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- Z * O * N * X
- by David Billen...
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- Zonx is not copywritten. It is not shareware. Of course, anyone who
- wants to send me money, for any reason, is permitted, but you need
- not feel that little pang of guilt when you read the shareware notice
- and know your not sending anything anyway. Zonx is free. No matter
- how you feel about the game, always remember that fact , and if your
- like me, you'll feel better.
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- 6,000,000 light years from here, a magic sword was broken when it was
- dropped by a prince that had been pierced with an arrow by a crazed
- king whos wife had a plot to conquer the next planet which was trying
- to blow up the galaxy to escape the wrath of a demonic being.
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- None of this had anything to do with the fact that here on planet
- Earth, a bored programmer spent a weekend burping down Budweisers
- and programming Zonx.
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- Zonx is basically a maze game with a real twist! What is that twist
- you ask? What is the twist that makes Zonx, not just another maze game,
- but hours of family entertainment? Not unlike modern art, this is left
- to the interpretation of the individual, yes, thats really what the
- deal is that, Zonx is not just a game, but really a modern art form
- where in a seemingly void landscape, the individual finds a meaning!
- (ahem).
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- Okay, you move around the maze and try to run over the squares that
- appear before they fade away. The less faded it is, the more points
- you get. As you advance levels there are more mazes, and the game gets
- faster.. but here lies that Zonx magic... that "twist" if you will:
- MONSTERS ARE TRYING TO CHASE YOU AROUND THE MAZE!!!! I MEAN IT!!!
- GREEN MONSTERS!!! RUN LIKE HELL IN THIS MAD RACE, RUN FROM GREEN
- MONSTERS!!!!
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- So the concept is a little spent. The graphics are smooth, and most
- importantly, Zonx is free!
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- If you have any special complaints, or critiques, initialize your
- favorite text editor. Type your complaints in neat paragraphs, and
- save the file under the file name "Complaints". Then go to the CLI
- command interpreter, and issue the following command:
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- type Complaints > NIL:
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- By the way, where did the name Zonx come from? Its a mantra I made up
- once. I tried it out for a couple of days, and found it a little awkward
- to chant. (Wait till you see my upcoming arcade hit, Ome!)
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- Before shutting up, I better mention that you move with the arrow keys,
- and the Esc key stops the game, (though sometimes theres a few
- seconds delay before the game actually stops).
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