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FUNGAL MAN / MAROONED AGAIN / SWINE ! / FALLOUT Copyright 1991-93 Dennis Drew Copyright Strictly Enforced NOW FEATURING INSTANT ON-LINE REGISTRATION! Documentation file. Please read this. Use PGUP/PGDN to move through the file. When finished, press ESC to continue with the EMS program. To print out this file, press P and then use PGDN to move through the entire file. It will be printed as you scroll. NOTE: The SHAREWARE disk may be copied and distributed to your acquaintances. FUNGAL MAN vC.2 REGISTRATION FORM Yes! I love being a fungus hunter. _____ I am enclosing $15 to become a registered user. Also put me on your mailing list so that you can continually deluge me with junk mail. _____ I am enclosing $1,000,003.00 to become a REALLY, REALLY registered user. I understand that I may use the program in whatever way I wish and share equal copyrights with the author. Also, the author will remember me in his prayers and will send me a gift and thank-you card each year on this date. The author will also forward to me the secret of eternal life (although I probably won't believe it). Oh, and don't forget that gold and diamond and ruby hardcover manual. _____ MAROONED AGAIN $10 _____ SWINE! $10 _____ FALLOUT $10 _____ or ALL 4 FOR $30! On a scale of 1-10, I'd rate FUNGAL MAN a: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NAME: _______________________________________________________________ ADDRESS:_____________________________________________________________ CITY, ST ZIP:________________________________________________________ PHONE: (_______)________-_________________________ I acquired this program from: _______________________________________ You can get a really terrific pizza at: _____________________________ (one never knows when such information will come in handy...) DREW SOFTWARE PO Box 101 Joplin, MO 64802 (417)781-4248 I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the licensing agreement. I request to have my name added to your mailing list for future updates and information. ___________________________________________ ___________________ signed date VISA/MASTERCARD ACCEPTED Outside U.S. orders payment by International Money Order only. Due to difficulty in processing, no checks drawn on foreign banks, please. WHAT IS THE FUNGAL MAN GAME PACK? FUNGAL MAN Prepare for the worst. Fungal Man is here. Idol of tens of people. You are the intrepid super-hero who has one purpose in life: to destroy the deadly mutant fungal blobs by trapping them in the damper pods. Sounds easy, and sometimes it is. At other times, it's a real pain in the dorsal fin. FUNGAL MAN is a "thinking arcade" game which includes nine scenarios ranging from easy to moderately difficult. You can also design your own scenarios and turn them in for entry in our quarterly contest (winners receive a free copy of our "Best of Fungal Man Scenarios" disk). Registered users can distribute their scenarios (no royalty fee) and make millions of dollars (well, a few bucks anyway) by selling them to their family members, close friends, and other FUNGAL MAN addicts. A habit-forming game that will have you designing your own scenarios before you can say, "Urg, that's a really nasty looking fungus you've got there." NEW! Registered users of Fungal man now have the ability to LINK scenarios, so that you can design large, interesting adventure sets which take the form of a single game. MAROONED AGAIN Marooned is our very popular first adventure game. It's popular because it's logical and it's funny. You have crash landed your space ship on a barren alien planet. You send your clone aboard an alien ship to find the parts you need to blast off to safety. This game is the predecessor to our highly acclaimed ANOTHER LIFELESS PLANET AND ME WITH NO BEER. FALLOUT Tired of playing Tetris? Sick of the Tetris clones? We are proud to present our UN-TETRIS CLONE. Line up the fallout as it drops from the skies. Place it in proper sequence and it obliterates itself. But let it stack up, and you'll be overrun in radioactive waste. SWINE Be a swine. Beat your friends at this age-tested game. Legend has it that Captain Hook was so entranced by this game that it took up all of his spare time (and that of his crew) on his voyages (it was a pleasant alternative to pillaging and murdering). Play against another person or (gasp) against a fiendish and tricky computer. The computer has been intentionally programmed to play on the level of an average person, so you actually stand a chance of winning. See if you can master this ancient game of strategic stacking. -------------------------------------- FUNGAL MAN INSTRUCTIONS You are FUNGAL MAN, super-hero of the laboratory folks and idol of tens of people. In the thankfully not-too-near future, scientists will discover that fungus is the dominant source of energy in our universe. The terrible and dread FUNGAL REACTORS are far more powerful and potentially deadly than any nuclear