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- Snakes (C) 1991
-
- Kevin L. Patch
- 75 Pine St. #2
- Woburn, MA 01801
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- Phone: (617) 935-8534
- Compuserve: 72611, 2301
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- Registration:
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- HELP SUPPORT SHAREWARE!
- If you like the Snakes game, PLEASE register by sending your name and
- address, along with $15 to the address above. This does several things,
- it supports the shareware concept and proves that it works, it will allow
- me to continue to create and distribute shareware programs, it will get
- your name on my mailing list for notices of new versions and programs,
- AND THIS IS THE GOOD PART, you will receive a disk with SUPER SNAKES.
-
- (When you register, DON'T FORGET TO STATE 3 1/2" or 5 1/4" disks)
-
- SUPER SNAKES -- Run for your life!
-
- Instead of the simple single-level play of Snakes, Super Snakes has
- multiple 'Worlds'. Each layout brings new excitment as you advance
- from world to world.
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- Super Snakes adds several new 'Power Items'. TIME WARP freezes play
- for just the right amount of time to get over to that block you were
- headed for without getting killed! And the WALL STONE allows you to
- roll through walls in the nick of time to save yourself from sure
- destruction!
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- Also, Super Snakes has a 'Paint' mode which allows custom worlds to be
- created and played. These custom worlds can be saved to a file and
- loaded to be played at any time.
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- SUPER SNAKES has these features and more....
-
-
- If you don't care to receive SUPER SNAKES and support Shareware, please
- feel free to enjoy Snakes for a while and give it to a friend or upload
- it UNMODIFIED to your favorite BBS.
-
-
- Files in SNAKES.ZIP:
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- SNAKES.DOC - This file
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- SNAKES.EXE - Windows 3.0 executable file
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- SNAKES.HLP - Windows 3.0 help file
- Put this in the same directory as SNAKES.EXE
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- BWCC.DLL - Dynamic Link Library
- Put this in the same directory as SNAKES.EXE,
- or in your WINDOWS directory.
-
-
- Installing and Running Snakes:
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- 1) Put SNAKES.EXE in a Program Manager group and select the
- SNAKES icon. This is accomplished by selecting NEW from
- the program manager FILE menu. Choose 'New Item' from the
- dialog box. A second dialog box will be displayed. Enter
- 'Snakes' at the first prompt, and Enter 'SNAKES.EXE'
- with the full path name at the second prompt. The Snakes
- icon should appear in the program manager window.
- Select this icon to launch Snakes.
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- 2) Type 'SNAKES' with the full path at the prompt of the
- RUN menu option in program manager.
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- 3) Launch SNAKES.EXE from the File Manager.
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- To get on-line help for this program, make sure the help file 'SNAKES.HLP'
- is in the same directory as the SNAKES.EXE program file, and select an
- option from the HELP menu on the main window menu bar.
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- If the program does not run correctly, make sure that the DLL file
- BWCC.DLL is in the SNAKES.EXE or WINDOWS directory.
-
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- Playing Snakes -- This can also be viewed from the Help menu of Snakes.
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- Playing:
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- You are the yellow bulldozer in the middle of the screen.
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- You move the bulldozer around the playing field by pressing
- the arrow keys on the keyboard. The mouse CANNOT be used to
- move the bulldozer. The mouse can only be used to Pause the
- game and to select from the menus.
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- The gray walls are solid and cannot be moved or passed through.
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- The blue blocks are moveable and are to be used to kill snakes.
- You can push one or more blue blocks at a time.
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- The purple snakes move randomly about the screen.
- The snakes can be killed by pushing the blocks into them. There
- are 10 snakes at all times. When a snake is killed, another is
- created elsewere on the screen. Pushing a blue block into
- a snake will kill the segment that you hit, and all segments
- that were cut-off from the head. To kill the whole snake
- the blue block must be pushed into the head of the snake.
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- Red Power Rocks will appear from time to time. If you run over
- one, your bulldozer becomes red for several seconds. During
- this time you cannot be killed by snakes. You can run directly
- into snakes and kill them. When the bulldozer turns a dark shade
- of red the Power-Rock time is about to run out.
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- Scoring:
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- The object of the game is to accumulate points.
- Each segment is worth 5 points, each head is worth 20.
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- Objects:
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- Yellow bulldozer - This is YOU!
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- Purple snakes - These are evil snakes from hell and should be
- eliminated!
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- Gray blocks and walls - These cannot be moved or passed through.
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- Blue blocks - These can be pushed one(or more) at a time by the
- bulldozer. They are to be used to kill snakes.
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- Red Power Rocks - These appear from time to time. Hit one and
- become immune to snakes for awhile. Kill snakes without the blue
- blocks.
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- Menu Options:
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- GAME MENU:
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- NEW - clears screen and starts new game.
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- High Scores - displays 10 most excellent players,
- with their scores and excellent quotes.
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- About - displays program information.
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- Exit - ends game.
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- OPTIONS MENU:
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- Power Rocks - toggles Power Rock generation on and off.
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- Sound - toggles sound on and off.
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- HELP MENU:
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- Index - index of help topics.
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- Playing - describes game play.
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- Scoring - describes scoring.
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- Object - shows what game objects look like and what
- they do.
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- Menu Options - describes each menu option.
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