═══ 1. About Racer for OS/2 ═══

Racer for OS/2 Version 1.3
September 25th, 1996, by Antonino Iannella 

This is a prototype for an OS/2 game idea of mine. I got the idea from a 
program in a magazine printed about ten years ago.  The original program was 
written in BASIC (from Microsoft, uugh!) for the Tandy TRS-80.  I've always 
liked it's concept. 

The aim is to keep your car away from the white lines; the roadside. 

Racer is simply a text-based car on a road, so it moves quite fast.  The text 
symbol in the middle is your 'car'. (Sorry about it being a long, white 
streak.)  Press the left or right arrow keys to make it move left or right. 
<CTRL><S> pauses it.  Press 'q' at any time to stop.  Crashing the car into the 
sides also ends the ride. 

In this version, after a crash the user is prompted to drive again by entering 
'Y' (or pressing Enter). Press 'N' to quit. The distance travelled after each 
drive is displayed. Many people have requested that I slow the game down (you 
know the type...those who own a Pentium 2000MHz with gazillion MB of RAM... 
) 

My long-term plan for this 'piКce de resistance' is to port it to the PM shell 
and turn it into a graphics-based action extravaganza, like a video arcade 
game. 


═══ 1.1. How to compile the source ═══

The source code, RACER.C and RACER.DEF are in the SRC subdirectory. I compiled 
Racer with EMX/GCC, so one may need the EMX Runtime Library to use the 
executable code. Compile by entering 

gcc -Zomf -Zsys -o racer.exe racer.c racer.def

The source code is provided so others may compile it themselves, or use it 
freely as long as I am acknowledged and informed about it. Bill Gates, all 
Microsoft employees and their families must each pay me AUD$1M if they would 
like to register. 


═══ 2. Contacting the author ═══

Please tell me by Email what you think of the project... I'll take any 
opinions, criticisms, suggestions for improvement, and especially 
encouragement! 

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