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SkidMarks - Developed in Blitz BASIC 2 by Andrew Blackbourn
- Graphics by Rod from Vision
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This is a demo version of Acid Software's latest racing game, (there's
been others???). Due for release in July/August of 1993 with nice low
low price tag, including 6 or so more tracks, more cars, and 3 or more
of the following:
* car editor for infinite variety of handling / control etc.
* more reliable modem link, keyboard handler (MARK!)
* less intoxicated computer competition
* bridges, tunnels i.e. multi priority bitmap/sprite handling
* smoke, damage, flipping, rolling type effects
* animated backdrops (already in but not utilised, pity...)
* big juicy AGA bitmaps, and perhaps AGA 8 car competetions
* more realistic collisions with smash up derby stage to prove it
* better sound effects
Any more suggestion (or imagine models of cars or decent sound effects
or clip art or track editors) should be forwarded to:-
Acid Software
10 St Kevins Arcade
Auckland, New Zealand
fax +649 358 1658
Registered Blitz2 Users will be able to buy source code of this release
in the near future for minimal price.
DISTRIBUTION RULES:
This archive may be freely distributed (all files intact of course).
No distribution of versions with graffiti on the IFF files
please, (pirates keep your smelly fingers off our PD!).
Those wanting to distribute this in disk form must include the
following files on the disk and also a text reader from which
this file can be read, (ie no auto booting, LOADWB ENDCLI only).
libs (dir)
diskfont.library icon.library
info.library mathtrans.library
c (dir)
endcli loadwb
devs (dir)
serial.device
l (dir)
Disk-Validator port-handler
ram-handler
s (dir)
startup-sequence ;with loadwb then endcli
skid (dir)
;all the files in this archive
Machine Requirements:
for up to 2 players, you'll need an Amiga with a minimum of 512K chip
ram and 512K fast ram, such as an expanded Amiga 500, or a 1200.
for up to 4 players, you will need a friend's computer, and either a
modem, or null-modem-cable link between them.
NOTE: 1 meg 2.0 machines should boot off the floppy as the harddrive
consumes too much darn memory (see below for all files required).
Instructions:
At all times, "F10" will advance you through the game, and "ESC" will
quit you back out.
Title Screen:
Press ESC to quit back to WorkBench
Press F10 to enter the game
Clicking on the middle box, marked "ATDT" allows you to enter a
command to the modem, it is sent when you press enter
Clicking on the box marked "ANSWER" will tell your modem to answer
your phone. (By sending "ATA" to the modem)
Pressing "Return" on the keyboard at any time will send a carriage
return to the modem. This is useful to "hang-up" the phone if you
cannot dial correctly.
Once you have made a connection, hit the box marked "LINK", if all
goes well the background will flash purple briefly, then the bottom
panel will dissapear. Whatever you type will appear at the bottom
of your opponents screen. As normal, press "F10" to enter the game
Race Screen:
You should see a white box, overlapping the map underneath.
At the top of the box, you should see 4 cars, and their chosen control
method underneath. To change the control method of a car, press the
labelled function key. Only two local players may be chosen at a time,
so you may have to change one of the cars back to "COMP" in order to
choose a different colour. If a car is a "LINK" car, you may not
change it's control. (press F10 to start)
Champ Screen
Pressing "F8" toggles between "Race" and "Champ" modes. While in "Champ"
mode, you may only choose the white car. Instead of the 4 laps in a race
game, you only play one. The aim is to beat your best lap time (the
red car) Collisions are turned off for this mode so that you can not
interfere with the other cars. Each time you enter Champ mode, your times
are reset, and the other cars are now controlled by the computer, so you
will need a lap-time of better than 30 seconds or so. There is also a
limit to the maximum time you may spend on a lap in champ mode, probably
around 1 minute.
Control Methods:
KEYS: Use the arrow keys, up, to accelerate, down to reverse
and left/right to steer.
CTRL: Use the brown keys on the left of the keyboard,
CTRL to accelerate, shift to reverse, and Alt/Amiga to steer.
JOY1: Use a joystick plugged into the second joystick port.
n.b. The fire button will accelerate you even if you are pushing
back on the joystick.
JOY0: Use a joystick plugged into the mouse port.
COMP: The computer will take control of this car.
LINK: The other computer (modem or cable) controls this car.
Champ Mode:
BEST: The best lap-time your car has done since entering Champ Mode.
GOOD: The second-best lap-time your car has acheived.
LAST: Repeats your last lap, exactly as you drove it.
Hard-Disk Installation:
If you have a bootable Hard-disk containing Workbench, simply drag
the Skid drawer from the disk onto your hard-disk.
Hints:
At all times, stay away from the edges, even if it means slowing-down to
avoid them.
Try and line yourself up for the final jump. If you can't, just drop
over the edge.
The lap-clock is seperate for each lap you do, and is started as you cross
the start line. If you get off to a bad start, go back and cross the
start again.
The computer-cars are very bad drivers, DON"T FOLLOW THEM.
In Champ mode, try and complete the whole track so you're good at all of
it, not just the beginning.
Remember, a lap time of 18 seconds is pretty good.
Don't worry if you have a slow machine, Skidmarks was carefully designed
to run exactly the same on every configuration.
Known Bugs:
Modem connection:
On extremely slow modems, or very long distances, you *MAY* experience
the two computers getting out of sync (only time it runs to a 25th).
Dropping carrier, OR Line noise, has about a 50/50 chance of requiring a
reboot..
an OPAL card or motherboard with slightly different clock crystal will
stuff up the modem sync, unplug it immeadiately!