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- Galaxis Short Description
- =========================
- Galaxis is a game of strategy and some luck.
- As one user put it: 'A very good cross of Mastermind and Battleships'.
- Your object is to try and find four lost capsules on a 9x20 grid
- in as few turns as possible. In a turn, you try to figure out the best position
- to send a probe to and analyse the data returned. If you use a good strategy,
- this data may help you locating the capsules or the next position to send a probe
- to.
-
- This new release (v 1.1) features two major improvements over the last (v. 1.02):
- - You can play against the time. This introduces an important stress factor.
- - Galaxis 1.1 has high-quality background music.
-
- Galaxis comes in two versions, one for b/w monitors and one for grayscale monitors
- with at least 16 levels of gray. The b/w version runs on any Mac, the gray version
- on a Mac LC or better.
-
- The multiplayer network version will come if enough of you send in their postcard.
- I'm in the early planning stages.
-
- Galaxis is distributed under XMas-Ware System: It was a XMas Gift for my
- Girlfriend. If you like it, send her a postcard.
-
- Galaxis-Version History
-
- * 1.1 Okt 20, 1992
- NEW: Introduced Time Limit
-
- NEW: Background Music using the Sound Trecker Drivers by
- Frank Seide
-
- Fixed bug in marking: now you can unmark a position again.
-
- removed Balloon Help. If you want it back, please tell me.
-
-
- * 1.02 Mar 18, 1992
- Fixed bug in saving a game: if all capsules where found and you reloaded
- the game it told you that 4 ships are still lost.
-
- Fixed bug in saving game: now you cannot save a finished game.
-
- Fixed bug in saving game: now you cannot save an uninitialized game.
-
- Created b/w version for support of older and monochrome Macs. Now there
- will be two Galaxis games: Galaxis and Galaxis b/w. First incarnation for
- Galaxis b/w is 1.02.
- Galaxis BW screen drivers had to be rewritten to support the smaller
- screen size of the 9" Mac Plus, SE and Classic. Had to redo all the PICTs
- for this, too.
- In later versions I will try to do a better job on the b/w graphics since
- this was a quick-and-dirty job.
-
- Added a new menu item 'View Best Missions' to the settings menu. Now you
- can look at your best missions any time you want.
-
- If you doubleclicked on the Galaxy Scores File to start Galaxy it will
- now display the Highscore List instead of terminating. Thanks to
- <Daniel.H.Williams.IV@Dartmouth.edu> for reporting this bug.
-
- * 1.01 Jan 22,1992
- Made Soundfile optional. Now, if you remove the soundfile, Galaxis simply
- remains silent instead of terminating.
-
- If no Soundfile present, the 'Sound' item gets disabled.
-
- If you doubleclicked on a seen-from-here indicator, this indicator will
- be crossed out to signify that it can be neglected in further
- considerations. Doubleclicking on it again will reset it to normal
- display. Thanks to Stefan Trachsler in Zuerich, Swizerland for this
- improvement hint.
-
- Don't have to press Shift to mark multiple. Simple click-and-drag is
- enough.
-
- Included Bug Report Form for easier troubleshooting.
-
- This version posted to sumex-aim
-
- * 1.0 Dec 20, 1991
- Removed typoo in 'record-breaking score' - thanks to
- <JOHNSON_DOUGLAS_W@LILLY.COM>
-
- Installed Ballon Help. Had to redo all DITL-IDs for this.
-
- Released this version to Barbara, Dec 25. Never released to public.
-
- * 0.9b1 Dec. 18, 1991
- Initial Release, posted to sumex-aim
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