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- Readme Chicken Invaders
- DX edition
- Version 1.01
- Copyright ⌐ 1999 Konstantinos Prouskas / InterAction software
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- CONTENTS
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- Introduction
- Requirements
- Playing the game
- Troubleshooting
- Contact information
- Acknowledgements
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Welcome to Chicken Invaders!
- Earth is being invaded by chickens from another galaxy, bent on revenge
- against the human race for its oppression of earth chickens! You are the
- only one standing in the way of total annihilation of the human race!
- The future of chicken burgers is in your hands!
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- Minimum Configuration
- Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000
- Pentium-class processor
- 16MB RAM - 8MB free
- Graphics card capable of 640x480x16bit color.
- DirectX 7.0 (or higher)
- 10MB hard disk space
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- Recommended Configuration
- Pentium processor running at 166 MHz
- 32MB RAM - 16MB free
- Sound card
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- DirectX
- This game requires DirectX 7.0 or higher in order to run. If you do not
- have this installed on your computer, you will need to obtain it before
- you can run the game. You can obtain it from the Microsoft website at
- http://www.microsoft.com/directx/download.asp.
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- PLAYING THE GAME
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- This game follows the straightforward rules of shoot-em-up's: Shoot at
- anything that moves. If it doesn't move, shoot it anyway. Collect
- anything that even resembles a bonus.
- Advance through waves of chicken invaders. Fire your primary laser at
- chickens to destroy them, while simultaneously avoiding eggs dropping
- down. When a chicken is destroyed, chicken legs fly out. Collect those
- for missile bonuses. Hidden inside chickens and some asteroids are gift
- boxes. Collect these to upgrade the power of your primary laser.
- Keys:
- ESC bypasses intro sequences
- F1 toggles detail level
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- Left Player:
- A,D move left & right
- Left Shift fire
- Left Control fire missile
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- Right Player:
- Left, Right Arrows move left & right
- Right Shift or Space fire
- Right Control fire missile
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- TROUBLESHOOTING
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- If the game complains that it is missing some DLL (usually ddraw.dll) at
- start-up, then DirectX has not been properly installed (or at all).
- Before reporting any problems, please go through the following list:
- Re-boot your PC.
- Do not load any other applications/games before launching the game
- after booting up.
- Do not switch to another application while the game is loading.
- Do not switch to another application using Alt+Tab at any time.
- Set your display color depth to High(16-bit) color (65000 colors)
- before running the game. If it is already set for that color depth,
- change it to something else (for example, 24-bit) and then back to
- 16-bit. You may have to re-boot after each color change. You can
- change the color depth by right-clicking on your desktop, choosing
- "Properties", choosing the "Settings" tab and changing the "Colors"
- field.
- (Re)install DirectX.
- If everything else fails, note down:
- Which game you are having problems with.
- The processor type, graphics card type and operating system you are
- running.
- The version of the game you are running (found at the top of this
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- At which point in the game the error occurs.
- The precise error message you get.
- ...and e-mail us.
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- Changes:
- v1.01Recompiled for DirectX 7.0 to fix a DirectX vertical sync bug
- on some systems.
- v1.00Internal release.
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- CONTACT INFORMATION
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- It's always a good idea to visit the InterAction software website for
- latest news & information at http://ia.freeshell.org (you may need to
- try a search engine if this address is no longer valid). You can also
- e-mail any comments, suggestions etc. to
- interaction.software@softhome.net .
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- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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- "InterAction" and the iA logo are trademarks of InterAction software.
- "Pentium" is a trademark of Intel corporation.
- "DirectX" is a trademark of Microsoft corporation.
- "Dolby" and the Double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories
- licensing corporation.
- All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered
- trademarks of their respective holders.
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- Copyright ⌐ 1999 InterAction software
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