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- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │SPACE WAR v1.3 copyright 1995,96 Green Sheep Software│
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- It is the distant future. You decided to join the space marines so that you
- could go to college. You never realized that they might have to send you
- into such danger. As you man your station, a report comes over the radio.
- "Huge disturbance in sector 7G (anyone recognize that?). The director of
- the top secret Megamean Warship has stolen the ship in mutiny. He has been
- reprogramming drones to do desert with him. You must investigate."
- "I should have joined the army," you say...
-
- Changes made from 1.2 to 1.3
- -Added neato introduction
- -Improved the define keys menu
- -Updated the 'About' screen
-
- Changes made from 1.1 to 1.2:
- -Added a menu accessible during a game; press escape or the right mouse
- button
- -Changed fasted speed from 1 to 99
- -Made MegaMean Warship faster
- -Now puts the Space War logo at the bottom of the playing screen
- -Now displays "This game is paused" so you know it's not locked up
- -Added a reassuring tone added to "Default Keys" and "Save Configuration"
- choices so you know they work
- -Spruced up the 'About' screen with some stars
- -Added a few more sounds
-
-
- Changes made from 1.0 to 1.1:
- -Added a save configuration for all of your favorite settings
- -Replaced unreliable ID.EXE file with SPACEWAR.HAL
- -Fixed the bug of of the mouse disapearing after a game
- -Changed the method of changing speeds; on main screen with arrow keys
- -Sometimes the sound for player 2 would not work
- -Added new sounds for ships exploding
-
-
- Welcome to Space War. You should have these files:
- SPACEWAR.EXE: Runs the game.
- SPACEWAR.DOC: This helpful document.
- SPACEWAR.ICO: Icon for Windows use.
- SPACEWAR.HAL: The 'About' screen.
- FILE_ID.IDZ: Description of game for bbs's.
-
- SPACEWAR.CFG: Saves your favorite settings (does not matter if this file
- exists, Space War will generate a new one.)
-
- If you are missing any of these files, then please write me at the address
- below, and send an extra dollar (with the registration fee) for the disk.
-
- Getting Started:
- Well, I will make this simple. First make a directory. I suggest
- C:\SPACEWAR. Do this by typing MD C:\GAMES\SPACEWAR at the C: prompt. Then
- by typing COPY SPACEWAR.EXE C:\GAMES\SPACEWAR; COPY SPACEWAR.DOC C:\GAMES\SPAC
- EWAR etc. Once you have copied them all, type CD SPACEWAR at the C: prompt.
- Then type SPACEWAR to begin. You can install it into Windows 3.1, but it will
- run signifigantly slower, so keep that in mind. I have included SPACEWAR.ICO
- for running it under windows. I haven't had any experience with Windows 95,
- so I don't know how it will work out.
-
- Here is an explanation of the main menu:
- New
- Starts a new game with all of the set functions (type of controls, sound
- effects, etc.)
- Player 1:
- Defines what input device player 1 will be using. The default is the mouse,
- but you can use a joystick or the keyboard. For the mouse and the keyboard,
- your ship will follow the little white dot below your ship, and will shoot
- when the buttons are pressed.
- Player 2:
- The same as Player 1, but you can also choose the computer to play. The
- computer is the default. The controls for the joystick and mouse are the
- same, except the dot is above your ship.
- Define Keys:
- Lets you personalize the keys. These can now be saved.
- The default keys are: Player 1- left = 4, right = 6, and shoot = 5
- Player 2- left = A, right = D, shoot = S. Pause = Space Bar
- If you choose 2 or more functions for 1 key, it will do only the first.
- In other words, don't.
- About:
- Tells about the game (i.e. credits, how to register). It will boot you out
- of the program if you don't have the file "SPACEWAR.HAL".
- Speed:
- Changes how fast your hardware is, or controls the difficulty level. Since
- this game was written on a pentium, it may not run well on slow systems.
- The default speed, also the fastest speed, is 99. Use the left and right
- arrow keys or mouse buttons to adjust it. This option can now be changed
- during a game by pressing escape or the right mouse button.
- Sound:
- Toggles between annoying sound effects and no annoying sound effects. Since
- they are rather annoying, the default is off. (They also slow the game down
- slightly). I have had trouble using the sound in Windows, so you may have
- to turn the sound off if you actually use Windows.
- Save Configuration:
- Saves all of the current settings such as sound, speed, input device for
- player 1 & 2 and personalized keys. This should make a tone through the
- pc speaker.
- Quit:
- Exits the game.
-
- Miscellaneous stuff:
- By pressing escape or the right mouse button during a game, you can get a
- menu to toggle sound, adjust speed, or end the game.
-
- How to register:
- To register send $2.00 (American) to
-
- Green Sheep Software
- 210 Hollyridge Dr.
- Roswell, GA 30076-1208
-
- Contact GSS at frediani@mindspring.com, or check out our web site at
- http://www.mindspring.com/~frediani/gss/
-
- With your registration fee you will recieve a list of all cheat codes
- including invincibility, warp through levels, full energy, and add 1 life.
- You will also recieve good luck for the rest of your life through an unusual
- force too deep to be comprehended by mere mortals.
-
- Thanks go to everyone who helped:
- James Cobb: Designing the Megamean Warship
- Matt Williamson: Beta testing
- ?: Writing the mouse codes
- Everyone who registers: Being good people
-
- Feel free to give Space War to your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers
- etc. Also feel free to upload to any bbs, ftp, telnet, newsgroup, online
- service, or anything else, as long as you include all of the files, and don't
- change them in any way.
-
- Space War and all files listed above are (c) copyright 1995, 96 Green Sheep
- Software.
- All trademarks mentioned are owned by their respective companies.
-
- Space War is absolutely positively 100% guaranteed to probably not do
- anything bad to your hardware or software. If by some freakish chance it
- does or seems to harm your anything, the author is in no way, shape or form
- responsible. It must be your fault.
-
- In future editions of Space War, look for:
- -Sound effects: Soundblaster if i get a decent QB45 library with support.
- -VGA mode graphics: Maybe.
-
- Also by this author:
-
- Look for these other Green Sheep Software releases:
-
- Hoof Biter (HOOF12.ZIP) Horse racing with up to 6 players
- Wad Dizzer (WADDIZ10.ZIP) BBS Utility for organizing Wad files
- Text to HTML (TXT2HTML.ZIP) Add HTML tags to text documents
- HTML to Text (HTML2TXT.ZIP) Remove HTML tags from documents
-
- Coming soon from GSS:
-
- SOS - The exciting strategy game
-
- "Bette Midler now assumes sainthood, Romanticize murder for morale"
-
- -Propaghandi
-
- "As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination.
- When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular"
-
- -Oscar Wilde
-
-