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┌────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┐
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─────────────────────┤ SOLAR REALMS ELITE │ Registration Information │
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─────────────┤ * Is this shareware? How long is the │
───────────┤ evaluation period? │
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───────┤ * How much does it cost to register, and what │
─────┤ do I get? │
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─┤ * How can I write my own door games? │
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│ * I can't afford to register! │
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│ * List of games written at the Solar Realm │
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LACK OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
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Registration is NOT required to run SRE. SRE might be classified as one of
these types of programs:
Shareware - Yes! SRE is shareware. You are required to register this game
after 99 years of trial use!
Freeware - Yes! SRE could be considered freeware. (However, freeware is
a trademarked term.) You are not required to pay any fee for
this program. However, we do give benefits to those who donate
$15 or more.
Crippleware - Yes! SRE is slightly crippled! You can't access the bank in
the unregistered version. (But you don't need the bank to play
the game.)
Bogusware - Yes! SRE is bogusware! It will destroy itself after 99 years!
(If you don't register!) (just kidding!)
Deadware - Yes! You must've found the bugs!
Bonusware - Yes! If you register, you get bonuses (like the bank)!
(I prefer to think of it as Bonusware.)
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REGISTRATION COST
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Seriously,
Registration° is only $15 (U.S. dollars) for SRE 0.990, so go ahead and
register! All we want to know is some basic information, and if you like,
you can fill out the survey as well. We may use survey results to determine
what features to add into future games.
*** To register, fill out Docs/SREReg.TXT and send it in.°° ***
What we do is send you a registration code that you type into SRE and it
will register itself. We do not create a 'registered version' or send you
a disk. The reason? In many games, you can register one version and the
next version requires a new fee for upgrade. For SRE, you get the numbers
that work in ALL versions of SRE. That way, you will be able to get all
future versions for free from local BBSes.
NOTE: We do not register this game under handles (for various reasons).
If you wish to see where your name will appear, run SRE SYSOP
and choose "Registered Version".
Non-US persons: Checks / money orders must be US funds from a U.S. bank.
Otherwise, send US cash or an international money order.
(in Canada, the Post Office can issue Money Orders in
U.S. funds.) If you are in Canada, you may want to contact
Hardy Rosenke (see Docs/Distrib.TXT) to see if he can help
in converting Canadian funds to U.S. funds.
You may also wish to get together with other sysops in
your area to register together; you will save on the
currency conversion charges and also on postage. I
will send the registrations to each person separately.
Make out checks or money orders to "Amit J. Patel". Sorry, NO credit card
orders. Expect 3-4 weeks to receive your numbers. We try to handle
everything as fast as possible, but sometimes it just doesn't get done
soon enough. Also, I have lots of homework!!!
Registration is not required in order to run this game, but we'd like
you to register this game! The benefits of registering are:
■ Automatic registration of all new versions. (See above.)
■ The Bank - loan, savings, and investments
■ More Attack types - chemical and nuclear
■ Customization - you can set the number of turns, the number of
planets available, the galactic tax rate, and the bank interest.
Please first evaluate this software and determine whether users on your BBS
enjoy it; it makes little sense to register a program without trying it out,
then later complaining that nobody likes it!
Thanks for registering!
--
° By "Registration", I'm NOT trying to imply that you MUST register, like
many other programs; this program IS free, but the "registration fee" is a
minimum donation to enable extra features in the game. You are NOT
required to register, like most shareware programs.
°° Registration takes several weeks (3 to 5); if you wish to avoid delays,
please do the following:
1 - Type the information into SREREG.TXT and then print it out
instead of writing it by hand.
2 - If you are registering more than one game, please print out
separate registration forms and include separate checks. Mehul
and I are _not_ the same person! If you send a form to him,
and you write at the bottom "register SRE also", I will not
read that form until 3 weeks after he gets it (he has to finish
the registration first), and then it may be ANOTHER 3 weeks
before I do registrations. If you don't mind the cost of an
extra stamp, send two envelopes (one to him and one to me).
3 - If you must write the information by hand, please write neatly!
Many times, we have gotten mail back from the post office because
we were unable to read the address and our interpretation wasn't
the right one.
4 - Use full-sized paper instead of small pieces; small slips of
paper are more easily lost.
5 - If you need a disk mailed to you, it will take longer!
6 - Don't send it by registered mail; since I am at school all day,
I can't go to the post office to pick it up and sign the required
papers, so it may be a few weeks before I get a chance to pick
it up.
7 - It does not help to send it through express mail; since it takes
3 to 5 weeks, one or two days is not going to make a big
difference.
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SOURCE CODE TO SRE / DOOR PROGRAMMING KIT
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It is our policy not to distribute any source code for our games.
In the future we may release 'toolkits' for programmers to write their
own games. We are working on an easy-to-use 'most natural' toolkit
which will require a minimal amount of learning for programmers.
For example, Turbo Pascal users would still use Writeln, not S_WRITE,
I_WRITE, L_WRITE, and other strange procedures that other door driver
kits use. Turbo C++ users use 'kout <<' instead of 'cout <<'
(or #define cout kout), so that very little modification has to be
made to a screen program to make it a modem program. The toolkits
support COM1 - COM4 in TP, or COM1 - COM8 in TC++, and will be easily
extendible. (And they'll come with source.)
There is an early version of the Turbo C++ routines available on our
board; if you want the latest version, please write a letter to me
and I will send you a disk with all the routines.
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I CAN'T AFFORD TO REGISTER!
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If you do not have the money to register, you do not have to remove
the game, like so many others. You have 99 years as a "trial"
period. The only thing you will be missing is the ability to set the
number of turns and set up the bank (and some other minor things).
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LIST OF GAMES
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SRE - Solar Realms Elite
0.990 latest release version
SRE is this game!
AC6 - Alpha Colony 6
0.950 - latest release
AC6 is similar to SRE in style & play. It's written by a
different programmer in a different language; it's not exactly
the same; it takes many of the same types of actions and extends
them (12 types of attack instead of 5, using multiple covert
agents in a covert op, and stocks are just some examples).
It is not well-supported, and it still has many bugs.
PC - Planetary Conquest
1.2 - latest release, but the executable says "1.1"
PC is no longer supported. Registrations are not accepted.
Planetary Conquest is a strategy game placed on a 20x20 on-screen
board. There are several playing pieces, each with a different
purpose, strength, move, and weapon. There are Soldiers, Tanks,
Bases, Artillery, Walls, Obstacles/Symbols, and Water. There are
20 scenarios that can be played by 4 players, and additional
scenarios are available on our board.
SCE - Solar Conquests Elite
1.1 - latest release
SCE is no longer supported. Registrations are not accepted.
Solar Conquests Elite is similar to PC, but is based in space.
There are 5 types of ships and several weapon/engine types.
The game allows from 2 to 5 players to play.
LEA - Lost Empires of Arcadia
0.990 - latest release
LEA is not currently supported. Registrations are not accepted.
Lost Empires of Arcadia is a huge game with lots of races of
beings, castles, thieves, wizards, assassins, many types of
warfare, etc. There are of course, many bugs! :(
SRH - Solar Realms Hangman
0.990 - latest release
This is a computer version of the popular 'Hangman' game. You
can enter words and other players have to guess them. The winner
gets to enter another word or phrase, and the process continues.
BRE - Barren Realms Elite
0.900 - latest releases change every day, so I don't have the
right version number.
This is a brand-new game that is better than SRE, not only in
play, but in allowing you to play against other BBSes through
Fidonet. There are more covert ops, more trading options, a
trading market, better warfare, nicer news files, and best of
all - Inter-BBS operations!
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