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- Alive Software
- Presents ... A N I M A L Q U E S T
-
- Welcome, you are about to experience Nature through very different eyes.
- ANIMAL QUEST is a Fun Game for any age. First you select what animal you
- like to become and then you try to cross your habitat collecting as many
- Energy Tokens as possible by capturing your prey while avoiding your
- Predators and outsmarting your Competitors.
-
- ANIMAL QUEST is a never ending adventure in the fascinating world of
- Nature. All animals are placed randomly at different screens so that
- each game is unique and unpredictable, challenging you every time.
-
- ANIMAL QUEST is also a realistic simulation of Food Chain Ecology. The
- rules of the game are based on factual Prey and Predator relationships.
- A truly Educational game that balances Gaming with Learning. To play the
- game you must first learn what is your prey and who are your predators.
-
- ANIMAL QUEST features three Different groups of animals to choose from:
- Northern Forest Animals, Ocean Animals and Jungle Animals.
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- Three Difficulty Levels to choose from, each providing increasingly more
- challenging games, score-keeping, on-line help, easy Icon-based user
- input and extensive information on each animal and plant. Its Colorful
- graphics and realistic sound effects will surprise you !!!
-
- Requires: IBM PC or compatible, 512K of memory, EGA or VGA graphics.
- Options : Super VGA support, Mouse support and Sound Card support.
-
- The ANIMAL QUEST source code, object code, library images and manuals on
- paper or on disk, are (C) copyright 1991 by Alive Software, All Rights
- Reserved. Concept and Game Design by Bill Dedes and Nancy Ayash.
-
- INDEX
-
- 1.................. DISCLAIMER
- 2.................. DISTRIBUTION
- 3.................. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND OPTIONS
- 4.................. GAME SETUP
- 5.................. GAME OPERATION
- 6.................. DOCUMENTATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 7.................. SHAREWARE VERSION NOTES
-
-
- 1. DISCLAIMER
-
- This program is provided "as is" and it is without warranty of any kind
- that it will work correctly in any or all situations. No liability
- shall be assumed for direct or consequential damage caused by the use
- of this software. The only claim Alive Software makes is that there
- are no intentional bugs or fatal errors in any original copy of the
- program that you received directly from Alive Software.
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- 2. DISTRIBUTION
-
- ANIMAL QUEST is distributed as Shareware: if you like the program and
- you would like to receive the latest version, additional games, Sound
- card support and Mouse support, please become a registered user. List
- or print file ORDER.DOC for more information.
-
- 1. ALIVE.DOC ........... Text, other Alive Software programs
- 2. AQ.DOC ........... Text, Documentation ( This file )
- 3. README.DOC ........... Text, Important information
- 4. ORDER.DOC ........... Text, Order Form
- 5. AQ.EXE ........... ANIMAL QUEST Program
- 6. AQ.LST ........... List Of games
- 7. AQ.GGL ........... Program Graphics and Data
- 8. SETUPAQ.EXE ........... Setup Program
- 9. FOREST.GDL ........... Data for Game 1
- 10. FOREST.GGL ........... Data for Game 1
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- Distribution of this program is encouraged as long as the following
- Shareware principles are observed: All of the above mentioned 10 files
- should be included in the distributed disk and should not be altered in
- any way. Alive Software authorizes the distribution ONLY of the 10
- above mentioned files. Any additional picture files will be distributed
- only to Registered users Exclusively and Directly by Alive Software.
- If archiving this program for BBS use or library use, please include
- all files and use the name: AQUEST1, ( for example: AQUEST1.ZIP)
- this will provide consistency for future updates.
-
-
- 3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND OPTIONS
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- REQUIRES: IBM PC or compatible with 512K memory, EGA or VGA ( 16 color )
-
- OPTIONAL: * Super VGA Graphics card with 512K Video Ram and monitor able
- to display in 800x600 resolution: ATI, Genoa, Paradise, Tseng
- Labs, Video 7 or compatibles are supported.
- * Microsoft Mouse or compatible.
- * Sound Effects support for AdLib, Covox, Sound Blaster, Sound
- Commander, PC speaker and Tandy SL/TL internal sound chip.
