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- Lord Generic Productions
- Project: Invaders
- Subject: INVADERS Shareware Version 1.2 Whatsup.doc 4/22/97
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- This is the Whatsup.doc file for INVADERS shareware version 1.0
-
- System Requirements for this version of INVADERS:
- * an 486dx2-66 or faster (Pentium is recommended)
-
- For digitized sound and music
- * A SoundBlaster or compatible sond card
- * Your Blaster environment variable set (see your soundcard manual)
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- How to start INVADERS:
- ======================
- * If you HAVE a SoundBlaster type card, be sure your BLASTER environment
- variable is set.
-
- * Type INVADERS at the Dos prompt.
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- Introduction:
-
- Earth is being invaded by waves of Venusians! These sneaky invaders
- waited until all your buddies were on vacation, so it's up to YOU to
- to stop them!
-
- All you have is an ACME Ion-Cannon, and some old rusty Protecto-Barriers
- which will offer some safety, but will obstruct your shots. You must
- move out into the open and shoot the INVADERS as they move across the
- screen, then duck back under the barriers to keep from getting hit by their
- bombs. If you shoot a barrier, you will put a hole in it, which may
- or may not be a good idea, depending on your strategy.
-
- As soon as ANY of the invaders reaches the left or right sides
- of the screen, they will all drop down a little bit and start moving
- a little bit faster in the opposite direction.
-
- If ANY of the Venusians get past you, the game is over, and Earth is
- lost to the INVADERS!
-
- When you destroy all the INVADERS, more attack immediately. These will
- start faster than the last wave, and start closer to you.
-
- Beware: As the invaders get closer to you, they get faster and harder
- to hit! Be careful to avoid their bombs! Also every once in awhile, the
- Venusians send a saucer down to bomb you and blow away your barriers.
- Be sure to duck out of the way! You get 300 points for hitting the Saucer.
-
- Note: Your Ion-Cannon requires time to recharge, and the amount of time
- it takes depends on how high the last shot had to go to hit it's
- target. Essentially, this means that you can't fire again until
- your last shot hits something or reaches its effective range.
- You need to plan your shots carefully; a miss may cost you the game.
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- Controls:
- ESC - About Box. This will bring up information and credits for the game.
- Press any key to step through it, or Q to quit back to the game in
- progress.
-
- Q - Quit. Anytime your Ion-Cannon is on screen, you can quit the game
- in progress by hitting the Q key.
-
- Left Alt or SPACE - FIRE! You can only shoot one shot at a time. As soon
- as your last shot disappears, you can shoot again.
-
- Right ALT, CTRL or Left,Right Arrow keys - Move your Ion-Cannon left or
- right. Using the CTRL and ALT keys is more responsive, and your motion
- stops when you release the keys. When using the Arrow Keys to move,
- you need to hit another key to stop moving.
-
- F - Reverse the right CTRL and ALT Key controls for those with non-standard
- keyboards.
-
- A - Arcade Controls - This switches hands to match the old arcade games
- where the left hand controls movement and the right hand fires.
- When you hit A, the LEFT CTRL,ALT move the Cannon and RIGHT ALT or
- SPACE fires.
-
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- Register INVADERS for only $20 + $5 s&h and receive the
- latest version with exciting new features, including:
-
- MORE SOUNDS AND ACTION!
-
- POWERUPS: When you shoot one of these you will get one of the following:
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- MORE FIREPOWER: Your Ion-Cannon will Autofire rapidly for a limited time.
-
- NEW BARRIERS: Your old, beaten-up barriers will be replaced with newer,
- less beaten-up barriers.
-
- SLOWDOWN: All enemies and bombs will drop to 1/2 speed for a limited
- time.
-
- To Register by Mail:
- Print and fill out our Order Form (ORDER.TXT) and send a Check or Money
- Order for $25 to
-
- Lord Generic Productions
- 1218 Karen Ave
- Santa Ana, Ca 92704
-
- NEW!! CREDIT CARD ORDERS ONLINE! NEW!!
- ======================================
- You can now order INVADERS or any of our other games ONLINE by credit card
- at the LGPGames Site - http://www.aait.com/LGPGames Then download the
- registered version right to your computer and save the shipping charge.
-
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- Credits:
-
- Game Design, Programming, Music, Art, Sound Fx, Funny voices,
- Background art, Font Design: Michael Packard
-
- SFX Programming: Jacques Deschenes
-
- Font Programming: Jiri Babor
-
- Lead Playtester: Andrew Welty
-
- Many thanx goes out to everyone who played the game and helped us
- make it better.
-
- This game is written in Euphoria - a simple, powerful new programming
- language. Euphoria runs in 32-bit protected mode to give you access
- to all of your machine's memory. Check out the Official Euphoria
- Programming Page on the WWW at http://members.aol.com/filesEu/
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- Thanx for playing INVADERS! Please register!
- +========================================================+
- |Product Name/Description | Price |
- |==============================================+=========+
- |Invaders: Defend the earth from Venusians! | $20.00 |
- |----------------------------------------------+---------+
- | SHIPPING AND HANDLING: Domestic orders (USA) $5.00 |
- | International orders $6.50 |
- |----------------------------------------------+---------+
- | *ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN US DOLLARS ONLY!* |
- |==============================================+=========|
- | MORE LGP Games |
- |------------------------------------------------+-------+
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- |------------------------------------------------+-------|
- |SolarQuest: Save your sun from the StarKillers! |Coming |
- |StarRanger: Protect your frontier from invasion!| Soon |
- +========================================================+
-
- Lord Generic Productions
- 1218 Karen Ave
- Santa Ana, CA 92704
- lgp@exo.com
- http://www.aait.com/LGPGames
-
-