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- Vanguard Ace (TM)
-
- Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Imaginative Illusions Sdn. Bhd.
-
- http://www.angelfire.com/id/imaginative/
-
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- * Instructions/Troubleshooting Info *
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- Requirements:
- * A 486 or faster IBM-compatible PC
- * VGA graphics
- * Hard disk
- * 8 Megabytes of RAM
-
- Recommended hardware:
- * 486/100 or faster CPU for 70 fps smooth play at full parallax.
- * Sound Blaster 16
- * Joystick or Keyboard.
-
- Also supports:
- * Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16,
- Gravis Ultrasound, Pro Audio Spectrum, Ensonic SoundScape
- and 100% compatible sound cards.
- * Mouse (Not recommended)
-
-
-
- To start Vanguard Ace
- ---------------------
-
- 1. Switch to the drive where the game is installed (C:)
- 2. Switch to the subdirectory where the game is installed (CD \VANGUARD)
- 3. Make sure your BLASTER environment string are set appropriately as
- the game relies on it to autodetect your sound card. Gravis UltraSound
- should have it's ULTRASND environment string set appropriately.
- 4. Then type VANGUARD and you're home free.
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- Game Features.
- --------------
-
- 1. 70 Frames Per Second smooth screen update.
- 2. Multiple layer parallax scrolling.
- 3. Rendered graphics.
- 4. Mecha style sprites design and bosses.
- 5. At least 30 fps per sprite.
- 6. Multiple weapon levels for each ships.
- 7. You can select from 5 different ships. (Full version)
- 8. Over 1000 frames of animated sprites.
- 9. 6 long and intense levels instead of multiple short boring levels.
- 10. 8 huge and full-featured non-sissified bosses. :)
- 11. And last... but not least... probably the 1st vertical shooter
- with such quality to scroll at such high frame rates.
-
-
-
- What's in the menu.
- -------------------
-
- Well... this game is so easy to start playing there's really not much
- to say. Anyway, here are the descriptions of the menu items.
-
-
- 1.Start Game
- 2.Difficulty
- 3.Options------------5.Screen
- 4.Exit 6.Sound Volume
- 7.Music Volume
- 8.Player 1 Device
- 9.Player 2 Device
- 10.Keyboard Config
- 11.Joystick Config
- 12.Advance Options-----------13.Frame Rate
- 14.Parallax
- 15.Refresh
- 16.Video Wait
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-
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- 1. Start Game.
- -----------
- Press Enter to start the game. Player 1 will choose his ship
- first. After pressing Enter... Player 2 will be given the
- chance to choose. Press ESC if Player 2 is not joining.
- Same vice-versa. Press ESC for Player 1 if not playing.
-
- If ESC is pressed at both selection you will be returned to
- the main menu.
-
- Only 1 type of ship can be selected at a time. Once a ship
- is selected, the other player cannot select the ship again.
-
- In the game, press these numbers if either Player 1 or Player 2
- wants to join in afterwards or if you're dead.
-
- Ships Player 1 select Player 2 select
- ----- --------------- ---------------
-
- Charlotte 1 6
- Chaos 2 7
- Marie 3 8
- Wasp 4 9
- Phoenix 5 0
-
- To pause game, Press the PAUSE key. To quit game, Press the ESC
- key and you will be prompted for confirmation.
-
-
- 2. Difficulty
- ----------
- Choose the difficulty of gameplay.
-
-
- 3. Options
- -------
- This is divided into these categories:
-
- 5. Screen = PC or Arcade. PC for full screen. Default is Arcade.
- 6. Sound Volume = Adjust the sound volume.
- 7. Music Volume = Adjust the music volume.
- 8. Player 1 Device = Select Keyboard, Joystick or Mouse for Player 1.
- 9. Player 2 Device = Select Keyboard, Joystick or Mouse for Player 2.
- 10. Keyboard Config = Configure keys for both Player 1 and Player 2.
- 11. Joystick = Recalibrates the Joystick.
-
-
- 12. Advance options.
- ----------------
- Meant for techies. 8^)
-
- 13. Frame Rate = Low,Medium,High. Default is High. Select Low or Medium
- for slower PCs.
-
- 14. Parallax = Toggles additional parallax layers. Recommended OFF for
- slow PCs. Default is ON.
-
- 15. Refresh = Vertical Refresh rate of the monitor. Default is 70hz.
- Set 60hz to slow the game by 10 frames if possible.
- This is useful if you find the game a little too fast.
-
- 16. Video Wait = Vertical Refresh status. Check OFF if you have
- really really slow speed. Default is ON.
-
-
-
- 4. Exit (Ta ta)
-
-
-
-
- Control and Default keys.
