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A1 Collex v1.0 Copyright 1997 - Puzzle game    1997-06-11
Shareware version

Introduction:

A1 Collex is a challenging Action Puzzle game.  It runs under
Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.  A1 Collex is in the same class of
game as Tetris, Breakthru, Soko Ball and Kye.  This is a new
idea for a puzzle game with game play as or if not more
interesting compared with the games mentioned above.


Overview:

The object of the game is for Your box, the large green
circular box, to collect all the Number boxes, in ascending
order and all the Star boxes, from the game board.  You may
collect Star boxes in between collecting Number boxes.  The
Star boxes and Number boxes may only be collected by Your
box if they are in the Yellow Region.  The up, down, left
and right arrow keys move Your box around the game board.
When you hit an arrow key all boxes move one space in the
direction of the arrow.  Boxes in contact with the Blue wall
don't move.  Also some boxes stop at the boundary of certain
regions if they can't go into the region.  More on regions
later.  There is a time limit to collect all the Number and
Star boxes to win the game.  The score that you get from the
game is based on the time remaining on the Time Limit when you
completed the game.


Types of Boxes:

The remaining different types of boxes in A1 Collex are:
the Free Floating box, the Time box , the Move box, the Hot
box, the Freeze box and the Exception box.

1.  The Free Floating box is an obstruction and cannot be
collected.

2.  The Time box can be collected by Your box if the Time
box is  in the Yellow region.  It adds more time to "Time
Limit", the "Number Box Time Limit" and the "Star Box Time
Limit" on the Scoreboard.

3.  The Move box can be collected by Your box if the Move
box is in the Yellow region.  It adds more moves to the
"Move Limit" on the Scoreboard.

4.  The Hot box can be collected by Your box if the Hot box
is in the Yellow or White region.  It takes away a life from
the "Lives" on the Scoreboard.

5.  The Freeze box can be pushed against to activate it by
Your box if the Freeze box is in the Yellow or White region.  It
freezes all the boxes on the game board so they do not move.

6.  The Exception box is an obstruction and cannot be
collected by Your box.  However, it cannot occupy the Orange
region.


Types of Regions:

1.    Yellow region: All boxes can occupy this region.
2.    White region: All boxes can occupy this region.
3.    Green region: Only Your box and Exception box can
    occupy this region.
4.      Orange region: All boxes except Your box and the Exception
    box can occupy this region.
5.    Red Region: All boxes can occupy this region.  But it causes
    loss of life for Your box. No boxes can be collected.
6.    Blue region: Walls. No box can occupy this region.

The Score Board.

The score board posts information related to game play.

Level - Displays level and game number.

Score - Defined as time remaining.

Lives - Lost by Hot box and Red region.  When zero you lose
    the game.

Time Limit - Counts down in seconds from an initial value.
    Can be increased by collecting Time boxes.  When zero
    you lose the game.

Move Limit - Decrement by one for each move made.  Can be
    increased by collecting Move boxes.  When zero you lose
    the game

Number Box Time Limit - Counts down in seconds from an
    initial value.  Increased by collecting Time boxes or
    Number boxes.  When zero you lose the game.

Star Box Time Limit - Counts down in seconds from an initial
    value.  Increased by collecting Time boxes or Star boxes.
    When it is zero you lose the game

For further information on the game see the help file of
Collex.


DISCLAIMER

Use this program at your own risk.  No warranties of any
kind are expressed or implied.  The programmers are not
responsible for any damages, real or virtual, caused by this
program. This program is in no way guaranteed to be
uninterrupted or error-free. In no event shall the
programmers be liable for any damages whatsoever including
direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of
business profit or special damages from the use of A1 Collex.

A1 Collex is copyrighted


Minimum System Requirements

386SX
4 Meg's of RAM
0.8 Meg's of Hard Drive
Windows 3.1
Optional Sound Card
3 1/2 inch HD Disk Drive for Deluxe version


To order the Registered Deluxe version of Collex Please
send $10 cheque or money order either in Canadian or US
Funds with name and address etc. and receive Collex
with 32 new games and a point and click Game Designer.
The program will be sent on 3 1/2 inch HD diskette through
the mail. Send funds payable to name and address below.
See Help File for further information.


For further information please contact the author

Michael Treciokas
1880 Juno Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1H 6S8
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

To install A1 Collex
If A1 Collex is on diskette
1) Start Microsoft Windows
2) Insert diskette into disk drive a
3) From the Program Manager, select File menu and choose
   Run.  Windows95 users click start on the task bar then
   select Run.
4) Type a:\setup and press ENTER


If A1 Collex is downloaded directly onto the hard drive,
then it must be installed to provide an icon for Windows 3.1
or for it to appear in Start-Program for Windows95.  To do
this, double click on setup.exe in the File Manager of the
C Drive (from the files that were unzipped on the hard drive)
and follow the instructions.


Packing List of Files

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demomove.dat    a1collex.exe    gelost.wav    sdtime.wav
egame1.dat    a1collex.hlp    gewon.wav        setup.exe
hgame1.dat    g1.mid        gstart.wav
hiscore.dat    alcollex.txt    sddeath.wav
mgame1.dat    vendor.txt    sddie.wav
vegame1.dat    click.wave    sdfreeze.wav
file_id.diz    enumber.wav    sdmove.wav