home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- ;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ;STARDUST.MSG - Stardust messages file
- ;Each line has the following format:
- ;<number>:<message>
- ;ABSOLUTELY no space after the ":" separator !
- ;Lines beginning with a ";" are ignored. You may remove them.
- ;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ;
- ;--- Standard error messages, written in text mode as read in this file ---
- 0:? NO MESSAGE ?
- 1:Unable to load COMMON.DAT resource file.
- 2:Configuration file not found. Rerun SETUP please.
- 3:Wrong drive specified in configuration file. Please rerun SETUP.
- 4:Unable to open the \STARDUST directory. Please rerun SETUP.
- 5:Unable to get back to \STARDUST directory, strange error, what have you done ?
- 6:Joystick is not calibrated. Hardware AUTO-FIRE may be ON.
- 7:Please turn it off and calibrate again the stick and hit any key.
- 8:Sound Blaster "BLASTER" environment variable detected.
- 9:Unable to load MENU1.DAT resource file.
- 10:Unable to load MENU2.DAT resource file.
- 11:Unable to load RAY.DAT intro resource file.
- 12:Unable to load INT.DAT intro resource file.
- ;--- Setup messages, for SETUP program, 80 characters max.
- 20:Installation program for Stardust-PC
- 21:Do you have a Sound Blaster or 100% compatible card (y/n) ?
- 36:1=Sound Blaster 1.x, 2.x or 16
- 37:2=Sound Blaster Pro
- 38:Please enter your Sound Blaster card type :
- 22:CAUTION: The "BLASTER" environment variable has not been found.
- 23:You MUST manually enter your Sound Blaster setup parameters
- 24:according to your hardware installation.
- 25:Please enter your I/O base address (220, 230 etc.) :
- 26:Please enter your IRQ level (0 to 7) :
- 27:Please enter your DMA 8 bits channel (0 to 3) :
- 30:Do you want to hear music during play (y/n) ?
- 31:Choose a frequency for music resampling, according to your hardware type:
- 32: 1 : 6000 Hz (slow machine, low quality - 386DX40, 486+ISA, standard Sound Blaster)
- 33: 2 : 10000 Hz (medium machine, normal quality - 486/25 on VLB, SB Pro and up)
- 34: 3 : 14000 Hz (fast machine, good quality - 486DX50 or DX2/66, Pentium, SB Pro)
- 35:Do you want to hear special effects during play (y/n) ?
- 42:Do you want to use a joystick ?
- 43:Please wait while I create your configuration file.
- 44:Unable to save configuration file, aborting.
- 45:SYNTAX: SETUP <d:>
- 46:<d:> is your Stardust hard drive (required).
- 47:EXAMPLE: SETUP C:
- 48:Please rerun SETUP with correct syntax.
- ;--- Help messages, 70 TO 90 and may not be more than 80 characters
- ;(These are displayed when the player ask for "STARDUST /?")
- 70:KEYBOARD and/or MOUSE and/or JOYSTICK :
- 71: <- or <left shift> : Turn left (J:LEFT, M:LEFT)
- 72: -> or <right shift> : Turn right (J:RIGHT, M:RIGHT)
- 73: or <Ctrl> : Push (J:Button 2 or UP, M:Button 2)
- 74: : Shield (J:DOWN, M:Both buttons)
- 75: <Space bar> : Fire (J:Button 1, M:Button 1)
- 76: <Tab> : Weapon selector
- 77: <Escape> : End game
- 78:WEAPON SELECTOR :
- 79: <Space bar> : Activate missiles (on missiles if avail)
