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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 !