Thank you for taking the time to try Cyclone II. We hope it provides you with hours of entertainment. If it does, please encourage us to continue our Digitally Remastered Classics(tm) series by registering your copy of Cyclone II.
If you have any questions or comments, please donﾕt hesitate to contact us! You can write to us at High Risk Ventures, Inc., PO Box 70690, Eugene, OR 97401-9610, or email to HighRisk on America Online, or highrisk@aol.com on the Internet.
- Mike & Jon, High Risk Ventures
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Q - I registered the original Cyclone. My old serial number doesn't work with Cyclone II. Do I have to pay again?
A - Registered users of the original Cyclone (up to version 1.2.1) may upgrade to Cyclone II for only $4.95. The shareware fee for the first Cyclone was only $10, and the normal fee for Cyclone II is $14.95. So with this $4.95 upgrade, you will be paying a total of $14.95 to own Cyclone II. Your old serial number will not work with Cyclone II, so to remove the shareware notices and personalize your copy of the program, you must register Cyclone II using this upgrade payment option. Press the Order button on the Registration screen to order your new serial number.
Q - Will there be a version of Cyclone II that takes advantage of larger monitors?
A - No. If it did expand to fill the whole monitor, we would have to expand the sprites and game space appropriately, just as we shrink the sprites and space to fit on the smaller 512x384 screen. The game is designed for a specific play area - changing the play area would change the game.
Q - Are there any cheat keys for Cyclone II?
A - Yes, there are several.
Q - Why are the default keys so useless?
A - Well, what's useful depends on what keyboard you have. We use extended keyboards, which have the command, option and control keys duplicated on the right side of the main key island. So we use the 'Z' key to rotate left with the left middle finger, the 'X' key to rotate right with the left forefinger, the right command key to thrust with the right forefinger, and the right option key to fire with the right middle finger. This setup is very similar to the layout of the buttons on the original Star Castle game.
Q - Pretty-please tell me what the cheat keys are!?!
A - OK, fine. But if you cheat, your score will not be saved. Here's how to cheat:
While playing the game, press and hold the mouse button while pressing one of the following key combinations.
Press the 'C' key to toggle Collision Detection on and off for your ship. While Collision Detection is off,
enemy weapons will pass through you, but you can still pick up yummies.
Press the 'I' key to toggle Infinite Ships on and off. When Infinite Ships is on, your remaining number of
ships never decreases.
Press the 'L' key to immediately increment the Level number.
Press the 'return' key to immediately cause a Yummy Shower.
Press and hold the 'shift' key, then press the 'D' key to instantly destroy the enemy base.
Press and hold the 'B' key, then press the 'M' key to play the Mine Challenge level when the current level
is over.
Press and hold the 'B' key, then press the 'C' key to play the Castle Challenge level when the current level
is over.
See the Help screen for answers to other questions you might have. If you can't find the answer to your question on the info screens in the game, please don't hesitate to contact us!
Contact Information
US Mail:
High Risk Ventures
PO Box 70690
Eugene, Oregon 97401-9610
Electronic Mail:
America Online: High Risk
Internet: highrisk@aol.com
Version History
･ Version 1.0.2 - Released 3/12/96
- Squashed a bug introduced in version 1.0.1 that caused it to crash on PowerMacs after it finished loading if After Dark was installed.
･ Version 1.0.1 - Released 3/2/96
- Worked around an incompatibility with After Dark 3.0. Screen savers should no longer activate while Cyclone II is running.
- Added a startup sound.
- Made some minor changes to the registration text.