- 80: <Space bar> : Exit (on exit button)
- 81: <Space bar> + <- : Activate weapon (if avail)
- 82: <Space bar> + -> : Reroute power ups to weapon (if avail)
- 83: <Escape> or <Tab> : Exit
- 84:WARP :
- 85: <- or <left shift> : Turn left (J:LEFT, M:LEFT)
- 86: -> or <right shift> : Turn right (J:RIGHT, M:RIGHT)
- 87: : Up (J:UP M:UP)
- 88: : Down (J:DOWN, M:DOWN)
- 89: <Space bar> : Fire (J:Button 1, M:Button 1)
- 90: <Escape> : End game
- ;
- ;
- ;----- Main menu lines, "@" stands for a space and "#" for the cursor -----
- ;----- THESE MESSAGES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 20 CHARS LONG AT MOST !!! -----
- ;----- (message number and ':' separator are not taken in count) -------
- 100:HIGH@SCORES
- 101:MUSIC
- 102:SOUNDS
- 103:WARP@GRAPHICS
- 104:LIVES
- 105:DIFFICULTY
- 106:TUNNEL@CONTROL
- 107:LOAD@GAME
- 108:START@GAME
- 109:ON
- 110:OFF
- 111:3
- 112:5
- 113:7
- 114:EASY
- 115:NORMAL
- 116:DIFFICULT
- 117:INVERSED
- 118:0000000000
- 119:#
- 120:RESUME@LAST
- 121:240@LINES
- 122:200@LINES
- 123:6@KHZ
- 124:10@KHZ
- 125:14@KHZ
- ;-- Lines for GET READY. "@" stands for a space. Also used in LEVEL CLEAR -
- ;----- THESE MESSAGES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 25 CHARS LONG !!! -------------
- ;----- (message number and ':' separator are not taken in account) -----
- 200:ENEMIES@DESTROYED
- 201:SHOTS@FIRED
- 202:MISSILES@LAUNCHED
- 203:SHIP@COLLISIONS
- 204:TOKENS@COLLECTED
- 205:TOKENS@MISSED
- 206:SHOT@ACCURACY
- 207:SHIP@ENERGY
- 208:SHIP@SHIELD
- 209:ENGINE@POWER
- 210:PRESS@FIRE@TO@CONTINUE
- 211:TIME@LEFT
- 212:SCORE
- ;
- ;--------------- ranking and game over pannels ----------------------------
- ;----- THESE MESSAGES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 80 CHARS LONG AT MOST !!! -----
- ;----- (message number and ':' separator are not taken in account) -----
- 300:FINAL@SCORE@:@%10ld
- 301:YOUR@RANKING@:
- 400:BRAINDEAD
- 401:BLIND@ZOMBIE
- 402:VEGETABLE
- 403:AMOEBA
- 404:TOTAL@SADMAN
- 405:WASTE@OF@SPACE
- 406:SAD,@DONT@BOTHER@TO@TRY@AGAIN
- 407:A@SAD@EXCUSE@FOR@A@GAMESPLAYER
- 408:MISERABLE
- 409:PLAY@SOMETHING@ELSE,@LIKE@PACMAN
- 410:TRY@TO@LOCATE@THE@FIRE@BUTTON
- 411:UNABLE@TO@FUNCTION
- 412:HOPELESS
- 413:A@FEEBLE@EFFORT
- 414:BEGINNER
- 415:COULD@DO@BETTER
- 416:TRY@A@BIT@HARDER
- 417:MEDIOCRE
- 418:AVERAGE
- 419:OK
- 420:NOT@BAD
- 421:CANT@COMPLAIN
- 422:GOOD@WORK
- 423:A@FINE@EFFORT
- 424:YOU@KNOW@YOUR@SHOOT@EM@UPS
- 425:NOW@YOU@CAN@CALL@YOURSELF@A@PILOT
- 426:FORCE@IS@STRONG@WITH@YOU
- 427:HAZARDOUS
- 428:GREAT@PERFORMANCE
- 429:PROFESSIONAL@WORK
- 430:A@TRUE@REBEL@PILOT
- 431:A@TRUE@TALENT
- 432:AN@INCREDIBLE@PERFORMANCE
- 433:A@GODLIKE@GAMESPLAYER
- 434:HOW@DID@YOU@GET@THAT@MESSAGE@?
- ;----- THESE MESSAGES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 40 CHARS LONG AT MOST !!! -----
- 500:CONGRATULATIONS
- 501:YOU@MADE@A@HIGH@SCORE
- 502:PLEASE@ENTER@YOUR@NAME
- ;Introduction, part 2 (angry king), scrolling text
- ;These messages must not be more than 80 characters
- ;However the font is much larger and cannot get more
- ;than about 30 characters wide.
