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- S O L E A U S O F T W A R E
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- presents
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- SQUAREX
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- v1.1
- ______________________
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- Program by William Soleau
- (c) 1994-1995
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- Shareware Version
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- Requires: EGA/VGA
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- Requires Files: Squarex.ov1 Squarex.ov2
- Squarex.ov3 Squarex.ov4
- Squarex.ov5 Squarex.ov6
- Squarex.ov7 Squarex.ov8
- Squarex.jft Squarex1.jft
- Squarex2.jft Squarex3.jft
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- SQUAREX DIRECTIONS
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- OBJECTIVE
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- The objective of Squarex is to capture all the gray squares on
- the game board by maneuvering your yellow cube around each one.
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- GAME PLAY
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- When the game begins, your yellow cube will be blinking in the
- upper left hand corner of the board. At the bottom right side
- of the board, there are orange cubes trying to catch you as you
- move around the puzzle.
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- Use your <Arrow Keys> to move your yellow cube around the board.
- You DO NOT have to keep your hand pressing down on the arrow keys.
- Your yellow cube will continue in the direction you choose until
- it hits the side of the board or until you change its direction by
- pressing another arrow key. Once your yellow cube has passed an
- intersection, it can not change its direction until it reaches
- the next intersection. If your yellow cube cannot move in the
- direction you have selected because there is not path, then it
- will stop until you choose a valid direction.
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- When you can maneuver your cube completely around one of the gray
- squares, it will then change to green. To complete a level, you
- must keep moving around the board until you have turned all the
- gray squares to green.
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- On some levels there are blue squares. These are blank squares
- and DO NOT count towards your score.
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- When your yellow cube moves, it will leave a red trail behind it.
- This will allow you to know where you have already been.
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- OBJECTS
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- At the start of each level there will be one 100 Point Square.
- If you can capture this square first, then you will have 100
- points added to your score. If you capture any other square before
- this one, it will disappear from the game board and you will not
- get the extra 100 bonus points.
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- PINK CUBES
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- On various levels there are pink cubes which are located at
- different places along the passageways. The orange cubes that
- are chasing you cannot pass through these, but you can. When you
- do reach a pink cube, the orange cubes will turn light blue. As
- long as the orange cubes are light blue, you can capture them and
- get extra points. You have about 15 seconds before they will
- change back to orange and start chasing you again.
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- ORANGE CUBES
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- The orange cubes will always try to catch you as you move around
- the board. On some levels there is only one orange cube when
- you begin, on others there are more. Every 30 seconds, another
- orange cube will emerge from the lower right hand side of the board.
- At the beginning levels, the orange cubes move at 1/2 the speed of
- your yellow cube. On higher levels, they both move at the same speed.
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- BONUS ROUNDS
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- Every 2500 points you will get a special bonus round. There will
- be no gray grids on the board, but when you make a square with your
- yellow cube, the square will turn to green. If you can turn all
- the entire black board to green squares, then a special Extra Cube
- square will appear somewhere on the board. If you capture this
- special square, then you will be given an extra yellow cube.
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- YELLOW CUBES
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- When you begin a new game, you will be given 4 cubes to start with.
- If you lose all your cubes, then the game will be over. At the
- lower left hand side of the board, it will tell you how many extra
- cubes you have left, not counting the one you are playing with.
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- LEVELS / PRACTICE
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- You can practice any level by pressing the pra<C>tice key. This
- will end the present game and allow you to go directly to one
- of the levels. No scores are recorded while using this option.
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- There are a total of 7 levels of play in the Shareware version of
- Squarex. The Registered version features 35 levels of play, plus
- a Save & Load Game feature that you access through the <O>ption menu.
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- TIME LIMIT
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- There is a two minute time limit on all levels. If you do not
- complete the level within this time, then you will lose one
- of your yellow cubes.
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- SCORING
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- If you complete a level you will be given 25 points for each of
- the green squares you captured. You will also be given Level Bonus
- Points which are (25 points * Level). Time Bonus Points are added
- to your score for each second under the two minutes it took you to
- complete the level (one point for each second).
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- When the orange cubes are changed to light blue, you get 50 points
- for the capturing the first cube. If you capture 2 light blue
- cubes you get 100 points for the second one, 150 points for the
- third one...etc
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- SQUAREX KEYS
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- <H>ELP = Game Directions
- <N>EW GAME = Begins New Game
- PRA<C>TICE = Allows You To Practice A Level
- <O>PTIONS = Brings Up Option Menu
- <P>AUSE = Pauses Game
- <Q>UIT = Quits Program
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- OPTION MENU KEYS
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- <S>OUND = Toggle Sound (On/Off)
- S<O>LEAU = Games By Soleau Software
- <H>IGH SCORES = Shows Squarex Scoreboard
- <S>AVE GAME = Saves Present Game (Reg.Version Only)
- <L>OAD GAME = Loads Saved Game (Reg.Version Only)
- <E>XIT OPTION = Exits Option Menu
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- * NOTE WINDOWS USERS *
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- Running Squarex from Windows may cause unexpected results. The
- game should be played by loading it directly from the DOS prompt.
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- * S O L E A U S O F T W A R E *
-
- Squarex is distributed as Shareware. You are welcome to give
- this game to your friends or local BBS. If you like Squarex and
- continue to use it, we ask you to register the game with us.
- Soleau Software depends on your registrations in order to continue
- providing an alternative to expensive commercial software. The
- registered version of Squarex greatly speeds up the loading and
- exiting of the program, plus gives you * THIRTY-FIVE * levels of play!
- There is also a special Save & Load game feature which allows you
- to save a game in progress and return to it at a later time.
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- Your $12.00 registration of Squarex will instantly make you a
- Soleau Software Member. All members receive special discounts on
- our other games through special bonus package offers sent with your
- disk. Members also have the option to include an extra $6.00
- dollars for our Member Game Pack which has EIGHT of our most popular
- Shareware EGA/VGA games on a High Density Floppy Disk.
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- This offer is for Members Only, so please take the time to read the
- Sqrx_reg.doc file for details and register Squarex today !
-
- For more descriptions of some other Soleau Software Games, please
- see the Solsoft.doc file.
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- We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you will
- continue to enjoy this as well as our other Shareware products.
-
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- Sincerely,
-
- William Soleau
- President
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- Soleau Software
- 163 Amsterdam Avenue
- Suite 213
- New York, NY 10023