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McRace 1.0c
Motor City Dragstrip
Copyright 1990 by Motor City Software
All rights reserved
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This program is not Freeware. This is SHAREWARE which means it is user-
supported software. If you use this program for more than 30 days, you are
required to register or remove it from your system. The registration fee is
a mere $10.00 and is not a lot to ask.
The concept works only with your support. If you find that you can use this
program, then a registration fee of $10.00 U.S. funds will help defray the
development cost and encourage the authorship of other programs that might be
useful to you. A Registration Form for this purpose is included with the
distribution archive and is called RACEREG.DOC.
Motor City Dragstrip is Copyrighted 1990 by Motor City Software and all rights
are reserved. You may copy this program and documentation for backup purposes.
You also may copy and share UNMODIFIED copies of the program package,
providing that the copyright notice is reproduced and included on all copies.
You may not sell the product for a fee and/or distribute the product
along with other products without expressed written permission from Motor
City Software, nor may you modify or remove the Copyright Notice from the
program or the documentation.
Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome. If you have any, you
should contact one of the Motor City Software Support Systems listed below.
System Name | Location | Sysop Name |Phone Number |Fido Node
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Motor City BBS | Oshawa, Ontario | Rod Hancock |416-579-6318 |1:229/418
Compro Systems | Bowmanville, Ont. | Jeff Wilson |416-623-5148 |1:229/414
City Terminal BBS | Hopkins, MN | John Parlin |612-938-4301 |1:282/12
The Chancellors Den| Faversham Kent, UK| Dennis Bennet |44-795-538359|2:254/92
Freddy's Funland | Sunrise, FL | John Friedrich|305-384-0970 |1:369/33
If you're reporting a bug, please give as much detail as possible about the
problem you are experiencing so that it can be duplicated and fixed.
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│░░░░░░ INTRODUCTION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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Motor City Dragstrip is an online door program for RemoteAccess 0.01 thru
0.04a but also supports (in this release) QuickBBS 2.64 and SuperBBS.
The game challenges players to achieve the highest monthly score possible
through a series of races. Players race against computer opponents such as
Leadfoot Larry, Bo Nose, Harry Scarey and others.
The player with the most amount of money for the month is the winner and has
his or her name displayed as the "last month's high scorer" throughout the
next month's play.
Motor City Dragstrip runs fine as a type 7 door. User time remaining, user
inactivity and carrier detect are all tracked from within the program.
Although Motor City Dragstrip does not require players to have ANSI graphics
turned on, those who do will benefit by being able to watch the race progress
on an ANSI graphic dragstrip.
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│░░░░░░ INSTALLATION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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McRace is a very simple game. It allows the Sysop to define three program
variables; the maximum number of races per day, the maximum number of
gambles per day, and whether or not to include an online sort of player
scores. These are command line parameters that may be passed to
McRace upon program execution. An explaination of these command line
parameters:
/Rn Specifies the maximum number of races ('n') allowed per player, per
day. The default is 15.
/Gn Specifies the maximum number of times a player may gamble per day.
The default is 7.
/S Supress status bar. When this parameter is used, no status bar
will be displayed during program execution. The default setting
is status bar on.
/W Supress the blow up window that is displayed upon program startup.
The default setting is to use the blow up window.
Examples:
McRace /R20 /G7 - Players may race 20 times per day and gamble 7 times per day
McRace - Players may race 15 times per day and gamble 7 times per day
(these are the default values)
McRace /S /W - Players may race 15 times per day and gamble 7 timers per
day. The status bar and blow up window are supressed.
Motor City Dragstrip can be run in the BBS system directory or in a directory
of its own. If you choose to run it in a separate directory, you must use a
batch file to copy the DORINFO1.DEF and EXITINFO.BBS files to the directory
where Motor City Dragstrip is being run. For example, you might call Motor
City Dragstrip as a type 7 which in turn calls a batch file:
Type 7 command line:
*C /c \RA\PLAYRACE.BAT
PLAYRACE.BAT:
Cd \RA\DRAG
COPY \RA\DORINFO1.DEF
COPY \RA\EXITINFO.BBS
McRace /R15 /G7
Cd \RA
Or, if you are running Motor City Dragstrip from the BBS system directory,
no batch file is needed:
Type 7 command line:
MCRACE.EXE /R15 /G7
That's all there is to installing the Motor City Dragstrip door. There is no
setup program needed.
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│░░░░░░ SUPPORT FILES ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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The following is a list of files related to the operation of this program.
It is noted whether or not the file is absolutely required in order for the
program to run.
Filename Required Description
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MCRACE.EXE Yes The main progam executable.
TRACK.ANS Yes This is the ANSI graphic race track
MCRACE.ANS No This is an ANSI file that is displayed to users,
only if it exists, when the program is started.
MCRACE.ASC No This is an ASCII text file that is displayed to
users when the caller does not have ANSI graphics
enabled or when the MCRACE.ANS file does not
exist.
MCRACE.DTE No This is the McRace date file. This is the file
McRace uses to determine when the end of month
has arrived.
MCRACE.HSC No This file contains the last month's high scorer
statistics.
MCRACE.DAT Yes This is the McRace player data file. If it does
not exist, McRace will create it.
MCRACE.DOC No This documentation.
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The object of the game is obvious. Players try to win as much money as
possible to obtain the highest score. Oh sure, there's nothing to it, right?
Wrong! Obstacles get in the way from time to time. Like getting started
trying to turn a profit. Tires and fuel aren't exactly cheap and since you're
burning rubber at every start, one set of tires will only carry a player
through 3 races. Fuel is another story. The bigger the engine the more fuel
that is consumed.
Yet these aren't even the obstacles that were just mentioned. They're just
a fact of racing. Other obstacles lay waiting. A vandal might get into
the trailer at night and slash your dragster's tires. A crew member may
have found a better job since you last raced. These two obstacles are ones
that are run into from time to time when a player enters the door.
There are others too. Players are only human and as such, tend to blow
their engines once in a while. The computer opponents are no angels either
and may also blow their engines, which would be to the player's advantage.
Players may also find themselves swirving into the wall in order to avoid
striking a drunken fan on the track. Or running into oil slicks and wiping
out. Or even blowing an axle which also causes a crash. But, rest assured,
the computer opponent can also crash and even run out of gas allowing the
player an easy win.
But watch out! Be careful not to attempt to race with an empty fuel tank
or shot tires. This will always ask for trouble (and get it).
False starts are another obstacle to watch out for. If you 'red light' you
lose the race. But don't fear, if your opponent 'red lights' you win the
race and the money!
Yes, and other little obstacles lay waiting. But I won't reveal any more
of them here. I'll let you find them for yourself. After all, that's
half the fun.
Each month, all the player scores are reduced back to 0 and the play begins
over again. The player with the highest score will have his/her name and
score saved in a file called McRace.Hsc which will then be displayed to all
players during program startup the following month.
Have some fun!