- -------------------------
-
- PLAYER 1 PLAYER2
-
- Up Up Arrow T
- Down Down Arrow G
- Left Left Arrow F
- Right Right Arrow H
- Fire Ctrl X
- Bomb Alt Z
-
-
- For Mouse... Button 1 is Fire and Button 2 is Bomb. Move ships with mouse.
- For Joystick... Button 1 is Fire and Button 2 is Bomb.
-
-
-
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- Description of the Ships.
- -------------------------
-
- 1. Charlotte 2000
- --------------
- This ship packs a punch when you call its backup...
- Its backup bomber is huge and sends a wallop with
- tons of hydro-bombs. Any ships within the visible
- distance of the screen gets wallop by it.
-
- 2. Chaos EX
- --------
- This ship has very very little recharge time before
- it's ready to fire its next rounds of stinging lasers
- on its enemies. Equipped with simultaneous Missiles
- that sends enemies flying to limbo.
-
- 3. Marie FX (Registered version only)
- --------
- This ship has very powerful pair of boosters and
- its speed beats all the rest of the ships.
- Its special bomb is a hybrid of the napalm bomb
- but able to reach the skies as well.
-
- 4. Wasp 4000-N2 (Registered version only)
- ------------
- Heavy laser assault. Its laser packs a wallop
- and its special bomb is a laser with incremental
- increase in area coverage. Its special lasts the
- longest among all the ships and packs a painful
- and burning destruction upon contact with enemy.
-
- 5. Phoenix GX (Registered version only)
- ----------
- Originally meant as a physics research aircraft.
- Modified to be a fighter to aid in the destruction
- of the 'VISITORS'. Its laser also takes very
- little time to recharge, just like Chaos-EX.
- Although its laser is subsequently slower, but
- packs a punch when it levels ups. Its special
- ability is its scientific ability to stop
- time temporary in a particular region that's close
- to the ship's radius. During the freeze, the Phoenix
- can take its sweet time walloping the frozen enemies.
- VERY USEFUL to give bosses more fatal hits.
-
-
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- Common problems and solutions
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-
- Running with Windows
- ---------------------
-
- Vanguard Ace will run under Windows 3.xx without much problem.
- The only small problem will be some delay of music during menu
- redraws. Other than that the game will run fine just like in DOS.
-
- Vanguard Ace will work under Windows 95 just like in DOS without
- any problems.
-
-
- Running with OS/2
- -----------------
-
- Vanguard Ace has not been tested under OS/2. If you can get it to run
- without problems, please don't hesitate to contact us.
-
-
- Windows NT
- ----------
-
- Vanguard Ace has not been tested under Windows NT and it is very unlikely
- that you'll get it to run with sound.
-
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- Memory issues.
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-
- You should have no problem with Vanguard Ace if you have at least 8 Megs
- of ram. If you receive a warning of insufficient ram... You should remove
- smartdrive or any other cache program in memory to free up more memory.
- Booting without EMM386.EXE will free up at least 256K of memory.
-
- You can boot without anything in memory and Vanguard Ace will still run.
- As long as the appropriate environment string is set, Vanguard Ace will
- be able to play sound and music. 'BLASTER' for SB cards, 'ULTRASND'
- for Gravis UltraSound cards and 'SNDSCAPE' for Ensonic SoundScape cards.
- These environment strings are the only ones you need to play Vanguard Ace.
-
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- CONTACTING IMAGINATIVE ILLUSIONS' TECH SUPPORT
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- You can contact us online:
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- WorldWide Web: http://www.angelfire.com/id/imaginative/
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-
-
-
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF
- LIABILITY:
-
- THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS". IMAGINATIVE ILLUSIONS
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-
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- CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM
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- FILES, DOCUMENTATION OR ELEMENTS THEREOF,
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- COMPLEX AND MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY FREE OF
- ERRORS, ALL USERS ARE ADVISED TO VERIFY THEIR
- WORK AND TO MAKE BACK-UP COPIES.
-
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- Notice: All registered brand names and trademarks are the property of
- the respective owners.
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- About Imaginative Illusions Sdn. Bhd.
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-
-
- We are a games developing company in Malaysia based in Johor Bahru.
- We believe we are the first company in Malaysia to produce PC games
- to sell commercially. Our main objectives are to make high-quality
- action/arcade games for the PC.
-
- We have skills to develop fast paced action games and will like to
- expand in this area. Of course we will venture into other types of
- gaming as well. The next release of any games we produce will be
- able to run as Windows95 applications too. We will produce dual
- platform games. One .EXE for 32-bit DOS and One .EXE for Windows 95.
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