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TRON Version 1.0 - The NEW Light Cycles - Copyright (c) 1992 Keith Fordham Table Of Contents The Adventure Begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Tron Quick Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Navigating through the Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Change Game Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Define Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Define Colours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Computer Ability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Store Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Playing the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The General Idea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Entering the Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Items and Trails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 One Player Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Two Player Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Tie Game Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Store. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Buying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Selling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Leaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 What Each Item Does . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Thanks to... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Page 3 The Adventure Begins You sit down in front of your computer after a long, hard day. You notice a new disk sitting by the keyboard. Curiosity takes hold of you causing your depression to be thrown into the deep recesses of your mind. You quickly boot the computer and enter the disk into the drive. You take a directory and find the executable file, 'TRON.EXE'. The name reminds you of something but your memory fails you. Soon curiosity pulls you back into the adventure and your thirst for discovery. You begin to type in the letters : 'T'.....'R'......'O'.....'N'...as you hit the last character the screen goes blank. The absence of the enter key in your typing baffles you for only a second as the screen jumps to life. Squares, circles, pictures of all sort appear everywhere on the screen. Rainbows of colours fly this way and that. All of a sudden you realize, "I only have CGA! There are more than four colours on the scre....." Before you can complete the thought you are yanked up off your chair. Without even time to grab hold of something, you find yourself being sucked into the screen. Sensations fly through your body as you are slowly digitized into thousands of pixels. The colours stop. Darkness engulfs you and soon you loose track of time. Time passes. It felt like days, maybe even weeks had passed you by but in reality you have only been trapped for minutes. Eventually, the darkness begins to leave. Light enters the room. You see huge, monstrous walls loom around you, the reflection of light of their surface is your only clue to their existence. Slowly beams of light stream out of the floor and walls. Within minutes they encompass the walls, the ceiling, and the floor with lines, going both horizontally and vertically, that glow of a pale blue. Near the centre of the far wall, two vehicles materialize. You instantly recognize them. Thinking aloud (very loud), "Light Cycles! Tron! Of coarse, the light cycles game from the movie Tron. I HAVE BEEN SUCKED INTO MY COMPUTER TO PLAY LIGHT CYCLES!" A voice responds to your outburst, echoing throughout the room, "Light Cycles? Yes. But they are not the same as in the movie. I can see you are puzzled. When you fight for your life in this new, advanced version, there are more ways to fight than just with your cycle. Occasionally a store will appear." You hear an unidentifiable sound and you turn to see what happened. In the end of the room stands a door. Well, more or less a vortex not a door. Above this "door" you see a small sign that say 'Ye Olde Tron Power Shoppe'. The voice continues, "In here you can spent the money you earn winning games. The powers you buy will aid you in your playing. Good Luck." With that the voice ceased and a man, or at least what you think is a man, appears in front of one of the light cycles. He moves towards the cycle and mounts it. Not knowing what else to do you run towards your cycle and get ready to play. The voice returns. "Level One....begin!" Page 4 Introduction Tron is a highly developed form of the Light Cycles game from the movie Tron. In that game you had to ride your "light cycles", which leave a trail of light, trying to avoid and cut off your opponent before you hit one of the walls. My version of the game keeps these basic principles; however, in my new version I have taken the idea further. Instead of just running around and trying to cut off your opponent, I have added several new ways of winning, all of which develop from buying items from the store. In this store you can spend your money, which you gain by winning games, to buy everything from bombs to new light trails. There are powers which will help you if you are in trouble and there are powers which will help you win. All of them are fun to test and explore. System Requirements In order to run Tron you must have the following system requirements: An IBM compatible machine. Preferably an AT or better but it will run on an XT only less efficiently. A CGA, EGA, MCGA, or VGA graphics card. If you do not own one of these cards or a compatible card, Tron will not run! and 256K of RAM. Tron uses and creates several files. Below is a list of these files and there descriptions. Most of these files are required and Tron will not operate without them. If any of these files, with the exception of the few that are not required, were not