reactor of our day. Unfortunately, the ANTI-FUNGUS league has been sabotaging the reactors, hoping that they will blow them up and kill many millions of people in an effort to demonstrate how dangerous the reactors are to human life. They have been spreading bioactive FUNGAL BLOBS over the countryside. If these blobs are not contained within DAMPERS, they propogate, spreading terminal cases of acne throughout the human race. Your job is to contain the blobs, as you are the only living human that can approach these multitudinous monstrous mounds of murky malevolent muck without shooting zits a hundred feet. Your object is to maneuver all the fungus blobs into the dampers. You do this mainly by pushing them around, but you also have a wealth of tools which will help you in this task. Å YOU. You push fungals around with your super-powered hands. It's a nasty, icky job which covers you with slime from head to toe, but life is hard. ▓ CONTAINMENT WALL. Placed by well-meaning city workers to help in containing the spread of fungus, but mostly just get in the way. Θ DAMPER POD. The only thing that can control a fungus. Maneuver a fungus into a damper pod and it's instant history. ± ANTIMATTER. Destroys just about anything but a fungus. To use, walk up to the item you wish to callously destroy, trigger the antimatter, and point it at the target. ε BLASTER. Causes fungus to vibrate at incredible speeds, literally pushing them through solid walls (or just about anything else). To use, maneuver the fungus up to a wall, trigger the blaster, and point it at the fungus. ⌠ GRABBER. Pulls a fungus along behind you one space. To use, walk up next to a fungus, trigger the grabber, and walk away from the fungus. » HYPER. Allows you to trade places with some items. To use, walk up next to an item, trigger the hyper, and point it at the item. ≈ TELEPORTER. Allows you to move through solid walls and other objects. To use, walk up to a wall, trigger the teleporter, and point it at the wall. You can only hold two tools at a time (one in each hand). If you pick up a new tool when you hold two, you will drop one tool (the one in your right hand. Tools rotate from left to right hands). Your goal is to maneuver all fungus blobs into the dampers. Each damper pod can be used only once. PLAYING HINTS!!! These hints are designed to help you play FUNGAL MAN without going insane (or at least, TOO insane). HINT #1: Unless you're a genius, don't try to figure out the whole scenario before making your first move. Study the board a minute or two, then figure out a good starting place and just start experimenting. You will undoubtedly make mistakes, but that's half the fun. You learn from those mistakes and next time, change your moves to avoid them. FUNGAL MAN is largely a game of intelligent trial and error (much like the process of scientific discovery). HINT #2: Count the number of anti-matter pods available. This will tell you how many times anti-matter must be used to solve the game. Then examine the game board and figure out where antimatter is absolutely required. That will give you a head start. HINT #3: If you come across a complex scenario (and we've got some real noggin bonkers), don't let it spook you. You'll go crazy if you try to analyze the whole scenario at once. Rather, examine the locations of individual fungi and try to figure out how to get them to a damper one by one. HINT #4: Don't expect to solve a scenario on the first try. If you do, terrific, but it won't happen very often. HINT #5: If you find yourself getting frustrated, stop playing and come back again later. Just like anything worthwhile, some scenarios take time. HINT #6: Hypers are more powerful than Grabbers, because a Hyper usually leaves you in a position to move a fungal after hypering it. So just as with antimatter pods, examine the places on the board where a hyper MUST be used, and save the hypers for those places. Never use a hyper on a place where a grabber is available and can be used instead. HINT #7: HAVE FUN! MAKING YOUR OWN SCENARIOS Fungal Man allows you to design your own games. It's easy to do. Rather than give you extensive instructions, we'll let you try it out and see how it goes. You'll learn how it functions very quickly. Start with a very simple scenario then progress from there. