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- READ.ME for Greed v1.00 for OS/2 2.x
-
- This archive contains an OS/2 PM implementation of the UNIX classic Greed.
- Greed is a board game a la Mine Sweeper; though, in Mine Sweeper your goal
- is to uncover some numbered tiles - in Greed your goal is to cover some
- numbered tiles; in Mine Sweeper you have to be fast - in Greed you have
- to THINK.
-
- The original UNIX implementation of this game is text mode. This
- implementation exploits OS/2 Presentation Manager to give the game a more
- appealing look and feel, as well as to provide some extra functionality.
- I don't have access to the source code for the UNIX version, so this is
- propably not the most accurate implementation - though its the prettiest
- i've seen.
-
- To run the game you need OS/2 v2.x with Presentation Manager. The game has
- been tested with the December beta and the March beta, but I haven't tried
- it on 2.1GA (the CD version of 2.1GA hasn't arrived in Denmark yet).
- If you have any problems running it on 2.1GA, please let me know, and
- I'll try to fix it.
-
- The distribution of the game should include the following files:
-
- GREED.EXE The executable
- GREED.HLP Online help
- READ.ME This file
-
- If any of these files are missing, please get a proper copy and don't
- make any distribution of the archive with the missing files.
-
- To install the game, copy GREED.EXE and GREED.HLP to a catalog of your choice
- and create a program object to refer to GREED.EXE (drag a copy off the PROGRAM
- object in the TEMPLATES folder and fill in the 'Path and file name' with the
- path of GREED.EXE). The two files don't have to be in the same directory,
- but GREED.HLP should either be in the 'Working directory' listed in the program
- object or in a directory in your HELP path (HELP=.... in config.sys). Greed
- creates a file called GREED.INI in the working directory. This file is used
- for saving high scores and game settings. If you delete this file, Greed will
- make a new one for you, but all your high scores and game settings will be
- lost. You should take care always to run Greed with the same working directory,
- or you'll end up with multiple copies of this file.
-
- Once installed, just double click on the Greed icon to start the game. To get
- help, you can press F1 at (almost) any time, or you can select help from
- the help menu. Select 'Extended help' from the 'Help' menu to learn how to
- play Greed.
-
- Direct all comments/suggestions/bug reports/donations etc. etc. to the address
- below. All kind of comments are very welcome.
-
- MAKE SURE TO READ THE COPYRIGHT NOTICE IN THE 'HELP' -> 'PRODUCT INFORMATION'
- WINDOW, FOR THE COPYRIGHT INFORMATION AS WELL AS SOME OTHER IMPORTANT
- INFORMATION.
-
- NOTE: IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET THE SOURCE CODE FOR GREED, PLEASE SELECT
- 'GETTING THE SOURCE CODE FOR GREED' IN THE HELP INDEX.
-
-
- THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF GREED IS A COPYRIGHT OF
-
- Peter Skov Knudsen
- Viktoriagade 8D, 2.tv.
- 1655 Kbh. V.
- Denmark.
-
- email gogol@diku.dk
-
- PLEASE REFER TO ABOVE-MENTIONED COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR DETAILS.
-
-
- Copenhagen August 9, 1993.
-
- Enjoy.