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$Sheriff vers0.12b FOR OS/2 WARP
(FREEWARE for the poor)
(DONATIONWARE for the rich)
Copyright (C) by Miltiadis Mitrakas 1996
email: mmitraka@cs.strath.ac.uk
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NOTE: MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT SHOULD BE INSTALLED NO MATTER IF YOU HAVE A
SOUND CARD OR NOT.
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THE AUTHOR:
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Miltiadis Mitrakas
4th year Student [Computer Science at Strathclyde university in Glasgow]
email: mmitraka@cs.strath.ac.uk
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ABOUT:
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You are the $Sheriff and your task is to protect the BANK of the town.
Kill the bad guys, spare the innocent people, (sounds simple but it is not).
There are four levels in this version, the first two are easy the third
is more interesting and the forth is hard (at least for me).
You can choose the level of difficulty that you prefer by choosing
"Hard/Normal/Too Easy" buttons at the intro screen. What you are actually
choosing is the speed of the enemy. The scenario levels are the same
whatever level of difficulty you choose.
There are three doors in total and your enemies appear in a partially
predefined and partially random order (see bottom of the file for details
in the "SCENARIO DETAILS" section).
Using the arrow keys you can shoot at each door:
_LEFT- shoot at first door.
_UP- shoot at second door.
_RIGHT- shoot at the third door.
The DOWN arrow is used to reload your pistol but it will not do it if
you do not have enough money. In the first level (LEVEL 0) reloading
costs $251 and at each level the costs increases $100.
You can QUIT while you are playing by pressing ESC key.
Finally, when you hold a button down you can not shoot with the other ones.
This is done to make the game more difficult (please do not comment on that).
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CHANGES IN VERS. 0.12b:
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Some sound problems have been corrected.
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HINTS:
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Avoid playing the "HARD" level, is a 'killer' :-)
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THE PROGRAM:
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SS2 is a 32Bit, multithreaded Presentation Manager program.
REQUIREMENTS:
_Hardware- Minimum 486 66Mhz with 256 colors (local bus SVGA).
_Software- OS/2 Warp with Multimedia support properly installed.
MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT SHOULD BE INSTALLED NO MATTER IF YOU HAVE
A SOUND CARD OR NOT.
The code is full of assertions and if anything goes wrong it exits and
hopefully the source of the error will be in the "SS2.LOG" file. This file
is always created at the start of the program and if everything is OK at
the end of the program will contain the following lines:
Log File Name: SS2.LOG
- The End -
This does not mean that the program is 100% OK. Please read the following
for more information...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!THIS IS A DONATIONWARE PROGRAM AND AS SUCH YOU ARE PERMITTED TO DISTRIBUTE IT
! WITHOUT CHARGE PROVIDED THAT ALL FILES ARE DISTRIBUTED TOGETHER, AND DUE
! COPYRIGHT IS OBSERVED. THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY,
! EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FITNESS FOR A
! PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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OTHER GAMES:
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CHINESE CHECKERS for OS/2 (CC2):
Try this game if you like board games......
CC2 can be found in:
http://www.netaxs.com/~jeanluc/os2/ (with an image of the game)
OR in HOBBES:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/games/cc2066.zip
and ftp.cdrom.com
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/games/cc2066.zip
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HISTORY:
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In the making.
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KNOWN BUGS:
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I found some and killed them. Now it is your turn, if you find any bug I
would be very pleased to hear from you as soon as possible. I would appreciate
it if you send me email with the following information: machine specs and
video drivers, a small description of the problem and please do not forget the
"ss2.log" file (this file is generated every time you run the program).
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THANKS TO:
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_IBM for creating such a great operating system.
_Ching Han Chin (testing).
_You for suggestions and comments you will provide in the future.
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Fill free to contact me for any comments (good/bad) about the program.
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DONATIONWARE:
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If you feel rich and you would like to share your experience with me,
please send a check for whatever amount you think is appropriate to the
the following address:
Miltiadis Mitrakas
Flat 503
Albion Gate 9
Merchant City
Glasgow G1 1HE
U.K.
By donating money for this game you actually support CC2 (Chinese Checkers
for OS/2) as well. So two games one donation, I think it is a good deal.
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FILES:
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These are the files that you need to run this program:
README.TXT
ss2.EXE
ss2art.dll
default.wav
died.WAV
END.WAV
GCLICK.WAV
GMOVER.WAV
GRELOAD.WAV
GSHOOT.wav
KILLED.WAV
levend.wav
MLIM.WAV
oops.wav
prguts.WAV
start.wav
level000.scn
level001.scn
level002.scn
level003.scn
and don't forget:
MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT SHOULD BE INSTALLED NO MATTER IF YOU HAVE A
SOUND CARD OR NOT, or the program will not even start.....
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SCENARIO DETAILS:
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Each scenario level is based on three "tapes" one for each door. By altering
these tapes you can alter the scenario of the level. You are not advised to
do this at the moment but if you want to create your own scenario contact me
and I will provide you with details.
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