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- S O L E A U S O F T W A R E
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- presents
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- ANT RUN
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- 2.0
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- Program by William Soleau
- (c) 1993
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- Shareware Version
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- Requires: EGA/VGA & MOUSE
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- Requires Files: Antrun.ov1 Antrun.ov2
- Antrun.ov3 Antrun.ov4
- Antrun.ov5 Antrun.ov6
- Antrun.jft Antrun1.jft
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- ANT RUN DIRECTIONS
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- OBJECTIVE
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- The objective of Ant Run is to keep the ant running through the
- ant hill tunnels as long as possible before it reaches a dead
- end.
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- GAME PLAY
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- At the beginning of the game there is a game board filled with
- different shaped passageways. At the top of the screen there
- is a red ant which will move towards the top hole. The ant takes
- 10 seconds to reach the hole. Once the ant reaches the hole, it
- will appear on the board from the grid marked START. Using your
- mouse, you can click on any grid to rotate it clockwise. Your
- objective is to create a continuous path for the ant to crawl
- through. For the first 10 seconds you can also rotate the START
- grid, yet once the ant emerges from it, it will remain stationary.
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- RESET AND INCHES CRAWLED
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- As the ant moves through the tunnels, they will turn yellow and
- you will not be able to use them again. The only exception is the
- crossing path grid which can be used more than once. You can have
- the ant go OFF THE BOARD in any direction. It will then appear from
- the opposite side. On the right side of the screen there is an INCH
- METER. This measures the distance the ant has traveled. If you can
- get the ant to travel 20 inches and can reach one of the sides of
- the board, (providing the entrance on the other side is open) then
- the grids which were yellow will now reset themselves and you can
- continue to keep the ant moving by rotating the grids. Every time
- that you are able to reset the board, a single black grid will appear
- which can never be removed. The starting gate, if present on the
- board, will now be removed and a passageway grid will take its place.
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- FAST BUTTON
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- On the left side of the board there are several buttons. One is
- the FAST button. If you press the fast button while the ant is
- on the game board, then the ant will speed through the tunnels at
- a much faster rate. Once the ant reaches the sides of the board
- and reappears on the other side, it will automatically slow down
- again. This FAST button is very important because when the ant
- is running in FAST mode, you get double the points for the distance
- it travels. If you have set up a long series of tunnels that go off
- and on the board, then use the fast key to get more points. This
- assumes you have already established a consecutive path for the ant
- ahead of time.
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- SCORING
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- At the beginning of each level there is a POINTS NEEDED total shown
- at the bottom of the screen. In order to proceed to the next level
- you must reach or surpass this point total in order to continue the
- game. If you don't reach this point total by the time your ant
- reaches a dead end, then the game will be over. The points needed
- for each level is determined by this formula:
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- 100 + (10 * LEVEL) + (plus previous score)
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- Points are scored for each few steps it takes through the tunnels.
- An extra 3 points are given every time you can get the ant to exit
- the board and re-enter it. These will be stored in the Bonus Point
- total, and will be added to your score at the end of the level.
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- There are also GREEN BONUS TUNNELS which will sometimes appear on
- the board. If you can get the ant through these, you will earn 20
- extra bonus points.
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- BONUS ROUNDS
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- Every 2500 points scored, you will be awarded a Special Bonus
- Round. You can only gain points during this round, however you
- must have completed the previous level with the required points
- needed in order to continue.
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- MULTIPLE STARTING GATES
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- On the higher levels, the game board might contain MORE then one
- STARTING grid. You will not know which START grid the ant will
- emerge from, so you'll have to plan ahead for each STARTING grid.
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- ENDING GRID
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- On some levels there will also be a RED ENDING GRID. This means
- you MUST get the ant to end in this grid or the game will be over
- no matter how many points you score for that level. This ENDING
- grid CAN be rotated even after the ant starts to move on the game
- board.
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- * REMEMBER WHEN YOU SEE A RED ENDING GRID, YOU MUST END THE ANT
- THERE OR THE GAME WILL BE OVER NO MATTER HOW MANY POINTS YOU
- SCORED FOR THAT LEVEL.
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- BUTTONS
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- The mouse buttons on the left side of the game board can be
- accessed at anytime during the game.
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- SCORE : Show the Ten Top High Scores
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- SOUND : Toggles Sound ON or OFF
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- HELP : Ant Run Directions
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- FAST : Speed Ant through the Maze for DOUBLE POINTS!
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- QUIT : Quits Ant Run
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- * NOTE WINDOWS USERS *
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- Running Ant Run from Windows may cause unexpected results. The
- game should be played by loading it directly from the Dos prompt.
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- * S O L E A U S O F T W A R E *
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- Ant Run is distributed as Shareware. You are welcome to give this
- game to your friends or local BBS. If you like Ant Run and continue
- to use it, we ask you to register the game with us. Soleau Software
- depends on your registrations in order to continue providing an
- alternative to expensive commercial software. The registered version
- of Ant Run greatly speeds up the loading and exiting of the program,
- plus gives you UNLIMITED levels of play!
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- Your $12.00 registration of Ant Run will instantly make you a Soleau
- Software Member. All members receive special discounts on our other
- games through special bonus package offers sent with your disk.
- Members also have the option to include an extra $6.00 dollars for
- our Member Game Pack which has EIGHT of our most popular Shareware
- EGA/VGA games on a High Density Floppy Disk.
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- This offer is for Members Only, so please take the time to read the
- Ant_reg.doc file for details and register Ant Run today !
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- We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you will
- continue to enjoy this as well as our other Shareware products.
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- Sincerely,
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- William Soleau
- President
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- Soleau Software
- 163 Amsterdam Avenue
- Suite 213
- New York, NY 10023