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- ║ - AVENGER v0.92 - ║
- ║ SHAREWARE ║
- ║ Made in Finland ║
- Copyright(C) 1996, Deadline/Rooster
- Check out our web page: http://www.megabaud.fi/~sjv
-
- 1:SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- 2:ABOUT THE GAME
- 3:HOW TO ORDER THE REGISTERED VERSION OF AVENGER
- 4:COMING UP / WHAT WILL BE IN REGISTERED VERSION <-- CHECK OUT!!!
- 5:ABOUT DEADLINE
- 6:DISTRIBUTING (ESPECIALLY FOR SYSOP'S)
- 7:SPECIAL THANKS
- 8:HISTORY
- 9:FILES
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- 1:SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- The game should work on 386(not tested) and about 500k base memory.
- I recommend 486(dx), which I(Rooster) have myself.Game runs quite
- OK with it.With sounds, game requires about 330k extended memory.
- Sorry about the speed, but isn't this the Pentium generation? (Not
- from my side yet).If the game is much too slow, disable sounds from
- setup.
- Sounds don't work on some SB16 cards and i don't know why, but here is
- some advices:
- -disable EMM386 from your config.sys
- -set highdma from (Avengers)soundsetup to zero
- -set low dma to zero and high dma to your setting(5 usually)
-
- FILE NOT FOUND?
- Maybe you will notice this bug. The game complains that some file
- is not found, even if all files are in place. So don't get worried
- right away.
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- 2:ABOUT THE GAME
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- You must run setup.exe before you can play Avenger.
- Your mission is to destroy everything that moves(YES!).
- Keys are very simple: arrows(left and right)move ship left and right.
- Right alt(Alt Gr?) fires and right ctrl fires 2nd weapon.
- Press F1 to adjust the game's speed (this is only required
- on faster machines).Esc returns to main menu and
- works as pause at the sametime.
- Sometimes you'll get shield upgrades, and weapon speed upper.
- Those are in S item, which comes from exploding enemy.
- You can get a double gun from big enemy and after you have got that,
- you will get speed upper from the same.
- G item gives you the secondary weapon or a new weapon.
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- 3:HOW TO ORDER THE REGISTERED VERSION OF AVENGER
-
- So, you have maybe liked this game, and you wish to register it.
- So how do you register it? Simple, fill in the order form
- and then print it out.The order form is in 'order.frm' file.
- To print it out type at the dos prompt:COPY ORDER.FRM PRN(enter).
- Registeration costs 20FIM(Suomen Markkaa) from Finland only. And from
- any else country 10$(US Dollars) which will cover all postage costs.
- If you live in Finland, there is also finnish version of order
- form, which is ORDER.FIN. If you don't own a printer, you can also
- write the needed information(check order form) to paper,
- but write them CLEARLY. You can also pay to our account:
- send the receipt instead of the money.
- Send the registeration form and money(no coins if possible)
- to following address:
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- Deadline
- Poste restante
- 04440 Järvenpää
- Suomi / Finland
-
- All contributions are accepted with pleasure:)
-
- The newest version will arrive to you as quickly as i can
- send it to you. Delivery may take some time depending on if
- the latest version ready or not.
- GAME WILL BE DELIVERED IN 1.44 FORMAT ONLY.
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- 4:COMING UP / WHAT WILL BE IN REGISTERED VERSION
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- By registering you will get the latest version of the game
- and the second episode with much new levels, graphics, enemys
- and weapons. You will also have all the cheat codes when you register.
-
- The next version that will be published as shareware is 1.0, so
- don't wait it to come soon, 'cause it takes at least four months
- before we put it to distribution!
-
- Coming to next version:
- -TWO-PLAYER GAME!
- -more graphics and sounds
- -plus many unlisted features (this means there WILL be much
- new features, not just a one bug fix)
-
- Coming in future:
- -animations!!!
- -much more levels and enemys
- -more guns(bombs etc.)
-
- 5:ABOUT DEADLINE
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- Deadline is: Rooster coding, design, sounds
- Mustang graphics
- Junkhead game testing, some ideas
-
- This was our first game and we hope you have liked it.
- Our real names are not published because of personal reasons(fame?).
-
- WE DON'T COVER ANY DAMAGE WHAT THIS GAME MIGHT CAUSE TO YOUR COMPUTER
- OR TO SOMEONE.(ex. computer blows up, eh)
-
- 6:DISTRIBUTING
-
- As you may already know, this game is shareware and you can
- FREELY DISTRIBUTE it and PLEASE do it!
-
- FOR COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTERS:
-
- If you wish to include this game to a cd-rom collection or something else
- you can do it freely, but we would recommend that you send us a letter
- and tell where you putted it.
- (the address is in chapter 3)
-
- 7:SPECIAL THANKS
-
- This game uses SMIX (C real mode) by Ethan Brodsky.
- Thank him of the sounds, not us.Without Ethan's SMIX, this game
- would not have sounds at all(maybe).It's a really good sound
- engine.
-
- Also thanks to everybody in Triplex and MBnet, you helped me(Rooster)
- a lot in making this game run little bit faster.
-
- 8:HISTORY
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- Version 0.55: First released version
-
- Version 0.55a: Same as above, but some more info included.
-
- Version 0.6:
- -one enemy more
- -weapon/shield upgrades
- -enemys don't come anymore at the sametime
- -better explosions
- -sounds in whole game(only registered version)
- -sound setup
-
- Version 0.7
- -little animations
- -more sounds
- -better and longer levels
- -enemy flashes when hit
- -two enemys more and big bastard in the end
- -game is faster
- -plus some more changes
- -works with lower base memory(below 500k)
-
- Version 0.8
- -second backround
- -new menu system
- -own ship rotates
- -extra weapon
- -two new levels and one new enemy
- -much new graphics
- -plus much more unlisted changes
-
- Version 0.9 (not distributed as shareware)
- -two kinds of explosions
- -shields displayed graphically
- -couple new sounds
- -more these "little animations"
- -and much more
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- Version 0.92
- -SPARKS
- -second sound in menu and a sound in get ready thing
- -game's speed is saved to disk
- -one new enemy and two new levels(in registered version)
- -15th level little bit changed
- -one old enemy has animation
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- 9:FILES
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- Avenger contains these files, do not delete any of these:
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- avenger.exe main program
- setup.exe soundsetup
- file_id.diz description of zip
- av.cfg configuration file(setup creates this)
- *.gfx pictures
- *.raw sounds(22khz)
- readme.txt this file
- order.frm order.fin order forms
- readme.bat quick way to read this
- levels.dat level data
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