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- COLOR CROSS 1.04e <ASP>
- Copyright 1993-1995 by Gene Brown
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- Shareware fee $12
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- COLOR CROSS is a DOS based two-player strategy game requiring an
- 8086 series CPU, 300K of free RAM, VGA color graphics, and a Micro-
- soft compatible mouse and DOS resident mouse driver. Because piece
- selections in COLOR CROSS require nimble mouse dexterity, you may
- want to reduce your mouse's acceleration and sensitivity settings
- before playing.
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- CLX.EXE is the only essential file, and it will run from either a
- floppy disk or hard drive. The file CLXSMPL.CXC may be opened from
- within the game as an example of an initial board. REGISTER.DOC is
- the program registration form; it may be opened and printed using
- any DOS based text editor.
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- When CLX.EXE is started, the user enters a character based shell
- with two menus: »File« and »Game«. The menu items under »File« en-
- able you to open a board file, save a game in progress, or exit the
- program. Under the »Game« menu, selecting the item »Play« begins a
- new game or returns to the one in progress, and selecting the item
- »Help« provides a detailed set of directions and registration/copy-
- right information.
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- Note: If you run COLOR CROSS from MS Windows 3.x and find that you
- lose your mouse cursor, you must add a statement to your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file to load the MOUSE.COM driver from your Windows directory. For a
- directory named WINDOWS on drive C, the statement would be:
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- c:\windows\mouse.com
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- Comment out any other mouse drivers in AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS
- and reboot your computer. For more details, see your Windows manual.
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- Although it has no direct analog I know of, COLOR CROSS is a kind of
- abstract board game. Like most abstract games, there is only a small
- set of properties involving piece selections, motions, and interac-
- tions to learn; but you must know them in order to play. In conjunc-
- tion with reading the directions carefully, I suggest demonstrating
- the properties for yourself by running through situations on the
- game board, which is fully editable. Generally, someone who already
- knows the game can teach you very quickly.
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- A few of the game properties such as the number of pieces on the
- board, the initial board configuration, and the number of pieces
- moved during a turn have been left open. See the section RECOMMENDED
- PLAY in the »Help« window, which outlines a recommended play scheme.
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- COLOR CROSS is the first in a trilogy of two-player strategy games
- together with BATTLE CHARGE and TUNNEL WAR (in progress). If you en-
- joy COLOR CROSS, you can not lose trying the others. Write with any
- questions, observations, or suggestions to:
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- Gene Brown
- Cold Water Software
- P.O. Box 44421
- Eden Prairie, MN 55344-1421
- CompuServe: 73423,3415
- Phone: (612) 946-1987
- Member ASP
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- Version History:
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- Version 1.01:
- --Added ASP (Association of Shareware Professionals) designation to
- Info and Help files. Re-wrote initial portion of Help file.
- --Save File warning dialog is no longer presented in the game shell
- following a Revert to Saved <R> and Exit <X> from the game screen.
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- Version 1.02:
- --Fixed bug that kept program from initializing some mouse drivers.
- --Added MS Windows mouse driver info and other changes to README.DOC.
- --Changed business address in Help file and other relevant documents.
- Minor Help file corrections.
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- Version 1.03:
- --Added VENDINFO.DIZ file; changed restrictions on non-ASP vendor
- distribution in file VENDOR.DOC.
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- Version 1.04:
- --Updated business address. Minor documentation improvements.
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- Version 1.04e:
- --Minor documentation improvements.
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