-
- 4. SETUP
-
- Before you start the game you must run SETUPAQ
-
- (a) The SETUPAQ program will try to identify your Graphics card and
- highlight the appropriate option. Select a graphics option.
- (b) Select the sound board or no sound option.
- (c) Then select the pointing device option, Mouse or Keyboard. To use
- the mouse, a mouse driver program must be installed beforehand.
- (d) Finally select Save Setup. This will create a batch file named
- QUEST.BAT The purpose of QUEST.BAT is to simply pass the above
- selected preferences to the program, without you having to do that
- every time you run the program.
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- 5. GAME OPERATION
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- 5.1 GENERAL
- ---------
- Keyboard: Use the Up, Down, Left and Right arrow keys to move around
- --------- and press <Enter> or <Spacebar> to select.
- Mouse : To select an option just point the mouse cursor on it and
- --------- click.
-
- --------
- TO START To start the game just type QUEST and press <Enter>
- -------- All of the ANIMAL QUEST files must be present at your current
- disk drive and directory, otherwise you will get an error.
- Then you will see the opening screen and hear the music theme. You may
- press a key or press a mouse button to skip through it next time.
- Then you select the animal group to use: Forest, Ocean or Jungle animals.
- Now you are ready to enter the animal Kingdom.
-
- ----------
- NEW GAME Then you select which animal you like to become from three
- ---------- Levels of difficulty.
-
- 1. Easy Level: These animals are Strong or Fast predators and therefore
- they have few or no enemies. In this Level just follow, your hunting
- instincts. This level is recommended for young children or beginners.
- 2. Medium Level : These animals are mini predators with some enemies
- and competitors, so it takes more logical thinking to stay alive.
- 3. Difficult Level : These animals are at the bottom of the Food chain
- and therefore constantly fighting for survival. Try this Level for a
- real Challenging game. You are neither strong nor Fast. Your only
- weapons are your intelligence and your luck.
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- 5.2 CONTROLS
- :--------------:
- : QUESTIONMARK : On-line help explaining the game and operation.
- :-F1-----------:
-
- :--------------: Food Chain information about animals and plants.
- : CHAIN : Select this option and point at any animal on the
- :-F2-----------: board to learn about its prey and predators.
-
- :--------------: Facts about animals, plants or places of the current
- : ZOOM LENSE : game habitat. Exploring facts about the animals is
- :-F3-----------: essential for learning and playing the game better.
-
- :--------------:
- : MUSIC NOTES : Toggles the sound ON or OFF, if sound was activated
- :-F4-----------: to begin with.
-
- :--------------: Toggles the Grid ON or OFF. When the Grid is ON the
- : FENCE : game plays like a board game, so you can focus on the
- :-F5-----------: logic. When it is OFF the game plays faster, like an
- arcade game. Grid ON is recommended for beginners.
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- :--------------:
- : THUNDERBOLT : Breaks the current game and starts a new one.
- :-F10----------:
-
- :--------------:
- : STOP SIGN : Quits the game and exits to the system.
- :-ESC----------:
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- 5.3 THE AIM OF THE GAME
-
- Become one of your favorite animals and try to survive, capture as many
- prey animals as you can while avoiding your predators. Every time you
- capture an animal you get Energy Tokens ( Calories ) . When you are
- captured by a predator you loose twenty Energy Tokens, so the only penalty
- is that your final score will not be as high. You move from West to East.
- When you reach the end of a screen you move to the next one. There is a
- total of twelve screens to cross. In the last screen your family will be
- waiting for you and the highest scores are recorded in the Hall Of Fame.
-
- SCORING : Your current Score is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- The accumulated Energy tokens stack up until you have collected over 60,
- then you are fully Energized and can move Diagonally as well, thus
- suprising your prey or escaping your enemies more easily.
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- TIPS :
- (a) Don't overlook the importance of the "skip a turn" option. Use it
- whenever you are stuck or when any other move will result in your capture.
- To "skip a turn", for keyboard use: press <Spacebar>, for mouse use:
- click on your animal itself.
- (b) If a predator blocks your path, get close enough, so when it follows
- you, try to lead it away from the path, turn around and escape. If more
- than one predators are near by, try to distract them one at a time.
