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- | DOWNHILL CHALLENGE DOCUMENTATION |
- | FINISHED AUGUST 9, 1990 |
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- | ©1990 DAVID ALVES, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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- | THIS IS FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE SOFTWARE |
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- OVERVIEW
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- Skylar Mountain.
- Dangerous. Steep. Downright scarey.
-
- You were made for this mountain.
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- Ski like the wind, picking up bonus flags as you go. Jump over rocks,
- branches, and bushes for extra points. Avoid hitting obstacles -- you
- can only fall five times before you are disqualified.
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- The longer you stay up, the faster you ski and the more points you get
- as you travel. Bonus flags are worth 5,000 points each AFTER you reach
- the Finish Line.
-
- Good Luck!
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- LOADING THE PROGRAM
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- To load DOWNHILL CHALLENGE from the WorkBench, simply double-click on
- it's icon.
-
- (OR)
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- From the CLI type "Downhill_Challenge".
-
- (OR)
-
- Boot this disk. DOWNHILL CHALLENGE will load automatically.
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- TITLE PAGE AND OPTIONS
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- After the game loads, the title page will appear. Three options will be
- shown: INSTRUCTIONS, HIT THE SLOPES, and EXIT.
-
- INSTRUCTIONS ---- Gives instructions for the game.
- HIT THE SLOPES -- Starts the game.
- EXIT ------------ Exits the game. (you can also press the <ESC> key
- during gameplay to exit.)
-
- To choose between the options, move the joystick up or down. To make
- your choice, press the joystick button.
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- GAMEPLAY
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- You start the game at the top of Skylar Mountain. After the starter says
- "GO", the game begins. Control is employed through a joystick (in port
- 2). Moving the joystick left or right moves the skier in the same
- directions. Pressing the joystick button causes the skier to jump (over
- obstacles like bushes, logs and rocks).
-
- The object of the game is to get to the finish line without being
- disqualified. Falling 5 times results in disqualification.
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- Flags can be picked up for extra bonus points. These points however,
- are not added to the player's score until he/she makes it to the finish
- line.
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- FALLING DOWN (AND OTHER EMBARRASING MOMENTS)
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- If the skier falls, the game will ask the player to POSITION SKIER. This
- is done by moving the joystick either left or right to obtain a good
- starting position for the skier. When satisfied, the player may hit the
- joystick button to continue play.
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- SCORING
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- The longer the skier stays on his skis, the faster he goes down the
- mountain. As speed increases, the increment to the players score
- increases.
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- Jumping over logs, rocks or bushes results in a 500 point bonus added to
- the player's score.
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- Initially, picking up flags has no effect on the player's score. Not
- until after the player crosses the finish line are the flags worth 5,000
- points each.
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- THE SCORING SYSTEM
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- To the right of the game screen are 3 scoring devices. SCORE, BEST and
- BONUS. SCORE displays the player's current score. BEST shows the best
- score so far, and BONUS shows the number of flags the player has picked
- up in a given game.
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- DISTANCE TO GO
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- Under the scoring devices is a box which contains a representation of
- Skylar Mountain. A small skier shape represents the player's skier and
- the distance travelled so far.
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- PAUSING THE GAME
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- You can pause the game at any time by pressing "P". To unpause the game,
- press any key.
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- HAVE FUN!
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- Hope you enjoy the game!!!
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- COMMENTS?
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- David Alves
- DevaSoft
- 6693 Mt. Forest Dr.
- San Jose, CA 95120
- Tel: (408)997-1747
- DEVA@cup.portal.com
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