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- TOMMY'S PACKRAT (C) COPYRIGHT 1986 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
- P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CATALOG #86-043-1A.
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- TOMMY'S PACKRAT IS SIMILAR TO PAC MAN/GIRL TYPE GAMES. YOUR PACKRAT ATTEMPTS
- TO GOBBLE UP ALL THE SEEDS IN THE MAZE, WHILE THE BAD GUYS ATTEMPT TO GOBBLE
- YOUR PACKRAT UP.
-
- STEERING: USE THE 4 ARROW KEYS ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD.
-
- SCORING:
- YOU GET ONE POINT FOR EACH SEED YOU GOBBLE UP, PLUS A BONUS FOR FLASHING
- (ENERGY) SEEDS THAT INCREASES WITH GAME TIME, HENCE THE LONGER YOU WAIT BEFORE
- EATING THEM THE HIGHER THEY SCORE.
-
- AFTER YOU EAT A FLASHING SEED, THE BAD GUYS CHANGE INTO INVERTED PANSIES WHICH
- CANNOT GOBBLE YOU UP UNTIL THEY CHANGE BACK TO REGULAR BAD GUYS.
-
- IF YOU RUN INTO AN INVERTED BAD GUY YOU GET 10 POINTS, BUT IF YOU RUN INTO
- A REGULAR BAD GUY YOU ARE GOBBLED UP.
-
- TRANSPORTER PADS: RUNNING INTO A TRANSPORTER PAD WILL CAUSE YOU TO
- DEMATERIALIZE AND THEN REMATERIALIZE IN A RANDOM MAZE CELL.
-
- FUNCTION KEY FUNCTION
- ------------ --------
- F1 DEMO MODE TOGGLE. IN DEMO MODE THE PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES
- ITSELF. *WARNING* PRESSING THIS KEY ZEROES THE SCORE!
- F2 QUIT THE PROGRAM (YOU CAN ALSO HIT THE ESC KEY).
- F4 TOGGLE THE PUSH/STEER MODE. IN PUSH MODE, YOU MUST HIT THE
- ARROW KEY ONCE FOR EACH STEP OF YOUR PACKRAT; IN STEER MODE,
- YOU PUSH THE ARROW KEY TO SET THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT AND
- THEN THE PACKRAT CONTINUES IN THAT DIRECTION AS LONG AS IT
- IS ABLE.
- F5 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS
- F7 DECREASE PITCH OF SOUND EFFECTS
- F8 INCREASE PITCH OF SOUND EFFECTS
- F9 (COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR
- F10 SOUND EFFECTS ON/OFF TOGGLE.
-
- NOTE:
- FOR FUNCTION KEYS F1,F1,F10, THE FUNCTION KEY LEGEND INDICATES THE MODE
- THAT WILL BE ENTERED AFTER HITTING THE KEY, WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF
- THE MODE ACTUALLY IN EFFECT AT THE TIME.
-
- MAZE FILE: THE FILE "PACKRAT.DAT" CONTAINS THE DESIGN OF THE MAZE. BE SURE
- IT IS ON THE SAME DOS FILE PATH AS THE PROGRAM BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO RUN
- IT. IF YOU ARE REALLY ADVENTUROUS YOU MIGHT TRY MODIFYING IT.
-
- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
- S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
- M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
- C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
-
- EXAMPLE: >PACKRAT MS
-
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