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STOP NICK MACKI: 3D COUNTERTERRORIST MISSIONS This is a test version of an upcoming game which is for TESTING purposes only. Please do not make available for distribution on public systems like BBS's or vendor disks without EXPLICIT PERMISSION FROM PIE IN THE SKY SOFTWARE! This demo will only function for a limited time. Use this software at your own risk. Pie in the Sky makes no guarantees about the reliability of this program, and accepts no responsibilities for the consequences of it's use. See the file BETA.DOC if you want to learn how to attain Fame and Fortune by helping us test this new game. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.............................................. STOP MACKI requires an PS1, PS2, Tandy, 386, 486, or 100% PC compatible computer with 640K RAM, a VGA graphics card, and a hard disk drive. 128k of XMS or EMS memory is required if you wish to hear digitized sound effect from a Sound Blaster board. A joystick and mouse are optional. A Sound Blaster, AdLib, or 100% compatible sound board is recommended. MENU OPTIONS......................................... Configure - This pops up a menu of configuration options (see below) Instructions - This displays an abridged form of the game's instructions Story - This displays a shortened form of the game's storyline New Game - Start a new game of POWER, starting from the begining. Return to Game - Returns to the current game if you have paused play via esc. Quit - Returns you DOS Configure: This menu allows you to set the various options for game play. Here are the meanings of the various selections: God Mode - This makes you invincible. This is for testing. Reduced Dtl - This reduces the resolution and # of objects in game. Diag Mode - This mode leaves testing info in file pdiag.txt. Use Joystk - Do not use. Use Mouse - This make the game respond to the mouse. Sound: none - Use no sound in game. PC Speaker - Use PC speaker sounds ADLIB - Use ADLIB FM voices for sound ( pretty awful ) Sound Blaster - Use digitized sound effects ( needs XMS or EMS ram) Note: You can only select ONE of the above choices. The game will use the FM voices of your card to do certain sounds even if you have selected PC Speaker or Sound Blaster sound. These sounds are the generate noise, and the electric bolt noise. Speeding Up the Frame Rate................... STOP MACKI was designed to take full advantage of the speed of today's faster machines. If however, you are playing on a slower machine and feel the game would be more fun if the frame rate were faster, choosing this option will speed up the game considerably. The tradeoff is that many small decorative graphics will be sacrificed. All the essential elements of the game will still be present, but rooms may appear more barren, and the landscape may appear plainer. After playing STOP MACKI a while, many expert players are so wrapped up in the strategy and tactics of the game that they don't really miss some of the visual details that so impressed them when they viewed the demo for the first time and started exploring the 3D world as novices. PLAYING THE GAME..................................... Moving through the 3D World.................. ...with the Key Pad.......... Although both the cursor keys, and the keypad arrow keys are functional, we recommend that you use only the keypad arrow keys for movement. This is because you will find it much easier to use the sidestep keys and the diagonal motion keys if you start out using the keypad arrow keys. The up arrow moves you forward. The down arrow makes you back up. The left arrow turns you left. The right arrow turns you right. The keypad '1' key sidesteps to the left, while the keypad '3' key sidesteps to the right. Keypad '7' & '9' move you forward while slowing turning to the left or right. Up to 3 keys can be simultaneously functional. Some keyboards will work better than others. (IE, most keyboards can handle the jump key being pressed and released while the up arrow key is held down continuously; But some cannot. This is a limitation in the electronics of some keyboards, and cannot be remedied with a program fix. ) The space bar kicks/fires. The 0/Ins key makes you jump. The longer you down the jump key before you release it, the higher your jump will be as indicated by the yellow lights on the right side of your battle helmet heads up display. The - button on the key pad makes you stretch to your tallest height. The + button on the key pad makes you crouch down. ...with the Mouse.................... Sliding the mouse from side to side turns you in each respective direction. Sliding the mouse towards you on the mouse pad backs you up. The left mouse button kicks/fires. The right