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SNARF 2.60 US June 27, 1992
A Shareware game for EGA
Copyright 1988-1992 Everett Kaser
All rights reserved.
Snarf is an arcade style game of mazes, treasures, First-Aid stations,
locks and keys, teleports, and of course those nasty, sneaky, sniveling
Snarfs. The game currently contains over 50 different levels, and
includes a level editor so the user can create new levels.
Program requirements:
IBM PC compatible computer with at least 512K of RAM.
An EGA/VGA compatible display adapter.
It will NOT work on CGA, MDA, or Hercules display adapters.
SNARF is being distributed as Shareware. If you use the game
for more than one week, you are expected to pay for its use. To
register the game send the registration fee of $15.00 (US) to the
author. For your convenience, the file REGISTER.DOC may be printed
to obtain a registration form. The author may be contacted at:
Everett Kaser Software phone: (503) 928-5259
Snarf Weekdays: 6:00pm - 9:00pm Pacific Time
PO Box 403 Weekends: 8:30am - 9:00pm
Albany, OR 97321-0117 VISA and MASTERCARD accepted
Compuserve: 70673,1547
internet: 70673.1547@compuserve.com
The game package, which MUST include the files listed below, may be
freely copied and distributed. Its use is subject to the conditions
outlined in this document below. Included files:
SNARF .EXE The first 20 levels of the game are built
SNARF .DOC into the .EXE file. All other levels are
REGISTER.DOC stored in SNARFLEV.xxx files, and are not
VENDOR .DOC required to be distributed.
ASP OMBUDSMAN AND DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe
message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before
buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you
are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some
request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum
trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right
to continue using the software to receiving an updated program with
a printed manual.
Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the
copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as
stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like
commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In
both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference
is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the
right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or
to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permiss-
ion before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware.
Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should
find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's com-
mercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs
easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead
is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back
guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it.
DISCLAIMER, LICENSE AGREEMENT, AND SUPPORT
--- DISCLAIMER ---
Users of SNARF must accept this disclaimer of warranty:
"SNARF is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties,
expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of
merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no
liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from
the use of SNARF."
--- LICENSE ---
SNARF is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the
user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but
please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The
essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer
users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide
incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you
find this program useful and find that you are using SNARF and
continue to use SNARF after a reasonable trial period, you must make
a registration payment as described on the first page of this document.
The applicable registration fee will license one copy for use on any
one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like
a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of
people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another,
so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location
while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by
two different persons at the same time.
Commercial users of SNARF must register and pay for their copies of
SNARF within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn.
Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting Everett Kaser.
Anyone distributing SNARF for any kind of remuneration must first
contact Everett Kaser at the address above for authorization. This
authorization will be automatically granted to distributors recognized
by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors,
and such distributors may begin offering SNARF immediately (However
Everett Kaser must still be advised so that the distributor can be kept
up-to-date with the latest version of SNARF.).
You are encouraged to pass a copy of SNARF along to your friends
for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they
find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of
the latest version of the SNARF system.
--- SUPPORT ---
Support for products from Everett Kaser Software is available via
phone, mail, and Compuserve email for a period not less than one year
or the duration of my life, which ever is shorter, and not to exceed
your life-time or mine, which ever is shorter. See the first page of
this document for phone number, mail address, and Compuserve email
address. Updates are available at any time to registered users for a
$5 fee to cover costs of labor, materials, shipping, and handling (and
to keep me from feeling badly). Bug fixes for major bugs (if any ever
occur) will be shipped free to registered users for a period of three
months after the date of registration.
I. PLAYING THE GAME
The general idea of the game is this: you have to run around through
various mazes (levels) picking up treasure (rings and crowns) while
avoiding the Snarfs. You can shoot the Snarfs, but you only get points
for the treasure, not for the Snarfs. Each time you're touched by a
Snarf, you're "tagged". You start with a "tag count" of 50. Each time
you're tagged the count is decremented. If you get tagged when the
count is 0, the game is over. You can get "healed" at a first-aid
station (your tag count is pumped back up to 50). First-aid is only
available every two to four mazes. The color of the top and bottom
bars on the display change with each tag.
Across the top of the display are these fields:
TAGS this is the number of tags left (max = 50)
POINTS value of treasure picked up on this level
LEVEL SCORE score for level at end-of-level (POINTS x TAGS)