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT ACCIDENTALLY SAVE YOUR SCENARIO OVER A PREVIOUSLY EXISTING, DIFFERENT ONE! Doing so will erase the previously existing file. Also, when sharing new scenarios with your friends, make sure you don't accidentally copy a scenario bearing the same name as a scenario you currently own. We recommend numbering scenarios as we have done... a letter or two of the alphabet followed by a number. Then people can play your scenarios in sequence. Please note that scenarios beginning with DD are reserved for our use. DESIGN HINT #1: Don't get too complex too soon. Start with designing easy scenarios, then progress to more difficult ones as you get the hang of it. People like to play the easy ones as much as the hard ones. So walk before you try to run. Experience counts. DESIGN HINT #2: Anti-matter is likely the most powerful tool in the game. Make sure you don't make anti-matter too available. What you should do after designing your scenario is figure out what is the LEAST number of anti-matter pods to include, and then delete all the other pods and replace them with things like teleporters and blasters. Otherwise you will find that people will easily solve your tricky scenario by using a spare anti-matter pod to blow away a wall you didn't intend them to blow away. DESIGN HINT #3: Inter-relate areas. This isn't a hard-fast rule, just a concept. Some things should be easy to do. Others should be more difficult. A way to make your game more difficult is to require one section of the scenario to be visited before you visit another. For example, consider a scenario divided into 6 sections. You may decide to place a fungus in section 1. But to get to it, you have to have an antimatter pod from section 5. But to get to the antimatter pod, you have to have a teleporter which you get from section 2. Then once you have the fungus, you have to move it to section 6. See how it works? You can make inter-relations as complex or easy as you wish. DESIGN HINT #4: As noted in the play hints area, hypers are more powerful than grabbers. So when you design your game, figure out the places that a hyper MUST be used and place only that many hypers on the board. In any instance where a grabber could be used, place a grabber rather than a hyper. Of course, you can replace any grabber with a hyper just to confuse people (if you're feeling ornery). DESIGN HINT #5: Registered users are able to add TEXT to their games so that their games are customized. Examples of this are contained in the sample FUNGAL MAN SCENARIOS enclosed. PLEASE NOTE: Each FUNGAL scenario is copyrighted by the author of that scenario (if he is a registered user). It is ill-mannered (not to mention illegal) to alter any scenario which you have not designed. Sometimes there is an urge to think "This scenario is too hard to solve. There must be something wrong with it. I'll just change it so it's easier to play." Please do not do that. A Fungal scenario is the property of the individual author. Altering a scenario is the equivalent of going to an art gallery and "touching up" a painting because it doesn't quite suit your taste. Please leave other folk's work alone and instead, take pride in working on your own scenarios. Thanksabunch. CHARGING FOR SCENARIO DISKS You are welcome to make scenarios and show them to others. You may give them to friends, so long as you do so free of charge. However, if you wish to distribute them through shareware or other mass- distribution means such as BBSs, or sell them (no matter what the charge) then we require that you be a registered user. After all, registration is cheap. If you're going to distribute scenarios, it's a small enough amount to pay for the game which has allowed you to make the scenarios in the first place. Thanks. Note: scenarios created by UNregistered users fall under our copyrights and are not copyrighted by the individual. However, we automatically allow REGISTERED users to retain copyright of their scenarios. Just another reason to register. Don't forget too that registered users have the ability to add TEXT to their games (ie, you can put your name, address etc on your work), which brings you a bit of customization and fame! THE CONTEST!!! Send in to us your FUNGAL MAN scenarios (along with the solutions, please). If we like them, we'll publish them on our ADDITIONAL SCENARIOS disk and give you full credit (only with your permission, of course). Plus, once every 3 months we decide on the BEST SCENARIO sent to us and the winner receives our BEST OF SCENARIOS disk. You'll also get a certificate of honor in the FUNGI-HUNTERS HALL OF FAME. This is to encourage you to share your scenarios with us so that we can make them available to others! end of FUNGAL MAN instructions ================================================= MAROONED AGAIN ver C.1 Copyright 1985,1990 Dennis Drew. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AND ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE: Marooned Again is a "user-supported" program. Please feel free to copy it and give copies to your friends. We feel this is one of the finest adventure games ever written. If you like it, we ask that you send us a $10 donation. You will then be a REGISTERED user, and we will send you a catalog of our other programs. As a registered user, you may also call in for help if you get stuck. You will also help us to have shoes for this winter... it's supposed to be really cold. If you do not wish to make a donation, please pass this program on to a friend. We don't want you to even think about the shadowy form around here that seems to have taken a liking to us, or the terrible things it