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- Astrokid
- In
- The Battle of Planet Funk
-
- Version 1.1
-
- Living and Electronic Dreams
- Copyright 1995-1996
-
-
- --- Distibution ---
-
- This game is public domain and may be freely distributed, on the following
- terms:
- It may be sold for non-profit purposes only. It may not be used on
- coverdisks or similar without prior written notice by author. It may not
- be distributed on disks sold for more than $5 or CDs costing more than $50
- or equivalent in other currencies. Nor the game or any of the files contained
- within the archive may be altered, without prior written notice by author.
- This game is supplied on 'as is' basis. This means that if the game
- causes any damage to your computer, then it is your own problem, as Living
- and Electronic Dreams can not be held responsible.
- Computer magazines wanting to put the game on a coverdisk must acquire a
- written permission from Living and Electronic Dreams before doing so. A
- small fee will be required from these magazines (if any).
-
-
- --- About Astrokid ---
-
- Astrokid has previously been released under the name 'Calvin and Hobbes -
- Goes for the Gusto', but due to copyright restrictions it couldn't be
- distributed via Aminet. So it was totally rewritten and the graphics were
- redone.
- The game is a mix of all sorts of game types, and the different chapters
- (the same as levels or stages in other games, but I felt 'chapters' was
- better for this game) vary greatly in quality, from fairly boring over quite
- puzzling to extremely stimulating. For info about the different levels,
- check out the built-in instruction manual in the game.
- If I get a lot of response from people (YOU!!!) I may continue the
- develpment of the game, elsehow it may strand on the current level (It's up
- to you!)
-
- --- Installing to HD or making a bootable Floppy ---
-
- Installation to harddisk is very simple, just unpack the .lha archive
- to the prefered drawer, and run the game.
- Making a bootable floppy is done by formatting a disk (use Workbench),
- and to make it bootable put the disk into the disk drive and write 'Install
- DF0:' in the cli. Then unpack the .lha archive to the floppy (it should fit
- with a few Kbs extra). Now you have a bootable gamedisk :)
-
-
- --- How to get the most of it ---
-
- If you wan't to achieve the best possible colours, then use the following
- direction lines:
- If you are using a Philips CM8833(-II) or a Commodore 1084(S) monitor
- you should turn the contrast button to maximum and the brightness button to
- a little below average. If you are using a TV turn the brightness to very
- low and the contrast to a little above average.
- If you are using a multisync monitor or a VGA monitor, I don't even know if
- the game will run :)
-
- To achieve best possible speed you should boot the game from floppy disk,
- or close all other applictions before running it. Alternatively you could
- (if you are using an Amiga with 2.0 or better kickstart, with harddisk)
- reset the computer, and select 'boot with no startup-sequence' from the
- early startup-sequence, and then run the game as the first thing after
- this.
-
-
- --- History of Calvin and Hobbes ---
-
- v0.1 The first level of the Calvin and Hobbes game. ??/??/92
-
- v0.5 The game now had six levels... ??/??/95
-
- v1.0 Option menu and different improvements 28/12/95
-
- v1.1 Seven levels of cool action, ready to be released. 10/02/96
- Was uploaded to Aminet, but wasn't accepted due
- to copyright restrictions...
- What a perfect f**k up!!!
-
-
- --- History of Astrokid ---
-
- v1.0 Three levels removed from the Calvin and Hobbes ??/05/96
- game, because they didn't fit into the story.
- After five tries I finally got Astrokid to
- look like he ought to. All graphics was redone,
- to make it look a little cooler...
-
- v1.0A The code for chapter 4 (the caves) was totally 01/06/96
- rewritten, to make it run even smoother.
- Instructions added to the menu.
-
- v1.0B 2 layer parallax scrolling added to chapter 4 16/06/96
- Coooool :)
- Fire breath added to da big monsta (chapter 2)
- Main menu was redone, and 'exit' and 'save
- hiscore' was added. Pause and escape added to
- all of the chapters (except chapter 3, so that
- you can't cheat by writing everything down).
-
- v1.1 Chapter 5 was added together with an end of game 22/06/96
- thing. Music added to everything.
- First public release.
-
-
- --- Testing Equipment ---
-
- At present the game has been tested on an A1200 2mb chip, A600 1mb chip and
- 1mb fast, and an A500 1/2mb chip and 1/2mb fast. And was running smoothly
- (except chapter 4 (the caves) which takes a 68020+ to avoid jerky scroll).
-
- It has even been run on a 90mhz Pentium with 32mb of memory, and NetBSD as
- operating system, using an Amiga emulator and a 3.0 kickstart, the only bug
- was that some colours were f**ked up a bit. Cooool ;>
-
- May not work with VGA monitors? (I don't know if AMOS support these?)
-
-
- --- Future Products from LED ---
-
- The next couple of months nothing what so ever will be made by me, because
- I'm going to Finland to work. But when I return I will propably begin the
- creation of 'VX3', which will be a highly violent arcade action game. I can't
- reveal too much at present, but if you want an idea about the concept then
- check out 'The Galleria' from T2 (No, it's not an afterburner clone!)
