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March 24, 1990
H A T E * W A R
requires IBM PC w/EGA graphics
by
Thomas R. Wilson
4407 1/2 Stanford St.
Houston, Texas 77006
OVERVIEW:
HATE*WAR is a simple video game. Its novelty lies in its unusual
characters. Instead of ordinary space creatures, the targets in
HATE*WAR are the things that people love to hate - other people and
their ideas.
Your gun moves left and right. The J,K,L keys control gun
movement and the A,S,D keys fire missles. By hitting targets you earn
points. The targets start their descent from the top of the screen,
where they are worth more points, and make their way about the playing
field. If they touch bottom, you lose a life. If a bomb hits your
gun, you lose a life.
The BONUS meter at the bottom of the screen indicates the
multiplier value used in score computation. Keep the target generator
buffer empty for maximum points. In other words, hit 'em as fast as
you can.
THE TARGETS:
RELIGION -
MUTHA MARY - Christianity regards this heavenly maiden as
being the mother of the savior Jesus. She is commonly
depicted in Western art as a white lady with a golden circle
of light floating above her head, and a little baby at her
breast.
BABY JESUS - This the little boy from the Bible who was born
in a manger on Xmas Day. He grew up to become one of the BIG
names in history. Look for him on the deserts of the Middle
East. He's the good looking fellow with the blue eyes and
the golden circle of light floating above his head.
THE POPE - This is the fellow who runs it all. Like the
famous Wizard of Oz pulling levers behind a curtain, his
popeship rules his popedom from his papal palace. Directly
in touch with higher powers, he comes out to wave to the
people every Easter Sunday. And what a smarty pants! The
pope is infallible, which means that he is always always
right and never never wrong!
HOLY GHOST - Most holy people you run into in life have a
halo floating above their head, so you can see that they're
holy. The ghost represents the invisible, spiritual side of
God - the one you CAN'T see.
EL DIABLO - The traditional antagonist in Christian
literature, he is a constant thorn in the side for both man
and God. Don't make a deal with this guy, 'cause he'll trick
you every time.
POLITICS -
FASCISM - A nasty form of government made popular by Hitler
and his gang of nutzy nazis. This one even started a war.
Not a very good system in anybody's book.
COMMUNISM - A peasant philosophy based on the principle
that those who have should share with those who have not.
Its teachers often play upon the primitive emotions of their
students, breeding envy and jealousy amongst the "oppressed"
working class. Typically, the system collapses when lack of
incentive causes decreased production, and the state run
economy fails to reflect the true value of its concerns.
TAOISM - An Eastern philosophy that emphasizes the importance
of opposite polarities and the dynamic states that exist
between them. This symbol really doesn't belong in POLITICS.
But isn't that just like the Tao to pop in like that?
PACIFISM - An idealistic view that man can reverse his
instinctual behavior to live peacefully in a violent world.
A naive hope, though noble, it fails on anything above the
microsystem level.
CENSORSHIP - Censorship in a free society. It's a bad match!
This hissing dragon continues to rear its ugly head, even in
modern day America.
RACE -
JAP - Once regarded as heathen yellow slant-eyed devils, this
clever race of midgets made headlines over here by bombing
Pearl Harbor. More recently, they have made great economic
strides on an international level.
JEW - These people will never let you forget their troubled
history. An enduring clan whose members excel in every
field, they have a knack for being kicked out of political
territories. Do you suppose it's something they're doing?
NEGRO - First shipped to America as a commodity, colored
people have made some strides to freedom since the Civil War.
Quick to point out the causes for their failures, they have
only been mildly successful in facilitating any working plan
to harvest their goals.
SQUAW - This female represents the Indian nation, once great
and proud, it was lost to the white man soon after his
introduction to America.
SMURF - This fellow is one of a tribe of blue midgets shown
on an obnoxious children's cartoon show. They have an
annoying habit of using various forms of the word "smurf" as
wildcards in their speech. Likewise, the smurf in this game
can be thought of as anything you'd like to shoot at.
WHY:
Ok, so HATE*WAR is kind of a radical concept for a game theme.
Which brings me to a discussion about the philosophy of love and hate.
Am I promoting hate? Nope. Rather, I am recognizing hate as a
manifestation of its sweeter opposite, love - and having FUN with it!
Certain primitive emotions built into our species cannot be denied or
risen above no matter what the social conscience of the philosopher.
This program is a lampoon of "Great Society" teachers who
intellectualize the injustices of the world, yet never come into
harmony with the mechanics driving them.
If the game makes you angry, then play it off your mind.
NOTE:
HATE*WAR was compiled with TURBO C from Borland International.
Pictures were made with ETCH-A-TOM from T. R. Wilson.
ALSO by T. R. Wilson...
AMERICA! - Fast fireworks for your EGA/VGA screen. Programed
for Independence day to celebrate the separation of church
and state.
SHARKS! - A fun to watch predator/prey simulation for EGA.
You control the breed and starve rates and watch the
population graphed on the screen in real time.
PETE the Amazing Negro - this colorful character comes to
your EGA screen to dazzle you and your friends for hours (or
days!) on end. His talent for exciting the senses is sure to
please.
SOME_PIG - Professional Executive Time Waster runs on all
color systems, CGA/EGA/VGA. A must for the serious collector
of graphic demos.
EGA_LSD - Take a "trip" into the psychedelic world of the
infamous hallucinogen LSD...without leaving your seat or even
taking the drug!
PRISM - An animation from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
Spinning rainbows and sparkling light for the easily amused.
S O F T W A R E F O R T H E P E O P L E
O F T H E U N I V E R S E !