MicroWar on the web : <http://www.chez.com/maddog/MicroWar.html>
You love your Macintosh, me too. You are borrowed about WinTel, you can now put your agressivity into this game and kill many PC.. in this Space Invaders "clone".
Warning
This is a game under development, all features are not already included, this version is not fully tested on all system software.
This version is only for evaluation and test purpose.
Please do not distribute this version with out the readme file.
System requirement
PowerPC only
MacOS 7.6 or 8
3 Mb of free RAM to run (works with Virtual memory)
require DrawSprocketLib
14" screen with as least 256 colors
How to Play
To move the Macintosh, use right and left arrows; fire with space bar.
Kill the PC squads with Apples. At each level PC become faster and faster and more dangerous.
Flying soacers launch bonus that will enhanced your Mac or the PC depending on Soacers (Microsoft and Intel give bonus to PC while Apple and Motorola give bonus for your Mac).
To help you fully test this game some "cheat code" are included (do not use numeric key pad) :
"1" - make your mac's fire delay shorter (4 times shorter, you'll become a Destructor)
"2" - (not yet implemented)
"3" - Kill the current PC squad and go to next level
"4" - show/hide pc squad configuration
"5" - repair your Mac (Life Point to 50)
"F" - show/hide frame rate
Each level of the game correspond to a date (level 1 stands for 1984, level 20 for 1998)
PC squads configurations and Flying Soacers bonus follow chronological (at level 1, PC are 8086 based with MS-DOS 1, Mac start with 68000 with MacOS 1).
Know limitations
- Seems to works only with the DrawSprocketLib delivered into the µWar folder
- not tested on MacOS previous to 7.6
- with certain configurations, needs <Display Enabler>, can be dropped into µWar folder
- no sounds
What's missing
- Doesn't handle correctly computer configuration evolution from Bonus
- Virus not active
- Doesn't handle High Scores and settings
- When you're killed, the application quit
- The chronological for MacOS release is not good
What's next
The game is under development and will soon be release as 1.0 final).
In the next release you'll find a high score list with a settings panel.
Correct bonus and virus implementation.
Animations when flying soacers collide.
Sounds (i need help for music and sounds).
A smart icon.
A PDF documentation.
Life Point will become RAM available and PC fire will become PC software (Excell, Word, Explorer… that will cost RAM on your Mac), hopefully you can catch some Uninstaller/RamDoubler/Virtual memory that will restore or increase your RAM.
A 68K version and perhaps a Windows95 version.
Bug Report, help, suggestions and feedback
eMail your bug report at <maddog@chez.com>, please use the Bug Report Form.
You can feedback configurations (OS, processor, memory config…) that works or doesn't.
I was also interested in Frame rates (F) on different configuration.
If anyone is interested in helping me for graphics/sounds or fi you got a nice idea, please eMail me.
I also need chronological for MacOS realease (when MacOS1, 2, 3… were released ?)