Ultimate Game Collection/XULTI.ISO/564/3749.txt

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Load up DOS on your computer.  When you see the A> prompt (or B> or C>, etc.)
place the Mr. Muncher Program Disk in the current drive, type "MUNCHER" at
the DOS prompt, and press Enter.  When the title screen appears, press any key
and the main menu will appear.    You will learn how to use the main menu in the
next section.

                  USING THE MAIN MENU

To select an option from the main menu, you can use the up and down cursor
arrow keys to select an option.  When the "highlight bar" is on your option,
pressing the "Enter" key will make the computer perform that option.

You may also press the key corresponding to your option in the menu (example:
press "I" to see the instructions).

Only the main menu options that I feel need explanations will be detailed
below.




│            P L A Y I N G    T H E    G A M E               │

When you press "P" (or move the highlight bar and press <Enter>), you have the
chance to select the number of players or to cancel and return to the main
menu.  Press "1" to select one player, "2" to select two players, or <Esc> to
return to the main menu.

                RULES FOR PLAYING

MR. MUNCHER is basically a clone of Pac-Man.  The object is to eat all the
little dots, or FOOD PELLETS, on the board in order to go to the next round,
without getting destroyed by GHOSTS wandering about the board in a somewhat
random fashion.  The "bigger" dots, or ENERGY PELLETS, give you a limited
amount of time to eat the ghosts and get points.  Beware of blinking ghosts,
which are about to change back to their dangerous colors.  BONUS THINGIES,
which appear from time to time, can give you points or an extra man, also.

                 KEYS TO PLAY THE GAME

Movement of Mr. Muncher:    cursor arrow keys on numeric keypad
Pause:                P
Toggle sound effects:        S
Options menu and Help Screen:    F1
Exit back to main menu:         Esc

                    SCORING

Food pellets:    10 points
Energy pellets: 100 points
Ghosts:     200, 400, and 800 for each ghost, and 1600 thereafter.
Bonuses:    cherry        = 100 points
        strawberry    = 500 points
        banana        = 1000 points
        extra man    = no points, but you do get an extra man.

You get an extra man at 10,000 points and every 30,000 points thereafter.

                  OPTIONS MENU

When you press the F1 key, you will get a brief help screen describing what
keys you can use.  There is also an options menu that allows you to change some
of the settings for your game.    An explanation of each option (if necessary) is
given below:

Toggle sound: S -- this option simply allows you to turn the sound effects on
or off.

Set game speed: G -- this option lets you change the speed of your program on
your particular computer.  The number you type in can be a number between 1 and
32767.    1 makes the game run fast, and 32,767 makes it run slow.  The speed
depends on the type of the computer you are using, so I wouldn't recommend
using 32,767 on a slower 286 or an 8088.

Set smoothness: M -- this option allows you to change the "smoothness" of the
game animation to a number between 1 and 4.  This setting affects the game
speed, and it may help to set this number to 3 or 4 when running on an 8088.
On a 286, I would recommend setting this value to 1 or 2, and on a 386 or
higher, setting this value to 1 still gives fine animation.  But it's up to you
to experiment and see which values are best for "smoothness" and "game speed."





For you graphically knowledgeable, this number is porportional to the number of
pixels that each sprite moves. The game will move faster when the smoothness
level is increased.

Return to game: Esc -- self-explanatory.

│            T H E    B O A R D   E D I T O R               │

This option allows you to create new boards if you are bored with the old ones
or simply just want to try something new for a change.    You can have as many
(or as few) ghosts on the board as you want, move the initial position of the
player (where it starts when you lose a man or you're on a new board), and tell
the computer where to put walls, food and energy pellets, etc.

When this option is selected, board number 1 will be loaded up automatically.
See that blinking object?  That's a cursor.  You move it using the cursor
control keys.  But what's all that crap on the left-hand side of the screen?
That's your quick reference.  An explanation follows:

Move: arrow keys -- The cursor control keys allow you to move the cursor around
the board.  If you're on one of the edges, it will wrap around to the opposite
edge for you.  The cursor is used to place or erase items on the board, which
will be explained later, in the section entitled, "The Building Blocks Of A
Game Board".

Scan boards: PgUp,PgDn -- This option allows you to quickly load up the
previous or next game board.  If the current board has been changed, the
computer will ask you if you want to save it first.  PgUp loads up the previous
board (example: from board 2 to board 1), and PgDn loads up the next game board
(example: from board 1 to board 2).  If you're on board number 1 and you press
PgUp, you will load up board number 100, because you can store 100 game boards
on a disk.  If you press PgDn and you're on board number 100, it will load up
baord number 1.

Load board: L -- This option allows you to select what board number you wish to
load up.  Pressing <Enter> without typing in anything will re-load the current
game board.  If the current board has been changed, the computer will ask you if
you want to save it first.

Save board: S -- This option allows you to select what board number you wish to
save.  Pressing <Enter> without typing in anything will save the current game
board.    If you select another board number, the computer will display that
board and ask you if you wish to replace that board with the one you're saving.
If you press "Y" you will overwrite the old board.  If you press "N", that
board will remain on the screen to be edited.  If you press <Esc>, the old
board will be re-loaded on the screen to be edited.

Clear board: C -- This option allows you to clear the current board number.
Just to be safe, you will be asked if you are sure you want to.

Exchange: X -- This option allows you to exchange the game boards for two
board numbers.    Pressing <Esc> when inputting for a board number will go back
to the board editor.  Pressing <Enter> without typing in anything will assume
the current board number.  Entering the same number for both board numbers will
do nothing.

Exit: Esc -- This option allows you to exit the board editor and go back to the
main menu.  If any changes were made to the board, the computer will ask you if
you want to save it.  If you press <Esc>, the changes will not be saved and you
will go back into the board editor.




                                BOARD EDITING KEYS

Player: "1" -- When you press the "1" key, the cursor will be where the
player's initial position will be at the start of the game, or after you get
killed.  If the player is already there, the computer will ask you if you want
to move it.

Enemy: "2" -- Pressing the "2" key will place a ghost at the cursor position.
If there are more than ten (10) ghosts on the board, you will receive an error
message.

Walls: "3" -- The wall sections are the building blocks for the maze that Mr.
Muncher must travel to.  Pressing the "3" key will place one of these blocks
(wall sections) at the cursor.    Wall sections placed next to eachother will be
automatically "connected."  A screen full of wall sections, for example, will
look more like a grid.

Food: "4" -- Pressing the "4" key will place a food pellet at the cursor
positon.

Energy: "5" -- Pressing the "5" key will place an energy pellet at the cursor
positon.

Eraser: "0" -- Pressing the "0" key will erase whatever is at the cursor.

When you press "1","2","4","5", or "0" when the cursor is on a wall section,
that wall section will be erased first, and the connections will disappear.