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- Quenzar's Caverns Version 1.5
- Copyright 1993 Pulse Ventures Ltd.
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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- Please read the tutorial.txt file too for quick instructions on using Quenzar.
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- 1. RUN TIME REQUIREMENTS
- 2. INTRODUCTION
- 3. WHAT'S NEW
- 4. QUENZAR'S CAVERNS AS SHAREWARE
- 5. PRODUCT DISCLAIMER
- 6. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- 7. DISTRIBUTION REGULATIONS
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- 1. RUN TIME REQUIREMENTS
- Quenzar's Caverns requires Windows For WorkGroups, or Windows 3.1+,
- a VGA graphics adaptor, and a mouse. Turn on sound if you have a sound
- card or a sound driver for your PC Speaker. The game runs best on a
- 386DX33 or better machine with at least 4 megabytes of memory.
- In addition, this game requires the VBRUN300.DLL to run as it is a Visual
- Basic program.
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- 2. INTRODUCTION
- Quenzar's Caverns is a low-cost, Windows, dungeon adventure game that combines
- elements of text and action games in a graphical format. Each game is randomly
- generated for continued challenge and can be replayed. The game involves
- combat with monsters, avoiding traps, negotiation, and equipment to be found
- and used. Careful management of your resources is required to finish the game.
- The game is designed to be played in under an hour once you are experienced.
- There are basic and advanced skill levels.
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- 3. WHAT'S NEW
- There are a number of BIG improvements in version 1.5 over 1.2:
- 1. There is now the imicon monster type that disguises itself as furniture.
- 2. Monster abilities have been slightly adjusted.
- 3. *INTERFACE IMPROVEMENT. Added in the USE button to the user interface so
- you can use an item from the main Dungeon Grid screen instead of having to
- goto inventory. You still need an empty inventory space to be able to use
- an item this way.
- 4. *INTERFACE IMPROVEMENT. Many of the popup message boxes have been
- eliminated and the messages now display in the Action Log list box which
- you can scroll through. This speeds game play up considerably.
- 5. Quenzar can now cast magical spells when he fights you so magical
- protection is more useful at the end.
- 6. *SOUND EFFECTS ADDED. There are now sound effects for combat, movement,
- the Slithering Horror, and victory.
- 7. Two rooms of disorientation have been added in to confuse your movement.
- The compass of guiding counteracts this.
- 8. Registered users get a blast spell that is handy in combat in pinch.
- 9. Double clicking on an item in the inventory list will use it.
- 10. You can now play Quenzar with just the keyboard. Use the ALT key to get
- to the menus and command buttons. Movement can be done using the ALT +
- arrow keys.
- 11. Monster critical hits do not happen as often any more.
- 12.*SAVE SETUP. Your setup now saves in a ini file in the windows directory!
- 13. Title bar now indicates the basic or advanced game you are playing.
- 14.*INTERFACE IMPROVEMENT. When using or unusing items, the message boxes
- have been removed and now show up in a log text box at the bottom of the
- inventory dialog.
- 15.*A quickstart tutorial has been included. Inexperienced players should
- read this file first.
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- There are a number of improvements in version 1.2 over 1.1:
- 1. There are 4 more monster types.
- 2. Additional graphics of monsters and end-graphics.
- 3. Monster strengths and attributes have been better tuned.
- 4. Monsters can have special abilities now. For example, bats are hard
- to hit because they are small and fly around, vampires can permanently
- drain your strength, medusas can turn you to stone, and black hounds
- can breath fire.
- 5. New weapons, and more consistent weapon damage values. Polearms now do
- more damage.
- 6. New magic items to use. Three magical amulets, a magic helmet, and a
- pack which allows you to carry more.
- 7. Items in your inventory are now numbered to let you know how many items
- you are carrying.
- 8. Clicking on a visited room box on the map will show you the contents of
- that room.
- 9. Each game is now assigned a game number! Each game number can be
- replayed so favourite dungeons can be used more than once.
- 10. A setup dialog has been added to allow the user to choose either the
- advanced or basic game, enter their name, and to randomize which magical
- items appear in the game. This replaces the large number of menu picks
- in the last version and makes the game play more consistent.
