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- XENOBLASTER(V1.21): Attack of the Xorg, and the name Digital Emotions
- and its diminutives Digitem and D.E.
- Copyright (C) 1995 by Felix Leung.
- All rights Reserved.
-
- This program is protected by international copyright laws.
-
- Digital Emotions is a member of the ASP. Digital Emotions is a member of STAR.
-
-
- DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
- -----------------------
-
- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
- before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue
- using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs
- differ on details -- some request registration while others
- require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With
- registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue
- using the software to an updated program with printed manual.
-
- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
- and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
- exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished
- programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
- of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs
- and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
- distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy
- and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a
- specific group. For example, some authors require written
- permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their
- Shareware.
-
- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You
- should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
- whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes
- fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy.
- And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware
- has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
- product, you don't pay for it.
-
- Xenoblaster is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
- to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your
- friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of
- another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to
- provide personal computer users with quality software without
- high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to
- continue to develop new products. If you find this program
- useful and find that you are using Xenoblaster and continue to use
- Xenoblaster after a reasonable trial period, you must make a reg-
- istration payment to Felix Leung. The registration fee will
- license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time.
- You must treat this software just like a book. An example is
- that this software may be used by any number of people and may be
- freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there
- is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being
- used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons
- at the same time.
-
- Users of Xenoblaster must register and pay for their
- copies of Xenoblaster within 30 days of first use or their license
- is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by con-
- tacting Felix Leung.
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of Xenoblaster along to your
- friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their
- copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users
- will receive a copy of the latest version of the Xenoblaster
- system.
-
-
- THE OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT
- -----------------------
-
- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle
- works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem
- with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to
- help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an
- ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products.
- Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Rd., Muskegon, MI USA, or
- send a Compuserve message via CIS MAIL to ASP Ombudsman 72050,1433.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
- ----------
-
- Similarities of characters in this game to anything living or dead is
- purely coincidental. The Author of this program has spent hours
- testing and retesting, to ensure that this game will have no bugs or
- errors of that type. This game was tested on 486DX/33 and a 486SX/25.
- During the time of testing all known bugs were succesfully removed.
- Please beware that upon using this application, the author assumes no
- responsibility for any claim that may arise from use. This includes
- damage, loss of profit and loss of buisness. Please use this program
- at your own risk. You are not allowed to hack, decompile, edit or
- reverse engineer the contents of this game. You are not allowed to use
- the game blocks in your own Game-Maker games. In the event you wish to
- use the blocks, animation or pictures in a commercial or shareware
- /freeware game or for personal use or for private presentation you must
- have written permission from Felix Leung. (Ask for it when you register
- this game.) All programs that were used in the making of this game are
- copyright by their authors respectivly.
-
- DIGITAL EMOTIONS WARRANTS THAT ITS DISKS ARE FREE FROM DEFECTS FOR 90 DAYS
- AND WILL REPLACE ANY DEFECTIVE DISKS WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD UPON RECEIPT OF
- SUCH DEFECTIVE DISKS, POSTAGE PREPAID. DIGITAL EMOTIONS FURTHER WARRANTS
- THAT THIS SOFTWARE WILL PERFORM SUBSTANTIALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY WRITTEN
- GUARANTEES PUBLISHED BY DIGITAL EMOTIONS.
-
- DIGITAL EMOTIONS DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE,
- WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR IN ANY COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, AND
- SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
- FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE. DIGITAL EMOTIONS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT
- THE OPERATION OF THIS SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
-
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
-
- IN NO EVENT WILL DIGITAL EMOTIONS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING
- LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS, COST OF COVER OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
- CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR ATTEMPTED USE OF
- THIS SOFTWARE OR ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY
- OF LIABILITY.
-
- THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF DIGITAL EMOTIONS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
- THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE LIABILITY
- OF DIGITAL EMOTIONS EXCEED THE ACTUAL AMOUNT PAID TO AND RECEIVED BY
- DIGITAL EMOTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PARTICULAR COPY OF THE SOFTWARE IN
- QUESTION.
