Games Gallery 98/Games Gallery 98 - Disc 2.iso/Content/BOMBER/readme.txt

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(c) Christian Pⁿhringer 1998
visit my homepage http://linz.orf.at/gast/puehringerc

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BOMBERMAN for Windows 95 1.61
bomber.zip
(bomberman.exe, readme.txt)

INSTALLATION
To install the game just extract the bomber.zip file. If you
have directx (3 or higher) installed (that's very probably
because it's included with newer windows 95 versions and
nearly every commercial game) you can now start the
bomber.exe. If you haven't you can find direct e.g.
http://www.microsoft.com/directx
The game doesn't do any changes to registry/windows
directory/... So you can uninstall the game just by deleting
the program files.

GAME PLAY
The object of this multiplayer game is to kill your
opponents by dropping bombs. You also need to drop bombs to
clear your path throughout the maze. Blocks, you blow up,
can also include different extras which e.g. increase the
length of the explosions.

MENU SETTINGS
You can setup following options in the menu which appears
after starting the game:
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: how many players take part in the game
(2-4). There is no single player mode in Bomberman now. So
you have to find someone who wants to play against you
GAME TYPE: you can either play a deathmatch game where you
have to kill your opponents or a capture the flag game in
which you have to steal the flag of your opponent and to
carry it to your own flag. (if your opponent is already
carrying your flag you have to kill him before you can win
the game)
Both types can be played in single and in team mode. In team
mode the first two players play against the other player(s).
If only two players take part in a game it doesn't make a
difference choosing single or team mode.
WINS: How many games you need to win before you win the
match.
NUMBER OF EXTRAS: The probability that a extra is hidden
under a block you can blow up.
DESEASES: If activated under some blocks skulls are hidden
which infect players with different deseases.
NUMBER OF BOMBS: how many bombs from one player can be
dropped the same time. This number can be increased during a
game by picking up the bomb extra
LENGTH OF EXPLOSION: how far a explosion reaches. The length
can be increase by picking up the fire ball extra.
TIME TILL FIRE: the time how long bombs are laying in the
maze before the explode. This time can be affected by the
skull extra.
TIME: if this time is exceeded the game ends as a draw game.
GRAPHIC SET: this option just changes which graphic set is
used for the blocks
NEW BLOCKS: Decides whether and how fast new blocks appear
during a game
LEVEL: Choose the level you want to play. If this option is
RANDOM the levels are chosen randomly.
You can change settings using the cursor keys.
To proceed to next menu press the enter key.

The menu which is appearing next determines which input
device is used for each player. If it's not possible to
choose joystick you have to install the joystick device
using the control panel.

KEYS DURING GAMEPLAY:
to show the keys you need to control your character press
f1. the first 4 keys are used to move in the 4 directions,
the next one is used to drop a bomb, and the last one to
fire up a bomb if you have the remote control extra.

F1: Help
F2: Go back to the main menu
F3: Pause
F4: Display debugging info (e.g. Frame rate)
F5: recalculate the speed of the players. (use this if the
players go very slow (or fast) after starting the game.
F6: change the language (german/english). Normally the game
should choose the correct language automatically.
+,-: increase/decrease the speed of the game.
ESCAPE, ALT+F4: exit the game

EXTRAS:
Following extras can be hidden under blocks you blow up. You
can take them by walking over them:
FIREBALL: Increase the length of your bomb's explosions by
one field.
BOMB: Increase the number of bombs you can drop the same
time.
SPEED UP: Increase the speed of your player.
REMOTE CONTROL: you can fire your bombs using the fire key.
(press f1 to display keyboard settings)
KICK BOMB: you can kick bombs away by walking over them,
SKULL: infects you with a desease. If you are infected you
can infected other players by walking over them. The effect
only lasts for 10 seconds.



CHANGING KEYBOARD SETTINGS
you can change the keyboard setting with the program
setkeys. It is a DOS-Program to keep size small. Please do
only use
alphanumerical keys, cursorkeys, control, tab, backspace,
enter, alt in you keysettings. If the game crashes after
changing
keysettings delete the bomber.key file, start setkeys.exe
and choose the option 5 and close it by entering 0.

REVISION HISTORY

Version 1.61 (6.5.1998)
IMPORTANT: BUG FIXED: Version 1.6 had the following bug:
Everytime when there was the kickbomb extra on the playfield
a error was written to the bomber.log file. Because this is
done as often as the screen is redrawn, the file will grow
very large. So if you have ever used 1.6 please delete the
bomber.log file which you find in the directory in which
bomberman was installed.
Some other little changes are done to the kickbomb extra. So
you can pick up extra now by kicking your bombs over them
and bombs can also explode during the are kicked away.

Version 1.6 (4.5.1998)
New Extra: kick away bombs: you can kick bombs away by
walking over them
Better explosion-animation
You can increase the speed higher up (use + key)

Version 1.56 (26.4.1998)
Leveleditor is now included in Bomber.exe (either start
editor.bat or bomber.exe editor) to decrease size.

Version 1.55 (6.4.1998)

in default the level is chosen randomly
it is now possible to define the keys
some new levels
logfile (please send it(bomber.log) to me if you have
problems running the game)
Some bugfixes

version 1.5 (30.3 1998)
Blocks can apear during a game
capture the flag mode
different levels
leveleditor

version 1.3 (15.3 1998)
now during a game new blocks can appear if this feature is
activated in the menu
menu graphics are improved
the language (german/english) is now set automatically. (if
this causes a wrong language setting
you can either create a bomber.ini and write the following
lines in it

[BOMBERMAN]
language=0

(if you set language=1 then the german version is executed)
or you can change the language during a game by pressing F6
(this only works in the game itself not in the menu screen
However the menutexts are affected)
the size of the game was decreased

version 1.2 (4.3 1998)
In three and four player deathmatch mode players are now
coloured in different colours
Some graphics changes
Size of bomberman.exe decreased

version 1.1 (25.2.1998)

New extra: length of explosions is increased to 12
New deseases: explosions go throughout destructable blocks.
4 different graphic sets
In two player mode the second player is an alien now
New keyboardsetting for player 3 and 4
Bugs fixed
remote trigger and speed up extra is now only to pick up one
time per player
Players aren't hurt by explosions as easy as before

Version 1.0 (16.2.1996)


this game is freeware. you can give it to everyone you want
but if you want to publish it
on a website or a CD-ROM you have to ask me for permission
([e-mail])
You are welcome to mail me bug reports or suggestions.

To run this game you must have Direct X 3 or higher
installed. If you haven't (not
very probably, because it is included in nearly every
commercial game) you can find it in the
internet(http://www.microsoft.com/directx),
or on most of the CD-ROMs of computer game magazines.


You can find further information to the game, the complete
SOURCE CODE, the documentation(German only) (source code and
documentation not available at the moment)
and links to some game developing web sites on my internet
site http://linz.orf.at/gast/puehringerc.