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- The file you are reading at
- present is called Read.txt
- It contains the latest notes
- and information on the game.
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- * N.B.: these notes supersede all notes both in the manual and in the *
- * opening window of the game. If there are any vocabulary *
- * updates they will be noted here. *
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- The Main 'Manual' is called WOMBAT.MAN
- Print it out by entering:
- Copy Wombat.Man prn:
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- I suggest that you glance at the manual
- before playing the game, but if you'd
- prefer not to, then the game may be started
- by typing (at the DOS prompt): Wombat
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- <<New Features>>
- The game is basically the same as in previous versions. However,
- it now loads completely into memory so it is faster in operation.
- Also, the text file reader, Read.Exe, replaces Read.Com. (Big deal!)
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- Please note: although the Wombat requires a graphics card, it
- does not require a colour monitor! Many PD journals have claimed
- that a colour monitor is needed just because I allow you to alter
- the colours to taste. In fact, if you have a mono monitor you can
- still use the Setup program to adjust screen colours or tones.
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- For users with a text-only display or an incompatible graphics card, I
- have also provided an option to run the game in pure text mode. This
- should work OK, I hope - but since I haven't got a PC without a CGA,
- I can't swear to it...
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- Incidentally, I've included an alternative colour setup file
- for users with colour monitors. Just copy it to Colours.txt
- by entering the command: Copy C.txt Colours.txt
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- << * Please Note... * >>
- If you haven't read the manual, you should at least glance
- through it now for notes on the SAVE and RESTORE feature when
- used in conjunction with Memory Resident Programs. If you
- want to adjust the screen colours, you should run the SetUp program.
- Enter the word: Setup at the Dos prompt.
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- << Bugs....??? >> ................ugh!
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- While I've done all I can to eliminate bugs, 'The Golden Wombat' has
- not undergone months of rigorous testing by an army of
- dedicated gnomes. I cannot, therefore, guarantee that it will
- behave itself properly under all possible circumstances.
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- If you should encounter any problems, make sure you have read
- the manual for suggestions and advice.
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- If the game 'mysteriously' doesn't behave as it should - turn
- your computer off, mutter dark incantations against me, turn
- the computer on again. Load the Wombat 'clean' ( no other
- programs lurking around ), and try again. You are probably
- thinking to yourself that this is just the kind of feeble and
- mind-rottingly unhelpful advice that some of the bigger
- 'software houses' never bother to provide, aren't you....
- It's all part of the service, folks.
-
- << A Checklist of the files on this disc >>
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- This is a full directory ( not including the file
- you are currently reading, which is called 'Read.Txt' ):
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- WOMBAT EXE 174832
- R DAT 1008
- O DAT 1000
- T DAT 1000
- REC DAT 1532
- C TXT 60
- WOMBAT MAN 29165
- SETUP COM 22893
- README BAT 812
- READ EXE 35730
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- << Seasoned Wombatters >>
- Read Manual for notes of bug-fixes ( ...er, I mean 'enhancements' )
-
- << Etc... >>
- To quit the game, type 'Q' (then 'Y' when asked to).
- Do not use the 'Break' or 'Control-C' key. These keys will not
- quit the game.
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- The END is Nigh....? ( maybe )
- To comfort anyone who feels unhappy that there is no score in The
- Golden Wombat, here is a short and helpful note to help you know when
- you've arrived at the game's conclusion...
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- If you are in any doubt, you're still not there... OK...?
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- Note that the game is not shareware. It is purely public domain. That
- means that if you like it a lot and want to pay me money to 'register',
- too bad - you can't. The game is free. If you enjoy it, you are in luck.
- If you don't - well, tough...
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- Since I don't make any money from the game, you may feel well and truly
- ripped off by any club or organisation which has charged you much more
- than the cost of a floppy disk, packaging and postage plus an acceptably
- small profit for themselves. I suggest complaining to any such organisation,
- and writing stiff letters to PC magazines if you get no satisfaction.
- Alternatively, you could take a crash course in Aikido (I recommend
- Ki Aikido myself... since that's what I do most of the time when I'm not
- messing about with mysterious quests for small Antipodean animals
- - but that's another story.)
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- Special thanks to Sean Casey for testing and John Kozak who suggested the
- name of the game over the third pint one fateful night...
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- Good wombatting...
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- Huw
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