README.TXT -- Copyright 1997 Matthew Carlson. All Rights Reserved. PROGRAM NAME: Football Fury For Windows [Unregistered] VERSION: 1.01 RELEASE DATE: 7-01-97 AUTHOR: Matthew C. Carlson PRICE: US$12.00 PURPOSE: A football strategy game. REQUIREMENTS: Windows 95 for 32 bit version, Windows 3.x or higher for 16 bit version. Run-time files NOT included in archive. See the Micromatt homepage at the URL below to download the required runtime files if you do not already have them. CONTACTING MICROMATT POSTAL MAIL: Micromatt P.O. Box 754 Arlington, MN 55307-0754 EMAIL: Micromatt@kagi.com WWW: http://www.kagi.com/micromatt DESCRIPTION Micromatt Football Fury 1.01, the football strategy game for Windows. Pick your plays from over a dozen available to get your team into the endzone as soon as possible. Play by yourself, with a friend, or just watch "from the sidelines" and let the computer do all the work controlling both teams. You can get up-to-the-minute statistics on your game, go for a two point conversion, risk an onside kick, pick any team from the ’97 pro football roster etc. INSTALLATION To install the program, run the SETUPEX.EXE file. In the setup program, select the appropriate options or simply choose the defaults presented to you. HOW TO REGISTER This shareware program is bundled with a program called REGISTER which will accept information needed to make an order. With it, you can order via postal mail, email or fax using cash, Mastercard, Visa, American Express or First Virtual. All credit card information is encoded for your security. The REGISTER program is available by clicking any button which says Order, or by clicking on Register in the Help menu. You can also order online! Goto http://www.kagi.com/micromatt to order online on a secured site. If you cannot print your ordering information, email it, nor register on the Internet, then see the ORDER.TXT file included with this archive or the Football Fury help file. HOW TO PLAY The first thing you need to do is open the application using the Start Menu in Windows 95, or by using the Program Manager in Windows 3.1. A new game will automatically be started when the program is opened; or use the New Game item in the Game menu to start a new game if you have already opened the application. When a new game is started, you will be prompted first to choose a mode of play. Your choices are: Player vs. Computer Player vs. Player Computer vs. Computer With either of the modes involving the computer, the player has no control over the actions of the game when the computer’s team has possession of the ball. The next step is to select the teams for the game. Click on the name of the team you want for team one, then click on the OK button. After a slight pause, you will be able to select team two from the list. Clicking on OK the second time will notify you of the winner of the coin toss. When you close the coin toss message box, the play clock will begin and the game will be underway. If a team not controlled by the computer is set to kick, then you must use the Kick menu to select either a normal kickoff, or to attempt an onside kick. Once your team has the ball you may use the Pass, Run, and Kick menus to select the plays you wish to run. On a touchdown play ran by a player, rather than the computer, you will be asked whether you want to go for a two point conversion, or the extra point. Once you are playing a game, you can get the statistics of the current game by choosing Stats from the Game menu. Also on the Game menu is an item labeled CPU Speed. This affects the speed at which the computer picks its plays when it is controlling a team. If it becomes hard to follow the game when the computer has the ball you should select a lower speed from this menu. Slower computers should use a slower speed for most predictable results. Another feature available on the Game menu is Smart Stop. When this menu item has a check by it, the game you are playing will be paused when the Football Fury window is deactivated. Your game will stop the clocks and will not continue running until you return to it; in other words, it won't continue playing in the background. For example, if you opened the help file from the Help menu, your game would pause until you returned to it, thus preventing accidental delay of games. Clear the check next to Smart Stop if you want your game to continue while you do other work. This is particularly useful when the game mode is set to Computer vs. Computer and you'd like to be able to do other things and just check in on the score of the game. LICENSE AGREEMENT This is not free software. You are hereby licensed to use this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 21 days. If you use this software after the 21 day evaluation period a registration fee is required. Payments should be paid for using the information in How to register. When payment is received you will be sent a registered copy of the latest version of this program. Unregistered use of this program after the 21-day evaluation period is in violation of U.S. and international copyright laws. One registered copy of this software may either be used by a single person who uses the software personally on one or more computers, or installed on a single workstation used non-simultaneously by multiple people, but not both. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota. THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. Because of the various hardware and software environments into which this software may be put, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. The user must assume the entire risk of using the program. ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION MEDIA WHICH CAME FROM THE COMPANY. Provided that you verify that you are distributing the shareware version (select About from this program's Help menu to check) you are hereby licensed to make as many copies of the shareware version of this software and documentation as you wish; give exact copies of the original shareware version to anyone; and distribute the shareware version of the software and documentation in its unmodified form via electronic means. There is no charge for any of the above. You are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting donations, for any such copies, however made; and from distributing the software and/or documentation with other products (commercial or otherwise) without prior written permission, with one exception: Disk vendors approved by the Association of Shareware Professionals are permitted to redistribute the shareware version of this software, subject to the conditions in this license, without specific written permission. Please send email if you distribute this program and you will be notified of updates. Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All team names are the property of their respective owners.