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- * * * OIL CAP ARCADE GAME * * *
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- Program by William Soleau March 1991
- Requires Mouse and EGA Graphics Card
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- Version 4.0
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- INSTRUCTIONS
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- Welcome to Oil Cap....
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- The game Oil Cap pits you against the clock as you try to
- create links which will allow the oil to flow freely, once it
- starts to begin oozing from the rocks. The game board is a 11 x 8
- grid.
- At the start of each level, there will be a starting square.
- It will be obvious, however it does say "Start" on it. It is from
- this grid that the oil will begin to flow once the clock timer
- gets to 0:00. At the bottom of the screen (below the game board),
- you will see four blocks of links. Your mouse cursor will be on
- the forth one across. This is the present link to be placed.
- Select that link by pressing the left button on your mouse. The
- link will then disappear, and your cursor will now be visible on
- the game board. You must remember what that link looked like
- because you won't be able to see it again until you place it on
- board. Simply find the grid with your mouse where you want to
- to put the link. Press the left button again and it will then be
- placed there.
- Once you place the link, the other pieces below will move over
- one, and the process is repeated until the oil starts to flow and
- runs out of links to pass through. You can still place links on
- the game board even while the oil is flowing. Don't let the oil
- run out of links or that level will end and the score will be
- totaled.
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- Special Links
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- There are many special links which you can use to increase
- your score. Bonus links sometimes appear on the grid board. Each
- one of these has either 100/200/500/1000 points written on it.
- If you can make the oil pass through these links, that number will
- be added to your total at the end of the round. Also you will
- find special 50 point link's that occasionally will come along
- to be placed by you. These links are very squiggly. This makes
- the oil spend more time getting through them, thus giving you
- valuable time, racing to keep ahead of the gushing oil.
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- You cannot place links on any black grid or the starting
- grid. Also once the oil starts to flow, and has passed through
- a link, it also cannot be replaced by a new link. You ARE allowed
- to place a link on top of an existing link, however there will be
- a time delay of 4 or 5 seconds in which you will have to wait
- before you can continue to lay links. Therefore place your links
- carefully and think ahead. By looking at the links that are
- coming up, you can figure out just where to place the link to the
- best advantage. Certain links are built like this (+) which means
- that the oil can either pass down through it or across it. If
- you can get the oil to pass through itself, then 100 points will
- be added to you score. If you can get 4/8/12/16 crosses of oil,
- you also get bonus points. (see scoring)
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- At some levels, there will be a floating black grid that will
- move around the board each time you select a link to place. It
- sometimes will appear in the place you might want to put your
- present link... get the idea! (you'll have to wait until your
- next selection to make it move)
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- Oil Rigs
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- At certain levels there will be a Oil Rig on the game board.
- No matter what, you must make the flowing oil end up there, or
- the game will be over. You get an extra 400 points to do this.
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- The round will end once the oil has found it cannot continue
- to flow. The points will be then be totaled up. For each link
- not used, it will deduct 60 points from your score. To continue
- onto the next level you must have at least a certain number of
- points, which is calculated as follows.
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- (your present score)+ 200 + ( Level*10 )
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- Therefore at level 1, you need at least 210 points in order to
- go to the next level. The score you need to reach for the next
- level will be shown at the bottom of the screen, along with
- your present score and the level. On the right hand side of your
- screen, there is a special box marked crosses, which will keep
- track of how many times you got the oil to cross itself during
- game play.
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- The game will end if you do not reach your total needed for
- continuation of play, or if there is an Oil Rig present on the
- grid board and you did not end the flow of oil there, no matter
- how many points you scored. Remember! If you see a Oil Rig on
- the game board, YOU MUST END THERE! or the game will end.
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- CLOCK / OIL SPEED
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- On the upper right hand side of the board will be the clock.
- At the beginning, you will have 40 seconds to place your links
- before the oils starts to flow. At the higher levels, the clock
- will only give you 35 then 30...25 etc....
- The speed of the oil flow will increase at level 7.
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- NOTE: For 33mhz Computers Only or Real Cheaters
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- If you have anything under a 33mhz computer the game will set
- the proper speed. If you find that it is too fast, then create
- a special file called OILCAP.SPD and put 0 in the file.
- To do this:
- At the Dos prompt type -> COPY CON OILCAP.SPD (enter)
- type -> 0 (enter)
- press <F6>
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- SCORING
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- 50 point links = 50 points
- 100 point links = 100 points
- 200 point links = 200 points
- 500 point links = 500 points
- 1000 point links = 1000 points
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- 4 oil crosses = 1000 points
- 8 oil crosses = 3000 points
- 12 oil crosses = 5000 points
- 16 oil crosses = 10000 points
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- Oil Rig = 400 points
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- Unused link = minus 60
- Unused Oil Rig = Game over
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- Bonus Rounds
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- Every 10000 points, you will get a special bonus round. You
- don't have to worry about reaching any score to continue. All
- points you acquire, will be added to you score. Unused links will
- not be subtracted, so the bonus round can only increase your
- score.
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- *** Conclusion ***
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- Upon the ending of the game, your score will be compared to
- the top 10 high scores. If you are within the top ten, you will
- be recorded as such. This version has a total of 12 levels, for
- unlimited levels see the Upgrade details below.
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- *** Enjoy ***
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- Upgrade Description
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- The details on how to upgrade the program are provided
- at the closing screen. With the registration of your game,
- you have access to as many levels as you can reach. Past
- level 12, things start to get more difficult. The pieces which
- you see at the bottom of the screen, will be reduced from 4 to
- 3 to 2... thus making it harder to plan ahead. There are
- quite a number of challenges at the higher levels, especially
- as the countdown clock speeds up. So for more details see
- closing screen.
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