present in your copy of Tron you have an incomplete version! Filename Description TRON.EXE Executable File, the actual game. TRON.DOC This file*. TRON.VGA The VGA title Screen. TRON.CGA The CGA title Screen. TRON.PLT Color Palette Information for Tron. OPTIONS.DEF Option Information*. REGISTER.FRM Registration Information and Form. MAINPROG.EXE The main program used by Tron. TRONSG1P.DIR Save Game Information for Single Player Games. TRONSG2P.DIR Save Game Information for Double Player Games. TRONSG1P.00? Individual Save Games for Single Player Games*. TRONSG2P.00? Individual Save Games for Double Player Games*. VGA256.BGI The Borland Graphic Interface for VGA. CGA.BGI The Borland Graphic Interface for CGA. LITT.CHR The Borland Little Character Set. *These files do not need to be present. If they are not in the current directory, Tron will create them itself. All other files must be present to run the program. Page 5 Tron Quick Start This section is for those players that detest documentation and yet do not want to jump right into the game or have jumped into the game and did not have to much luck. This section takes you through all of the steps you need to do in order to play the game but does not describe everything that well. If you want a really detailed explanation of the game please read the rest of the documentation. First we have to load the game. In order to do this make sure all of the files that came with the game are in the same directory or on the same disk. Change to this directory and type TRON. If you have any incorrect system requirements (see page 5) an error message telling you what is wrong will appear and then the program will abort. If you can correct the problem do so and retry. If you got past the errors you should see a title screen. Hit enter to bypass this screen. A menu will then appear. You should set the options before you play the game. The defaults will work on many systems but not all. First, set the speed. This is a matter of personal preference. Through trail and error and testing you should be able to get a speed that you enjoy playing at. To change the speed select "Change Speed" on the menu. Using the left and right cursor you can make the game faster or slower. There is also a default speed. This speed is what I feel is a good speed for the beginner player. Next define your keys. Decide if you want to be the left or right player. Using the Alt and Ctrl keys select the key you wish to change. Then hit the key you want to use. When you are done assigning the keys hit Esc to exit back to the menu. Beside the movement keys (like Left) there are five other type keys. The change key is used only with certain trails that will change when you hit the change key. The function keys are used to hold the items you buy at the store. If you want to reset them back to the defaults just hit enter on the "Default Keys" option on the menu. If you are using a VGA or MCGA card you can change some of the colours on the Tron playing screen to one of the basic sixteen colours. You can choose the colours of the light cycle trails and the boarders. The final aspect of Tron that you have to set is the Computer's ability. If this is your first time playing Tron and you are going to play against the computer and not a friend, I suggest using Level 1. As the level increases, the computer becomes better at playing. The last thing on the options menu is the Store Items. This shows you what all of the Store Items look like and what they are called. You may want to print this out. For more information on printing this screen or more information on any of the options refer page 10. Now that you have set all of the options you will want to get into the game. Go to SINGLE PLAYER GAME and select left or right player depending upon your preference. The only difference between them is the side you start on, your color, and the keys that you keys. After hitting enter, the screen change to the playing area. Hit any key to begin play. Use your direction keys to steer Page 6 yourself around the screen trying not to hit anything. If you live for longer than one second you should see a counter begin to count at the bottom of the screen. This counter represents that value of the game. If you win, you get the amount of money on the counter. If you choose Level 1 for the computer you should be able to beat him quite easily buy just trying to avoid objects. Keep on playing until you see a store appear at the bottom of the screen (it can take several games before appearing and it will only appear at the beginning of the game). When it does, go to it. You enter the store by hitting it (it is the only thing in the game that you can hit without dying). In the store you are presented with a screen of the items available and a menu. Hit 'b' to buy an item. Enter 1 to the next question which will tell the computer you want to buy some STOP, an item which stops you from moving while the other player continues. Stop costs 1$/sec which means that for every second you stop you have to pay one dollar. Enter how much you want to buy as the answer the next question. It will now ask you for which function key to store it in. Hit the key you choose for F1. If, when changing your keys, you choice the Insert key for F1, press Insert. Now, hit 'l' to leave the store. The screen will change back to the playing screen. The computer does not buy items at Level 1 but he will on higher levels. On your side of the game you should see a stop sign with a number inside it. This number is the amount of stop you have left. Start the game and then hit the key you choose to activate F1. Wow! You stopped moving while the computer kept on going. Look at the stop sign. The number should start to count down. To start moving again simply rehit the F1 key. If the number reaches zero before