does to people who continue to use this program without making a donation; they don't even print that kind of thing in the newspaper. Our company is supported entirely by your generosity. Your donations help us to produce additional software. Please send your donation to: Dennis Drew PO Box 101, Joplin, MO 64802. (417)781-4248 THE PLOT You have crashed your ship on a hostile alien planet. All is not lost, however. Your scanners have located a deserted alien ship! Scanners show no life aboard. You figure the crew must have been killed by hostile native life forms. But the ship is in perfect condition. You are acquainted with this particular type of vessel and know you must find several components to get it to blast off. Because of your injuries you also know you would never survive the takeoff. Fortunately, your ship has an extensive cloning section, and you are able to make several clones of yourself to search through the alien ship. The clones, of course, have no thoughts of their own and must be controlled through telepathic link. Unfortunately, the telepatic link section was also damaged in the crash. The clones are all functioning, but your link with them is shaky at best. Upon testing them you discover a few commands in one or two words such as LOOK, GET CHAIR, GO DOOR, N,S,E,W,U,D (directions of travel) and you figure you'll discover the rest by trial and error. The clones must go aboard the alien vessel and find the components needed to lift off and go for help. If they fail, you will die a slow and agonizing death aboard your own ship. With hope in your heart, you send the first one out. HOW TO PLAY AN ADVENTURE GAME This game is actually an intricate puzzle. Get a piece of paper and a pencil. It is ESSENTIAL you map your travels. This is an alien ship; corridors may twist and turn and you may find areas that teleport you to differnt locations without even telling you they have done so. Remember: alien architects do not think like we do. The word INVENTORY (or I) will show you the components and items you have collected thus far. There are many other commands available. The object is to find out exactly what the others are! This game is not easy to solve. In fact, you can expect to lose a number of clones while traveling through the ship. It should take you between 10 to 30 hours to complete the game. When you do so, do not tell anyone how to do it. Any such clues spoil the game for the next one playing. Don't let anyone give you clues either; once the game is completed, it's finished. The fun after that comes from watching your friends go nuts playing it. The main thing to remember is this: nearly everything you see has a purpose. Subtle clues are placed all over. Even so, it will take you days to complete it. The first person who tried it took two weeks. When he was finished, he emerged from his room with a grin on his face and said, "Gaaa urk bleh...." He's still recuperating. Despite any possible bias on my part, I feel that Marooned Again is the finest adventure game I have seen. Many adventure games have you perform completely illogical or silly actions in order to complete the game, forcing you to become illogical and silly to win. Marooned Again is completely logical. Everything you do and everything you see has a logical and understandable purpose behind it. Of course, there are a couple of things thrown in to confuse you... but at least it's LOGICAL confusion. Enjoy, and remember: be PATIENT. If you cannot solve it today, you may wake up with the answer tomorrow. TO RUN THE PROGRAM: Enter DOS in your usual manner. Insert the program in the active disk drive. Enter: MAROONED end of instructions FUNGAL MAN UPDATE HISTORY (Aw, go ahead and read this section. Who knows... it might contain a hidden chuckle or two). 1.0 The incredible first version. WOW! Actually, a BETA version that was released only to test people on a local BBS. If you are using v 1.0, you shouldn't be. It was never intended for release. It's still a lot of fun and is workable and compatible with later versions, but it was after all, a beta test version with a couple of minor bugs. 2.0 Minor alterations. When pressing ESC during a game (to stop the game) it now simply allows entry of another filename (previously it returned to the VISIBLE/INVISIBLE LANDMINES prompt). This saves a keypress (always interested in helping the haggard user!). Altered DD06 scenario. There were a couple of tools in the wrong places. This didn't prevent the game from being played--rather it made it extremely easy to solve! Don't want to do that, do we? Corrected a minor bug in which a fungus HYPERED onto a damper wouldn't register as captured. (Minor because none of our beta test scenarios required such an action). Changed some wall colors so it's all pretty. Renamed scenario files to follow a more consistent numerical pattern. Added a ZAP BACKGROUND function so that game design may start with either an all-blank or all-wall background. Encoded the game so that it is