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1996-09-26
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. About Racer for OS/2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Racer for OS/2 Version 1.3
September 25th, 1996, by Antonino Iannella
This is a prototype for an OS/2 game idea of mine. I got the idea from a
program in a magazine printed about ten years ago. The original program was
written in BASIC (from Microsoft, uugh!) for the Tandy TRS-80. I've always
liked it's concept.
The aim is to keep your car away from the white lines; the roadside.
Racer is simply a text-based car on a road, so it moves quite fast. The text
symbol in the middle is your 'car'. (Sorry about it being a long, white
streak.) Press the left or right arrow keys to make it move left or right.
<CTRL><S> pauses it. Press 'q' at any time to stop. Crashing the car into the
sides also ends the ride.
In this version, after a crash the user is prompted to drive again by entering
'Y' (or pressing Enter). Press 'N' to quit. The distance travelled after each
drive is displayed. Many people have requested that I slow the game down (you
know the type...those who own a Pentium 2000MHz with gazillion MB of RAM... )
My long-term plan for this 'piКce de resistance' is to port it to the PM shell
and turn it into a graphics-based action extravaganza, like a video arcade
game.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. How to compile the source ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The source code, RACER.C and RACER.DEF are in the SRC subdirectory. I compiled
Racer with EMX/GCC, so one may need the EMX Runtime Library to use the
executable code. Compile by entering
gcc -Zomf -Zsys -o racer.exe racer.c racer.def
The source code is provided so others may compile it themselves, or use it
freely as long as I am acknowledged and informed about it. Bill Gates, all
Microsoft employees and their families must each pay me AUD$1M if they would
like to register.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Contacting the author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Please tell me by Email what you think of the project... I'll take any
opinions, criticisms, suggestions for improvement, and especially
encouragement!
**** **** * **** Operate at a higher level
* * * * * * * Mr Antonino Iannella
* * * * * Computer Systems Engineering
* * **** * * 9308390r@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au
* * * * * * antonino@usa.net
**** **** * ****** http://members.tripod.com/~antonino
General Application Error in Module MS:WIN-95.
This version will now self-destruct!