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- Product: Prairie Dog Hunt for Windows
-
- I think you will find it to be a most entertaining game. If you have
- ever played that Whack a mole game at an amusement park then you should
- enjoy WinDog. Basically, prairie dogs pop up out of their holes and you
- shoot the Sounds fun doesn't it? But it's much more than that. Below
- are the general rules on how to play WinDog. Please read them to fully
- understand the game.
-
- When you start Prairie Dog Hunt for Windows you are greeted by the intro
- screen. Not much here, but if you want a taste of the game, just click
- on the adorable little prairie dog with the crosshairs centered on him.
- Now it gets serious... Click on the GO HUNTING' button to bring up the
- main gaming screen (depending on the speed of your computer this can
- take between 5 and 30 seconds... please bear with it, the game has not
- crashed). Once the main screen has shown up it is time to go hunting.
-
- The game starts with a default prairie dog count of 20 and unlimited
- ammunition. To change the default settings click on the big button that
- says 'DOGS' (has 4 little P. Dogs on it) and select a different quantity
- of rodents. The available choices are A Few (20) - A Bunch (50) or Dog
- Master (100). Then select the big button that says 'AMMO' (has guns on
- it). The choices here are Unlimited (1000 loads for each weapon),
- Limited (10 for pellet gun, 6 for 44 Mag and 4 for shotgun) and Dog
- Master (6 for ellet gun, 4 for 44 Mag and 2 for shotgun). Once you have
- the settings to your liking it's time to go hunting. Simply click on
- the 'PRAIRIE DOG CALL' button to call out the dogs. Quickly select a
- weapon from the three choices (Pellet Gun - .44 Magnum - Shotgun) This
- will give you a black crosshai to aim with. Aim at the prairie dogs as
- they pop up out of their holes. Click the left mouse button to fire off
- a round. The Pellet Gun is a bit weak and you must hit the dogs twice
- to kill them (i.e. double left click). The .44 Magnum will kill them
- with just one shot, and the Shotgun will kill all the visible dogs on
- the screen. When you kill a prairie dog, blood will fly and he will
- scream in agony. Keep killing prairie dogs until they are all gone. Or
- until you run out of ammunition. Or die of RABIES.... RABIES??? WHAT
- RABIES???? Be careful, some of the dogs in the lower left corner of the
- screen are RABID. You will recognize them immediately. If a RABID dog
- pops up and you don't kill him he will bite you. Watch th e RABIES
- display at the bottom of the screen... 5 bites and you are DEAD.
-
- SCORING in WinDog consists of 10 points for a Pellet Gun kill, 5 for a
- .44 Mag kill and 1 point for each dog killed with the shotgun. Each
- miss costs you 1 point. The highest possible score per game would be
- 1000 (100 dogs killed with pellet gun, no mis es). This is the perfect
- game. But then there is the Dog Master game (100 dogs, Dog Master AMMO
- setting). This game can only be won with very accurate shooting. No
- misses with the Pellet Gun or Magnum and at least 2 dogs hit with each
- of 8 Shotgun she ls will yeild 100 dead dogs and no remaining ammo.
- Very tough. Give it a try, there is a Dog Master enrollment screen that
- will display if you can accomplish it.
-
- The OPTIONS button pauses the game whenever it is selected. The options
- panel will then appear and allow you to do a few things. You can select
- HELP to view the QuickHelp screen if you need info on playing WinDog.
- You can select ABOUT to view the about screen and credits. You can
- select RESTART GAME to restart the game you are currently playing (this
- option is useful if you are trying for Dog Master status and you know
- you don't have enough ammo left). You can select STATISTICS to view
- your stats for he game. Included is your Hit/Miss ratio for each
- weapon. The statistics continue to increment as long as WinDog is
- running, so if you want to view stats for just one game, be sure to
- click RESET STATS before starting a new game. Selecting QUIT will qu t
- WinDog and return you to the Windows environment. Selecting RETURN TO
- GAME will return you to the game as it was when you selected the OPTIONS
- button (just like a 'pause' button).
-
- I hope you enjoy WinDog. If you do enjoy it and decide to keep it,
- please remember to register your copy with me. That way I can send you
- timely updates and software changes. You will also receive a copy of
- the game with your name on it on the disk for at of your choice. And
- you will be the first to receive version 2 of Windog which will include
- side-to-side scrolling terrain, prairie dogs that shoot back and the Dog
- Master hall of fame Look for WinDog v.2 in the Winter of 1993. Just
- print out the ord rfrm.doc file, fill it out and send to the address
- shown. Checks or Money Orders are accepted. Allow 2-3 weeks for
- delivery.
-
- Please inform me of any bugs or hardware or software conflicts you find
- while playing WinDog. I would appreciate it. Tips and suggestions to
- improve game play would also be appreciated. Thank You.
-
- Ian Firth
- Diversions Software
- 966 Kramer Court
- Aurora, Colorado 80010 USA
- CompuServe 76450,3711
-