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Rings of the Magi Copyright (C) 1995 Cytherean Adventures All Rights Reserved An MVP Software Production This game is shareware. You may freely try it. If you like it or find it useful, then you must register with MVP Software. To "register" a shareware game means to purchase it directly from the developer. (Shareware games are evaluation versions only, which means you have the right to try them, but after trying them you must either register them with the author or delete them from your system. It is unlikely that anyone will check up on you, so shareware works because of the honesty of users.) When you register you will receive Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition, which includes all of the following additional features: * 60 new boards (80 boards in all. * 3 times as much graphics compared to the shareware version. * Secret cheat codes. * Auto-solve for ALL boards. * Save your own solve routines. * Easy-to-use editor lets you create your own killer boards. * Printed manual with tips and hints from the author. Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition is just $19.95 plus shipping. So order today! Registered users receive a special offer on other MVP products. To order, call 800-968-9684 toll-free 24 hours a day. Please have your Master Card or Visa ready when you call. Or fill out the order form in this manual and fax it to: 616-245-3204. Make sure your credit card number and expiration date are legible. Or if you prefer mail the order form and your check to: MVP Software, 1035 Dallas SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407. For overseas orders or technical support call 616-245-8376. How to Register Online and Receive Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition Immediately! MVP is pleased that all MVP shareware products can now be registered online, with immediate download of the registered version. This service is available to anyone in the world who has a Master Card or Visa and can call from a modem. To register Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition or any other MVP shareware game online, call InterComm at 1-310-286-0881. Once you are connected, go to the MVP section. There you may download any MVP shareware program free of charge, or you may order and immediately download any MVP non-shareware title or registered title. It's easy and it's fun, so call today. Download All the Latest MVP Shareware Games FREE If your favorite BBS doesn't have an MVP file section, then you may be missing some great shareware. 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In Australia: ------------ Budgetware 9 Albermarle St Newtown NSW 2042 phone: (02) 519-4233 Fax: (02) 516-4236 order price: $A30.00 (includes shipping) In the United Kingdom: --------------------- Oakley Data Services 3, Oakley Close Sandbach Cheshire CW11 9RQ phone: (0) 1270 759739 fax: (0) 1270 765272 email 74774,1347@compuserve.com order price: L20 (includes shipping and taxes) In Denmark and all of Scandanavia: --------------------------------- Pro-Soft Benloese Skel 4 G DK 4100 Ringsted phone: 53 61 90 42 Fax: 53 61 93 91 order price: 145,00 kr. + VAT 25% + s/h 25,00 In Japan: -------- P. & A. Company Ltd 302 Bellwins, 1367-23 Nakagami, Akishima Tokyo 196 phone: 425-46-9141 Fax: 425-46-9142 BBS: 425-46-9143 order price: 3015 yen includes shipping and taxes Germany, Austria, and Switzerland --------------------------------- Topware PD-Service GmbH Quadrat 0 3, 2 68161 Mannheim phone: (0621) 1 26 73 30 Fax: (0621) 1 26 73 33 order price: 33 DM (includes taxes) plus 6 DM shipping The Netherlands --------------- HaSa Software Applications PO Box 414 9500 AK Stadskanaal phone: 5990 50161 Fax: 5990 50124 BBS: 5990 50212 or 50314 or 50232 CIS: 100115,542 order price: Call for current price Italy ----- Systems Comunicazioni srl via Olanda 6 - 20083 Gaggiano phone: (02) 9084 1814 Fax: (02) 9084 1682 BBS: (02) 9084 1811 order price: Lire 42.000 IVA inclusa Spain ----- Friendware S.L. C/ Miguel Angel, 6 2-5 28010 Madrid phone: (91) 308 34 46 Fax: (91) 308 52 97 CIS: 100413,1667 order price: 3.000 Pts Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition Order Form Name ______________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________ City _______________________________ State ______ ZIP _____________ Country (if outside USA) __________________________________________ Price of Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition $19.95 Shipping and Handling (US) 4.00 Shipping and Handling (Canada) 5.00 Shipping and Handling (all other countries) 6.00 Michigan residents add sales tax 1.44 ----- Make check payable to "MVP Software" Total enclosed: $ Master Card/Visa information (credit card orders only) Card number __________________________________________ Expiration date ______________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUNTARY QUESTIONS: Please help us determine what features you ==================== would like in future products. Circle what type of equipment you have: 386 486SX 486DX Pentium Circle the speed of your computer(Mhz): 25 33 40 50 66 90 ___ Circle any that apply: Joystick Mouse Modem_______ SVGA card (speed) Sound Capability: Adlib Sound Blaster SB Pro SB AWE32 PC speaker only Other ____________________________________ Where did you get Rings of the Magi? Friend CompuServe AOL Prodigy Channel 1 Invention Factory World Data Network Ryan's Bar Exec-PC Space BBS Sound Advice BBS (name): _______________________ phone # _______________________ address ________________________________________________________ Shareware Distributor (name): ______________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Send this