you rehit the F1 key you will automatically restarted moving. Play until the store reappears and then go back inside it again. Hit 's' to sell your stop. Even if you have zero left you still have to sell it before you can buy something different in that function slot. If you want to buy more stop you do not have to sell what you have just enter the amount and hit the same function key the stop is in. You can only buy up to four items and a trail. When you are done playing and want to exit, just hit Escape anytime on the playing screen and a menu will appear. You can continue the game, save the game (oops, you can only do that in the registered version...sorry), or quit. After quitting the game, go back to the main menu and then hit the exit option. Hit enter and a registration notice will appear on the screen for 10 seconds. During this time you can read the notice and let it dwell on your conscience. When that time has elapsed hit a key to go to DOS. That ends the Quick Start. If you still need help refer to the rest of the documentation. If you would rather spend the time playing instead of reading the documentation, go to it. I will suggest reading the documentation at some time as it contains a lot of hints and information about the game. GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN! Page 7 The Options Menu When playing Tron there are a few aspects that you can change to improve your enjoyment of the game. All of these are in the options menu and they include changing the game speed, the keys, the colours, and the computer's difficulty. You can also see all of the extra items you can gain at the store from this menu. Navigating through the Menus To get through the menus you just need to know a few things. The up and down arrows select the menu item. The Enter key activates it. The Home key takes you to the top of the menu and the End Key takes you to the bottom of the menu. Change Game Speed An important factor in the playing of Tron is the speed you play at. Beginners may be tempted to keep the speed rather slow but you will find that having it going a little faster is far more enjoyable on the whole. To set the speed go to Edit Game Speed in the options menu. If you have no idea what speed to begin at, choose Default Speed on the menu. This speed is designed for the beginner player. To choose a speed directly, go to Choose Speed. The menu will disappear and an information box will appear telling you the keys to change the speed with. You will notice that as you use these keys the bar graph will change in length. If you are using an XT with no speed enhancement then you may find the game a little slow even at the fastest speed. There is no way around this. Tron has been developed to the point were you almost require a fast computer to run it. Define Keys If you dislike the keys your side is set to, you can change them to your own choices. Go to Define Keys in the options menu. Choose which side you want to change. A box will appear that has a list of all the actions required in Tron. Use the Alt and Ctrl keys to choice the area you want to change. When the area next to the action is highlighted, hit the key you would like to use. The name of that key should appear next to the action or replace the name of the old action key. Do this for all of your keys. The change action is used to switch between the different type of trails in your switchable trails (you can buy them in the store). For example, if you have the Fade Trail you will start with a Single Trail (the one you begin the game with). When you hit your change key, the trail will change to a Dotted Trail then, when you hit the key again, it will change to no trail at all! The F1-4 keys are the keys you use to activate your four items (when you have bought them). At any point when you have all the action keys defined as you want them, hit Esc to save your new values and go back to the previous menu. If, when you choose a key, "Not Defined" appears, that means that I did not give that key a name for some reason. If you want to use it, the key will still work. Some keys on the keyboard can not be used (for example, F11 and F12). When you hit these keys nothing will happen, no messages appear, nothing. Just keep on trying until you hit a key that does work. Page 8 The computer does not care if you choose some of the same keys as the other player. So be careful. Although (if you are bored one day) you can have some fun by choosing similar keys for both players. In fact, you can control both players with one set of keys. If you ever want to return to the default keys just go to Default Keys in the Define Keys menu. The default keys are the keys that I have found to be the most useful in testing the program. They are: Left Player Right Player Up : 'w' Up : CursUp Right : 'd' Right : CursRight Down : 'x' Down : CursDown Left : 'a' Left : CursLeft Change : 's' Change : Home F1 : F1 F1 : Insert F2 : F2 F2 : Delete F3 : F3 F3 : Page Up F4 : F4 F4 : Page Down Define Colours (VGA/MCGA only) You can choose a few of the colours in Tron (very few but a couple none the less). Go to Define Colours in the options menu. Use the left and right cursor keys to scroll through the chooses of the colours for each of the three colour aspects you can change. When you have chosen the colour you want hit the enter key. When you are done choosing colours, hit the Esc key to return. Computer Ability When you are all alone and you want to play Tron, you must play against the computer. The level of skill that the computer will use is defined in the Computer Ability part of the options menu. There is six levels, level one being the easiest and level six the hardest. The characteristics of the levels are as follows: Level 1 - Computer does not buy at the store. - Computer only random turns and will turn when