mouse button moves you forward. Both mouse buttons pressed similtaneously makes you jump. The longer you hold down the two keys before releasing them, the higher your jump will be as indicated by the yellow lights on the left side of your battle helmet heads up display. ...with the Joystick................. Push or pull the joystick in the dirction you want to go. The button on the handle kicks/fires. The other button makes you jump. The longer you hold down the jump button before releasing it, the higher you jump will be as indicated by the yellow lights on the left side of your battle helmet heads up display. Radar Screen.............................. Your high tech head gear is equipped with a heads up display of the latest generation of SAT-NAV equipment. This unit serves two vital functions. First, its Global Positioning System components pinpoint your exact location respective to any buildings you are in or near. Walls appear as green lines. Your position is indicated by a white dot. Second, infrared sensors detect the heat given off by other humans. In hostile situations, orange dots on your display indicate the proximity of enemy personnel. Code red and yellow lights along the bottom edge of the goggles serve as a back up alert to approaching unfriendly forces. When hostiles approach from the right side, the lights on the right side of the row go on. The same is true of the left side. Attacks from the rear are show by lights at the exteme ends of the row. Compass.............................. At the top of your heads up display is a digitized compass which gives you true directional readings even in strong magnetic fields. DOORS........................................ In the course of carrying out your mission, you will encounter a variety of doors. Some are hinged and swing. Some slide from side to side. Some slide away. Some slide towards you. Some stay open indefinitely. Some close in a moment or two. Opening & Closing.................... Open unlocked doors simply by going right up to them and giving them a bump. You'll get knocked around a bit if you stand there when a door swings open and beans you. Locked doors............................. Some doors are locked. When you bump them, nothing happens. Your heads up display will show you an icon that tells you what kind of a key or security code card is necessary to gain access. Find the correct key, put it in your inventory (see picking up objects - Keys below), and the door will open with no problem when you bump it again. Kicking Down Doors.......... Sometimes the locks are flimsy. If your heads up display shows the icon of a kicking foot instead of a key, it means you can knock open the door by getting a running start, jumping, and kicking the door in mid-air. This technique takes lots of practice to perfect, but it can really take a room full of unfriendlies by surprise! Shooting the lock and hinges off doors can work too, but it wastes ammunition and draws attention. Most doors cannot be shot open unless damaged by a solid jump-kick first. Blasting Down Doors........... Some reinforced doors are too difficult to kick in. You can tell this is the case when your heads up display shows the explosion icon instead of the key or a foot icon. Follow the directions on picking up, placing, and detonating a bomb from the section below. Position the bomb as close to the door as possible. When you detonate the charge, the door should open. Hand grenades can work too, but they sometimes bounce off the doors right back at you and explode in your face. Secret Doors & Passages.............. Be ever vigilant for secret doors. Watch your SAT-NAV radar screen closely when you reach a dead end. Work your way along the walls, keeping your eyes on your heads up display door indicator. Frequently a little bump will send a plain-looking wall section sliding away to reveal hidden rooms and passages. There will always be clues in the form of readable notes so that you don't have to waste your time bumping every wall to find the secrets. STAIRS AND ELEVATORS......................... To move to different levels, look for stair wells and elevators. Walk up close to the stairs and you'll be transported to another floor. Bump open elevator doors, go inside, move to the back wall, and when you bump the doors back open, you'll be on another level. PICKING UP AND PUTTING DOWN OBJECTS.......... An object icon lights up on your heads up display whenever you get close to something that you can pick up. If you want to put the object in your inventory, just hit the "I" key, and that object will disappear from the 3D world and its icon will show up in one of your sixteen inventory boxes. To take an object from your inventory box and place it in the 3D world, simply press "S", use the right or left arrow keys to highlight the object, and press enter to put it down. The icon disappears from your inventory box and the object is now back in the 3D world. Keys and Security Cards.............. Having keys and security cards in your inventory lets you open locked doors with a single bump. You don't have to put the key down near the door at all. Just the fact that you are carrying the key is enought to get you through the door. Memos, Blue Prints, & Maps........... Occasionally, you'll stumble bits of crumpled, dicarded paper or carelessly placed top secret documents. When a memo icon appears on your head up display, hit the "I" key. A close up picture of the text or image will appear on your screen. Hit the Esc key when you are done reading. If you want to refer to a memo that is already in your inventory, you have to put it back in the 3D world and pick it up again. Medical supplies..................... When you are wounded, the red cross medipacks are literal life- savers. If you are in desparate need of medical attention, simply press "I" when a medipack icon appears on your heads up display. Instead of going into your inventory, the medical supplies are used immediately to improve your physical condition. If you want to use medipacks that are already in your inventory, you have to put them back in the 3D world and pick them up again. Uniforms............................. When you see a uniform icon on your heads up display, you can put on the uniform and go undercover totally undetected. This cloaking capability allows you to do recon work as well as to stage lethal ambushes. Weapons.............................. Unconventional warfare has become increasing high tech and no expense has been spared to outfit Delta Force operatives with the best weapons available in the world. The following paragraphs describe each weapon that may become available. Ninja Kick................. As an elite commando, you are never unarmed. Schooled extensively in the martial arts, your kick is as deadly as a bayonette at close range. Used in combination with a running jump, hitting the space bar key unleashes an incredibly lethal blow. Use the Ninja kick when stealth is a priority or when ammo is low. If other weapons are available, select the Ninja kick by hitting the "1" key. Pistol....................... Your sidearm of choice is the Baretta M9 double action, semi-automatic pistol with a detachable box magazine that holds 15 rounds of 9mm Parabellum ammunition. At 2.19 pounds, this weapon is easy to handle and very efficient at dispatching lone sentries. Select the M9 with "2". If an white dot outline of the pistol appears on your heads up display when you press "2", the pistol is not in your inventory and you'll have to pick one up in the 3d world with the "I" key. If you have the M9 in your hand but it doesn't shoot, look at your ammo count on your heads up display. Since you are out of rounds, you will have to pick up some more 9mm ammo from the 3D world by using the "I" key. Grenades..................... Nothing clears a room like a grenade. The U.S. Army's standard issue Dual Purpose Grenade is designed to be used in both offensive and defensive situations against personnel and lightly armored vehicles. Select a grenade by pressing "3". Lob the green pineapple by holding down the spacebar, then release it quickly. The longer you hold down the spacebar, the longer your toss will be. Make sure you have a clear throw to your target. Grenades can make Swiss cheese out of you if they hit a door frame and bounce right back at you. When the weapon explodes it has a lethal range of 16.4 feet. If you don't have grenades in your inventory and you press the spacebar key, your empty handed arm will swing through the air, but no grenade will be tossed. So, if nothing happens when you toss a grenade, pick one up from the 3D world with the "I" key and put it in your inventory, press the spacebar key, and you'll be hurling frag in no time. Machine Gun.................. When it is necessary to put a lot of hot lead in the air in a hurry, press "4" to put the German crafted Heckler and Koch MP5 submachine gun in your hands. This weapon delivers the benefits of automatic firepower without the penalty of weapon and ammunition weight. Becareful though, at 725 rounds per minute, this baby has a healthy appetite for ammo. Go light on the trigger or you'll be left holding a 15 pound doorstop as you are overrun by bogies. If an white dot outline of H&K MP5 appears on your heads up display when you press "4", the submachine gun is not in your inventory and you'll have to pick one up in the 3d world with the "I" key. If you have the H&K in your hands but it doesn't shoot, look at your ammo count on your