not so easy to tamper with someone else's work. Added nifty PRESERVE and RESTORE game functions so that you can store your game in progress when you are interrupted. We decided to charge $1,000,000 as a registration fee. However, if you don't have $1,000,000 the old fee will still be accepted. A.2. Added automatic installation routine. Realized that no one had ordered the $1,000,000 version thus far, so we are now offering a solid gold cover with diamond and ruby inlay hard-cover manual for each $1,000,000 version sold. I'll even autograph it. B.2 Now allows instant, on-line registration. WOW! Still no one has ordered the $1,000,000 deluxe version. However, we are confident that when people realize the true value of the program (as well learn about the solid gold cover manual with diamond and ruby inlay) we will be certain to begin receiving orders for the deluxe version. Only five will be released. Maybe ten. Depends on how I'm feeling. In addition to my autograph, I'll number your copy too. Might as well make some use of my math classes. C.1 Improved registration system. The $1,000,000 deluxe version is still available. However, we have lots and lots of bidders who are really, really anxious to get their hands on them, so if you want one for yourself you better get your offer in right away! We'll even accept layaway (non-refundable) with a 10% deposit! C.2 Included ability to add written text to your games (rather nice-- allows personalization of your work). Had to raise the price of the deluxe version to $1,000,003 due to inflation. I really needed to raise it another 27 cents, but I figure that would be splitting hairs. Due to pet proliclivities, the first person to order the $1,000,003 version will now receive a free puppy (at your option, of course). So rush right now and make sure to be the first person! _________________________________________ REGISTRATION We will support you if you register; absolutely no support will be given to non-registered users. USER REGISTRATION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT ARTICLE 1. ACCEPTANCE. In registering for our programs, the user agrees to abide by all articles and restrictions of this license. It is the responsibility of the purchaser to note the items of this license, and decide upon agreeability of its terms prior to the registration of the program. ARTICLE 2. LICENSING. This program is licensed, not sold. As such, the user/ purchaser has the right to use the program on a day-to-day basis, but recognizes the ownership of the program and all materials as belonging to Dennis Drew. ARTICLE 3. COPYING AND MULTI-USER. This program is USER SUPPORTED. You are encouraged to copy the SHAREWARE diskette and give it to your friends and acquaintences. You may use this program freely and distribute it as you wish. However, the following restrictions do apply: 1. You may not charge a fee for this program, other than for the cost of duplication. 2. You may not alter the program or supporting items in any manner, may not add to or remove items from the disk. 3. You may not copy or reproduce in any way the instruction manual that is available for this program. The instruction manual is provided to REGISTERED USERS ONLY. Copying of this manual in any form is strictly forbidden. If several copies of the manual are required, then a discount is provided on request. 4. Shareware companies must obtain a distribution license from the author. ARTICLE 4. WARRANTY AND LIABILITY. It is the responsibility of the purchaser to decide upon usability and application of this program to his/her particular needs. Every effort has been made to insure the accuracy and reliability of this program. However, since the success of this program relies a great deal upon individual use and dedication to the use thereof, and the fact that this program is user copiable (thus limiting our control over what the end-user receives), We will not be held responsible for any results obtained from the direct or indirect use of this program nor does this program comply to the laws of merchantability of any state. ARTICLE 5. TERMINATION. If the user/purchaser breaks any article of this agreement, all items pertaining to the program shall be returned to the publisher. This will not exclude any additional punitive damages incurred according to national and civil laws. ARTICLE 6. CUSTOMER SUPPORT. We are eager to support our customers. Technical assistance is available to REGISTERED USERS ONLY by calling (417)781-4248 Monday through Friday during the hours of 9am to 5pm. If your diskette is damaged in any way, return it to us along with $10.00 to cover cost of replacement. We will rush you a new diskette. It is recognized that the purchaser is already bound by the terms of the LICENSING AGREEMENT enclosed with this package. This registration form serves two purposes: 1. To emphasize agreement with the terms of the license. 2. To allow us to provide you with timely updates and information. Thank you for registering!