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(c) Timo Kauppinen 1993-97
Published by Spectrum Pacific Publishing
CONTENTS
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1. General Instructions
1.1 System requirements
1.2 Files
2. How to play Slicks 'N' Slide
2.1 Command line parameters
2.2 Main menu
2.2.1 Keys
2.2.2 Settings menu
2.3 Race
2.3.1 Keys
2.3.2 Information on the screen
3. Ordering Information
3.1 USA and Canada orders
3.2 Australia and New Zealand orders
3.3 Germany, Austria, and Switzerland orders
3.4 France orders
3.5 Czechia and Slovakia orders
3.6 Scandinavia orders
3.7 Netherlands and Belgium orders
3.8 Spain and Portugal orders
3.9 All other countries orders
4. Other products available from Spectrum Pacific Publishing
1. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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Slicks 'N' Slide is a simple car driving game for up to four
players. The idea of the game is to drive vehicles around a
track as fast as possible. The game works on almost every PC/AT
compatible computer but the faster it is, the smoother vehicles
move.
Slicks 'N' Slide is shareware so you can play it for some weeks
freely, and if you like it, you should pay a cheap registration
fee. See under Ordering Information for details.
1.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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■ VGA 256 colours
■ Mouse support
■ Joystick and LPT-controller support
■ Adlib support
■ SoundBlaster support
■ Gravis Ultrasound support
■ 486 processor recommended for four players
■ About 550kB free conventional memory
1.2 FILES
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Slicks 'N' Slide's shareware package includes following files:
SLICKS.EXE The game
SLICKS.DAT Track blocks of the game
SLICKS.PLR Player list
SLICKS.TRK Track lists
SLICKS.REK A data file
*.SS Tracks and theirs Top tens
SLICKS.PIF A Windows PIF file
SLICKS.ICO A Windows icon file
README.DOC Instructions in English
LICENSE.DOC End-user license agreement
ORDER.DOC Registration form
ORD-AUS.DOC Order form for Australian users
FILE_ID.DIZ Description file for BBS systems
MAKEBOOT.BAT Makeboot utility which creates a boot disk
AUTOEXEC.WTI AUTOEXEC.BAT to be copied onto the boot disk
CONFIG.WTI CONFIG.SYS to be copied onto the boot disk
2. HOW TO PLAY SLICKS 'N' SLIDE
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2.1 COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
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You can use following parameters in Slicks 'N' Slide:
SLICKS -? Available command line arguments
-p<path> Sets path for tracks
-l Change language
-a<x> Change the port of LPT-controllers to
LPT<x> (default LPT1)
-v<vol> Gravis Ultrasound volume (70-100)
2.2 MAIN MENU
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2.2.1 KEYS
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F1 List about the keys
+,- Inc/decrease number of laps
T/MidMouse Show Top ten and the designer of the track
D Delete the Top Ten
DEL Delete the track
R Randomize track order
SPACE/LeftMouse (Un)select a track
ENTER/RightMouse Begin the race
ESC Exit to DOS
2.2.2 CHOICES
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Number of laps
Select randomly
Select all
Unselect all
Randomize
Load a saved game
Tracklist
START
Players:
· Click on the name or the number button to change
the type and the name of the player
· Update button recounts the points
· To add a new player, press a 'NEW' button or
end of the list.
2.2.3 SETTINGS MENU
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· Sounds: None, PC-speaker, Adlib, SoundBlaster, Gravis Ultrasound
· Soundcard settings will be taken from environment
variables (BLASTER for SB and ULTRASND for GUS).
For example, if your SoundBlaster compatible card uses
port 240, interrupt 5 and DMA 1, type:
SET BLASTER=A240 I5 D1.
· BG Sounds
· Laps
· Play mode (choose from Classic, Weapons, Tuning, Tuning +
Weapons, or Custom)
· Money (the amount you start with)
· Money per track
· Weapons
Firing: press 'brake' button. Changing the weapon: left + right
every car has different amount of space available for weapons.
green line = empty space. red line = current weapons space.
· Tuning
· Fuel (in seconds)
· Damage to the car (in %)
· Collisions (with other drivers)
· Change cars (while the part shop is on)
· Controllers (choose controls for each player)
2.3 RACE
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2.3.1 KEYS
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F1/ESC Menu
F9 Next track
F10 End the race
F12 "Boss Key", clears the screen
CTRL-F12 Quick exit
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║ ║
║ All key combinations don't work correclty on every keyboard. ║
║ If you have problems with them, you should find other keys. ║
║ ║
║ Default keys should work with ALMOST every keyboard. ║
║ ║
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2.3.2 INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN
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. .
: screen ... :
│ │
├───────────────┬───────────┬───────────┬───────────┬───────────┤
│$Lìçks - name │ 1 7█19.33 │ 2 1▄18.54 │ 3 8▐21.32 │ 4 2█23.02 │
└─────²²∙°²──╫──┴────╫──────┴───╫─────╫─┴───────────┴─╫─────────┘
║ ║ ╚═════╗ ║ ║ ║
Fastest lap time and ║ ║ ║ Player's number
name of the track ║ ║ ║
║ ║ ║ Yellow: Fastest lap time
║ ║ Blue: Latest lap time
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║ ║ Yellow: Position
║ Blue: Number of driven laps
║ or selected weapon
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Amount of ammo, fuel and damages
(if selected)
3. ORDERING INFORMATION
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The game is shareware so if you enjoy playing it, you are
encouraged to register it upon which you will receive the
following:
■ Newest version of the game
■ Track editor
■ 180 tracks
You can order Slicks'N'Slide directly from the following countries:
3.1 USA and Canada
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Webfoot Technologies, Inc.
