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------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ULTIMATE QUIZ! Volume #1 (V2.01) (PAL ONLY) © 1993-95 AGAS Productions Exclusively Licenced to F1 Licenceware ------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents. ~~~~~~~~~ 1. Conditions-Disclaimer 2. Info. 3. Hardware requirements. 4. Loading instructions. 5. The Ultimate Quiz (Playing instructions etc..) 6. Version and updates. 7. PAL/NTSC 8. Acknowledgements ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Conditions-Disclaimer: ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AGAS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT NOTICE THIS DOCUMENT, AND THE SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT, ARE COPYRIGHTED. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE COPIED, REPRODUCED, TRANSLATED OR REDUCED TO ANY ELECTRONIC MEDIUM OR MACHINE READABLE FORM, EXCEPT WHERE STATED ANY WHEREBY THE INITIAL COPY IS FOR BACKUP PURPOSES AND THE USE OF THE PURCHASER ONLY, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF AGAS PRODUCTIONS, 19 HILTON TERRACE, CAMBUSLANG, GLASGOW, G72 8PD. SCOTLAND. AGAS AND THE LICENCED RESELLER NAMELY F1 LICENCEWARE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THIS DOCUMENT AND THE SOFTWARE NAMED IN THIS DOCUMENT, ITS QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS DOCUMENT AND THE SOFTWARE NAMED IN IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS." ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Info: ~~ ~~~~~ The Ultimate Quiz Volume #1 was created using Amos 1.3 and then later updated using Amos Pro. V2.0 Compiled with Amos Pro Compiler V2.0 Contains 1000 random questions for you to play spread over 10 great categories. All specialized subjects were written by die hard fans of cult TV and Movies etc. The most professional Quiz Questions ever to hit the Amiga. THE ULTIMATE QUIZ Volume 1 received a massive 95% rating in Amiga User International April 1995 Issue. It has also appeared as a cut down demo version on the AUI coverdisk MAY 1994. It was first released as Shareware during 1993 and later updated and released as a Licenceware title with F1 Licenceware during 1994. Now in 1995 we feel that it's time to let everyone have a FREE copy to play. THIS IS NOT A DEMO VERSION. YOU ARE GETTING THE COMPLETE F1 LICENCEWARE TITLE ABSOLUTELY FREE! ALL WE ASK IS THAT YOU CONSIDER PURCHASING VOLUME #2 WHICH IS A MORE PROFESSIONAL GAME WHICH YOU CAN EVEN EARN YOURSELF MONEY FROM! SEE OTHER DOC FILE FOR DETAILS. Enjoy this game to the full courtesy of it's author - Andy Gibson. Andy is losing out on his royalty payments by releasing this full game for coverdisk purposes, so keep that in mind when you are deciding whether to purchase Volume #2. Thanx for letting us release one of our highest rated games from the F1 Licenceware range Andy. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Hardware requirements: ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Ultimate Quiz has been tested on: A500 1.3 (GVP HD + Fast Ram) A500+/A600 (standard models) A1200 (Standard model) A1200 (120mb hard disk & External floppy drive) A4000/040 (2 meg Chip & 16 Meg Fast ! + Hard Disk) It runs 100% on the above (to my knowledge) and you shouldn't have any problem running it on your Amiga no matter what model you are using. (I would suggest 1 meg minimum though). Running this game on an accelerated Amiga (eg. A1200) will not effect the game in any way you will be pleased to learn. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Loading Instructions: ~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From WorkBench: Just double click on the games icon. From CLI : Just type in the games filename and press Return. (The games filename should be Quiz) All the Quiz.Data files must be located in the same Directory as the game file. (ie. ALL files copied to same destination.) Hard Drive owners please refer to the Install.Doc thanx. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. THE ULTIMATE QUIZ Volume 1: ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~ (PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS) ---------------------- This game is played by using your Mouse in the mouse port. You will see the AGAS Logo screen scroll up and fade after a short pause. Then the Intro Screen and music should be next. Skip this with the left mouse button. After a short moment, the Question Block Loader Screen will appear on the screen. From here you can select any of the TEN question blocks. (LOADING QUESTIONS) ------------------- To load them in, just position the pointer (hand) over your choice and press the left mouse button. (The pointer will automatically be replaced over the Knowledge Button each time you this screen appears.) Select any button and you will be whisked away (Aaaahhh !) to the main game screen. Now from here you can either click on the HELP Button or anywhere else to start the game. (THE HELP BUTTON) ----------------- If selected, you will be greeted with a neat vertical scrolly text message on the screen. You can quit this by holding down the left mouse button. Or it will quit itself when the message is complete. You will then be returned to the main game screen once again. (STARTING A GAME) ----------------- If you click anywhere else other than the Help Button then this message will appear on the main screen window ... GAME ON - PRESS START You will also notice that the START Button is flashing and that the mouse pointer is limited to that button only. To display the questions - press the left mouse button when the START Button is flashing. O.K. The first question & three answer options will now appear on the screen in a typewriter kind of fashion ! You will notice that the three answer options are colour coded to match the A,B and C Buttons at the bottom of the screen. The mouse pointer will now be positioned above the A,B & C buttons. You can now select your answer by pressing the left mouse button. You are limited to the amount of time you take to answer each question. (THE TIMER) ----------- The Timer Bar will start to scroll away whilst playing some countdown music AFTER the question has been printed on screen. This gives you time to read the question before countdown begins. The Timer & Music will stop when you have either run out of time or if you select A,B or C. You will be told on screen whether you have answered correctly, wrongly or if you ran out of time. (SCORING) --------- You start each game with: 0 points 3 credits If you answer a question correctly then you will gain 10 points. If you answer a question wrongly then you will lose 1 credit ! If the Timer runs out then you also lose 1 precious credit ! A total of 1000 points are available in each block played. 10 points * 100 questions. I have added a HiScore option. The HiScore starts at 0000 points for each block. Each Question Block has its own HiScore so you can come back after playing another block and the HiScore will still be there. Each question is picked at random. This means you won't ever play them in the same order any time you play. This gives the game a longer lasting appeal I think. NO QUESTION IS REPEATED EACH TIME YOU PLAY A QUESTION BLOCK :) EACH QUESTION BLOCK CONTAINS 100 RANDOM QUESTIONS SO THE GAME BOASTS A TOTAL OF 1000 QUESTIONS AND 3000 ANSWERS! This also means that you have a chance of beating the HiScore instead of only getting so far into the Quiz and getting stuck at the exact same spot each time. (GAME OVER) ----------- The Game Over screen only appears when you have no more credits or if you have attempted all 100 questions. Your Rating will be shown at the bottom of the screen too. The HiScore will only reach 1000 points maximum for each block. Can you do it ? That's basically it ! Click on START when its flashing to play the next question. Click on A,B or C to answer it. Watch out for the Timer. Watch out for your Credits. Try and reach a new HiScore. Good luck ! (but) Most of all .... have loads of fun ! (Oh and don't forget to get a grown up to help you with the tricky bits !!!) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Version & Updates: ~~ ~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~ V1.00 - NEVER RELEASED ! (Due to updating the code all the time. Cut the crap and went straight to V2.00 for release.) V2.00 - Added all 10 question blocks. (Including NEW blocks) Changed the colour palettes of Select and Game Screens. Added a little Colour Scroll to Selector Screen. Added new Sound FX. Added new Quizzy Music. Added new Intro and HiScore Screen. Added a couple of scrolling Question Marks to Intro Screen. Removed almost all WIPE routines from code. (Now all screens fade in/out - quicker all round) Did some more work to game code. Added the AGAS Logo at the startup of game. New Error Trap added to code. (100% better) Removed NTSC detection. No need for it really ! Removed the need for ASSIGNS on HD Install. (Loading of Data Files in code had to be re-written !) V2.01 - Now intro screens (iff) are removed from memory after being unpacked ! (I don't know why I didn't do this previously !) Slight update to code. Not much though as it should be 100% bug-free ! Loads of re-written routines to help speed up game play. Smoother loading of files from both floppy & Hard disks ! NEW Exclusive coding for F1 LICENCEWARE release. Slight alteration for Coverdisk Purposes During August 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. PAL/NTSC ~~~~~~~~~~~ This version does NOT run properly on an NTSC (60 Hz) Amiga ! My screens are stretched beyond the bottom of the screen on NTSC. The reason I used 640 * 256 was that my screens looked crap on only 640 * 200 !!! For NTSC users - Please get hold of a 50/60Hz utility that will enable you to play this game on 50Hz. (A1200/A4000 owners can do this using the set-up menu. Hold down both mouse buttons on boot-up. Change system to 50Hz) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Acknowledgements: ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Game Coding, Design and Graffix ...................... Andy Gibson. Questions written by: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Doctor Who / Star Trek .......................... George H Burnett. Next Generation .................................... Andy Strachan. Red Dwarf / H.G.T.T.G .................................. Jim Allan. Astronomy ........................................... John Traynor. Movies .......................... G Burnett, A Strachan & A Gibson. All Other Questions .................................. Andy Gibson. Questions typing and fixing: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All 1000 Questions .................... Andy (sore fingers) Gibson. Hard Disk Install Script ............................. Andy Gibson. Icons/Docs/Packing etc ............................... Andy Gibson. Playtesting (various versions): ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A500 1.3 ............................................... Jim Allan. A500+/A600 ................................... Jeff & Steff Gibson. A1200 ................................ Martin Conley & Andy Gibson. A4000/040 ............................................. John Moore. PD Music Modules ................................. Various Artists. (Sorry but I don't have your names !) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Info on authors: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Andy Gibson: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well that's me I guess ! What can I say ? I decided to code my own quiz game after playing some really crap ones ! I set out a task to have my quiz game include 1000 >>RANDOM<< Questions each with 3 answer options ! Little did I know the task I had set myself was to be a huge one ! I started on the coding and graphics etc. and then wrote some of the question blocks. I then asked friends to help out with the game and for any input. The response was amazing to say the least. (As you will see from the list of names below of everyone who helped to create this game today). I hope you like it. You can contact me at: 19 Hilton Terrace Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8PD SCOTLAND -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Alan Carter: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can't thank this guy enough ! I was having problems working out a random question routine for my quiz and I wrote to Alan for some help after playing his BATDOG GAME on Amiga Computing's coverdisk. About three days later came the complete code and examples of how it should be done ! What a guy. Alan is now a commercial coder and has started work on a new commercial release ! Most of his work can be found in the great F1 LICENCEWARE library. eg. ART SCHOOL and TOUCH N GO. Both get very high ratings and even made it to coverdisk demos. Buy 'em from F1 LICENCEWARE today. Alan is also the chappy behind the famous BATDOG game. (I have removed Alan's address from this file due to him being too busy to deal with any time wasters - hope that helps Alan, oh and good luck with the commercial releases - speak to ya soon m8) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- George Burnett: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now George is just a newcomer to the Amiga. He is, however, not new to Star Trek and Doctor Who amongst other video titles. Who else then should I turn to for help with compiling a load of Star Trek and Doctor Who questions ? After a while George appeared at my door holding loads of A4 paper containing loads of questions. I said, "Thanx mate ... " and I shut the door in his face .... only kidding .... I took the questions first !!! Boom Boom ! (Thanx m8, I'll see ya on Saturday as usual) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Andy Strachan: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andy is a big fan of Star Trek The Next Generation. One night he offered to write 100 questions for this quiz ! I couldn't believe it .... he actually wanted to sit down for hours and compile loads of questions. I mean ... who would ? I thought I was hearing things and decided to clean my ears out with a cotton bud ! However, I pushed it in too far and it popped out my mouth ! I must ask Paul Daniels for a job some day ! Time passed and passed and soon the big day came (ooerr!). Andy appeared .... maybe he should ask Paul Daniels for a job ! (Andy has now left the Amiga to play with his PC - Lamer Gamer :-) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Jim Allan: ~~~~~~~~~~ At the last minute Jim offered 100 RED DWARF Questions and also 100 Questions on THE HITCH HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY which I accepted gladly. Originally I had no plans to include anything at all to do with those subjects ! However, Jim with his usual charm, a few cans of Lager, managed to persuade me to do so ! These will now replace the VERY EASY and VERY HARD blocks. :-) A few days later Jim arrived with loads of A4 and loads of Lager ! I'vsh gotsh a shore headsh - burp ! - Cheersh mate ! - hiccup ! - (Jim is currently working on new music modules and a DATA disk for the forthcoming ULTIMATE QUIZ Volume II !!! - more later) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- John Traynor: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John compiled all the ASTRONOMY Questions for this release. Again this was a last minute decision and a good one at that. These brill' questions now replace the FICTION block. :-) I can remember the time when John took me up to a dark field and pulled out his large ... Telescope (ooops !) and pointed it towards Saturn. I looked into the telescope and informed John that all I could see was darkness ! John slapped his thigh and then my face ! I had forgotten to remove the lens cap ! heheheh! (John is now at colledge learning the arts and crafts of making guitars - he is also a very talented Bass Guitar Player - I kid you not - Just waiting for the big time. Good luck m8 see ya soon) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thanx to everyone that was involved in the completion of this game. Without you all ..... this game would have been STANDARD ! Don't forget that this Title is © Copyrighted and is NOT just another Public Domain Release. Don't let Piracy Kill the Amiga. PLEASE SEE THE OTHER FILE ON THIS DISK WHICH CONTAINS DETAILS ABOUT THE ULTIMATE QUIZ VOLUME #2 WHICH IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM F1 LICENCEWARE FOR ONLY £4.99 plus 50p P&P (2 disks) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- That's all folks. Andy Gibson. :^) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-