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- Micro! Deluxe, version 1.0
- DISTRIBUTION INFO
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- FEATURES:
- * Beautiful 3-D, animated graphics which fully exploit the VGA's
- 256-color pallette.
- * Large 4-way scrolling playfield.
- * 20 levels of play in the shareware version, 60 more upon registration
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- REQUIRES:
- * fast 286 (or higher) CPU, 386 or faster strongly recommended
- * VGA card
- * Hard disk with 1.5 MB of disk space free
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- SUPPORTS:
- * Sound Blaster (or compatible) digitized sound effects
- * Roland LAPC-I / MT-32 (or compatible) sound effects and music
- * Adlib (or compatible) sound effects and music
- * PC speaker sound
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- OBJECTIVE:
- The object of this game is to eliminate all the spheres in the
- playfield by redirecting a single laser beam. You control Micro -- a cute,
- purple ball. By rotating and moving mirrors, pushing obstacles, and throwing
- switches, you'll help Micro advance through many levels of unique puzzles that
- range in difficulty level from intuitively obvious to nearly impossible.
- Each level has a required number of spheres you must destroy in order
- to proceed to the next level. Often, there are more spheres on the screen
- than required. Destroying all the spheres can be a very challenging task
- even for a quick, perceptive player (like yourself).
- Users who have purchased the registered version of this game receive
- an additional 60 levels of brain-teasers and a level designer which allows
- them to create and play their own puzzle sets.
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- REQUIRED FILES FOR DISTRIBUTION (PLEASE READ!):
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- If you distribute the shareware version of this game, please be sure to
- include the following four (4) files in unaltered form:
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- FILE_ID.DIZ -- Short description file
- MDLXSHAR.CQZ -- Micro! Deluxe compressed game data
- MINSTALL.EXE -- Installation program
- READTHIS.TXT -- Information file
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- Do NOT include other game files! The file "MDLXSHAR.CQZ" contains everything
- required for this game. The program "MINSTALL.EXE" will decompress this
- archive to a drive and directory of the user's choice.
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- NOTE: the above files may be "split" (e.g. to fit on two low-density 5.25"
- disks), as long as the files can be reassembled into their original
- form.
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- Thank you for distributing this program!
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- BBS/ONLINE SERVICE/INTERNET DISTRIBUTION:
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- Bulletin board system, online service, and internet distribution is strongly
- encouraged! When archiving, be sure to comply with the REQUIRED FILES FOR
- DISTRIBUTION section. Please name the archive $MDLX1.xxx, where "xxx" is the
- compression program's default extension. If a distribution fee is charged,
- you must also:
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- * credit Acumen Software as the creator of this game
- * identify the software as shareware
- * explain the shareware concept elsewhere online
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- BBS SYSOPS: CONTACT US! If you own and operate a large BBS with many users,
- we'd like to add you to our BBS distribution list. Please sends us your
- name, your BBS's name, some information about your BBS (# of lines, disk
- space, # of users, future plans, etc.), and your street address so we can:
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- * send you the latest version of this shareware program
- * add you to our BBS distribution list so that you'll receive
- our newest programs and updates as they become available
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- DISK DISTRIBUTION:
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- Shareware vendors must:
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- * comply with the REQUIRED FILES FOR DISTRIBUTION section
- * credit Acumen Software as the creator of this game in all catalog
- descriptions and other descriptions
- * identify the software as shareware
- * adequately explain the shareware concept (i.e. the price paid by users
- is only a distribution charge)
- * only sell the most current version of this software
- *** All rules apply unless explicity stated in writing by Acumen Software
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- Note: You may include custom installation and other informational files on
- your distribution disk.
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- SHAREWARE VENDORS: CONTACT US! If you send us a sample catalog you've
- published in the past, we will:
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- * send you the latest version of this shareware program
- * send you images (GIFs) taken from the game for your advertisements
- * add you to our shareware vendor distribution list so that you'll receive
- our newest programs and updates as they become available
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- DISTRIBUTION IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT:
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- You must:
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- * comply with the REQUIRED FILES FOR DISTRIBUTION section
- * credit Acumen Software as the creator of this game in all catalog
- descriptions and other descriptions
- * identify the software as shareware
- * adequately explain the shareware concept (i.e. the price paid by users
- is only a distribution charge)
- * print the word "shareware" on the front-cover packaging
- * include the name "Acumen Software" on the front-cover packaging as
- creator of this program
- *** All rules apply unless explicity stated in writing by Acumen Software
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- BUNDLING WITH HARDWARE:
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- You may bundle this game with new hardware as long as you comply with the
- REQUIRED FILES FOR DISTRIBUTION section. (Notifying us would be nice too.)
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- OTHER DISTRIBUTION METHODS:
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- Please contact us if you would like to distribute Acumen Software products
- in a new way to help reach more customers.
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- VIOLATIONS:
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- If you violate any of the required terms described above without express
- written authorization by Acumen Software, you are liable to Acumen Software
- for $1 per copy distributed.
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- == HOW TO CONTACT ACUMEN SOFTWARE ==
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- U.S. Mail:
- Acumen Software
- 404 Stone Church Road
- Tiverton, RI 02878-2813
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- Internet E-mail:
- adrian@mit.edu
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- World-Wide-Web:
- http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/a/d/adrian/www/acumen.html
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