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MAZE MASTER
(Version 1.01)
Copyright ⌐ 1992 by
The Flatirons Group
1550 Kalmia Ave.
Boulder, CO 80304-1817
Member, Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP)
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TOPICS:
ASP Benefits for YOU
Introduction
Files
Installation
Un-Installation
Quick Start
Systems Supported
Change History
Definition of Shareware
Disclaimer - Agreement (IMPORTANT - Please read!)
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ASSOCIATION OF SHAREWARE PROFESSIONALS (ASP)
Maze Master is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe
message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536."
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INTRODUCTION:
Maze Master is a classic maze solving game, with a computer twist. The
computer can solve the tough mazes, too! You are the mouse, peeking
over the maze to study it, getting down on all four legs to run through
it some, then peeking again!
Start with the easy mazes, then move all the way to the very tough
Monster mazes! Then raise the walls so you can't peek!
You get points for solving the maze, and bonus points if you solve it
quickly. Score enough and you can make the list of the top 5 all-time
players!
Traveling and not near your computer? Print out a book of mazes to
entertain the kids (and yourself)!
BONUS FOR REGISTERED USERS: There are great SOUND EFFECTS for
registered users running Windows 3.1, sent to you upon registration.
This program is SHAREWARE, and is not FREE! It is a copyrighted
program. After a couple of weeks of usage, you are obliged to register
the program or remove it from your computer(s). You are encouraged to
pass it along to a friend, but you must include this file and the
registration form as well. Registration entitles you to certain support
and update privaleges detailed in the Help for the program. So PLEASE
register the program so I can continue to develop others!
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FILES:
WinMaze.exe The Maze Master Game
WinMaze.hlp The help file for Maze Master (with hints!)
WinMaze.frm Simple ASCII registration form with fees
ReadMe.txt This file!
Vendor.doc A brief description of Maze Master for
BBS's and Shareware distributors.
BWCC.dll DLL for the great Borland buttons (V 1.02).
If you already have BWCC.dll, keep the latest!
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INSTALLATION:
Put the files in your favorite Windows games directory.
Follow your Windows instructions for creating an icon for the
WinMaze.exe in a program group of your choice.
OPTIONAL: Move the BWCC.dll file to your Windows\System directory.
If one is already there, keep the newest one! The included copy of
BWCC.dll supports both Windows 3.0 and 3.1.
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UN-INSTALLATION:
While I hope it will never happen, I do believe you should be able to
un-install a program. Maze Master does not modify Config.Sys,
AutoExec.Bat, Win.Ini, nor System.Ini. It does not create a new
Program Group for itself.
Besides the files listed above, it will create a private Ini file,
WinMaze.Ini, in the \Windows directory.
To un-install, simply erase this file and any files named WinMaze.*
on your disk. I suggest keeping the latest copy of BWCC.dll, but
you could delete it and later download it from CompuServe's BCPPWIN
forum if you needed it.
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QUICK START (if you are impatient like me):
In Maze Master, you are the mouse! You must trace your way from through
the maze, starting at the left and leaving the maze on the right.
The mouse shape helps you. Normally, the mouse is standing to scan the
maze. But when you press the left mouse button, your mouse gets down
on all fours at the beginning of the maze.
You can rest at any time by releasing the mouse button. Your mouse
peeks up to study the maze. Pressing down on the left mouse button again
moves you back to all fours at the point you left off.
The amount of the maze you can see varies with the size of the walls
of the maze. With low walls, you can see the whole maze before you
start (but the walls are still too high to climb). With high walls,
you can only see the walls in front, to the sides, and in back of you.
If you declare yourself a blind mouse, you can only feel the walls
around you. And if you dare, make the walls glass! With glass walls,
you can't see them, only bump your nose into them!
If you get frustrated, let the computer solve the maze by selecting
the Solve option under the Maze menu.
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SYSTEMS SUPPORTED
Maze Master has been tested under Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1 with DOS
4.0 and 5.0. It has run on PS/2 Microchannel machine, Dell ISA
machine, and Zeos notebook. It has run on LCD VGA display systems,
color VGA display systems, SVGA display systems at up to 1024x768x256,
and 8514 256-color display systems.
Maze Master requires a 286 or higher processor. A Windows supported
sound board is required for the enhanced sound effects available to
registered users.
If it trips on your system, I would be very interested in knowing the
pariculars. Please send a note to CompuServe 70053,3600. Thank you.
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CHANGE HISTORY
V1.01 - Several new functions and minor updates (but lots of them):
1. I am now a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals,
an industry group which focuses on making shareware a viable
alternative source of quality, cost effective software. As a
registered user of an ASP members products, you have additional
rights and guarantees! The appropriate ASP logos and warranty
information has been added throughout the program.
2. Sound effects have been added. For Windows 3.0 users, its just
speaker beeps. But for Windows 3.1 users who can play .WAV
files, Maze Master uses both the default system events for its
dialog boxes, AND special extended sound effects using .WAV files
sent to registered users (over 500 KB of sounds)!
3. Many message dialogs now have the corresponding sound effect (for
Windows 3.1 users) or a simple beep (for Windows 3.0 users).
4. Fewer "nag" screens, both at start-up and completion. After 50
uses of the program, they occur at both start-up and completion
as in the prior version. The nag screens remind you how many
times you have played an unregistered copy.
5. Better printing! A batch printing option has been added which
you can use to print yourself a book of mazes for those long
trips. Also, a print abort dialog is presented so you can
change your mind.
6. If you choose to print a maze, the maze number is included at the
bottom. This allows you to go back to Maze Master and have the
computer solve it in the future.
7. Two new buttons have been added to make it easy to jump to the
next larger or smaller maze size. These serve as alternatives
to pulling down a menu.
8. All walls are shown upon solving a maze, even if some were hidden
during solving. Yo