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- 5.5 ANIMAL QUEST'S GAME PHILOSOPHY
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- (A) Redeeming value: you Play and Learn facts about basic Ecology.
- It encourages exploration of Nature and further reading.
- (B) Positive and Socially responsible: Depicts Conflict but no Violence.
- You identify with the animal's struggle to survive by selecting any
- animal you wish, except Man (This would defy the purpose of the game)
- (C) Extraordinary use of Graphics and Sound to create the illusion of life.
- (D) Challenges your Logic skills, not your mechanical reflexes.
- (E) A Game for any age: Select a level according to your capability.
-
- 6. DOCUMENTATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
- If you have a printer, please print out and read this documentation
- file AQ.DOC Simply type: COPY AQ.DOC PRN at the DOS prompt.
-
- Portions of this program (c) Copyright by Genus Microprogramming, Inc.
- Bibliography; Western Forests by Stephen Whitney, The world of fish by
- Franco De Carli, Encyclopedia of The Animal Kingdom by Maurice and
- Robert Burton, Great Book of the Animal Kingdom by Arch Cape Press.
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- 7. SPECIAL NOTES FOR SHAREWARE VERSION
-
- ANIMAL QUEST is distributed as Shareware, that is, you can try it before
- you buy it. Here is a list of benefits you get by ordering the complete
- ANIMAL QUEST series from Alive Software for ONLY $ 22 ( U.S. Dollars )
-
- * YOU GET THE LATEST ENHANCED version of ANIMAL QUEST which includes:
- OCEAN ANIMALS: Dive into the unexplored waters of Australia. An
- --------------- Exotic world of fascinating and unusal marine animals
- awaits you. Be a playful Blue Dolphin or a Great White Shark, meet the
- peculiar Clownfish, Seals, Angelfish, Swordfish, Viperfish, Eagle Rays,
- Anglerfish, Eel, Seahorse, Sea Anemones and many other aquatic creatures.
- JUNGLE ANIMALS: Lions, Cheetahs, and Leopards rule the Jungle, but watch
- --------------- out for the poisonous spear of the Pygmy. Elephants,
- Aardvarks, Gorillas, Termites, Buffalos, Zebras, Hyenas and many more.
- Experience the sounds and sights of the Tropical Rain Forest.
- FOREST ANIMALS: The Latest version of the Northern Forest animals,
- --------------- Enhanced with Sound effects and detailed graphics.
-
- * YOU GET MOUSE support for a Microsoft compatible Mouse.
-
- * YOU GET DIGITIZED SOUND EFFECTS and drivers, for animals that vocalize:
- Wolfs howl, Lions roar, the Hunter shoots, Whales sing, Bears, Frogs,
- Tigers, Rattlesnakes etc, make sounds as they capture prey. Now you
- can add sound dimension to the visual one. You can hear the animals
- clearly, either through the IBM PC speaker with no extra hardware, or
- through one of Sound Card options listed in file README.DOC
-
- * YOU GET ZOOM GRAPHICS. Due to the large size of the High-resolution
- Zoom graphics, this Shareware version does not include all the Zoom
- graphics shown when the "Magnifying glass Icon" is selected.
-
- * Super VGA graphics support comes with all the additional games of this
- series. We currently support most of the major Super VGA chipsets. See
- file README.DOC for a complete list of all supported Super VGA cards.
-
- * With your order , you will also get more FREE Shareware from Alive
- Software, our catalog, newsletter, new product announcements and low
- cost updates.
-
- * Registered users Get TECHNICAL support through phone, mail, E-mail or
- our BBS. If ANIMAL QUEST is supported by many users, we will add more
- animal habitats to this series in the near future. Such as Swamp animals,
- Arctic animals, Desert animals, Insects or other ones suggested by you.
-
- For Information print or list our catalog, file ALIVE.DOC. It includes
- detailed descriptions of our programs. For additional information,
- Write to: ALIVE SOFTWARE, P.O. BOX 4004, SANTA CLARA, CA 95056 U.S.A.
- Send Prodigy E-mail to the programmer, Bill Dedes, ID # RGCP92A
-
- For Information on how to contact us or on how to Order, print or list
- and fill out our order form ORDER.DOC and mail or fax it to Alive.
-
- Thank you for Supporting Shareware.
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