heads up display. Since you are out of rounds, you will have to pick up some more machine gun ammo from the 3D world by using the "I" key. (not presently implemented) Sniper Rifle................. Frighteningly lethal at 1,100 yards, the M24 Sniper System has no match. The M24 is a modified Remington M700 rifle with a vibration suppressed stainless steel barrel and a kevlar graphite stock coupled with a Leupold scope adapted to work with the AN/PAQ-4 laser sight. This weapon holds five rounds of Winchester .300 Magnum ammunition. When one dead nuts shot will do the job, press "5" to pick up the M24. The tradeoff for accuracy is that you have to remain stationary when you fire this weapon, so find a protected vantage point for your sniping activities. Hit the spacebar to aim the M24, then hit the space bar again to squeeze off a shot. If an white dot outline of the M24 appears on your heads up display when you press "2", the sniper system is not in your inventory and you'll have to pick one up in the 3d world with the "I" key. If you see the scope but the rifle doesn't shoot, look at your ammo count on your heads up display. Since you are out of rounds, you will have to pick up some more .300 Magnum ammo from the 3D world by using the "I" key. Bombs........................ Fused with electronic remote detonators your C4 plastique explosive compound makes quite a bang. To plant a bomb, press "S" and then highlight it using the right or left arrow keys. Press Enter to place the bomb in the 3D world. Step back, way back. When the time is right, hit the "B" key to detonate the charge. Land mines................... Claymore anti-personnel land mines are also useful when you encounter marching columns of patrolling guards. Study the enemy's movements. Pin point the well-traveled paths. Press "S" and use your right or left arrow keys to highlight the land mine. Press Enter to bury the mine in the 3D world. The enemy can't see the Claymores at all until the charges explode under their feet. Ammunition........................... The Baretta M9 pistol, the H&K MP5 submachine gun, and the M24 Sniper rifle all start off with full magazines. However, once those rounds are spent, it is necessary to secure more ammunition. A quick glance at your heads up display will give you a rounds count for the particular weapon you are using. When an ammo icon appears in your heads up display, press "I" to load the corresponding weapon in your inventory. Ammunition is specialized. Obviously you can't use a 5.56 mm NATO machine gun round in your 9mm Baretta. So, if you don't have the right gun, the ammo you pick up will just go into your inventory. When you pick up the right gun later, you'll have to use "S", the arrows, and Enter to put down the ammo, and then press "I" to load it into your weapon. FIRING AND HITS The spacebar key controls the Ninja kick (select with key "1"), fires the Baretta M9 pistol (select with key "2"), tosses a grenade (select with key "3"), fires a burst from the H&K MP5 submachine gun (select with key "4"), and aims and delivers a sniper shot from the M24 Sniper System (select with key "5"). Each time you stike a target, the heads up display will give you a read out of your hits. WOUNDED The heads up display enables you to monitor your current state of your health with blood pressure readouts and a small screen that shows which part of your anatomy has been wounded. Leg wounds will affect your running speed and ability to run straight. Head wounds will cause the screen to turn blood red as you start to lose consciousness. Picking up medical supplies from the 3D world with the "I" key will restore your health somewhat. If you already have medipacks in your inventory when you take a hit, you can repair the damage by putting the medipack down ("S" to select, right or left arrows to highlight, Enter to put it down) and picking it back up ("I" key). KEY COMMAND SUMMARY keypad 8 = nove forward keypad 7 = run foward veering slightly left keypad 9 = run forward veering slightly right keypad 4 = turn left keypad 4 & 7 = turn left extra fast keypad 1 = side step left keypad 6 = turn right keypad 6 & 9 = turn right extra fast keypad 3 = side step right keypad 2 = move backward keypad 0 = jump (hold down and release for higher jumps) keypad - = stretch taller keypad + = crouch lower non-keypad 1 = select ninja kick non-keypad 2 = select Baretta M9 pistol non-keypad 3 = select grenade non-keypad 4 = select H&K MP5 submachine gun non-keypad 5 = select M24 Sniper System spacebar = kicks or fires weapon I = pick up an object and put it in your inventory S = puts inventory in select mode arrows = moves highlight when inventory is in select mode Enter = removes object inventory and puts it down in the 3D world B = detonates a planted bomb Esc = pauses game and pops up Options Menu Y = confirms a choice when prompted N = skips an errant choice when prompted >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BACKGROUND PLOT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Americans start another day shuddering in horror and gritting their teeth in frustration. The morning newspaper reports yet another hideously obscene act of violence against innocent citizens. It is the diabolical work of the world's most infamous villian, Nick Macki. Inconceivable as it may seem, this subversive monster was actually trained by American Intelligence and Drug Enforcement agents who were under intense pressure by an American President desparate to win some battles in the War on Drugs. In Operation "Fight Fire with Fire" Macki was supposed to destabilize the Latin American, African, and Asian drug cartels by assassinating drug lords, sabotaging drug labs, and destroying drug shipments. For three years, this loathsome, yet darkly charismatic viper recruited war criminals, enlisted underworld executioners, and seduced outright psychopaths, to form a death squad of unparalleled destructive capacity. And then the slaughter started. Macki carried out his missions with a blood lust that shocked even the most veteran American Black Ops. Not only did Macki destroy drug labs, he incinerated nearby villages and their inhabitants. Whole passenger airliners were shot from the sky with shoulder-fired surface to air issiles if there was cocaine hidden aboard. When the mutilated bodies of drug king pins and corrupt foreign officials started arriving in crates at the White House delivery dock, it was time to pull the plug on Macki. A surgical airstrike on Macki's desert commando training camp was intended to bring the carnage to an end, but when Special Forces Green Berets combed the crater, no trace of Macki was to be found among the charred ruins. Instantly recognizing the botched attack as a betrayal, Macki now seeks vengence for the double-cross by masterminding a twisted scheme to bring his one-time sponsors to their knees with a concerted effort to wreak chaos on America's sacred institutions with the ultimate goal of panicking and demoralizing every man, woman, and child in America. YOUR CHARACTER....................................... The alert status at the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Center is CODE RED. Here in Tampa, Florida, 45,000 crack soldiers from every branch of the military are poised for instant dispatch to any corner of the globe. At 0500 hours, the Chairman of the Joint Special Operations Command determined that the Macki situation was to be put under the jurisdiction of Special Forces Detachment Delta. Out of the 1,300 real-life ninjas in Delta Force, one soldier will be given the task of quietly, but permanently eliminating Nick Macki. As a highly decorated specialist in counterterrorism, you have been given the honor of volunteering for this most demanding mission. A far cry from the stereotype of a Vietnam era snake-eating, muscle-bound Rambo-type, showboating egomaniac, you are the ultimate warrior intellectual. Missions that come your way require stealth, cunning, and lightning speed, rather than brute force. Armed with the most exotic weapons and equipment, you are a master of infiltration and escape adept all aspects of combat engineering, including demolition, ambush, recon, and subterrainian warfare. Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them. With a crisp saluate, you accept your orders with an aire of competent professionalism and embark on the most dangerous mission of your career. YOUR MISSIONS......................................... OPERATION "ROOT CELLAR" Eight days ago U.S. Customs agents stopped by a posh office building in Manhattan, NY to check up on invoice irregularities on two crates being shipped in from the former Soviet Union. The Customs officers were abruptly ushered off the the premises by armed security guards that looked more like commandos than rent-a-cops. A full-blown investigation, in conjuction with the FBI, revealed that the building itself is owned by a dummy multinational corporation used by Nick Macki to mask his covert operations. Furthermore, the crates in question turned out to contain electronic components used to assemble detonators for nuclear warheads. A briefing authored by Washington's top national security intelligence analysts concludes that it is likely that Nick Macki intends obliterate the Big Apple in a nuclear inferno. There is also a good deal of conjecture that Yasir Assad, Macki's chief arms broker, is holed up in the sub-basement supervising the construction of the device. The perimeter of the building is surrounded by