P.O. Box 15
Lemont, IL 60439
USA
Toll Free (ORDERS ONLY!):
1-800-4WEBTEC (1-800-493-2832)
Fax Orders to: 1-630-257-0942
Questions: 1-630-257-1224
Tech support is available ONLY for registered
users of this game!
E-mail: info@WebfootGames.com
Home site: www.WebfootGames.com
Anonymous FTP: ftp.WebfootGames.com
Price: $19.95
Add Shipping and Handling: $4.00
Pay by check, cashiers check, money order, Visa,
MasterCard, Discover or American Express
3.2 Australia and New Zealand
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Spectrum Pacific Publishing
P.O.Box 190
Cherrybrook NSW 2126
Australia
Tel: 02-9980-8900 (24-hour automated ordering service)
Fax: 02-9980-9723
E-mail: sales@SpectrumPacific.com.au
Home site: www.SpectrumPacific.com.au
Price: $24.95 (AUD) + $4 postage
Pay by cheque, money order, Visa, MasterCard or Bankcard.
3.3 Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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Juergen Egeling Computer
c/o Ticsoft
Waldstr. 49
76133 Karlsruhe
Germany
Tel: 0721 9109 520
Fax: 0721 9109 599
E-mail: info@ticsoft.de
Hilfe: help@ticsoft.de
Slicks'N'Slide: 39.90
zzgl. Porto und Verpackung 8.05
Nachnahme plus 6.45
Direktbestellung via Internet http://www.ticsoft.de/
3.4 France
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Pour recevoir la version finale de Slicks'N'Slide,
il vous suffit de nous faire parvenir un cheque de 99
Francs a l'adresse suivante:
TLK Games
BP 24
81150 Florentin
France
Tel: 0563532637
Fax: 0563532011
E-mail: TLKGAMES@compuserve.com
Ou de nous passer commande par telephone muni de votre
carte bleu. Vous recevrez en cadeau TECNOBALL Z ainsi
que la derniere version de TLKTRON.
3.5 Czechia and Slovakia
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JIMAZ Ltd.
Hermanova 37
170 00 Praha 7
Czech Republic
Tel: +42-2-379498, +42-2-379870, +42-2-379871
Fax: +42-2-378103
E-mail: jimaz@jimaz.cz
Home site: www.jimaz.cz
Call for prices!
3.6 Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland)
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Scandinavian Software Agency
Box 11
SE-124 21 Bandhagen
Sweden
Phone/Fax +46 8 99 70 37
E-mail: scand@softagency.se
Recieve orders using the Postal Giro Services, Postgirot:
Denmark: pay 149DKK to account no: 1-649-6472
Finland: pay 125FIM to account no: 800057-1090161
Iceland: pay 1590ISK to account no: 602604
Norway: pay 159NOK to account no: 0806 1907581
Sweden: pay 159SEK to account no: 163 24 51 - 9
Credit Card customers using: American Express, Diners Club,
Eurocard, MasterCard or VISA are welcome.
3.7 Nederland en Belgie
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JeKa Software
Postbus 40
1440 AA Purmerend
Netherlands
Tel/Fax : 0299 - 423217 (vanuit Belgie : +31.299.423217)
E-mail : jkreitse@inter.nl.net
Giro : 72.32.978
ABN-AMRO : 44.08.43.308
Prijs : F 40.00 (inclusief btw)
Betaling vanuit Belgie :
- Eurocheque in guldens (voorkeur) -of-
- overschrijving naar onze giro of bank (Let op : bijkomende
kosten voor uw eigen rekening !)
Betaling vanuit Nederland :
- Overschrijving op giro/bank -of-
- cheque aan ons opsturen -of-
- verzending onder rembours (F 15.00 verzendkosten extra)
3.8 Spain and Portugal
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Cataleg Creatius, S.L.
Poeta Maragall, 1
08100 Mollet (Barcelona)
Spain
Tel: + 343 570 64 58
Fax: + 343 570 65 17
E-mail: Cataleg@SpainMail.com
Spain: Price: 2,995 Ptas
Postage and handling: 125 Ptas
Portugal: Price: 3,395 Escudos Escudos
Postage and handling: 150 Escudos
Pay by cheque, money order, Visa or Mastercard.
3.9 All other countries
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Spectrum Pacific Publishing
P.O.Box 190
Cherrybrook NSW 2126
Australia
Tel: 02-9980-8900 (24-hour automated ordering service)
Fax: 02-9980-9723
E-mail: sales@SpectrumPacific.com.au
Home site: www.SpectrumPacific.com.au
Price: $24.95 (AUD) + $8 postage
Pay by cheque, money order, Visa, MasterCard
or Bankcard.
4. OTHER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FROM SPECTRUM PACIFIC PUBLISHING
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Visit our web site at http://www.SpectrumPacific.com.au for more
great games, including:
■ Inner Worlds
■ Yendorian Tales Chapter 2
■ Yendorian Tales - The Tyrants of Thaine
■ Powball
■ Fatal Fumes
■ Subhunt
■ Bubble Pop
■ Delta Hydra
■ Case Closed
And more!
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Slicks'N'Slide v1.30d
Copyright (C) 1993-97 by Timo Kauppinen
Published by Spectrum Pacific Publishing