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/**** LUGNUT MATH CITY VERSION 2.2 DOCUMENTATION ****/ Copyright (C) 1994 by: Paul T. Dawson P.O. Box 682 Chincoteague, Virginia 23336-0682 U.S.A. /**** INTRODUCTION ****/ Thank you for trying my "Lugnut Math City" program. Lugnut Math City is an arcade style "run, jump and shoot" math game, with ten different EGA mazes. There are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems to solve, and plenty of sounds and graphics. Players compete for high scores, and can even design their own mazes! The program requires EGA graphics and 640K memory, or higher. An 80286 or faster machine is recommended, but not required. /**** SPECIAL THANKS TO... ****/ Thanks and a tip of the hat to: Microsoft : BASIC P.D.S. V7.1 Compiler Genus Microprogramming : PCX Programmers Toolkit : GX Text : GX Effects Fabrice Bellard : LZEXE /**** CONTENTS ****/ Shareware and Registration Information......2 Getting Started.............................3 Playing Lugnut Math City....................4 Menu Keys & Miscellaneous...............5 - 6 Super Registration Details..................7 Lugnut Math City V2.2 Documentation - Page 1 /**** SHAREWARE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION ****/ Shareware lets you try software, and then pay the author after you decide to use the program. When you register Lugnut Math City (for only $10), you will receive the following bonuses: <> The latest version of Lugnut Math City. <> One free disk... your choice of: Googol Math Games.........(Three classic games) Googol Bonus Disk.........(Six original games) Googol Review.............(Number and word problems) Paul's Classroom Math.....(99% math drills) Flashcards................(EGA math practice) Wolfie's Music Games......(10 EGA games) Googolpede for Win3.1.....(Completely resizeable) Cheezi for Win3.1.........(Classic board game) Salad Scribble for Win3.1.(Fun with drawing) <> A sincere thank you! If your kids try the program once or twice, like it, and continue to play the games, then you really should register! "Super Registration" is just $35, and includes the latest version of ALL TEN programs listed above. These programs contain over twenty games, all for less than the cost of ONE commercial game! Everything is completely guaranteed! If you are not completely satisfied with any of the programs, I will refund your money. There should be a separate text file on the disk, called "LUGNUT.FRM". Please print it out, fill it in, and mail it! If the form is missing, all that I really need to know is: your name and address, video type (EGA or VGA), the disk size (5 1/4 or 3 1/2), and density (360K or 720K or 1.2M or 1.44M). All information on the order form, including your name and address, is strictly confidential, and not for sale to anyone for any reason. I'm in the educational software business, not the mailing list business! -------------------------------------------------- | In Australia only, you may register by | | sending A$15 to the Official Distributor: | | Alphon Edugames | | 221 Ridley Road | | Bridgeman Downs 4035 AUSTRALIA | -------------------------------------------------- Lugnut Math City V2.2 Documentation - Page 2 /**** GETTING STARTED ****/ To run Lugnut Math City V2.2, you need: <> An IBM or compatible computer. <> EGA graphics (or higher). <> At least 640K memory. /**** GETTING STARTED - FLOPPY DISKS ****/ Never run this or any program from the original disk. Make backups and run from them! Use DISKCOPY on your DOS disk to copy the disk. If you are not familiar with DOS commands, please find someone who is, and have them explain it all to you! Now that you have backups made, put the original disk away in a safe place. If all goes well, you will never need it again! Do not put a write protect tab on the disk! The program needs to read and write name and score information files to the disk. Put the disk in your active drive - usually drive A, but any drive will work. Type LUGNUT at the DOS prompt to get started. It takes a while to load, but after that there are no delays. Don't take the disk out of the drive until you are all finished and back to DOS! The program writes information to the disk, so the disk has to be there! /**** GETTING STARTED - HARD DISKS ****/ Follow these directions to put Lugnut Math City onto your hard disk. If you are not completely familiar with the following commands, please find someone who is, to help you! 1. Your hard disk must have at least 300K free. 2. Use MKDIR or MD to make a new subdirectory. (MD LUGNUT). 3. Use CHDIR or CD to get to the subdirectory. (CD LUGNUT). 4. Put the Lugnut Math City disk in drive A. 5. COPY A:*.* will copy all the files into the subdirectory. 6. To play Lugnut Math City, just type: CD\LUGNUT LUGNUT 7. Good Luck! On a hard disk, always use the DOS command "CD" to change to the proper subdirectory. Don't use the PATH command, since PATH usually only finds COM, EXE, and BAT files. Lugnut Math City V2.2 Documentation - Page 3 /**** PLAYING LUGNUT MATH CITY ****/ At the main menu, press the first letter of any selection, or use the up and down arrow keys, and press RETURN. Run the introduction first, to see all of the different "blocks" that make up each maze. Then choose "Play Game", and start to play Lugnut Math City! Use the left and right arrow keys to move, and the up arrow key to jump. The spacebar will fire your laser, and then you will have to use other keys to blast the blocks! There are several types of "math blocks" that display problems when you shoot them. You will have to find the correct key to press to blast the blocks. For example, if you shoot a "Add-Em-Up" block, and "2+3" appears, then you should shoot a "5" at the block. Some of the blocks require the numbers 1 to 9. Others require a "T" or "F" for True or False, or "+-x/", or even "A" or "Z". Correct answers earn points, of course, and incorrect answers lose points, and the block will be covered again. The Jump