- 11. There are two less trapped rooms making your life a little easier.
- 12. A magical healing spirit has been added into the game who will heal you
- in exchange for gold, giving you something else to spend your hard earned
- money on.
- 13. Improved help file and details about the game describing the monsters.
- 14. The combat system was rewritten to support extra capabilities, and to
- report on CRITICAL HITS.
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- KNOWN BUGS
- a. Bugs relating to the end-screen bitmaps appearing blocky in 1.0 are
- fixed. However, in some screen resolutions and font sizes, the bitmaps
- still appear too small. If the bitmaps do not size right, set your
- graphics card to small fonts.
- b. Rarely, an item name might be missing the first character in your
- inventory list, but this is harmless as it is a display problem that
- disappears on screen refresh.
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- 4. QUENZAR'S CAVERNS AS SHAREWARE
- Quenzar's Caverns is marketed as shareware and is not free. The concept of
- shareware allows users a chance to try software before buying it.
- After a trial period of two weeks, but more often dictated by
- conscience, continued use of a shareware program expects you to register
- it. If you enjoy playing this program please register it, as it encourages
- me to continue to develop low cost, interesting games that might not
- otherwise see daylight.
- Registration information is contained in the program under the About menu
- option of Quenzar's Caverns. Additionally, there is a short registration
- form included as a text file called register.txt.
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- Pulse Ventures Ltd. has copyrighted Quenzar's Caverns, and retains all
- rights to it, with a few specific exceptions stated in the section
- DISTRIBUTION REGULATIONS.
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- 5. PRODUCT DISCLAIMER
- Users of Quenzar's Caverns must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
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- QUENZAR'S CAVERNS IS SUPPLIED AS IS BY PULSE VENTURES LTD. PULSE VENTURES
- LIMITED DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EPPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
- LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OF FITNESS FOR ANY
- PURPOSE. PULSE VENTURES LTD. ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR
- INDIRECT, WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF QUENZAR'S CAVERNS.
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- 6. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- Quenzar's Caverns files can be installed in any directory.
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- The original Quenzar's Caverns is an archived .ZIP file. Simply copy the
- archived file to the desired directory and unarchive it there.
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- Once all the files are in the appropriate directory, Quenzar's Caverns
- can be installed in a Windows Program Manager application group.
- A new program item can be created in a group by:
- * Make sure you are in the Program Manager Dialog. The caption at the
- top of the dialog should read "Program Manager".
- * Click on the File menu from the Program Manager's menu bar.
- * Click "New..." from the File menu.
- * Select the Program Item radio button and click on the OK button.
- * A new dialog box appears, so click on the Browse button.
- * This brings up a common dialog box titled "Browse".
- * Find the directory you left the Quenzar files in by using the
- Directories list box, and clicking on the correct directory. Make
- sure you are on the right disk drive.
- * Once you have the right directory, you should click on the QUENZAR.EXE
- program file to highlight it.
- * Press the OK button again, and again on the next screen, and you have
- installed Quenzar.
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- Quenzar's Caverns can now be started like any other Windows application.
- NOTE: double clicking on the program name from the File Manager also will
- run Quenzar.exe.
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- 7. DISTRIBUTION REGULATIONS
- Pulse Ventures Ltd., specifically grants the right to copy and distribute
- the Quenzar's Caverns game package, with the following restrictions below.
- If you do not follow the restrictions, then distribution is not permitted.
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- * The Quenzar's Caverns game package must be distributed complete and
- UNMODIFIED from its original form. The complete game package is defined
- as the files listed in the PACKLST.TXT file.
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- * The Quenzar's Caverns package including all related program files
- and documentation files cannot be modified in any way.
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- * Quenzar's Caverns must be clearly identified as SHAREWARE.
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- * Shareware Distributors and BBS(s) must inform any recipients in advance
- that their handling fee does not cover the payment for the Registration
- Fee for Quenzar's Caverns.
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- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Pulse Ventures Ltd.
- Pulse Ventures Ltd.
- 1118 - 17th Ave., NW
- Calgary, AB
- Canada
- T2M-0P6
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- are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation.
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