-
-
- --- Author's Address ---
-
- If any questions or errors arise durring the use of the game, then you can
- contact me on the following address:
-
- Mikkel Fredborg
- Living And Electronic Dreams
- Parkvej 14
- 8270 HĂžjbjerg
- DK - Denmark
-
- Or by Internet on this address:
-
- soren@virtual-cafe.com
-
-
- --- The Archive ---
-
- The archive which is distributed should contain the following files:
-
- Listing of archive 'Astrokid.lha':
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 7118 1708 76.0% 23-Dec-94 01:31:58 Data/Amal_Battle.Abk
- 2590 807 68.8% 23-Dec-94 01:46:44 Data/Amal_Caves.Abk
- 3176 1033 67.4% 23-Dec-94 00:20:00 Data/Amal_Sewer.Abk
- 2920 870 70.2% 23-Dec-94 01:33:08 Data/Amal_SpaceFlight.Abk
- 13280 5419 59.1% 23-Dec-94 01:12:06 Data/Icon_Battle.Abk
- 21348 8996 57.8% 23-Dec-94 00:08:36 Data/Icon_Caves.Abk
- 8292 1518 81.6% 23-Dec-94 00:40:02 Data/LMap_Caves.Abk
- 232 126 45.6% 23-Dec-94 00:13:14 Devs/system-configuration
- 4280 2499 41.6% 09-Oct-80 09:53:40 Libs/mathtrans.library
- 46402 15487 66.6% 23-Dec-94 02:29:32 Objects/Battle.Abk
- 1566 880 43.8% 23-Dec-94 02:01:16 Objects/Caves.Abk
- 13190 5795 56.0% 23-Dec-94 00:47:34 Objects/Crater.Abk
- 1430 225 84.2% 23-Dec-94 00:44:08 Objects/Intro.Abk
- 10440 3718 64.3% 23-Dec-94 00:42:54 Objects/Memorizer.Abk
- 19262 8637 55.1% 23-Dec-94 00:19:24 Objects/SpaceFlight.Abk
- 7398 1178 84.0% 23-Dec-94 01:15:42 Objects/TheEnd.Abk
- 7930 5881 25.8% 23-Dec-94 00:21:24 Pictures/Amiga.Bin
- 11260 6004 46.6% 23-Dec-94 00:59:40 Pictures/Astrokid.Bin
- 7854 6508 17.1% 23-Dec-94 01:13:34 Pictures/AstroTitle.Bin
- 18220 12731 30.1% 23-Dec-94 01:13:58 Pictures/Battle.Bin
- 6980 5199 25.5% 23-Dec-94 01:15:24 Pictures/Chapter1.Bin
- 5510 3992 27.5% 23-Dec-94 01:15:02 Pictures/Chapter2.Bin
- 7042 5664 19.5% 23-Dec-94 01:15:40 Pictures/Chapter3.Bin
- 6106 4143 32.1% 23-Dec-94 01:16:00 Pictures/Chapter4.Bin
- 4040 2389 40.8% 23-Dec-94 01:16:22 Pictures/Chapter5.Bin
- 11566 7820 32.3% 23-Dec-94 00:21:52 Pictures/ComicClassics.Bin
- 23236 17271 25.6% 23-Dec-94 01:09:30 Pictures/Crater.Bin
- 1014 803 20.8% 23-Dec-94 02:54:56 Pictures/Letters.Bin
- 15832 9564 39.5% 23-Dec-94 00:35:50 Pictures/LivingAndElectronic.Bin
- 33304 26777 19.5% 23-Dec-94 01:18:34 Pictures/Memory.Bin
- 6574 2382 63.7% 23-Dec-94 01:19:04 Pictures/ScoreBoard.Bin
- 26196 20774 20.6% 23-Dec-94 01:19:34 Pictures/SpaceFlight.Bin
- 16562 10568 36.1% 23-Dec-94 01:08:42 Pictures/TheEnd.Bin
- 50 50 0.0% 23-Dec-94 00:09:48 S/Startup-Sequence
- 18930 12603 33.4% 23-Dec-94 00:34:38 Sound/Mod.Chapter
- 56216 30039 46.5% 23-Dec-94 00:34:02 Sound/Mod.Crater
- 46168 27516 40.4% 23-Dec-94 00:02:52 Sound/Mod.Flight
- 89696 82902 7.5% 23-Dec-94 00:02:56 Astrokid
- 2922 1941 33.5% 23-Dec-94 00:39:46 Astrokid.info
- 52144 37468 28.1% 23-Dec-94 00:34:10 Sound/Mod.Battle
- 15608 12468 20.1% 23-Dec-94 03:46:52 Sound/Mod.Caves
- 91968 48514 47.2% 23-Dec-94 00:51:04 Sound/Mod.Intro
- 69690 34681 50.2% 23-Dec-94 00:32:14 Sound/Mod.Memory
- 9222 3936 57.3% 23-Dec-94 00:52:50 Astrokid.docs
- 937 403 56.9% 23-Dec-94 00:56:58 Astrokid.docs.info
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 825701 499887 39.4% 23-Dec-94 00:57:54 45 files
-
- If any of these files are missing then please contact LED.
-
- Mikkel Fredborg, 28th of July 1996
-