Boots block increases your jumping power, and the Dollars and Lugnut blocks earn free points! There are 10 mazes, numbered 0 to 9. You have to get the key, and then the exit, to go on to the next maze. But, you can quit anytime, and still get on the high score list. Press ESC to see the "Game Menu". From here, you can make several choices, and then return to the game. Lugnut Math City V2.2 Documentation - Page 4 /**** MENU KEYS - A - ABANDON GAME **** This is only in the Game Menu, and it cancels your game, and takes you back to the Main Menu. /**** MENU KEYS - C - CHANGE COLORS ****/ There are about 50 background colors available. Some of these are great, and some aren't! You can experiment to find what's best! /**** MENU KEYS - D - DESIGN MAZES ****/ Press "D" at the main menu to design your own set of ten mazes. Use the arrow keys to move around, and PgUp and PgDn to move to other mazes. Press different letter keys to set the various blocks, or to spacebar to erase a block. To see the list of blocks, just press F1 (function key 1) for the "Design Help" screen. One important thing to remember is to press F2 (that's function key 2) to save your mazes to disk! The second important thing to remember is that every maze needs a key and an exit! /**** MENU KEYS - H - HELP ****/ This shows a quick list of all the "Main Menu" keys. /**** MENU KEYS - I - INTRODUCTION ****/ Introduction shows all of the different blocks, and how to blast them. This will start and run automatically, if you don't press any "Main Menu" keys for a while! /**** MENU KEYS - L - LEVEL MENU ****/ The Level Menu sets the highest number used in the math problems, except for the "Polka Dot" blocks. These always have from 1 to 8 dots, since all you need to do is count the dots! /**** MENU KEYS - M - MUSIC IS ON/OFF ****/ This turns all of the sounds on or off. /**** MENU KEYS - N - NAME CHANGE ****/ Use the up and down arrow keys to move to your name, and then press RETURN. Move to the bottom to enter a new name! Lugnut Math City V2.2 Documentation - Page 5 /**** MENU KEYS - P - PLAY GAME ****/ This starts the standard set of 10 mazes. /**** MENU KEYS - Q - QUIT ****/ Quit will ask "Are You Sure", and then if you press "Y", you will leave Lugnut Math City, and exit to DOS. /**** MENU KEYS - R - RESUME GAME ****/ This is only in the Game Menu, and it returns you immediately to the game. /**** MENU KEYS - S - SCORE LIST ****/ Check the high score list to see if you can be the new champion! The high scores are all contained in a standard DOS file. If you delete the score file, the games will automatically create a new, empty file. Just type: DEL LUG-1.DAT /**** MENU KEYS - U - USER DESIGNED ****/ This plays the game, but with the special "User Designed" mazes. If you choose this, and the game screen is empty, that's because no one has designed the special mazes yet! Just go back to the Main Menu, choose "Design", and start arranging those blocks! /**** LUGNUT MATH CITY PRODUCTION HARDWARE ****/ The Lugnut Math City program was originally written on a Tandy 1200 system. The original 8088-4.77 has been replaced with a SOTA 80286-12 card. It's not the fastest machine on the planet, but it just keeps on running! One floppy disk drive wore out, after copying several thousand disks (mostly "Googol"), but everything else on that now-ancient computer is still perfect! The venerable Tandy machine is now overshadowed by a new "Snap It Together Yourself" generic 386 computer. This latest version of Lugnut Math City was written entirely on the 386. It's a lot faster, even though _IT_ is now also obsolete! /**** LUGNUT MATH CITY PRODUCTION SOFTWARE ****/ Lugnut Math City was produced with the Microsoft BASIC P.D.S. V7.1 compiler, Z-Soft's PC-Paintbrush, the Genus PCX Programmer's Toolkit, and dozens of utilities too numerous to mention! The README-4.EXE program was written in Borland's Turbo C. Lugnut Math City V2.2 Documentation - Page 6 /**** SUPER REGISTRATION DETAILS ****/ When you send in the $35 Super Registration, you will receive seven complete DOS programs, and three Windows 3.1 programs... Googol Math Games: Three classic math games for all ages! Googol Bonus Disk: This is a collection of six games, all of them non-shareware and available only from the author. There are four math games, and two non-math puzzles just for fun. CGA & 512K. Googol Review: Review has standard number problems with many different levels (+-x/). There are also math word problems, with millions of different combinations, and all of the options that you have seen in "Googol Math Games". CGA & 640K. Paul's Classroom Math: This is a text mode math drill program, intended for classrooms. There is complete recordkeeping for up to 60 students. There are no graphics, no noises, and no frills! Flashcards: This is a simple EGA math practice program, with no high scores to worry about. EGA & 512K. Lugnut Math City: The latest version of this program! Wolfie's Music Games: There are ten different games in this program, and they all teach music notes and piano keys. There are many skill levels, so everyone can compete for high scores! Googolpede for Windows 3.1: This is a little version just for Windows users, and it's completely resizable. Great graphics! Cheezi for Windows 3.1: Great version of the classic board game! Salad Scribble for Windows 3.1: Easy and fun drawing program! Please remember, most of these programs require EGA graphics, so they will NOT run on older CGA monitors. If you have a VGA or SVGA monitor, that's great - everything will work perfectly! The special price of $35 is based on "7 games times $5", which covers all of the regular DOS programs. The Windows 3.1 programs are included in the package at no extra cost. /**** THANKS AGAIN VERY MUCH FOR TRYING LUGNUT MATH CITY! ****/ Paul T. Dawson P.O. Box 682 Chincoteague Island, Virginia 23336-0682 U.S.A. September 1, 1994 /**** THAT'S ALL, FOLKS! ****/ Lugnut Math City V2.2 Documentation - Page 7