about to hit a wall. - This level is designed for beginners only! Level 2 - Same as level one except the computer will intelligently turn when it sees an opportunity to cut you off or win in some way. Level 3 - Same as level 2 with the following exceptions. - Will buy from the store. - Small chance that he will use these powers when he needs them. - Average Player should be at this level. Level 4 - Same as level 3 with the following exceptions. - The items that he buys at the store he will use more often when he needs. Page 9 Level 5 - Same as level 4 with the following exceptions. - The computer will use the items that he buys at the store very frequently making him extremely hard to beat when he has the right items. - The computer gets a head start with $100. - This level is designed for expert players who want a challenge. Level 6 - Same as level 5 with the following exceptions. - The computer will almost always use his items. - Computer starts with $500. - This level was only designed to give the EXPERT player a REAL challenge. It was not designed for to much playing. It is a good level to use when watching the two computers fight it out. Store Items To see all of the items available at the store go to Store Items in the options menu. It will pop up a graphic screen that displays all of the items in their respective categories: Defense, Offense, and Trails. It also lists their names which will give you a basic idea of what they do and allows you to know what item I am explaining in this documentation (I was unable to type the icons into a text document!). You may want to print this screen so that it will be handy when you are ready this document or playing the game. If you have a graphic printer this is an easy task to do. All version of DOS that I have used (v3.3 and higher) come with a nice utility for printing graphic screens. This utility is called GRAPHICS.COM. Before loading Tron load this program (it should be on you DOS disk). When you are on the Store Items screen hit Shift-Print Screen. You printer will start of and in no time at all you will have a nice replication of the screen on paper. Page 10 Playing the Game The General Idea The basic principle to playing Tron is quite simple. You must avoid hitting anything while trying to force your opponent to hit something. Use your cursor keys to guide you through the playing area. Whenever someone hits something the game ends and the other player wins the round. One of the new concepts that I have added is money. When you are playing the game you will notice a counter in the centre of the bottom of the screen. This counter represents the value of each game. When you win a round you receive that amount of money for winning. Use this money to buy items in the store. Entering the Store Every once in while a box will appear at the bottom of the screen which has the word STORE on it. This is the only thing in the game that you can hit. To enter the store simple hit one of its sides. You have to be swift though as the store only remains for seven seconds. The first player to get to the store gets to buy their stuff first. Items and Trails When you buy items in the store (see page 15 for information on the store and Items) you can use them during play to defeat your opponent. There are three different types of items: 1 - Those that last for extended periods of time (eg. stop) 2 - Those that are activated instantly (eg. teleport) 3 - Those that work when they are on and then encounter a situation were they are used (eg. crossline). For the first type, you hit the function key that you stored them in and then the counter on the icon will start counting down. For example, if you have 10 seconds of stop in your first function slot and you hit your key to activate it, you will stop and then the counter will tick down from 10 to 9 to 8.... When the counter reaches zero, the function immediately stop itself; however, if you rehit the function key it will also stop. So, if you had initiated stop and it was down to five and you wanted to continue playing, you would just have to hit the function key it is stored in again to stop it. For the second type you simple hit the function key and the item sets off. For example, if you have a teleport in your first function and you hit the key to activate that function, you will teleport. The third type can be a bit confusing. You must hit the function key to turn it on and, when it is one, it will work. For example, if you have ten crosslines and you turn the function on, you can travel through ten line but while the function is off you will still die when you hit them. Page 11 The other thing you can by at the store is trails. You start the game with a single lined trail. There are several trails in the store which allow you to switch between two or more trails (there are only two changeable trails in the unregistered version!). You accomplish this with you change key. For example, if you had bought the Fade Trail, the next time you played you would begin with the single trail. By hitting your change key, you will notice the trail changes to a fade trail. If you hit the key again, it will transform into a notrail, the most powerful trail in the game. The change key keeps on toggling the subtrails of your changeable trail. One Player Games To play a game by yourself, go to One Player Tron in the main menu. Then choose if you would like to play the left side of the screen or the right side. The only different between the two games is the keys that you use, the color of your trail, and the side that you start on. Your opponent is the computer and you may set his level of difficult in the options menu (see page 11). Two Player Games Tron is most enjoyable when played against a human opponent. If you have a friend over and you want to play, simple set your options and