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- Readme file for Atomic Bomberman PC - ALPHA RELEASE
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Dated: June 6th, 1997
- Title: Atomic Bomberman
- # of Players: Only 2 players may play at once.
- Release Date: June/July 97
-
-
- Table of contents
- =================
- 1. Requirements
- 2. Playing Atomic Bomberman
- 3. Legal Information
- 4. Feedback
- 5. Known Bugs
- 6. License Agreement
-
-
- 1. Requirements
- ===============
- IBM TM PC compatible Pentium 90 or faster
- 16 MB RAM
- Windows 95
- 2MB VRAM required with SVGA support
- 100% Sound Blaster TM compatible sound card
- DirectX 3.0+
-
-
- 2. Playing Atomic Bomberman
- ===========================
- For those of you not familiar with Bomberman I will spare you
- the details. The dynamics of the game are as easy as 1-2-3.
- 1) Drop a bomb
- 2) Run, run, like hell.
- 3) Watch your back, your front, your side, just watch out!
-
-
- Here are some of your powerups:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- <IMGpowbomb> Allows you to drop an additional bomb
-
-
- <IMGpowflame> Allows your flame to shoot further
-
-
- <IMGpowdisea> Gives you some random "disease"
-
-
- <IMGpowkick> Allows you to kick any bomb down a hallway
-
-
- Controls
- ~~~~~~~~
- Only Microsoft Sidewinder gamepads are supported at this time.
- Other joysticks may work but there is no calibration facility.
-
-
- Keys during play:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Arrow keys - move your bomberman
- Space bar - drop a bomb
- Ctrl-D - disable debugging
- Ctrl-A - show list of all animation sequences defined
- Ctrl-R - toggle the remap editor screen
- F1 - help (review this file)
- F10 - quit current game (does equivalent of a draw game)
-
-
- 3. Legal Information
- =================
- (See the file LEGAL.TXT for more information)
-
- (c)1997 Interplay Productions and TM Hudson Soft Co., Ltd.
- All rights reserved.
- Interplay is a trademark of Interplay Productions.
- All rights reserved.
- Exclusively licensed and distributed by Interplay Productions.
- Windows and the Windows 95 logo are registered trademarks of
- Microsoft Corporation.
- All rights reserved.
- All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their
- respective owners.
-
-
- 4. Feedback
- ===========
- This is an unsupported release.
-
- Questions, Comments, Suggestions, and/or bugs may be reported
- to: "THE_BOMB@Interplay.com"
-
- When reporting bugs please provide as much detail about your
- machine as possible.
- -----------
- OS version.
- System Type. (ex. Intel Pentium - 90)
- DirectX version number.
- Total Memory.
- Video Card.
- Sound Card.
- If Laptop (which?)
-
-
- 5. Known Bugs
- =============
- * Networking
- -> Networking is still under construction at this time.
-
-
- * Game hangs on Interplay Logo.
- -> We are aware of this bug and are working to track it
- down. Any information that you could provide to
- "THE_BOMB@Interplay.com" would be helpful.
-
- * DINPUT.DLL not found.
- -> Atomic Bomberman requires DirectX 3.0 >.
-
- * Windows NT
- -> Does not fully function under Windows NT at this time.
-
- * Game apparently load's fine, however, after the
- "Loading Artwork" screen the screen goes blank.
- -> We are looking into the exact cause of this. It appears
- to be a problem with non-certified DirectX video drivers.
- -> More rare occasions with certified drivers.
-
- Known fix:
- Install DirectX video driver, then re-install your cards
- video driver on top.
-
- * Game Does not boot or hangs on Interplay Logo.
- -> If you do not have a sound card you will not be able to
- play this demo. The fix for this is in progress.
- Sorry :(
-
-
-
-
-
- SOFTWARE USE LIMITATIONS AND LIMITED LICENSE
-
-
- This special one-level preview version of Atomic Bomberman (the
- "Software") is intended solely for your personal noncommercial
- home entertainment use. You may not decompile, reverse engineer,
- or disassemble the Software, except as permitted by law.
- Interplay Productions and Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. retain all
- rights and title in the Software including all intellectual
- property rights embodied therein and derivatives thereof. You
- are granted a revocable, nonassignable limited license to create
- derivative works of this Software solely for your own personal
- noncommercial home entertainment use and may publicly display
- such derivative works to the extent specifically authorized by
- Interplay in writing. A copy of this authorization, if any,
- will be provided on InterplayÆs World Wide Web site, located at
- http://www.interplay.com, or by contacting the legal department
- Interplay Productions in the US at +(714) 553-6655. The
- Software, including, without limitation, all code, data
- structures, characters, images, sounds, text, screens, game
- play, derivative works and all other elements of the Software
- may not be copied (except as provided below), resold, rented,
- leased, distributed (electronically or otherwise), used on
- pay-per-play, coin-op or other for-charge basis, or for any
- commercial purpose. You may make copies of the Software for
- your personal noncommercial home entertainment use and to
- give to friends and acquaintances on a no cost noncommercial
- basis. This limited right to copy the Software expressly
- excludes any copying or distribution of the Software on a
- commercial basis, including, without limitation, bundling the
- product with any other product or service and any give away of
- the Software in connection with another product or service. Any
- permissions granted herein are provided on a temporary basis and
- can be withdrawn by Interplay Productions at any time. All
- rights not expressly granted are reserved.
-
- Modem and Network Play. If the Software contains modem or
- network play, you may play the Software via modem transmission
- with another person or persons directly without transmission
- through a third party service or indirectly through a third
- party service only if such service is an authorized licensee of
- Interplay. For the purposes of this license, a "third party
- service" refers to any third party service which provides a
- connection between two or more users of the Software, manages,
- organizes, or facilitates game play, translates protocols, or
- otherwise provides a service which commercially exploits the
- Software, but does not include a third party service which
- merely provides a telephonic connection (and nothing more) for
- modem or network play. Authorized licensee services are listed
- on the Interplay Productions World Wide Web Site located at
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- Software expressly excludes any transmission of the Software or
- any data streams thereof on a commercial basis, including,
- without limitation, transmitting the Software by way of a
- commercial service (excepting those specific commercial services
- licensed by Interplay) which translates the protocols or manages
- or organizes game play sessions. If you would like information
- about obtaining a pay-for-play or commercial license to the
- Software, please Interplay Productions in the US at
- +(714) 553-6655. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to
- prevent you from downloading the Software from InterplayÆs Web
- site or from commercial service providers authorized by
- Interplay to provide the Software to you.
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