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- "Fruit Salad", a Vintage Software production (c) Vintage Software 1996-1997
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-
- Congratulations ! You now have on you computer a nice action/puzzle game in its
- full version. Enjoy it all you can, it's not a limited version: there are 50
- levels to play in the regular game and an infinity with the random mode !
- You also can freely distribute it. It should work on DOS and Windows 95, with
- at least a 486.
-
- But this game is not freeware, it is "what-you-want-ware"... That means that
- if you really like it and play it (and/or you're really cool people !),
- you have to send us some funny and/or pleasant things: ex. some chocolate, an
- unusual object, even a postcard if you're really out of ideas. If you do so and
- enclose an envelope with international stamp and your adress or an Email we will
- send you the level editor, that will let you design your own additional levels !
-
- Here are our addresses:
-
- Coder: Anthony Guye-Vuilleme
- Place du Tunnel 8
- 1005 Lausanne
- Switzerland
-
- Artist: Andres Wanner
- Bartenheimerstr. 19
- 4055 Basel
- Switzerland
-
- For information about the new versions, consult:
- http://idhsun2.unil.ch:8000/anthony/fsalad.html
-
- The latest version can always be downloaded at:
- http://idhsun2.unil.ch:8000/anthony/fsalad.zip
-
- And the update:
- http://idhsun2.unil.ch:8000/anthony/fsupd.zip
-
- The game
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- Running: type "fsalad" from the appropriate directory or d-click on the icon.
-
- The goal of the game is to remove all the fruits from all levels. A level
- is composed of fruits at the top of the screen, and others attached to them.
- You must remove all of them in order to go to the next level. You control
- some kind of strange shooting device that lets you shoot additional fruits
- on the others. Your fruits rebond on the left and right border, and that can
- help you shoot them in a difficult area. The fruit you'll be shooting does
- appear on your device, and the next one just on its right side.
-
- When at least three fruits of the same kind are in contact,
- they explose (strange eh ?!) and disappear. At the same time, the fruits that were attached
- to the ones that exploded fall. A level is finished when there are no
- fruits left (except for the black ones, that cannot be destroyed). The fruits
- that fall give you more points than the ones that explode, so do it as often
- as you can - and it's good to finish the levels too. Depending on the level
- and on how far you are, the "ceiling" will go down slowly or faster. When a
- fruit enters the zone of your device you have lost.
-
- There are some strange black and white fruits that are "magic" fruits. If you
- shoot a fruit on it, all the fruits of that kind will explose. The effect
- will be the same if you shoot one of those "magic" fruits on a "normal" one.
- At the start of a game, you have three "magic" fruits that you can shoot with
- the "Ctrl" key. You'll soon understand that those ones are really precious, so
- use them wisely !
-
- Some numbers may appear on the fruits. If you make those fruits explode, you
- receive extra points. Some '?' may appear too. In that case a special event
- occurs. It can be good or bad... Watch the FX indicator and listen to the sound to
- determine it. There are a bit more "good" events than "bad" ones, so it can be
- a good idea to shoot those '?'. Ex: add points, remove points, add magic fruit,
- go to next level, mix all the fruits (The Fruit Salad Event) etc.
-
- Keys:
-
- 'Cursor Left' and 'cursor right' to choose your shooting angle.
- 'Space' to shoot a normal fruit.
- 'Control' to shoot a magic fruit.
- 'Q' to quit the game.
- 'P' to pause the game.
-
- If you have any question or comment, feel free to contact us by E-mail:
-
- Anthony: aguye@pop-server.unil.ch
- Andres: wanner@ubaclu.unibas.ch
-
- Sorry for the bugs... (big sound bug, I know, I know ;-)
-
- Thanks ! LLater !
-
- Anthony Guye-Vuilleme (15.4.1997)
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- PS. If you can't hear any sound try running "ssetup.exe".
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