go to Two Player Tron in the main menu. The only choice you have here is either to begin a new game (Play Game) or Resume an old game. However, as this is the UNREGISTERED version you cannot load or save games (see page 18 for registration information). The Tie Game Problem There is one problem in Tron that I have not been able to overcome. My first versions would not allow a tie. If you both hit each other head on or hit a wall at the same time the right player would always win. I implemented some code to check for a tie and not let either player win the game when it happened. However, because of this code, a small problem has arisen. There one point at which the two players can cross over. This can be an annoyance at times but it can also be looked at as a neat fluke as it will surprise you ever time. Page 12 The Store The store allows you to buy and sell items which will help you win more games against your opponents. In the shareware version of Tron (UNREGISTERED version), there are sixteen items for sale in the store. When you decide to register you will receive a new version with several new items. Buying When you select the buy option in the store, you are asked several questions. The first asks you for the item's number. Simple enter the number in front of the item you wish to buy. Then you must tell the computer how much you want of the item. You can only have a maximum of 99 for any item. If you buy more than that, the computer simple buys enough to give you 99. The final question asks you to hit the function key you want to store the item in. You can only store it in an empty slot or one with that item already in it. For example, you want to buy some more stop. You have ten seconds already in one of your function keys. You enter the store and you tell the computer you would like another ten seconds of stop. When it asks you to hit the function key, hit your key that represents the function key already holding the stop and it will now hold 20 seconds instead of 10. Selling When you want to sell an item in one of your function keys, all you have to do is hit that key. The computer will sell all of the item. You can not sell part of an item. The only way to do that is to sell all of it and then rebuy some of it back. You buy and sell all items at the same price (except the stocks). In order to buy a new item in one of your function keys, it must be empty and you can only empty it buy selling it or using it all. Leaving When you are done buying and selling your items, hit 'L' to leave the store. If you are playing a two player game, your opponent will get to go to the store next. If you are playing against the computer, you will go back to the game screen. What Each Item Does Each of the items that can be bought in the store have special tasks that can aid you in winning. All of these items are described here. In order to learn how to use them refer to Items and Trails on Page 13. Stop This item allows you to stop moving during the game. While you are stopped the counter on the stop icon will count down for each second you are stopped. This costs $1 for a second of stop. Page 13 Slow This item will make you go slower than your opponent. It is useful for making for accurate turns or getting through difficult areas on the screen. This costs $2 for a second of slow. Fast Fast will allow you to go faster than your opponent. Good to jump out in front of him when he is ahead of you. Stop costs $4 for every second. Teleport Teleport will take you from your current position to another random position on the screen. The position will not be in or on a wall or line but that does not mean you will be in a better position than you were before. One teleport costs $8. Crossline When you have crossline on, you can cross over lines on the screen without dying. This only works when you have the crossline toggled on and every time you have crossed through a wall (no matter what its thickness) you use one crossline. A crossline costs $15. Oilslick This item shoots out a stream of oil behind you. This oil, like anything else on the playing screen, will cause your opponent to die when he hits it. If you need to block of a passage, use an oil slick. Each oilslick costs $10. Bomb As you would expect, a bomb does what a bomb normally does, it explodes. When you hit the function key it is stored in, you drop the bomb. The bomb will appear in the position you were in when you hit the key and will flash with color. You can detonate the bomb by rehiting your function key. If you do not hit the key, it will eventually blow up by itself. Bombs cost $20 dollars each. Barrier Barriers throw up a wall in front of your opponent. If your opponent is not quick enough he will stick it and you will win the round. Barriers cost $25 each. Scrambler When you use a scrambler it will scramble your opponents direction keys. Each scrambler will either scramble their left and right keys or their up and down keys. You will not know until he tries to use them again. When he does they will be reversed. Once he uses them once they fix themselves and will act normally after that. Each scrambler costs $30. Bonds Bonds are items used for increasing your money only. They have no effect on the playing of the game. Every round each Page 14 bonds value could increase or decrease in value. If you buy a bond when it is low in value and sell it when it is high in value, you make money. On the stock icon there is a bar. This bar represents the value of the bond. When the bar is long, the stock is high in value. If the bar is short, the stock is low in value. Single Trail The single trail is your normal trial. It simple leaves a single line behind you. The single trail costs $100. Dotted Trail The dotted trail leaves a dotted trail behind your cycle. The dotted trail costs $150. Triple Trail The