________________________________________________________________________ Hextris by Mark S. Andersson and Hellosh Software. Version 1.0, released in February 1998. ________________________________________________________________________ What this installer will create: This installer will create the Hextris 1.0 ƒ folder wherever you choose, and will contains everything you need to start playing: • Hextris Read Me - The file you are currently reading... • How to Play - Some instructions on how to play Hextris. • Hextris - The game itself. • Hextris Blues - The background musical score. • Register - Use this program to conveniently pay the shareware fee. Nothing will be installed in any place in the System Folder, but preferences and scores for Hextris will be stored in the Preferences folder when you run the game. ________________________________________________________________________ System Requirements A Macintosh or Power Macintosh computer running System 7.5 or later is required. The color graphics require a 256-color, 640x480 screen. The sound effects require Sound Manager 3.0 or better. The musical score requires QuickTime 2.0 or better to run. ________________________________________________________________________ This Product is Shareware Hextris is being distributed under the shareware principles and is offered with a registration fee of US $20. Registered users will be notified of future versions and upgrades via email if they wish. Hextris is available at all major Macintosh shareware FTP sites. If your favorite one does not carry it, please let them know. Hellosh Software is proud to offer this product under the shareware principle of trying something before buying. There are no marketing costs and we can therefore offer this software at a fraction of the price of most other commercial software. ________________________________________________________________________ Contacting Hellosh Software To contact Mark Andersson for comments, bug reports or other software support, send email to For more information or screen shots of Hextris, visit http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/1379 Phone and FAX contact is not available. If you have questions about your shareware fee: Write to Kagi Shareware at . PLEASE DO NOT send questions about Hextris to this address. Kagi Shareware is only a payment service, and they will not be able to help you. ________________________________________________________________________ How To Purchase Hextris 1. Open the Register application by double-clicking its icon. You will see a window titled "Register." 2. Fill in your name and addresses in the boxes at the top of the window. 3. Fill in your Email address. 3. Decide the number of copies you want in the Hextris "Single User" box. 4. Choose the payment method under the "Payment Details:" box by selecting a method from the pop-up menu. 5. Send in your payment to our payment service Kagi Shareware by following the directions in the "Payment Details" box. 6. If you have given an Email address or have asked for a Postcard Receipt, you will get an acknowledgment from Kagi that you have paid. 7. You will then receive a registration code from Hellosh to register Hextris properly and turn off the shareware notices. If you give an Email address, this should only take one or two business days. If you are using a postal or foreign address, it will take somewhat longer. Thanks! Thank you for supporting shareware! Your support will enable us to bring you more high quality games in the future. Others are already in the works. ________________________________________________________________________ The Installer The installer for this product was created using Installer VISE Lite from MindVision Software. For more information on Installer VISE Lite, contact: MindVision Software 7201 North 7th Street Lincoln, NE 68521-8913 Voice: (402) 477-3269 Fax: (402) 477-1395 E-mail: mindvision@mindvision.com Website: www.mindvision.com ________________________________________________________________________ Copyright Notice All files in this Hextris distribution are Copyright © 1997-1998 and original works by Mark S. Andersson. All Rights Reserved. The contents of any of the files in this distribution may not be tampered with or modified in any way. The original Hextris Installer file may be shared with friends and redistributed provided all contents remain intact and in their original package. No individual resource, picture, sound or music may be redistributed separately or used in another product of any sort without the prior express written consent of Mark S. Andersson. This program may be distributed in CD-ROM collections and the like, but please contact me if you are releasing such a product. ________________________________________________________________________ License Agreement Mark S. Andersson and Hellosh Software hereby grants a free 30-day license to use Hextris, starting the day it is installed. After 30 days, Hextris must be registered with Hellosh Software by using the Register Hextris program and sending the appropriate payment to Kagi Shareware. Hextris may under no circumstances be used beyond this free 30 day trial period unless the program has been properly registered with a personal registration code obtained through payment via Kagi Shareware or directly through Mark S. Andersson. Each separate Macintosh computer that carries this software must be registered spearately. Unless explicitly stated in writing, Mark S. Andersson does not grant permission to distribute this Hextris package for profit in any form, including but not limited to, electronic information service distribution, bulletin board distribution, and magnetic or optical medium distribution. Non-profit distribution of the software is acceptable without prior written notice, providing that the software is not modified in any way, and the complete Hextris installation package is included in the distribution package. Mark S. Andersson and Hellosh Software aare not responsible for any damage to the purchaser's computer system or data and in no event will they or Kagi Shareware be responsible to the purchaser for any consequential, incidental, or indirect damages (including damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information and the like) arising out of the use or inability to use Hextris, even if Mark S. Andersson and Hellosh Software, Inc. has been advised of the possibility of such damages. ________________________________________________________________________ Hextris 1.0 for the Macintosh is Copyright © 1996-1998 by Mark S. Andersson. All Rights Reserved. Latest revision: February 12, 1998. ________________________________________________________________________