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                Flea Racer Professional by Paul Womar

Thanks for trying out the Shareware version of Flearacer Profes-
sional and I hope that you have many hours of enjoyment from it
but remember it is Copyright Paul Womar 1994 and may NOT be re-
verse translated or distributed in any changed form, this includes
the registration file on registered versions. I also accept no
responsibility for anything happening due to the use of this pro-
gram, you are using this program at your own risk and I can not
accept any responsibility for anything happening due to the use of
this program from severe twitching of the left knee to turning the
player into a large vibrating blamange (I can't think of any rea-
son why this may happen but it's better to be safe than sorry!).


            Flea Racer Professional-"The Instructions".

    Flea Racer Professional is based upon the normal rules of horse
betting. The horses in this case are actually fleas, all of which
are rated at odds of 10:1 so really the chances of you becoming
better off whilst playing are in your favour as there are only 8
fleas. Unfortunately it`s not quite that simple as the order of
the fleas is 100% random except if any steroids or headstarts have
been purchased (more about those later). When you first start the
game you are presented with the title screen which will scroll
upwards (this can be skipped by pressing a key when registered),
then a dialogue will appear asking for the number of people play-
ing, 1 to 8 people are allowed to bet, then select the flea speed:
Slow,Fair,Fast,Turbo (best results are obtained with fast or fair
is more tension is required), then select sound off,beeps or sam-
ples, when samples are selected beeps are also used and samples
are played 1, At the very beginning 2, After the title screen and
3, When the first flea crosses the line these samples are not in-
cluded as they take up too much room, if you would like these
samples just place the files Begin.Wav,Welcome.Wav & Finish.Wav
(respectively) into any WAV directory. Finally if you are regis-
tered you can select new or loaded game.
    The next dialogue presented is the names dialogue where the most
often used 10 names are stored. To begin with, all names will be
useless so press space to select a new name, type it in then press
the return key and repeat for each player( if no name is entered
you will be known as Player #). When the name selections are com-
plete you can begin the betting simply type the amount you wish to
bet (bearing in mind that if the bet is an each way bet you will
have to pay the bet twice), the # of the flea that you wish to bet
on (from 1-8), whether you want to bet each way (1st,2nd or 3rd)
or "On the nose" (1st only) and finally when the 17.5% tax should
be deducted (from your bet or from your winnings). When you have
completed this press enter and pass to the next player until the
race begins (more about that later on).
    You can bring up the options dialogue by pressing "Tab" (This
dialogue will only apply to registered users). This dialogue al-
lows you to withdraw,pay in and give money as well as being able
to enter the casino or select help (more about help later). To
make a withdraw simply select the option and type the amount you
desire (NOTE: you must have a sufficient overdraft for the re-
quired amount). Each race that takes place will mean an extra 10%
interest will be added to any money owing or if you are in credit
you will get 1% interest per race. Pay in is used to pay in money
and to repay your loans when you have your money back. Give money
is used to give some of your money to another player who is in
debt (you must know what # player they are first). Just in-case
any of you are thinking about taking out money and never repaying
it a little "feature" has been added that makes upto half of your
winnings from the current race go towards paying back what you
owe. The casino is just there for a quick gamble at playing higher
or lower. The amount won is only your bet back+the amount that you
betted. The risks are high when playing higher or lower as the
next card could be the same as the last and so you may loose and
also the "cards" are 100% random so anything could happen and the
risk is not really worth taking unless you are feeling lucky.
    The shop is just that. It allows you to purchase either a 20
pixel (screen dot) headstart for £100 or some steroids. Steroids
will give your fleas that extra edge but even if you have 99%
steroids it is still possible that it may not win due to the to-
tally random nature of the game (only one of each is allowed each
race but you will not be prevented from buying another so watch
out!). Please also be careful about when you enter the shop as
when you enter the shop the products purchased will be used on the
flea number that was in the dialogue box just before you entered
the shop and if you change the flea after buying the steroids/
headstart it will still apply to the previous flea (Confused?).
Example: You type in flea 4 as your selected flea and you the en-
ter the shop and buy a headstart but then decide to bet on flea 7,
flea 4 will have the headstart NOT flea 7 (this can have it's ad-
vantages as it allows you to buy advantages for friends who have
used up their limit (don't forget to charge them though!)).
    Once all of the selections are complete the race will begin.
Each flea uses a totally random movement pattern (except when
steroids have been purchased as they increase the distance trav-
elled a little every time) and the results are totally UN-pre-
dictable: NO fleas are "better" than others. In the bottom of
right of the screen you will see the finishing line-up, when the
race is over the screen will stop (the race can be paused at any
time with the "p" button) and you have to press a key to continue.
    You will then see the results screen and this will show what
flea was betted on, by who, what position it came in at, the total
cash (not the amount won!) and also the finishing line-up again.
Then it`s time for the betting to start all over again. If you
press the "s" key on the results screen it allows you to save the
game and quit.
    The help screen can not be called during setup, name selection
or racing but at other times it can be called up by pressing
"Help", from the options menu or sometimes by pressing "Esc". The
Quit option in the help dialogue does not tell you about quit it
does it!

Remember: This game is shareware and may be registered by sending
£5 to:
Paul Womar,
27 Stonehill,
Hanham,
Bristol,
Avon,
BS15 3HP.
When you send your money you will be granted special privileges
that allow you to:
    Play for longer than 30 turns and with no nag screens or waits,
    The ultimate of cheats that will allow you to: bet upto 5 Mil-
lion whether you have it or not,force a flea to win,let you pre-
tend that you bet on the flea that won whether you did or not and
a few other things that are best left unmentioned,
    Buy the source code for £5 extra,
    Have the latest version by sending a disk and 50p(P&P),
    Bargain basement price shareware at £1 per HD disk or 70p per DD
disk+P&P,
    Suggest extra features and have them added if I think they are
worthwhile,
    Any other programs that I have written & anything else I can
think of at the time.

Please note that the latest version of Flea racer will not be re-
leased very often and so if you find any bugs they may have al-
ready been fixed but please contact me anyway but please do not
ask for an updated version if you are not registered.

A final note is to anybody with an Atari ST who is interested in
swapping Atari public domain please write to the above address
with a disk and S.A.E. for the full list containing hundreds of
disks.

T.T.F.N.



?#Paul Womar 1994