order form and your check to: MVP Software, 1035 Dallas S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407 US or Canada 24-hour order line: 800-968-9684. Fax: 616-245-3204. Tech support, information, or overseas order line: 616-245-8376. INSTALLATION ------------ Rings of the Magi can be installed and run from DOS and Windows. Although it is a DOS program, most Windows users will experience no difficulty in running the game from Windows. However, after installation, if you have any difficulties in running it from Windows, we recommend that you run it from DOS only. For more information on running the game from Windows, see the section entitled "Windows" near the end of this manual. ONLINE USERS: If you have downloaded Rings of the Magi from a BBS and unzipped the file onto your hard drive into a separate directory, simply type ROTM and press ENTER to start the game. If you have received Rings of the Magi on a disk and wish to install it from DOS, type INSTALL and press ENTER to install the game onto your hard disk. To install Rings of the Magi from Windows, run Winsetup from your Windows file or program manager. Please note that if you are installing the game from Windows, if the files are on your hard drive, you have to install them to a different directory. To start the game from Windows double click on the Rings of the Magi icon. :::::::::::::::::::=- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS -=::::::::::::::::::: Rings of the Magi requires a 386sx or faster IBM PC- compatible computer with at least 512K conventional RAM free, VGA graphics card and monitor, a hard drive with at least 2.5 megabytes free, and a mouse and mouse driver. ::::::::::::::::::::=- STARTING THE GAME -=:::::::::::::::::::: To start the game from DOS, you must first change to the directory in which Rings of the Magi is installed. For example, type CD\ROTM and press the enter key. Then type ROTM and press ENTER to start the program. If you experience trouble getting Rings of the Magi to start properly, see the troubleshooting section at the end of this document. ::::::::::::::::::::::::=- THE STORY -=:::::::::::::::::::::::: In ages long past, the mystics of Ac`Rianed realized their powers were dwindling, and the art of the Magi was quickly being forgotten. The life energy of their world, which fueled their magic, was slowly drained by some unknown, yet terrible force. The people of Ac`Rianed were wasting away, while the mystics felt powerless to protect them. Thus is was that the mystics came together and crafted their rings - a set of artifacts in which they could store their remaining power. Each mystic fashioned a set of rings from a distinctive material, and whenever two or more of these similar rings were brought together, the power within them could be harnessed. By separating the rings into different patterns and then reassembling them, different aspects of that power could be called upon. But it was not enough to simply store this power in the rings. New apprentices had to be trained, lest the secret of the rings be forgotten and the world fall into ruin. Thus was created a special training board upon which novice users of the rings could safely practice their assembly. Only by successfully completing this training can the apprentice hope to restore peace to Ac`Rianed, and command the Rings of the Magi... ::::::::::::::::::::::=- INTRO/STORY -=:::::::::::::::::::::::: When the game loads, an introduction and story sequence is displayed. The intro/story consists of a number of short scenes, each of which remains on screen for a short while before advancing to the next scene. You may advance to the next scene more rapidly by pressing a key or clicking a mouse button. You may also bypass the intro/story sequence completely by pressing the [Esc] key at any time. :::::::::::::::::::::=- TITLE SCREEN -=:::::::::::::::::::::::: The title screen is displayed immediately following the intro/story sequence. Press a key or click the mouse button to proceed. ::::::::::::::::::::::=- MAIN MENU -=:::::::::::::::::::::::::: The main menu consists of a number of buttons which allow you to play or resume a game, load and save games, configure the game, view the credits and the instructions, activate the board editor or leave the game. Button Keyboard Shortcut Function ---------- ------------ ------------------------------------- play game P If no game is currently loaded or in [Enter] progress, a new game will be started. If you have loaded a previous game or are currently in the middle of a game, the game will resume from your previous position. config G Allows you to configure music and sound volume, the speed of the AutoSolve feature, and whether the intro/story sequence is displayed during start-up. credits C View the credits for Rings of the Magi. instructions I View the instructions for Rings of the Magi. load/save L Load or Save a game. high scores H View the high scores roster. editor E Board editor. exit X Quit the game and return to the [Esc] operating system. If you have not yet saved your game, you will first be asked if you wish to do so before exiting. Select "yes" to access the load/save menu, or "no" to exit without saving. ::::::::::::::::=- SELECTING A GAME BOARD -=::::::::::::::::::: The board selection screen allows you to choose which particular game board you wish to play (or edit). You may play the boards in any order that you desire. After successfully completing a board, the game will automatically select the next board for you when you return to the board selection screen, however you may manually select a different board. In the upper left corner of the screen is the board preview display area, where a miniature representation of the game