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- Hello All !
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- A few months back I started this little project. Finally I've completed it.
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- This game should run on any machine, however I've found it to be a bit too
- slow on anything lesser than a 386DX based machine.
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- You'll need a minimum of EGA graphics (It'll run either EGA or VGA), although
- I don't think there are too many people who use EGA anymore.
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- Memory requirements ? Who knows - it'll probably run as low as 384K. I ran
- it on a 512k machine with no problem.
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- It should work on any Adlib compatible sound card, it even works on
- Pro Spectrum 16's.
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- There is no joystick support. Sorry - I only do this programming bit in
- my spare time and reading a joystick through Quick Basic slows the whole
- works down too much.
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- Notes About The Game
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- I tried to make this as close to the old arcade game (of similar name) as
- much as possible. Since my arcade version of this fried a few years ago, I
- don't remember the whole way the game worked.
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- Sorry the ship doesn't move as fast (or smooth) as the original, Quick Basic
- is just too slow and my spagetti programming didn't help. Everything else
- (including the cool background music) is about as close as I could get it.
-
- This game is a bit on the hard side, and unlike the "Clones" I have seen,
- there are no safe hiding spots from enemy fire. However, with practice, you
- will find there are some good moves and places to manuever in that will
- help you score on to the harder levels.
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- Of course, you might want to cheat and start the game with the command
- CASTLEPC XXX XXXX where XXX XXXX are the cheat words for 99 ships. Think
- you can find those words in this text ?
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- Final Notes
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- I have programmed this game in my spare time for fun and to attempt
- to improve my programming skills. There are no copyrights or other
- legal gobbledy gook attached. If you play it and like it, great - go
- for a high score. If you don't like it because you prefer some massive
- graphics and sound intensive game to stimulate your brain then delete it -
- more power to you.
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