spend money on research, your ship technology levels will improve.
- To no one’s surprise, better ships will destroy obsolete ones in battle.
-
- When you have conquered all enemy colonies, you win.
-
-
- ULTRA-QUICK HO! INSTRUCTIONS
-
- The Ho! Lobby is where you set up games and talk to other players. OutlandHo
- is where you conquer the galaxy. You can switch back and forth during the
- game. Bring up the Ho! Talk window to talk to other Ho! players at any time.
-
- Learning Spaceward Ho! is fun. Play with the bar charts and pie charts to
- adjust spending. Click on the messages in the map to make them go away.
- Double-click on a colony to design and build ships. Drag from one star to
- another to move those ships. Ask others for advice. Experiment. Conquer the
- galaxy.
-
-
- GLOSSARY
-
- Ally: An alien with which you share refueling privileges and a
- non-aggression pact.
-
- Enemy: Anybody that isn’t allied with you.
-
- Gravity: Everything that can’t be changed about a star system. Any planet
- between 0.4 G and 2.5 G can be made profitable, if enough people are on it
- and it is fully terraformed. An ideal planet is 1.0 G. Each player has a
- different idea of what 1.0 G is.
-
- Income: The money you took in last turn.
-
- Marooned: What a ship is when it doesn’t have enough fuel to leave the
- planet it’s on.
-
- Metal: The sum of all nonrenewable resources.
-
- Mini: The amount of shrinking a ship has. High Mini ships use less Metal,
- but cost more Money.
-
- Money: The sum of all replenishable resources. You get money every turn
- from profitable planets.
-
- Planet: The same thing as a star. Represents the whole star system.
-
- Radical Tech: High-risk, high gain research. Sometimes you get something
- really great, sometimes you get garbage.
-
- Range: How far a ship can reach without refueling. A Range 8 ship can go
- out 4 and back 4, or can go out 5 and be stuck.
-
- Satellite: A ship that can’t move. Its Range is zero. Satellites are much
- smaller than other ships.
-
- Shield: Something that protects a ship. A Shield Tech 8 ship will prove
- almost invincible to a Weapon Tech 4 ship.
-
- Ship Savings: Money you’ve accumulated to build ships with. You get
- interest on this money. If you’ve spent more than you’ve saved, you pay
- interest.
-
- Speed: How fast a ship goes. A Speed 3 ship will take 2 turns to go to a
- star that is 5 units away.
-
- Star: The same as a planet.
-
- Temperature: Everything that can be changed about a star system. The ideal
- temperature is 72°. Each player has a different idea of what 72° is.
-
- Terraforming: Improving the temperature of a star system. When a planet is
- fully terraformed, its temperature is 72°.
-
- The Ho!: What experienced players call Spaceward Ho!. If you want to be
- really cool, say, you’re “playing the Ho!”
-
- Weapon: Something a ship shoots. A Weapon Tech 8 ship will rip apart Shield
- Tech 4 ships.
-
-
- ********
-
- –Spaceward Ho!, by Peter Commons, is a trademark of Delta Tao Software, Inc.
-
- –Outland is a trademark of Outland, Inc.
-
- –The complete, original Spaceward Ho! manual is available through Outland.
- To order one, use the appropriate folder in the Crossroads or call
- 1-800-PLAY-OUT. There will be a $6 charge for postage and handling.
-