board is displayed. As you select from among the game boards, this display will change to reflect the currently selected board. If you have already solved the currently selected board at least once it will be surrounded by a glowing red border. You may, however, replay a board that you have previously solved if you wish to attempt to improve your score on that board. Just below the board preview display area is displayed your current best score for this particular board, as well as your total score for this game. The number and name of the current board are displayed just to the right of the board preview display area. You may select the next or previous game board within the current difficulty level by using the up/down buttons just below the board number display. The difficulty level may be changed by pressing one of the buttons located in the lower right corner labeled "Novice", "Apprentice", "Journeyman", "Master" and "Custom". Once you have selected the desired board, press the "Accept" button to begin playing. Or, you may press the "Cancel" button to return to the main menu without playing the board. Keyboard Button Shortcut Function ----------- ---------- ------------------------------------- up [up] Select the next board within this level down [down] Select the previous board within this level accept [Enter] Begin playing this board cancel [Esc] Return to the main menu novice N Select difficulty level - easy apprentice A Select difficulty level - moderately easy journeyman J Select difficulty level - moderately hard master M Select difficulty level - hard custom C Select difficulty level - user created There are 20 boards in total, 10 each in the the Novice and Apprentice difficulty levels. To obtain additional puzzles, see the ordering section for information about the full Grand Master Edition of Rings of the Magi. :::::::::::::::::::=- PLAYING THE GAME -=:::::::::::::::::::::: The object of the game is to remove all of the colored rings from the game board. Once all the rings have been removed from a particular board, that puzzle is considered completed and you may move on to the next puzzle. Rings are removed from the game board whenever two or more rings of the same color come into direct contact with each another. The rings cannot be moved directly, but are affected by arrow buttons located throughout the game board. Arrow buttons indicate the direction in which they will exert their force. When an arrow button is pressed, all the rings in the indicated row or column will move one step in the indicated direction, unless blocked or hidden behind a solid object. Ring movement may be blocked by a solid wooden game piece, or by an arrow button, or by another ring if that ring is itself blocked by some solid object. Additionally, a ring may be blocked by the edge of the game board itself - it is not possible to push a ring off the edge of the game board. Button Keyb. Shortcut Function -------- ----------- --------------------------------------- undo U Pressing the "undo" button will restore the game board to the state it was in before the most recent ring movement. Only the most recent movement can be undone. If your score changed during the most recent move, it is also restored to its previous value. solve S Pressing the "solve" button allows you to view one of the possible solutions for this puzzle. A bright green outline will surround the "solve" button while the solution is in progress. The game board will then be restarted and the arrow buttons will be automatically pressed to solve the puzzle. You may interrupt the solution at any time by pressing a mouse button or the [Esc] key. restart R Pressing the "restart" button will restore the game board to its original configuration. Your score will also be reset to the value it had when this board was selected. quit Q Pressing the "quit" button allows you to [Esc] leave this game board without completing the puzzle. A message window pops up on screen asking if you wish to exit before completing the current board. If you wish to resume play, select "No". If you wish to exit and return to the board selection screen, select "Yes". Alt-R Pressing the Alt-R combination will begin record mode for board solution macros. Record mode allows you to create your own automatic solutions for the custom game boards you have created. A bright red outline will surround the solve button while recording is in progress. You may cancel Record mode by pressing Alt-R again. Pressing the "solve," "restart" or "quit" buttons also cancels Record mode before performing the requested action. Pressing the "undo" button does not cancel Record mode, as an undo can be recorded into the solution macro. [F1] Access the configuration menu. [F9] Toggle sound effects on/off. [F10] Toggle music on/off. Alt-S Manually activate the screen saver. Scoring ------- Points are awarded as the rings are matched up and removed from the game board. Additional points are awarded for simultaneously removing several rings with a single movement. The following table explains the scoring: Number of Rings Matched/Removed Score --------------- ----- 2 40 3 90 4 160 5 250 6 360 etc. Recovering From A Bad Move -------------------------- It is possible to move a ring or match up several rings in such a way as to make the game board impossible to solve. If this happens you should immediately try "undo"-ing your last move. If you do not "undo" that move, and continue playing, you may receive a warning message indicating that the game board cannot be solved. This message will only appear if the game board cannot be solved AND the "undo" version of the game board also cannot be solved. You will be asked if you wish to restart this board. If you select "yes" the board will be reset to its initial state and you may try to solve it again. If you select "no" the board will remain in its current state and you may continue to play the board as is, although it will not be possible to actually solve the puzzle. You may also restart the game board manually at any time by pressing the "restart" button. Screen Saver ------------ After five minutes of inactivity (no key presses or mouse presses) the playing screen will switch to a screen saver display in order to save wear and tear on your monitor. Simply move the mouse, press a key, or press a mouse button in order to restore the playing screen. ::::::::::::::::::=- COMPLETING A GAME -=:::::::::::::::::::::: Completing a game board ----------------------- Upon completion of each game board, one of the Mystics of Ac`Rianed will appear and deliver a message regarding your performance. You may press any key or a mouse button to advance through this message more rapidly. Completing all of the game boards within a difficulty level ----------------------------------------------------------- Upon completion of each complete level, you will be awarded one of the symbolic finger rings which indicate the status of a Ring Master. Once you have collected all four finger rings you will have truly earned the title "Ring Master." You may then command the Rings of the Magi, and help restore peace to the people of Ac`Rianed. Congratulations! :::::::::::::::::::::=- HIGH SCORES -=::::::::::::::::::::::::: If your current total score qualifies you for inclusion in the high scores roster, you will be prompted to enter your name upon the roster before you return to the main menu. A glowing red border will surround the slot in which your high score will be stored. Enter your name using the keyboard, then press [Enter] or use the mouse to press the "done" button to proceed. To clear the entire high scores roster, use the mouse to press the "clear" button. ::::::::::::::::::=- CONFIGURATION MENU -=::::::::::::::::::::: Clicking on the "config" button from the main menu will display a sub-menu from which you may adjust several parameters affecting the game. These parameters include the volume of sound effects and music, the rate at which the solve feature operates, and whether or not the intro sequence is displayed when the program is started. These configuration settings will be automatically saved to disk so that they will remain in effect the next time that you play Rings of the Magi. Sound Effects And Music ----------------------- Sound effects may be completely disabled by clicking on the button labelled "fx". A red circle with a slash through it indicates that sound effects have been disabled. You may re- enable sound effects by pressing this button again. Music may be enabled/disabled in the same manner by clicking on the button labelled with a musical note symbol. The volume of the sound effects may be adjusted by clicking on the two arrows just to the right of the "fx" button. Clicking on the left "<-" button will decrease the volume, while the right "->" button will increase the volume. The indicator labelled "VOL" will move left or right to reflect the volume changes you have made. The music volume may be changed in the same manner by clicking on the buttons just to the right of the musical note button. Solve Speed ----------- The rate at which the automatic solve feature operates may be increased or decreased by clicking on the two arrow buttons just to the right of the "solve speed" label. Clicking on the left "tortoise" button will decrease the solve speed, while clicking on the right "gazelle" button will increase the solve speed. The indicator labelled "<->" will move left or right to reflect the changes you have made. Intro On/Off ------------ The intro and story sequence which is displayed at the beginning of the program may be disabled by clicking on the button labelled "I". A red circle with a slash through it indicates that the intro has been disabled. (Disabling the intro will also disable the "thunder and lightning" effect that appears when the title screen is displayed.) You may re-enable the intro sequence by pressing button again. ::::::::::::::::=- LOAD/SAVE GAME MENU -=:::::::::::::::::::::: Clicking on the "load/save" button from the main menu will display a sub-menu from which you may either save the current game or load a previously saved game. A saved game remembers all your individual board scores, as well as your total score and the level/board that you are currently playing. There are sixteen "slots" in which games may be saved. The currently active slot is indicated by a glowing red border. The scroll buttons along the left side of the menu will allow you to scroll forward or backward through the list of saved game slots. Saving A Game ------------- Click the mouse on the game slot in which you wish to save the current game. A glowing red border will now surround that slot. Next, click the mouse on the "save" button. A glowing red underline cursor will appear within the chosen game slot, prompting you to enter a descriptive name by which this saved game can be identified. Use the keyboard to enter a name for the game. The backspace key may be used to remove characters from a previously entered name. Once the name has been entered, press the [Enter] key or click the mouse again on the "save" button to save the game. The game will be saved immediately, and you will be returned to the main menu. Loading A Game -------------- Click the mouse on the game slot which contains the previously saved game that you wish to load. A glowing red border will now surround that slot. Next, click the mouse on the "load" button. The game will be loaded immediately, and