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- SINT NICOLAAS
-
- Version 1.4 (English)
- (C) Copyright 1998 by Mike Wiering/Wiering Software
- www.wieringsoftware.nl, info@wieringsoftware.nl
-
-
- LICENSE
-
- This game is FREEWARE. Before running this game, you must read,
- understand and accept the terms of the license agreement. See
- LICENSE.TXT.
-
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
-
- The minimal system requirements to run Sint Nicolaas are:
-
- - PC with 286 processor or higher (486 recommended)
- - VGA graphics card
-
-
- STARTING THE GAME
-
- To start Sint Nicolaas in DOS, type:
-
- SINT
-
- The following command line options are allowed:
-
- SINT -? Help
- SINT -E Start the game in English
- SINT -N Start the game in Dutch
- SINT -Q Start the game without sound
- SINT -S PC-speaker sound only
-
-
- THE GAME
-
- Every year Sint Nicolaas comes all the way from Spain to Holland to
- gives presents to the children. On December 5th, at night, Sint travels
- over the roofs and drops the presents through the chimneys.
-
- In this game, Sint Nicolaas has been robbed! The thieves have taken
- his big sack full of presents and gingerbread cookies. In their run,
- however, the they aren't careful and presents start dropping out of the
- sack. Now Sint only has to collect the fallen gingerbread and presents
- and bring them to the right chimney.
-
- Presents are in four colors: red, blue, green and purple. All chimneys
- have a mark indicating the correct color. There is also a number written
- on every chimney, that is the number of gingerbread cookies that still
- have to be dropped.
-
- Sint can carry as many presents behind him as he can find. However, he
- can only drop the first one into the chimney. So he must visit the
- chimneys in the same order as the colors of the presents he gathers.
-
- All the presents must be brought to the right homes in this same night.
- Sint must be ready before dawn. The time Sint has left to complete the
- level is displayed on the statusline at the bottom of the screen. When
- only one minute is left, the sky will start getting lighter. If two
- minutes or more are left at the end of a level, Sint has time to play
- a bonus level!
-
- Sint's quest over the roofs is dangerous: the old Sint will not survive
- a fall from such a roof. Sometimes it can be very slippy. Sint also has
- to be careful not to touch the sharp edges of TV antennes. There are
- even dangerous birds that attack him and even try to steal presents or
- gingerbread. Sint can make these birds fall down by jumping on top of
- them, but that wouldn't be very kind towards the birds. So every time
- Sint jumps on a bird, he loses 500 points. If he manages to complete a
- level without injuring any bird at all, he receives 10,000 extra points.
-
- At the right-bottom of the screen, a number of hearts are displayed.
- This indicates how often Sint can hurt himself before losing a life. He
- can earn extra lives by eating four chocolate letters S, I, N and T
- or by collecting 100 gingerbread cookies in a bonus level.
-
-
- CONTROLS
-
- In all menus, use the arrow keys to move the cursor and select an option
- by pressing <Enter> or <Space>. Hit <Esc> to go back or to end the game.
-
- If you have a joystick, go to CONFIGURATION and then CONTROLS to set it
- up and calibrate.
-
- Keys to play the game:
-
- <Left/Right arrow> - Walk
- <Alt> - Jump
- <Ctrl> - Accellerate
-
- If you want to configure other keys, from the main menu, choose:
- CONFIGURATION, CONTROLS and then KEYS.
-
- Other keys during the game:
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- <F1> - Help
- <F2> - Save game
- <F3> - Load game
- <F4> - Sound on/off
- <P> - Pause
- <Esc> - Exit
-
-
- MORE GAMES
-
- For a complete overview of the SINT NICOLAAS games, see:
-
- http://www.cs.kun.nl/is/sint/
-
- For more fun games, visit the Wiering Software homepage:
-
- http://www.wieringsoftware.nl/
-
-
- WORD OF THANKS
-
- Special thanks to all members of the GiPHouse Beta Testing Team and
- everyone else who helped testing this game!
-