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- ABOUT THE GAME
-
- RingWar is a classic arcade game of reflexes. The graphics are
- based on the vector style of the old arcade games such as Asteroids and
- Tempest. RingWar should work on all Amigas. You'll need about 220K of
- free chip RAM to run the game. If you don't have enough memory to run the
- game, or it can't open necessary files when you first start, the program
- will not run.
-
- It is possible to copy the game to your HardDrive, or RAMdisk.
- Simply copy all the files in the RingWar directory (RingWar, Game.dat,
- Game.sound) to the desired destination. If you wish to reset the HighScore
- list, simply use the CLI to delete the "HighScores" file. When you run the
- game again it will automatically create another one. To run the game from
- the CLI, CD into the RingWar directory, and type 'RingWar'.
-
- When you first startup the program, text describing the CharityWare
- concept will be presented. After this text you'll be prompted as to which
- type of controller you want to use. I recommend the keyboard controls, as
- they offer a lot more control than the joystick, especially once you have
- become proficient at them.
-
- The goal of the game is to penetrate through the three rotating
- rings and hit the five pointed star in the ringship at the center of the
- rings. In the meantime you will have to avoid randomly appearing mines,
- and the ring ship itself, which shoots back at you once you have punched a
- hole through the rings.
-
- PLAYING THE GAME
-
- When you first start the game, your ship will appear at the far
- right border of the screen. In the center of the screen you will see three
- concentric sets of rotating rings, in the center of which will be a another
- ship.
-
- A powerful force surrounds the outer ring segment - if your ship
- runs into it it will be pushed away. Shooting a segment in a ring first
- weakens that segment, which turns it a brighter shade of blue. The next
- shot to hit that segment destroys it. Note that you have to leave at least
- one segment intact in each of the three groups of rings, or the entire
- group of ring segments will be regenerated.
-
- Once you have punched a hole into at least one of the segments in
- each of the rings, it will then be possible to destroy the inner ship and
- advance to the next level. But be careful! Once you have made an opening
- through the rings it is possible for the center ship to shoot back at you.
-
- Your ship is equiped with a shield. Every time you use it you
- drain the power source in your ship. Once your ship has run out of shield
- power, thats it! That ship has no more shield until you die. The red bar
- at the top of the screen indicates how much shield is left. The shield
- will protect from exploding mines and the shots from the inner ship.
-
- As you play, mines will randomly warp into the game, and chase you.
- It is possible, though difficult, to shoot a mine before it reaches you.
- When a mine gets within a certain radius of your ship, it explodes. The
- further you are away from the mine when it explodes, the better your
- chances of surviving. It is safe to fly through the mines, but only while
- they are warping in. Up to three mines can be on the screen at once on the
- higher levels of the game.
-
- CONTROLS
-
- ESC - Quits the game at any time.
- F1 - Pause the game.
- F2 - UnPause the game.
-
- Keyboard controls:
- A - Rotate ship left
- S - Rotate ship right
- K - Thrust
- L - Fire
- SpaceBar - Shield
-
- Joystick controls:
- Left - Rotate ship left
- Right - Rotate ship right
- Up - Thrust
- Down - Shield
- Fire - Fire
-
- Note that it is possible to use several key combinations at once, such as
- turning, thrusting and shooting.
-
-
- HINTS
-
- -It is safe to bounce off the shield surrounding the outer section
- of rings. Use this fact to keep the momentum of your ship up. Keep
- moving!
-
- -Destroy the mines by shooting them, or by turning away from them as
- they approach you, and thrusting safely away from the blast before it reaches
- you.
-
- -Use your shield! Nothing can kill you when it is on. You
- shouldn't die until you have exhuasted the shield supply for a given ship.
-
- -Extra ships are awarded every 10,000 points. So hang in there!
-
-
- Enjoy the game!
-
- -Eric Bazan @ ASDG December 1991
-
-
- MISCELLANY
-
- -RingWar disables multitasking on your machine while running.
-
- -You can escape the intro screen by hitting the space bar.
-
- -If you are playing the game off of a floppy, keep in mind
- that the game flushes out the HighScore file when you
- exit. Keep the floppy in the drive until you quit.
-
- -This is CharityWare. if you like the program, please dontate
- $10 to one of the listed charities. Thanks!
-
- -The MORE program on this disk is copyrighted by Commodore Business
- Machines, Inc. and is included under a 1.3 Workbench license.
-