-
-
-
- THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
- WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES OF SUCH STATE/PROVINCE.
-
-
-
- RUNNING
- -------
-
- Xenoblaster is a very simple game to run, in the fact the all you
- have to do is type xblaster to start the program. Then wait and
- let the game continue on with its opening screens. (Or press ESC
- to skip the intro.) To configure to your system, type config.
-
-
- TECH HELP & TROUBLESHOOTING
- ---------------------------
-
-
- In simpler terms, if Sound/Music and/or Graphics don't work properly,
- Type Config and press enter. Top to down, select:
-
- Sound and Music: SOUND BLASTER
- Port: 220
- Interrupt: 5
- Sound Driver: sndblast.drv
- .\
- VGA Chip Type: AUTO-DETECT
-
- Then select DONE and press enter. If that dosen't work, the specifics
- are below.
-
-
- Sound And Music:
-
- You need to enter the Port and Interrupt your Sound Blaster is set to use.
- (Type config at dos prompt) If you do not know what to choose, try
- experimenting. If the port is wrong, neither music nor sound will work. If
- the interrupt is wrong but the port is correct, music will work but sound
- will not.
-
- You also need to specify a Sound Blaster driver for sound to work. The
- default driver is called "sndblast.drv" and is located in the current
- directory (.\). SNDBLAST.DRV and .\ are preinstalled in the two menu fields
- found on the lower left side of the configuration menu. This driver is
- compatible with the "CT-Voice" driver used by Creative Labs' Sound Blaster.
-
- If the preinstalled driver does not work, then use the driver that your sound
- card supplies. Put the driver's full name in the first field
- (e.g., CT-VOICE.DRV), and put its path in the second field
- (e.g., C:\sound\).
-
- Video Cards:
-
- Ninty-nine percent of the VGA chips will be correctly detected automatically.
- Thus you should leave "AUTO-DETECT" chosen unless you have video problems.
-
- If during a game you move vertically and the character seems to disappear,
- or random dots scroll onto the screen, your VGA chip was incorrectly detected.
- To remedy this problem, select your chip type from the menu.
-
- Video card manufacturers usually obtain their video controller chips from
- one of the chip vendors that this software supports. So if the name of your
- video board isn't on our list, just experiment with different video choices
- until one works.
-
- If your board still does not work, choose "Simulate". This option enables a
- software simulation of a VGA card. Use this as a last resort, though, because
- animation in slow computers (386s) may not be as smooth.
-
-
- I'm being hit by something, but I don't see anything:
-
- Look closer. You are being hit by cloaked Xorgian Fighters.
-
- Still got problems?
-
- Write: DIGITAL EMOTIONS
- Felix Leung
- 5 Woodward Ave.
- Blind River, Ont.
- POR 1BO
-
-
-
- REGISTRATION
- ------------
-
-
- YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS GAME AFTER THE 30 DAY EVALUATION PERIOD.
-
- There are two levels of registration: GOLD and PLATINUM
-
- What is the difference between the two?
-
-
- If you register *GOLD*, you get:
- - The rest of the game.
- - A printed manual with hints and strategies for beating the game.
- - A customizable Boss Key.
- - A Microsoft Windows(TM) Icon and PIF file.
- - Super cheat codes.
- - 90 days software support. (By phone or by mail)
- - Costs 20 dollars (in U.S. funds)
-
- IF you register *PLATINUM*, you get:
- - All the above, plus:
- - Lifetime software support. (By phone or by mail)
- - An advanced customizable Boss Key.
- - Program ADD-ONS that alter graphics/gameplay/soundFX/animation/ect.
- to extend gameplay value.
- - Costs 25 dollars (in U.S. funds)
-
-
- To register Xenoblaster print out the ORDER.TXT order form.
- (Type edit order.txt at the DOS prompt.)
-
-
- Thank you for playing Xenoblaster!
-