-
- 600:PROFESSOR@SCHAUMUND,@THE@MOST
- 601:EVIL@AND@TWISTED@PROFESSOR
- 602:EVER@IS@ABOUT@TO@ENSLAVE@YOUR
- 603:GALAXY@AND@TAKE@POSSESSION@OF
- 604:THE@PRINCESS@VOL@LEVI.
- 605:@
- 606:HIS@DASTARDLY@PLAN@INVOLVES
- 607:LAUNCHING@AN@ONSLAUGHT@OF
- 608:METEORS@THROUGH@SPACE,@INTENT
- 609:ON@SMASHING@OUT@ANY
- 610:RESISTANCE@TO@HIS@WARSHIPS.
-
- ;Introduction, part 3 (sad princess), scrolling text
- ;These message must not be longer than 80 characters
- ;However the font is much larger and cannot get more
- ;than about 30 characters wide.
- 700:BUT@ALL@IS@NOT@YET@LOST.@YOU
- 701:HAVE@THE@FIGHTER@SHIP@AND@THE
- 702:COURAGE@TO@HALT@THIS@CHAOS
- 703:AND@DESTRUCTION,@SAVE@THE
- 704:PRINCESS@AND@BLAST@EVERY@LAST
- 705:METEOR@INTO@SPACE@DUST.
- 706:@
- 707:SO@STRAP@YOURSELF@IN@AND@GET
- 708:READY@FOR@THE@FRIGHT-RIDE@OF
- 709:YOUR@LIFE@!
-
- ;Message for winning the game. The lines must not be longer than 160 chars
- ;and the whole message is concatenated in memory for display. The whole
- ;message can be 2048 characters long at most.
- 800:@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
- 801:THIS@IS@YOUR@PROUDEST@MOMENT.@YOU@
- 802:HAVE@SAVED@THE@GALAXY,@AND@THE@
- 803:PRINCESS@FROM@THE@EVIL@PROFESSOR@
- 804:SCHAUMUND@(WHO@TURNED@OUT@TO@BE@
- 805:LITTLE@MORE@THAN@A@CRAZY@PENGUIN).@
- 806:THE@KING@OFFERS@YOU@THE@HAND@OF@
- 807:HIS@LOVELY@DAUGHTER.@THE@CHOICE@IS@
- 808:YOURS@-@SETTLE@DOWN@AND@GET@
- 809:MARRIED@OR@SAVE@THE@GALAXY@AND@BE@A@
- 810:HERO@ALL@OVER@AGAIN...@
-
- ;Credits: these only appear in the intro. Each line must be less than 30
- ;characters
- 900:@@@@@@@@STARDUST@PC
- 901:COPYRIGHT@1993@BLOODHOUSE@LTD
- 902:@@@@@@@STARDUST@AMIGA
- 903:@PROGRAMMING@AND@RAY@TRACING
- 904:@@@@@@@@@@@SCY
- 905:@@@@@@@@@GRAPHICS
- 906:@@@@@@@@@@@SCH
- 907:@@@@@@@@@@XRAY
- 908:@@@@@@@@@DESTOP
- 909:@@@@@@@@@@MUSIC
- 910:@@@@@@@@@@@RIB
- 911:@@@@@@@@@BASSBOMB
- 912:DISK@ACCESSING@ROUTINES@AND
- 913:@@@@ADDITIONAL@CODING
- 914:@@@@@@@@@WANTON
- 915:SW@SCROLL@AND@HALL@OF@FAME
- 916:@@@@@@@@@@@WDO
- 917:@@@@@PLAYTESTING@AND
- 918:@@ADDITIONAL@GAME@DESIGN
- 919:@@@@@@@@@PETSKU
- 920:@@@@@@@SUPPORTING
- 921:@@@@@@@BLOODSTONE
- 922:RAY@TRACED@INTRO@ANIMATION
- 923:@@@@@MARE@OLLINKARI
- 924:@@@@@@@THANKS@TO
- 925:@@@@@@@@REALSOFT
- 926:@@@@STAVROS@FASOULAS
- 927:@@@@@@@COMMUNIST
- 928:@@@@@@SULKY@FELLOW
- 929:@
- 930:@@@@@@PC@CONVERSION
- 931:@@@@@@FRANCIS@PIEROT
- 932:@@@THANKS@TO@SILMARILS
- 933:@
-