you will be taken directly to the board selection screen where you may continue your game. Canceling A Load/Save ---------------------- If you decide that you do not wish to either load or save a game, simply click the mouse on the "cancel" button. You will be returned to the main menu, and may continue your existing game. ::::::::::::::::::::::=- CREDITS -=:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Clicking on the "credits" button from the main menu will display a list of credits, displaying the names of the people responsible for creating Rings of the Magi. Press the mouse button, or any key, to continue. :::::::::::::::::::=- INSTRUCTIONS -=:::::::::::::::::::::::::: Clicking on the "instructions" button from the main menu will display a set of screens which provide the instructions for playing Rings of the Magi. Keyboard Button Shortcut Function -------- ---------- ---------------------------------------- < prev [left] Display the previous instructions page. [PgUp] exit [Esc] Return to the main menu. next > [right] Display the next instructions page. [PgDn] :::::::::::::::::::::::=- EDITOR -=:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: *** Available in the registered Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition only. :::::::::::::=- SHARING USER-CREATED BOARDS -=::::::::::::::::: *** Available in the registered Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition only. :::::::::::::::::::=- MISCELLANEOUS -=::::::::::::::::::::::::: You may quickly quit the game immediately and return to the operating system at any time by pressing ALT-Q. ::::::::::::::::::::=- CHEAT CODES -=:::::::::::::::::::::::::: *** Available in the registered Rings of the Magi: Grand Master Edition only. :::::::::::::::::::::=- TROUBLESHOOTING -=::::::::::::::::::::: Mouse ----- You must have a mouse to play Rings of the Magi. You must also have a mouse driver properly loaded before starting the program. This is typically accomplished by loading either MOUSE.SYS, MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.EXE during boot-up, although the driver may often be loaded manually by simply typing "MOUSE" at the command line. Memory ------ Rings of the Magi requires approximately 512K free conventional RAM in order to run. If there is insufficient memory, you may try removing unneeded TSR's or device drivers from memory. BLASTER environment variable ---------------------------- Rings of the Magi will attempt automatically to detect your sound hardware. The vast majority of sound cards can be detected by this method. However, if you find that Rings of the Magi fails to detect your sound card, you may use the BLASTER environment variable to provide additional information about your sound card to the auto-detect routine. The following command will set the BLASTER environment variable: SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 Where the number following the "A" is the address of your sound card. The number following the "I" is the interrupt level, and the number following the "D" is the DMA channel used. You must be certain that the values you specify are correct for your particular setup. SETUP program ------------- If you are still experiencing sound problems after having tried setting the BLASTER environment variable, you may try using the SETUP program. The SETUP program will interactively prompt you for the correct parameters for your sound card, then test those parameters and write out a setup file to disk. To start the SETUP program, simply type "SETUP" from the command prompt and press [Enter]. Then use the arrow keys and the [Enter] key to navigate through the menus. First, you must configure your sound card. Then, you should test that both music and sound effects and working properly. If so, you should save those parameters and exit the program. If not, you may need to try again; re-configure your sound card and test it until both music and sound effects work properly. If the program completes successfully it should have saved a file named "SETUP.DAT" on your disk. This file describes your sound hardware to Rings of the Magi. The parameters you specified for your sound card will now be used instead of the auto-detect routine within Rings of the Magi. Windows ------- Rings of the Magi makes extensive use of your computer's memory, video and sound hardware. For these reasons it is not recommended that you run the program from Windows. However, there are certain steps you can take to improve the program's performance under Windows. If you experience sound or music problems when running Rings of the Magi from Windows, it may be necessary to create a "PIF" file in order to inform Windows of the resources which it must allocate in order for the program to run. In particular, you may need to grant exclusive execution to Rings of the Magi in order for it to assume control of your sound hardware. If you experience video or memory problems, there are additional fields within the "PIF" file that will allow you to grant both more main memory and more control over the video hardware to Rings of the Magi. In particular, you may need to set Video Memory to "High Graphics" and set Memory Requirements/KB Required to at least "512". The PIF Editor program, typically located in the Main program group, will allow you to create this "PIF" file. Check your Windows documentation for more information on creating "PIF" files. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Design & Programming: David Bollinger Art & Animation: Tom Marlin, Marlin Studios Composer: David B. Schultz, DBS Music Voice of the Magi: Dale Blackwood Producer: C. Steven Blackwood Publisher: MVP Software :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::