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- Copyright (C) 1999 Andrei Fedukov
- Distributed by Ultisoft, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
-
- 2 Hooked!
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-
- CONTENTS:
- 1. Game status
- 2. Brief description
- 3. Installation
- 4. Playing single game
- 5. Playing DeathMatch
- 6. Movement keys
- 7. Skill levels
- 8. Rating system
- 9. Shareware limitations
-
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- 1. Game status
- 2 Hooked! is shareware. You may install this program to
- test and evaluate it; after that you must either register
- this program or delete it from your computer hard drive
- and other storage devices. (see "license.txt" file for
- details). To register online you may visit
- http://www.ultisoft.com/2hooked.htm
- or you may register via mail - simple print and fill out
- registration form (USorder.txt, AUSorder.txt or UKorder.txt).
-
- After you register you will get registration code and name
- by e-mail.
-
-
- 2. Brief description
- 2 Hooked! is classic arcade worm-like game. You have different
- modes to play: four skill levels, Custom mode and DeathMatch.
- On standart modes your task is very simple: just try to not hit
- anybody or walls and eat an apples to grow up
-
-
- 3. Installation
- For playing 2 Hooked! you must have Comic Sans MS fonts
- installed on your PC. If you havn't it installed, just copy
- files COMIC.TTF and COMICBD.TTF into your WINDOWS\FONTS
- directory (included).
-
-
- 4. Playing single game
- When you start the game first time you must create your
- account - simple click <Change User> in main menu. Enter your
- name and press <Enter>. Now you are the current user, your
- name will be shown in main screen.
-
- This name will be used for your statistic. When you start the
- game next time you may not enter your name - the game remember
- last user.
-
- To create new account just click <Change User> again and enter
- desired name. This user become 'current user'. All statistics
- will be counted for him. To change 'current user' simple
- <Change User>.
-
-
- 5. Playing DeathMatch
- On DeathMatch you play against you friend - just eat the apples
- of your color and ... don't die and help to die to your friend.
-
- To play DeathMatch simple click <DeathMatch> in main menu.
- The first player is yellow worm and the second is aqua. Just
- eat the apples of your color to grow up. When you die your
- friend get a score. So be patient.
-
-
- 6. Movement keys
- The standart movement keys for single player game is UP, RIGHT,
- LEFT, DOWN keys. To change them simple click <Controls> in main
- menu. To change the key just click on desired box and press
- desired key.
-
- To play DeathMatch select keys for first and second player just
- clicking on desired box.
-
- Pause key: 'Pause Break' key. Music ON/OFF: F1/F2.
-
-
- 7. Skill levels
- The game has four predefined skill levels: Beginner, Amateur,
- Professional and Master, and custom level. Each of standart
- levels has it's own parametres:
-
- CPU worms: it's just how many alien worms will help you to
- die. The more CPU worms - the more difficalt to
- play.
-
- Timer Interval: it's the timer intervals between game turns. The
- more interval - the more easy to play.
-
- Turn probability: it's the probability of the turning of the CPU
- worm. The more probability - the more ...
- I don't know, try yourself.
-
- You may play Custom skill level - on that level you choose all
- parametres by yourself. On this level there is no any
- statistics.
-
- To change current skill level simple click <Settings> in main
- menu and select desired skill level.
-
-
- 8. Rating System
- 2 Hooked! has great statistic system for you to play again and
- again to make it better. Each user that has it's own account has
- different statistic for all four skill levels. To see current
- statistic just click <Statistics> in main menu.
-
- Each user on each skill level (except Custom level) has this
- parametres:
-
- Games: this is how many games this player have played on
- that skill level.
-
- Eaten: it's how many apples this player have eaten on that
- skill level in summary.
-
- Average: it's average number of apples user have been eaten
- each game. This parameter calculated very simple:
- Eaten / Games.
-
- HiScore: this is the greatest result user have ever scored.
-
- In the game screen you may see all this parametres of current
- user on current skill level. Also you may see one more parameter
- under the Average - it's just how your Average will change if
- you die right now.
-
- On the upper right corner of the game screen you may see the
- absolutely High Score for this skill level.
-
- All this parametres are saved in file 'stat.dat' in your
- 2 Hooked! installation directory. You may take part in Global
- Rating - simple e-mail this file to the author:
- sud@land6.nsu.ru
- with subject 'stat'.
-
- All this results will be posted on http://www.chat.ru/~sud.
-
- 9. Shareware limitations
- 2 Hooked! is shareware so before you register it you will only
- have:
-
- The only available modes to play is Amateur skill level and
- DeathMatch, every 3 minutes of gameplay you will get
- ordering screen, you can not get more than 30 score, you
- can't take part in Global Rating sending us your stat file.
-
- After you register you will get all modes available to play, all
- nag screens will be removed, you may send us your stat file for
- Global Rating, you will get full support, free future updates
- and new versions of 2 Hooked!
-
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-
- CONTACTS:
-
- 2 Hooked! homepage: http://www.ultisoft.com/2hooked.htm
- Email Ultisoft, Inc.: ultisoft@mind.net
- Email author: sud@land6.nsu.ru