Detachment Delta's Rapid Response Team. Under strictest orders from the President himself, the counter-terrorist unit is directed to maintain a stealth profile. The slightest incident would draw media attention thus creating widespread public hysteria. Such a panic, in a densely populated urban area would have disasterous consequences, even if Macki's plot were foiled. Your mission is to drop down on the roof of the building from a MH-60L Black Hawk chopper, move quickly to the sub-basement and render the bomb inoperable. Your secondary goal is to capture or kill Yasir Assad. It is a perillous task to be sure. There must be no other outcome than total success. The lives of millions hang in the balance. OPERATION "CLIPPED WING" A far more public crisis is in full swing at the Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, DC. At 07:45, an Air Kenya 747 passenger jetliner touched down on the tarmack. As the plane docked at gate 17, commandos wearing the now instantly recognizable Macki berets, burst from the cargo bay and stormed into the West Terminal. Airport security was brutally overwhelmed by the mercenaries' guerrilla tactics and superior firepower. At this point the 323 passengers and a standard crew remain on the plane. Jamming tower communications, the terrorist squad leader has demanded the immediate release of the two Macki terrorists that were imprisoned for life for bombing the World Trade Center in the spring of 1993. The situation is extremely volitale. Tens of thousands of gallons of jet fuel could be ignited by a stray bullet. No one doubts that Macki's troops are ready to slaughter the hostages and martyr themselves by fighting to the death if it comes down to a full scale fire fight with conventional forces. Your mission is to ....(Kevin will fill in the details here) OPERATION "SILVER DOLLAR" These two crises, pale in comparison to the situation that is developing in the War Room deep underneath the White House. Holding the satellite recon photos in his trembling hands, the President is visibly shaken as he listens to his National Security Advisor give a briefing on Macki's ultimate scheme of mass terrorism. High in Nevada's Rocky Mountains, Macki's agents have set up a camp in an old mining ghost town. Posing as an experimental re-mining operation to extract traces of copper and silver left behind by conventional mining methods, Macki has built an underground manufacturing plant for the production of an incredibly explosive substance. This compound is so unstable that an amount the size of a dime could turn a whole city block into rubble. Macki plan is to mint coins with this explosive material. The pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and silver dollars are sprayed protective coating that degrades with time. Once the coating wears off, contact with oxygen sets off a firey blast. Thus, random explosions will kill and maim average American citizens everywhere. Not only will the carnage create absolute mayhem, but people will be afraid to touch coins. The entire U.S. monetary system will be totally disrupted. In addition to the direct threat that this plot poses, a far greater environmental catastrophy is brewing. The chemical process used in making this plastique explosive creates thousands of gallons of toxic, black sludge. Miles of underground mine shafts and caverns are filling up with this hazardous by-product. As this poisonous goo seeps into the water tables and aquifers, Macki is creating an ecological disaster that will devestate the whole South Western section of the U.S. and Mexico for hundreds of years. Your mission is to infiltrate the bogus ghost town mining camp and gain access to the Macki's underground complex. You must locate and disable the main processing machine. It is imperative that you avoid a firefight on the lower levels because of the volitile nature of the plastique. One bullet could pierce the vaccuum barrier and set off a catclysmic blast of atomic proportions. No one knowS for sure, but there is some suspicion that you might even encounter Nick Macki himself. Make no mistake about it. His reign of terror must be stopped. STOP NICK MACKI!!! TROUBLE SHOOTING..................................... Memory Problems.............................. If you run STOP NICK MACKI and get an "Out of Memory" error, there are a number of things you can do to rearrange your system to set aside enough memory to run the game successfully. Try removing TSR programs from your autoexec.bat file. Memory resident programs often take up memory that this game needs to run properly. Simply, make a backup of your current AUTOEXEC.BAT and change its name. Modify the current AUTOEXEC.BAT so TSR's aren't loaded. Reboot your machine and the game should run without the "Out of Memory" error. When you aren't playing the game and you want your TSR's back, simply save your game AUTOEXEC.BAT under a different name, and rename your original backup AUTOEXEC.BAT so the machine loads your TSR programs when you boot up. Check your DOS 5.0 manual to see how to load DOS into your computer's (286 or higher) extendend memory. Adding the line "DOS=HIGH" in your CONFIG.SYS and rebooting the machine should do the trick. Make sure you back up your original CONFIG.SYS and rename it. Also have a bootable floppy disk available in case something goes wrong. Technical Support............................ If you are still stumped after trying all the solutions listed above, get the game running, bring the phone over to the computer, and call our TECHNICAL SUPPORT HOT LINE. There are many options for contacting Pie in the Sky Software. The fastest and best method is to leave us a typed message. That way we can mull over you problem carefully and give you a much more intelligent answer. We can be reached via computer mail at the following: Prodigy: DWHC72A Compu$erve: 74040,3526 Genie: K.STOKES1 Internet: kds@phy.duke.edu BBS: (919)489-6900 ( All correspondence must include another envelope with your own address and a stamp on it, so that we can just plop the reply in, and send it back to you without having to make up an envelope and copy the address ourselves. Support questions which don't include this SASE will be NOT be answered. ) Pie in the Sky Software PO Box 4742 Durham, NC 27706 The best method is the Pie in the Sky BBS system. You can use your computer and modem to call us any time day or night and leave a typed message on the BBS system. Then call back the next day to read your answer. The number is (919)489-6900. If you've never used a BBS system before, don't be afraid to try. The BBS has a menu-driven system so you don't need to know anything to use it. If you require voice assistance, then dial the above number with your touchtone phone, and press the '2' key repeatedly DIRECTLY AFTER YOU HEAR THE FIRST RING. Do this BEFORE the computer picks up the phone. Once the phone switching system hears you pressing the '2' key, your call will be switched to an answering machine that will take your name and number. We will do our best to get back to you, but in general you will get much faster assistance with typed messages on the BBS system. Don't be afraid of the long distance phone time. Make your calls after 10pm and the phone rates will be down to about .10 or .15 per minute. Even a half hour call would only cost a few dollars. Also remember that the phone rates don't increase with distance once you are a few hundred miles away. IE it costs the same to call from Tennessee as it does to call from Oregon! Pie In The Sky Software........................ In the age of huge entertainment conglomerates, your purchase has supported a small and innovative new company, Pie In The Sky Software. This game was not hastily designed and thrown together to meet the deadline of a greedy marketing department. No, the small team here at Pie In The Sky has put in an obscene number of hours to make this game far more than just a run of the mill shoot 'em up arcade game that earns a quick buck. We want to be pioneers in 3D gaming. We want our games to engage your higher-level thinking skills. We want our games to be visually stunning and fun to play. We want you to be so satisfied with our products that you look forward to our new releases with great anticipation. In ten years, we want you to be able to browse through your collection of Pie In The Sky games and feel good that you have invested your hard-earned money in fun, high-quality, and enduring software entertainment. Credits...................................... Kevin Stokes - Programmer, designer, sound effects composer, and Grand Poohba Colin Stokes - Artist, designer, and manual author Bill Kirby - Menu designer Jim Collymore - Musician David Johndrow - Beta testers George Welch Carl Schnurr Copyright.................................... Copyright 1993 by Pie In The Sky Software. STOP NICK MACKI and the STOP NICK MACKI logo are trademarks of Pie In The Sky Software. All rights Reserved. Do not allow copies of this game to be made for people who have not paid for the right to use STOP NICK MACKI. Such copies are illegal. Report copyright violations to... Software Publishers Association Suite 901 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 1-800-388-PIR8 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines, Inc. Sound Blaster is a registered trademark of Creative Labs, Inc. AdLib is a registered trademark of AdLib, Inc. Gravis Gamepad is a registered trademark of Gravis, Inc. Ordering.....................................