Stars! V1.10 Registered Version ===================================================== What's Stars! all about? ----------------------------------------------------- Stars! is the only full-blown interstellar strategy game for Microsoft Windows that's fast-paced and simple to play while allowing you to carry out complex and clever strategies. You'll build starships, discover and colonize new planets, research new technologies, manage the essential elements of world economies, defend your empire and (no guarantees here) destroy all your enemies. One or more people can play, on a single machine, across a network, over modems, email or computer bulletin boards. Complex computer players are available for both single and multi player games. A tutorial and an extensive help file will get you up to speed in no time. To begin the tutorial, start Stars!, press the New Game button and select Begin Tutorial. ===================================================== Stars! Highlights ----------------------------------------------------- - 6 Different interlocking research categories with about 16 Tech Levels each! - Up to 16 players! - 27 fully configurable unique ship hulls to build custom ships! - Extended orders for ship movement allowing automation of menial tasks! - 4 Different levels of Computer players! - 22 different race advantages/disadvantages to tune a race! - Customizable races! - Configurable battle plans! ===================================================== How do I setup Stars!? ----------------------------------------------------- Place STARS!.EXE and STARS!.HLP in the same directory. Run STARS!.EXE for both single and multi-player games. Create a Program Manage icon for STARS!.EXE and you're ready to go. The file COMMDLG.DLL has been provided in case you do not already have one installed in your \windows\system directory. If you do not have COMMDLG.DLL installed, you may experience problems trying to open and save Stars! games. Copy this file to your \windows\system directory to rectify these problems. ===================================================== What are the system requirements for running Stars!? ----------------------------------------------------- Operating Systems Supported: Microsoft Windows 3.1, 3.11, and 3.11 WFW Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Memory requirements: 4MB RAM 8MB is preferred Disk space requirement: 4MB for program and help files Video display: Color displays only 800x600x256 or better is strongly recommended 640 by 480 is playable but cramped 16 color mode decreases bitmap clarity ===================================================== How do I order the full version of Stars? ----------------------------------------------------- This version is the registered version, if you are not the registered owner of this copy, read ORDER.TXT to find out how to get a legal copy of Stars! This information is also on the Help menu inside of Stars! ========================================================== Do you have any authorized distributors in other contries? ---------------------------------------------------------- Yes, we currently have an authorized distributor for Europe. Firma STC Auess. Grossweidenmuehlstr. 8 90419 Nuernberg Germany Call or email for pricing. phone: 0911-3 937 937 email: ba161@fim.uini-erlangen.de@internet or 100412,3266@compuserve.com ========================================================== Can I buy Stars! directly over the internet? ---------------------------------------------------------- We are setting up a mechanism on our web site, http://www.webmap.com/stars!, to allow direct sales of Stars! over the internet. We hope to have it online sometime in September of 1995.