triple trail leaves a thick line (three lines thick) behind you. The triple trail costs $250. Zig Zag Trail The zig zag trail leaves a line that zig zags back and forth behind your light cycle. The Zig Zag Trail costs $300. Two Trails This trail is a combination of the single trail and the triple trail. When you hit you change key, it toggles between these two trails. This trail will cost you $600. Fade Trail This trail is a combination of the single trail, the dotted trail, and the notrail. The notrail is no trail. When you travel nothing follows you. A dot will appear every once in a while but they are infrequent. The notrail is one of the more powerful items in the game. When you hit your change key, your trail will toggle between the above trails. This trail is the most expensive item in the UNREGISTERED version. It will cost you $900 dollars. Page 15 Registration Information Tron is a SHAREWARE product and, as such, you are expected to register this game if you plan to continue using it. Shareware has become a popular means of marketing programs for programmers, and its continued use depends on you. BONUSES to Registering Tron Besides all of the speel about how registering supports the programmers and allows me to produce better products for shareware, there are some extra bonuses for registering. If you register this game, you will receive the newest version of Tron. This version contains several additions to the shareware edition: 1. SAVE GAMES: The save game feature is implemented so that you can save your games against friends. That way you can continue playing from where you left off. Trust me this is a BIG bonus to your playing. 2. NO MORE WAITING: All notices and delays concerned with registering the software (like the ten second wait at the end of the game) are removed. 3. MORE ITEMS: Several more items and trails are available at the store. Items that allow you to teleport you opponent and auto-piloting will be available to you. 4. STRATEGY GUIDE: Information on how to best use the items and how to beat your opponent in playing the game. This information has come from over 100 hours of testing. You begin to realize small tricks after that amount of playing. 5. FREE UPDATE: You will receive one free updated version of Tron. With all of these bonuses you can't afford not to register. Deluxe Version For those of you that really loved Tron and have a little extra to spend, there is a deluxe version you can register instead of the regular one. This deluxe version comes with everything in the normal registered version and : 1. AWESOME DOCUMENTATION: you will receive a professionally printed documentation of Tron in a nice binder. The documentation contains pictures of all the items and other artwork. 2. CHEAT CODES: you will receive a set of codes that allow you to operate cheat modes to increase your power of the game. 3. ADVANCED STRATEGY GUIDE: This guide provides all of the information of the one received with the registered version and some more information. The registered guide Page 16 gives strategy learned from testing the game. The Deluxe Guide also includes the information on playing the game from programming it. It tells you exactly how the computer decided his moves and many other things that you can only know by programming the game. 4. CONTINUAL UPDATES: You will receive ALL of the following updated version of this game and some of my newest shareware programs. 4. MY OVERWHELMING THANKS: It is hard making money writing shareware and by you sending the larger sum of money makes me TWICE as thankful. In fact, I will even thank you now if you decide to buy the DELUXE edition. THANK YOU. How to REGISTER Tron To register Tron simple fill out the form provided in the file 'REGISTER.FRM'. If you do not want to use this form simply include that information in your letter on another piece of paper. However, it is easier for me if you just print of the form and fill it out. Make sure you include the number that flashes on the exit screen of Tron as it gives me a lot of information I need in registering your version. The file 'REGISTER.FRM' has all of the information you need in order to register. There are some personal questions in this form that I asked (like your age). If you do not want to answer any of these question or feel they invade your rights in any way, DO NOT ANSWER THEM. The last thing I want to do is offend my audience. Please feel free to place and criticism or praise in the suggestions category. I am always curious to see how people react to my programs. Any errors that you find in Tron, also include as detailed a description as you can to make it easier for me to find it when I fix it for the next version. Thanks. Conditions of Copying Tron Tron is copyrighted and is a shareware product. Therefor you may copy this program (actually I WANT you to copy this program. Give it to your friends, your neighbours, your cousins, upload it the local boards, put it anywhere). If you do copy Tron there are a few guidelines: 1 - It must be copied in its original form. Non of the files can be altered or changed in any manner. 2 - You can not charge anything for distributing this product. 3 - If you upload it to a Bulletin Board System, it must be unloading in its original archive form (TRON.ZIP). Page 17 Thanks to... Walt Disney For creating the movie TRON from which I developed all of my ideas. Rob Doncaster For testing Tron vigorously and Jason Hunt giving me suggestion for improvement John Peterson Keith Gale Scott Smith Timothy Bartlett Mr. Chris Flemming Special thanks to Chris who spent many hours showing me the weak areas in Tron. It is due to him that many of the areas of the program are more user friendly. All of you who For supporting my software and allowing me to Register. continue in creating more great Shareware programs