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- <SK-111 'Star Killer' - README.TXT >
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- SK-111 'Star Killer'
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- an arcade shooter for Windows95/NT
- by W. Mike Hare (mike.hare@hare.salzo.cary.nc.us)
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- - High or True Color video mode <REQUIRED>
- - Sound card <suggested>
- - 486/DX66 or faster cpu <suggested>
- - S3 (or other) accelerated video <suggested>
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- SK-111 'Star Killer' <Table of Contents>
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- 1 - Setting up SK-111 'Star Killer'
- 2 - Why is this game free?
- 3 - Contact
- 4 - Who is W. Mike Hare?
- 5 - Distribution information.
- 6 - Legal Issues
- 7 - What is a 'High or True Color video mode'?
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- 1) SK-111 'Star Killer' <Setting up SK-111 'Star Killer'>
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- In Windows95, After unzipping this file, simply go to the 'run'
- dialog from the Start Menu, and run 'setup.exe' found in the directory
- that you unzipped into. Setup will guide you during the rest of the
- installation, and full uninstall functionality is provided.
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- 2) SK-111 'Star Killer' <Why is this Game Free?>
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- Why is this Game Free?
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- Why is this Game Free?
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- I'm giving this game to you, the Windows Gamer, because I am
- one of you. I became frustrated with the games available, and lucky
- for me, I just happened to be a programmer. They will only get better.
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- For now, here I am, slamming you with raytraced pixels as hard
- as I possibly can in my first 32bit taunt. Although it's not much,
- this is just the first of many, fellow gamer, as I intend to make a
- career out of rattling your Windows.
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- -W. Mike Hare
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- 3) SK-111 'Star Killer' <Contact>
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- The Author:
- W. Mike Hare
- mike.hare@hare.salzo.cary.nc.us
- WILDHARE BBS (919) 834-1323 [ANSI, N, 8, 1]
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- 4) SK-111 'Star Killer' <Who is W. Mike Hare?>
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- I am a free-lance developer who has been working professionally in
- Windows since v3.0, and personally since 2.x (before icons!). I am also an
- avid gamer, and a wanna-be game developer. Although my true game interests
- lie more in strategy, simming, and modem wargames, this simple little arcade
- game is intended to be a 'showcase' of a sort, an initial foray into the
- white-hot world of 32-bit Windows gaming. Contact me if you can help in
- my pursuit of a game developing dream.
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- I am also available for more mundane application development, and
- feel free to contact me about that also.
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- 5) SK-111 'Star Killer' <Distribution Information>
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- You are free to distribute SK-111 'Star Killer' without restriction,
- as long as you do not sell it.
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- Disk Vendors and other (pay) distribution operators may not charge more
- than 5$ (U.S. dollars) for the service of distributing SK-111 'Star Killer'
- unless SK-111 'Star Killer' is included with other similar programs
- (as in the case of a shareware CD-Rom or the like).
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- If you are a computer salesperson, feel free to give this game away
- with new '95 equipped computers, so that the customer will have something
- to play, or run it at the computer shows instead of those old gifs you
- demo now. (Please, I'm tired of seeing those things.)
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- 6) SK-111 'Star Killer' <Legal Issues>
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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
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- Users of SK-111 'Star Killer' must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
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- "SK-111 'Star Killer' is supplied as is."
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- The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including,
- without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for
- any purpose.
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- The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential,
- which may result from the use of SK-111 'Star Killer'."
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- 7) SK-111 'Star Killer' <What is a 'High or True Color video mode'?>
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- This refers to the display mode of windows.
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- (High Color = 16bit = 32k or 65k colors.)
- (True Color = 24bit = 16.7M colors.)
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- If you are not sure what mode you are in, go to 'display settings',
- and your mode should be listed. If you cannot set your mode to 16bit
- or 24bit, then you either do not have the proper drivers installed, or
- your video card does not support these modes. You should contact your
- video card manufacturer on how to get your card into high or true color
- mode, or at least find out if your card can do it.
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- SK-111 'Star Killer' <end of document>