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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:
<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!