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ADDHINT for Game Hint Pro v1.2
Written by James R. Davis
(C) Copyright 1995 - All Rights Reserved
This is a quick and handy utility for creating a file called GAMEHINT.ADD to
be submitted for adding hints to the Game Hint Database. It is in NO WAY a
complete and bug free program. It is a simple program written to take alot of
the work out of typing in your game hint. It places information into the
format given below in the GAMEHINT.ADD file.
The format of the GAMEHINT.ADD file is as follows:
1: ***
2: GAME TITLE
3: MAJOR INDEX SEARCH
4: 3 Letter System Code (See Below)
5: Date Hint was Written
...
6: ---
7: Hints Origination
Line 1: This is the game hint identifier (***). Each hint must begin with
this line.
Line 2: The Game's Title - This is a string that can contain any text, but
cannot be over 40 characters long and must be in UPPER CASE.
Line 3: Index Search String - This is like the above line, only contains more
information about the game other then just the title. This can
remain blank, but we urge some short descriptive. For example: If
the game is a FOOTBALL game, your would enter on this line "SPORTS
FOOTBALL"
Line 4: This contains the 3 letter code for the system that the game is for.
It can be one of the following:
Code System Type
---- --------------------
NG* - Nintendo Game Genie
SN* - Super NES Game Genie
SG* - Sega Game Genie
GB* - Game Boy Game Genie
GG* - Game Gear Game Genie
NIN - Nintendo 8 Bit
SN - Super Nintendo
SG - Sega Genesis
GB - Game Boy
GG - Game Gear
SCD - Sega CD
3DO - 3DO
JAG - Atari Jaguar
ARC - Arcade
32X - Sega 32X
PC - Personal Computer
T16 - Turbo Grafix 16
LNX - Atari Lynx
SAT - Sega Saturn
Line 5: This line contains the date the hint was written in the format of
MM-DD-YY.
Anything between lines 5-6 is considered the body of the hint. We like to
maintain a standard format for this area which is this:
A short description line ending with a Colon at the beginning, then the rest
of the hint body indented 2 spaces and not exceeding 72 characters in
length.
Line 6: This line contains the End of Hint identifier (---).
Line 7: This contains the name/city of the origination of the hint. It can
contain any information as long as it does not exceed 40 characters
in length.
Additional Hints:
Some games contain more then 1 hint, in such cases, after the first hint is
entered, you can continue on with another hint by using a continuation
identifier (@@@) on a line by itself and enter the next hint in the same way
as you would continuing from Line 5.
Special Note:
We advise using a ASCII text editor to create you GAMEHINT.ADD file. The
ADDHINT program does contain some slight bugs if not used correctly and we
are working on it, but if used properly it performs pretty well, but I would
not depend on it. When submitting hints, check the program's database first
to see if the hint already exists. If it does... don't even bother
sumitting it again... it won't be considered!
Submitting Hints:
All GAMEHINT.ADD files to be submitted should be ZIPped in a file using the
following naming convention:
GHAxxxx.yyy
Where "xxxx" is the last 4 digits of your Home phone number, and "yyy" is
the area code of your Home phone number. When you upload the application,
do not ZIP or archive the file. Make it a private upload by placing a "/"
in front of the description you give the file before uploading (please be
descriptive when giving the file a description or it may be ignored). Again,
thank you for your interest in DavisWARE!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Any hints received that do not follow these rules will not be
considered. So please, follow the above guidelines carefully.
-=> James "The Garf!" Davis! <=-