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* TTTTT OOOO Y Y L A N N DD 0.9 *
* T O O Y Y L A A NN N D D for *
* T O O Y L AAAAA N NN D D OS/2 *
* T OOOO Y LLLL A A N N DD *
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(note you should first read Readme.1st)
Copyright (C) 1995-1996 Rainald Menge
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Toyland 0.9 for OS/2
Public Version
Contents:
1. Copyright, Distribution
2. About This Version
4. Installation, Uninstallation
5. Where to Find More Information
6. The Future of Toyland
7. The Toyland Mailing List
8. How to Contact the Author
1. COPYRIGHT, DISTRIBUTION
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Toyland is Shareware, Copyright (C) 1995-1996 Rainald Menge
This software is provided "AS IS".
No warranty of any kind can be given for damage caused through Toyland
directly or indirectly or any other way. If the program should prove
defective, the purchaser assumes the risk of paying the entire cost
of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction and any incidental or
consequential damages. In no event will Rainald Menge be liable for any
damages whatsoever (including without limitation damages for loss of
business profits, business interruption, loss of business information
and the like) arising out of the use or the inability to use this product
even if Rainald Menge has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Permission to copy and distribute this software and its documentation for
any purpose and without charging more than a nominal fee for copying is
hereby granted, provided that this text and the copyright notice appear
in all copies and both appear in supporting documentation as well as the
notice that this is a beta version of Toyland.
2. About this version
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This version (0.9) is a public version. It is still BETA but can be
registered (see register.doc for more information).
If you have any trouble please let me know.
The game has been tested since August 95 by 33 beta testers. It has been
public since October 95.
This game has most features of the final Shareware version. However there
might still be some problems with certain hardware combinations and some
add-ons are being made (see (6) The Future of Toyland)
3. What Do You Need to Run Toyland
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1.) OS/2: The game has been tested on Warp only but it should
also work with 2.x
2.) A graphic adapter with at least 256 colors / better with hi-color
4. Installation, Uninstallation
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This version features an installation utility. It is the install program
by IBM. You can use it for easy installation and maintenance but you
don't have to. Once you have used it run the install program again if
you should want to remove Toyland - this way you make sure every object
is removed.
If you prefer to install Toyland manually you can either create a
program icon for Toyland.exe or type Toyland at the command
prompt. The game must be started from its directory - so if you create
a program icon make sure you set the Working directory to the
respective path.
The game creates files (players, options) ONLY in the start directory.
It doesn't change the system's ini-files or your config.sys so you
just have to delete the directory to get rid of Toyland.
5. Where to Find More Information
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First of all take a look at the online help that comes with the game.
You can check out my web page:
http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0085/Toyland/ Europe
http://www.teamos2.org/toyland/ USA
You can join the Toyland Mailing List (see 7)
You can contact me directly (see 8)
6. The Future of Toyland
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Release Version (Shareware):
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Toyland 0.9 is very close to a release version. I am still trying to do
the best about the sound problems - although I am aware I can not correct
all of them since most are driver specific problems.
I will work on a two player mode which is going to be a part of 1.0
Registered Version:
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- Levels can be exported / imported. They can be exchanged via email since
they are 7-bit encoded. If you join the Toyland mailing list you can
send your levels and receive others - so there is no limit to the
number of levels.
- All levels will be available to the registered users. Each additional
level set can be used by (and only by) registered users without additional
fee. However I cannot say how many levels will be available in November.
- All worlds (states) will be available to the registered users. I will
continue development. The CPU state is the first registered only state.
- Full support by the author: I am interested in everything you report.
If you have ideas, bug reports or problems: I am all ears - and those
ears hear better on the registered side ;-)
- Easy upgrade: Whenever a new version of Toyland is released you can
simply use your reg-file to have it registered.
- note: as with many other Shareware products the Power-PC promise is gone.
Since IBM doesn't seem to be interested in working on that task I dropped
those plans (for now).
7. The Toyland Mailing List
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Everybody can join the mailing list. All Toyland beta testers are on
the list as well so that you can:
- get the latest development information
- see release dates
- give your own ideas to be included in the game
- discuss your impression / ideas
- exchange levels (registered users)
- and, and, and
To subscribe to the list send a message to maiser@its.flint.umich.edu
(any subject). First line of the body of the message should be:
subscribe toyland
To send to the list, address the message to toyland@its.flint.umich.edu.
However only members of the list may post - so you have to subscribe first.
8. How to Contact the Author
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You can reach me via email at:
toyland@teamos2.org
menge@rrz.uni-koeln.de
If you don't have email you can *snail-mail* me at:
Rainald Menge
Wahlscheider Str. 14
D-51109 Koeln
Germany