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- Readme file for ALIEN ATTACK SHAREWARE VER 1.0
- Welcome to the first release of alien attack, a graphic shoot-em up game for
- IBM COMPATIBLE computers.
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- In ALIEN ATTACK, your planet has been under attack for weeks from aliens, the
- only area which survives is this valley.
- destroy as many alien ships as you can, before they destroy your remaining
- cities. GOOD LUCK !
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- CONTROLS:
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- LEFT MISSILE LAUNCHER = 'A'-moves left / 'D'-moves right / 'S'-fires missile
- missiles destroy everything on contact-only 3 can be fired before reloading
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- RIGHT GUN = 'J'-moves left / 'L'-moves right / 'K'-fires bullet
- bullets destroy enemy ships on various amounts of hits-enemy missiles on
- contact-only 6 can be fired before reloading
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- PAUSE/BREAK key to pause the game-ENTER to continue
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- press the 'Q' to quit the game
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- REQUIREMENTS:
- 386sx 25 MHz or better
- VGA video card and monitor
- to have sound a SOUND BLASTER or ADLIB compatible sound card
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- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
- to install alien attack, first copy all files to a directory of your choice.
- then run the setup.exe program to set up your sound card.
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- NOTE: if your sound card is not listed in the setup program, try them all
- until you find the one that works.
- the setup program will then ask you to enter the IRQ of your sound card,
- most times the IRQ of a sound card is either 5 or 7, but you may enter
- other IRQ's if need be.
- the setup program assumes that the address of your sound card is 220h
- (most are). if it is not 220h you can manually change the address setting
- in the 'alien.cfg' file by opening the file with any text editor program
- and deleting the address on the first line and typing the new address on
- first line, be certain to type in the address in decimal (not hexidecimal)
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- >>>>>>>>> EXAMPLE:
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- ALIEN.CFG <----- name of file
- 544 <----- first line represents address in decimal ( 544 = 220h )
- 5 <----- second line represents IRQ
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- >>>>>>>>> END EXAMPLE:
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- THIS IS SHAREWARE and we encourage you to share this game with all your
- friends. TO ORDER THE FULL VERSION OF ALIEN ATTACK send $6.00 u.s +
- $1.50 S & H ( TOTAL $7.50 )
- cashiers check, money order or personal check ( please do not send cash
- in the mail, as we cannot guarantee its arrival ) to:
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- TITAN SOFTWARE
- ALIEN ATTACK UPGRADE
- P.O. BOX 80206
- TOLEDO, OHIO 43608
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- When you order the FULL version of ALIEN ATTACK you get 3 additional
- cities (for a total of 6 cities to protect), you get 2 additional
- backrounds for a total of 3 backrounds (for a different looking
- game every time). You also get a high score chart to keep track of
- your best games, and all shareware statements are removed. You also
- will receive a childrens game "COLORMATCH" which teaches young children
- to identify colors and color names.
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- We here at TITAN SOFTWARE would also welcome any and all comments from you
- send them to the above address and we will try to write back.
- THANK YOU !
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- TITAN SOFTWARE is:
- Robert Jones - Programming, Graphics, Design
- Dave Hall - Sound, Design
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