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BASSTOUR
Version 4.4
The Ultimate fishing tournament game
By Dick Olsen
A Few Words About ShareWare....
BASSTOUR is made available to the general public under the
concept of ShareWare. As such, you are free to copy it and
distribute it to others provided that all accompanying files are
distributed intact and unmodified, and that no fee is charged.
The author retains ALL rights to the program. You are encouraged
try the program for a reasonable period of time to see if you
like it. If it proves to be enjoyable, please support the efforts
of the author by registering your copy of the program.
Once you have done so, you can expect a prompt reply to any
correspondence regarding BassTour and you will also receive the
latest version of the game if the version you have is not the
newest. In all correspondence regarding BASSTOUR, please be SURE to
specify the following information:
* What version of BASSTOUR you have
* What brand and model computer you have
* How much memory your machine has
* The disks your machine has (hard, 2 floppies etc.)
* What kind of video card your machine has
* Any other type of cards your machine has
To register your copy of BASSTOUR, send $15.00 along with the
registration form at the end of this document to the author:
Richard Olsen
68 Hartwell Ave.
Littleton, MA. 01460
Thank you for supporting my efforts!
Introduction
BASSTOUR is a fishing tournament game in which you have
complete control of a fully rigged bass boat. You control where
it goes, and how it gets there. Your bass boat has all of the
latest accessories, including a trolling motor, LCD chart
recorder, a rod box containing six different fishing rods, and a
fully stocked tackle box we would all be proud to own. The object
of the game is to catch the heaviest five fish limit on each of
three days of the tournament. The fisherman with the highest
total weight wins the tournament. As in real fishing, it's not
always easy! Each day of the tournament allows you to fish for
six hours. Just about everything you do takes time. Changing
lures consumes time. So does turning on your LCD recorder. Moving
your boat takes longer if you use the trolling motor than if you
use the outboard motor. On the other hand, the outboard motor
consumes gasoline while the trolling motor uses battery power.
You make the trade offs. You must bring your boat back to the
weigh in area before the six hour fishing day has elapsed and
have your fish weighed in.
Here is a brief explanation of the situation:
You are a professional bass tournament fisherman. You have
complete control of a fully rigged bass boat. You control every
aspect of the boat, just as if it were real. You face the same
problems a real fisherman encounters during a bass tournament. If
you're not careful, accidents can occur that cost you time,
possibly some cash, and if severe enough, the tournament. You
decide where you will fish, what type rod you'll use and what
kind of bait. Fish the open water with a crankbait or work the
stumps with a plastic worm. Locate a drop off with your LCD graph
and rip a Rat-L-Trap if you want. Maybe you'll win the daily
lunker award or set a new record for the lake!
What You Need To Run BASSTOUR
BASSTOUR requires an IBM PC or compatible computer with at least
512k of memory. BASSTOUR will run with either an EGA, CGA or
Hercules compatible video system. You can run BASSTOUR from a
floppy disk or from a hard disk. If you are lucky enough to have
a VGA card and monitor, BASSTOUR will run fine on it also. If you
have a mouse on your computer, you can use it to play BASSTOUR,
although it is not necessary. It is highly recommended that you
make a backup copy of your BASSTOUR diskette. Use the backup
copy, and store the original diskette in a safe place. Beginning
with version 2.0 of BASSTOUR, one command line option is
supported. This command line option allows you to force BASSTOUR
to run in one of the four video modes: VGA, EGA, CGA, or
Hercules. In most instances, you will not need to specify which
video mode since BASSTOUR can detect what kind of video system
your computer has. There are a few types of EGA cards that
BASSTOUR cannot detect however. If your computer has an EGA card,
but BASSTOUR will not detect it, you can force it to run in EGA
mode anyway. To do this, use the command line shown below when
you want to run BASSTOUR:
BASSTOUR -e
You can also use a -h for Hercules or a -c for CGA. If you simply
type BASSTOUR, the program will choose the best mode it can. If
you have a VGA display, BASSTOUR can be forced to use the 256
color 320 x 200 MCGA mode. Running the program in MCGA mode
requires the use of a -m command line option. For example, to run
in the 256 color 320 x 200 mode of your VGA, type BASSTOUR -m
when you start the program. Simply typing BASSTOUR will cause
your VGA display to run in the 640 x 350 16 color EGA mode.
Since BASSTOUR requires a large amount of FREE memory, be sure
that you do not have memory resident programs loaded before
running BASSTOUR. Ramdisks, printer buffers, menu programs and
other TSR's occupy large amounts of memory in your system, making
it unusable by BASSTOUR. BASSTOUR may appear to run normally, but
if there is not enough available memory, the program may halt.
If this happens, a message will inform you of the fact that there
is insufficient memory available for BASSTOUR. In this situation,
BASSTOUR will not run properly on your system until you remove
the offending software from memory.
How To Run BASSTOUR From A Floppy Disk
If your computer does not have a hard disk, at the DOS prompt,
insert the distribution diskette into drive A: and simply type
BASSTOUR <enter>. After a few seconds, the title screen will
appear. You will be asked to answer a few questions before the
game starts. If your computer does have a hard disk, but you
still want to run BASSTOUR from your floppy disk, insert the
distribution diskette into drive A: and type A:<enter> at the DOS
prompt, then type BASSTOUR <enter>. Be sure that you leave the
diskette in the drive while you are playing, and that it is NOT
write protected. If you get real lucky, and catch a record sized
fish, BASSTOUR will try to save your record catch on the disk. If
the disk isn't there, or if it's write protected, BASSTOUR may
halt, waiting for the disk to be available.
BASSTOUR will allow you to save a game so that you can finish
playing it at a later time. If you are running BASSTOUR from your
floppy disk, there may not be enough disk space to save a game.
To avoid "insufficient disk space" errors, it is suggested that
you delete this file (BT.DOC) from the disk you are using. BE