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SCARYFISH VERSION 2
INSTRUCTIONS
ScaryFish Version 2 is an exciting multi-species fishing game for
1-4 players. The game is extremely realistic except for the lack
of mosquitoes, jet skis, pollution, overfishing, or looney
activists. Anglers will appreciate the realism, but you can
enjoy the game even if you never fish in real life. The game
simulates the excitement of exploring a world filled with fishing
holes, choosing presentations, casting, anticipating the bite or
strike of a fish, and fighting fish once they are hooked. The
game has a variety of options for where you fish, mode of play,
and presentation including rod and reel, line, bait/lures, and
accessories. The multi-species aspect of the game makes it
extremely exciting and suspenseful; you never know what species
will bite your line next. You might be innocently fishing for
Bluegill or Crappie when suddenly... a huge Catfish or Gar runs
off with your line! Or you might be fishing for Bass, fighting
what you think is a trophy Largemouth, but when you land the fish
it turns out to be a Carp! As you play the game a number of
humorous mishaps might occur such as tipping the boat or catching
something that isn't even a fish!
You can run this game over and over without mastering it or
getting tired of it. The results will be different every time
you play since as in real life, luck is a factor along with
skill, strategy, patience, and reflexes.
If you're new to this game, see the paragraphs "Getting Started"
and "A Few Hints" later in this file.
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Configuration Menu
This lets you change and save preferred settings for the game's
text colors, sound, etc. Usually the default settings will be
fine and some values can be changed elsewhere in the program.
When you leave this menu the program will ask if you want to
save your custom settings; if you say Y the program will save
a file called SCARY23.CFG and load these settings as the default
every time you start the game.
-Text
Choose between 16 colors, black & white, or b&w high intensity.
-Sound
Turn it off if you are running the game at work and don't want
the boss to hear the sound at the beginning of sessions.
-Show Rod After Cast
If you have a slow machine (under 20 MHz), you might prefer to
set this to "No" if rod animation is slow on your machine.
-Toggle S-O-A-LCR Fish Alarm
Only matters if you own a state-of-the-art depthfinder.
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The "Screensaver"
Some people pay $30 or more for tropical fish aquarium screen-
saver programs. This game includes a "screensaver" simulating a
deep 10000 gallon tank filled with the types of fish pursued by
anglers. This feature cycles through twelve different species
distributions, showing each set of fish for about a minute. The
individual fish will be different each time you view the
"screensaver". The fish have different sizes for a given
species; occasionally a real "lunker" will appear! Press any
key to move from the "screensaver" to the main menu.
-Screensaver Attributes
-Background Color: Black, Dark Blue, Dark Cyan, or Brown.
-Number Of Fish: 1-32, or varying for the number at hole.
-Length: How many minutes it shows each distribution
before moving to another distribution.
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Create New Character
You must have a player character before playing the game. If
running from a floppy drive, be sure the disk is not write-
protected. At the prompt, type the name for your character (the
first 8 letters/digits must be unique for each player character).
The game keeps track of population dynamics for each character,
so one person's fishing success will not be lessened as a result
of another person "fishing out" several holes. Each character is
given an extremely generous initial endowment including a rod and
reel, the necessary tackle to begin fishing, assorted bait and
lures, and a large sum of money for future purchases at the
stores. You can access characters from different disks or
directories by specifying a path such as 'A:\' or 'C:\GAMES\'.
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Visit Local Store
After you select "Go Fishin'" from the main menu and select your
character, choose "Visit Local Store" to buy bait and equipment.
Each world has its own store. You will get to shop at the store
for the world at which your character currently resides (you
begin at City Bait & Tackle). Buying stuff at the stores can be
a lot of fun and is a good outlet for "tackleholism". There are
nine categories of item:
Bait: worms, minnows, etc. Buy a lot since it gets lost quickly!
Line: available in different line tests
Lures: many different artifical lures are available
Misc: hooks, sinkers, bobbers, leaders, and other useful items
Motors: let you move around faster in water
Rods: each rod has a recommended line range. Choose between
casting or spinning depending on the type of reels you use.
Reels: each reel has a recommended line range. Use spinning
reels with spinning rods; use baitcast and spincast reels
with casting rods.
Trips: tickets to fish at other worlds. Local Bass Lakes and
Medium-Sized River are shareware worlds. You can buy
tickets to the "*" worlds, but you won't be able to use
them until you register. Some are one-time trips (Local
Bass Lakes and Medium-Sized River) which send you back to
the "base" world, while others (Minnesota Lakes, Ozark/
Mid-South Reservoir) are trips to "base" worlds which let
you stay as long as you want.
Note: User-created worlds are handled a bit differently
than PMP Software worlds. For user-created worlds, you
don't buy trip tickets. Instead, you purchase the trip
right before you move to the world. The program will
tell you the cost of the trip and whether the world is
a base world.
Visual Aids: Polarized glasses let you see deeper in the water.
LCRs (fishfinders) let you see what's underwater.
If an item isn't available at a given store, it will be listed
as "Not Available"; you must go to another world's store to
obtain that item. Some items are available only at registered
user stores but wouldn't be very useful at the shareware worlds.
Don't worry about spending too much money at the stores, since
you get monetary rewards for your fishing success in the game.
The "Visit Store" option from the main menu only lets you visit
stores at the "base" worlds. To visit a store at a non-base
world, select the "Visit Local Store" option from "Go Fishin'".
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View Records
The game maintains a list of records including bigge