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S h a r e G a m e s
Christopher G. Gunn
3174 Hawthorn Street
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 283-0472
HowTwo is distributed as shareware on an "I trust you" basis and is not in
any form to be considered public domain or free. Considerable effort went
into creating the program and I am retaining full protection under the
copyright laws. However, I also want you to be able to share my games with
your friends. So, please feel free to hand on as many copies as you would
like, as long as you include all of the original files.
If you are going to use HowTwo for your personal enjoyment, whether you got it
from a distributor or a friend, please mail a check or money order to me at
the above address. The registration fee for HowTwo is $10. I depend on your
registering to continue devoting full time to making fun to use programs that
don't require you to adapt to the program. I'd also like your comments and
suggestions. In exchange, I'll add your name to the list of those eligible for
updates, contests, and 24-hour technical support. If you wish, you may use
the registration form by typing PRINT HOWTWO.REG at the DOS prompt.
Like all of my games, HowTwo is designed for full color with high resolution
graphics and should run on most PC's and work alikes. HowTwo does require an
EGA display adapter or a VGA adapter in its EGA mode. If you have problems,
please let me know. There is a provision for disabling the game sounds if you
prefer the game to play quietly.
HowTwo is a build-it game. The object is to collect all of the robot parts
and take them to the laboratory without running out of batteries to make the
equipment, such as the elevator, work. The elevator and lifts sometimes need
to be repaired before they always go to the right floor. Part of the fun is
the berserk Stock Clerk Robot that keeps taking parts to its attic stockroom.
You move around the ten story building by pressing the left or right arrow
keys, the number for the elevator floor, or the alphabet key for one of the
hydraulic lifts. The part boxes can be picked up by pressing the up arrow key
or put down with the down arrow.
If the Stock Clerk Robot catches you with a part box, it will grab it and
transport it to the Stock Room along with some of your battery power. Some-
times you can put the box down where the clerk can't grab it. Another defense
is to press the number for a floor without any boxes before the clerk can get
out of the elevator. HowTwo will prompt for the keys you need to press.
To repair something, like a robot part, you must get to the Repair Room with
at least one full battery. You need to watch the energy level indicator at
the right edge of the screen. You lose if you get stuck on one of the upper
floors without the power to run the elevator. You can get batteries in the
Battery Room at the lower left of the screen. The Stock Clerk Robot will also
snatch batteries when it can and you may not have enough left to finish
building the robot.
To build the robot, you must first pick up a part box. You can carry two or
three at a time depending on how many batteries you are also carrying. When
you bump a box, the program will ask for the up arrow to pick it up. Then,
you must take the box to the correct floor at the Laboratory. When you bump
the railing, the program will prompt for the <W> key to work on the robot. If
the part fits, it will be added to the robot. When it doesn't fit you'll have
to try another floor of the laboratory. If something is wrong, the program
will tell you what the problem is.
Currently the time required to update all of the machinery sometimes makes the
movements a little jerky. Part of the problem is excess key strokes have to
be ignored to keep the keyboard buffer from beeping because it's full. I hope
to smooth it out more in the next version.
You may copy the HowTwo files into any directory on hard disk or another
floppy. The only real requirement is that all of the files associated with
the game, except for its BAT file, must be in the same directory. You may
activate the program directly, with a BAT file, or from ActMenu. If you put
HowTwo on your hard disk, you may have to adapt the BAT file for your system.
Good luck, and let me know if you enjoy HowTwo. Your support for my programs
is sincerely appreciated.
Thanks,
Chris
P.S. Please retain the original files if you are
going to pass HowTwo along.
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