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- S O L E A U S O F T W A R E
-
- presents
-
-
- LOADER LARRY
-
- v1.2
- ______________________
-
- Program by William Soleau
- (c) 1993,1994,1995
-
- Shareware Version
-
-
- Requires: EGA/VGA
-
-
- Requires Files: Loadlar.ov1 Loadlar.ov2
- Loadlar.ov3 Loadlar.ov4
- Loadlar.ov5 Loadlar.ov6
- Loadlar.ov7 Loadlar.jft
- Loadlar1.jft Loadlar2.jft
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-
- LOADER LARRY INTRODUCTION
-
-
- Larry Lontrose has lived his whole life in Longview.
- Like his father and grandfather before him, he works
- for the only factory in town. Generations of Lontroses
- have worked hard for the factory, yet nobody in his
- family (except his Aunt Mable who eventually became a
- Junior Vice President during the 1930's) has ever been
- promoted from the loading docks where most employees
- are put to work. Larry however has bigger plans for
- himself. As a boy, he was told by his parents that he
- could achieve anything if he worked hard enough at it.
- Determined to make something of himself, he decides
- to work overtime on the night shift to impress his
- his superiors.
-
- Each night Larry toils away until the early morning.
- At exactly six o'clock every sunrise, the Longview
- church tower bells ring telling Larry his night shift
- is over. Being very tired and exhausted from the labor,
- he always finds himself each morning in a room where the
- exit doors always seem impossible to reach. This is
- because the other employees just leave various boxes and
- other objects strewn around the room. Can you help
- Larry reach the doorways in each room, so he can go
- home and get some much needed rest ?
-
- Starting out as a part-time loader, Larry knows how
- to lift the boxes and move them to strategic positions
- to help him reach the exit doors. He can jump up about
- 4 feet which is about the size of the boxes he can carry.
-
-
-
- OBJECTS
-
- There are many objects Larry can use to make his way to the
- door in each room.
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- Boxes
- Balloons
- Ladders
- Tnt
- Walls
- Steel Walls
- Switch
- Generators
- Wooden Bridges
-
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- BOXES: Larry can carry and jump with boxes and place them
- anywhere there is an empty space for them.
-
- BALLOONS: Larry can jump and push balloons right, left or down.
- He can walk on top of balloons and can place boxes on
- them. If he is not holding boxes, he can get underneath
- a balloon and jump up and grab a ride upwards if the
- balloon has a clear path above it. Balloons will
- disintegrate if pushed into Generators. He cannot
- use TNT while riding balloons.
-
- LADDERS: If Larry can reach a ladder then it will be added to
- his inventory. He can use a ladder at anytime by
- pressing the <L>adder key. The ladder will extend
- upwards as high as it can reach, and Larry can climb
- up and jump off it at any point. He can also use TNT
- to blast through walls while on it.
-
- TNT: If Larry can reach the dynamite, then it will be added
- to his inventory. If he is not holding a box, he can
- use the TNT to blast through a wall. TNT cannot be
- used against any other objects including Steel Walls.
- He can use the TNT while on a Ladder.
-
- WALLS: These can be blown up by using TNT.
-
- STEEL WALLS: These are indestructible.
-
- SWITCH: If Larry can reach the Switch, then all the Electric
- Generators will be turned off and they will vanish
- from the room.
-
- GENERATORS: These Generators are very dangerous if Larry touches
- one. They will make balloons pop if they are pushed
- into them. Boxes can be placed on top of them to help
- Larry avoid the deadly voltage. They can be turned off
- if Larry can reach the SWITCH.
-
- WOODEN BRIDGES: If Larry walks directly across one of these, they
- will crumble and vanish from the room. He can place
- boxes on them to help keep them intact if he needs
- them later on.
-
- EXIT DOOR: This is Larry's final objective for each room.
-
-
- Larry is hoping to be promoted from his present job as
- a part-time Loader... can you help him solve all 20 rooms!"
-
-
-
- KEY FUNCTIONS
-
- All Key definitions are shown on the screen at all times
-
-
- Arrow Keys: -> Move Larry Right
- <- Move Larry Left
- UP Larry Jumps UP
- DOWN Larry Drops Package
-
-
- <L>adder Larry puts up ladder if he has it in his inventory
- <T>nt Larry uses TNT if he has it in his inventory
-
- <N>ew Puzzle Select New Puzzle
- <A>gain Try Same Puzzle Again
- <J>ob Show Larry's Job Description List
- <S>ound Toggle Sound On/Off
- <?> Solutions (1-5) Shareware Version (1-40)Reg.Ver.
- <Q>uit Quits Loader Larry
-
-
-
- SOLUTIONS
-
- Solutions to the first 3 puzzle rooms have been provided for
- you. By pressing the <?> key, you can see Larry solve the
- room. There can be many ways to solve a room.
-
-
- JOBS / PUZZLE POINTS
-
- Each Puzzle Room has puzzle points if it is solved. These
- Puzzle Points determine Larry's Job Status. This Shareware
- Version has 20 puzzle rooms to solve. If you can solve all
- of them, Larry will be promoted 6 times until he is the
- Supervisor for the Loading Dock.
-
-
- PUZZLE ORDER
-
- The puzzle rooms get harder as you go along. When you first
- begin Loader Larry, you can only access the first 3 rooms.
- Anytime you solve a room, the puzzle room button on the
- Load Puzzle Menu will turn from grey to red. You will be
- allowed to load a puzzle number that is 2 higher then the
- highest puzzle solved. Therefore if you solved puzzle
- number 3 the first time you play the game, you would then
- be allowed to play 1,2,3,4 or 5 the next time you load a
- new puzzle.
-
-
-
- * NOTE WINDOWS USERS *
-
- Running Loader Larry 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 *
-
- Loader Larry 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 Loader Larry greatly speeds up the loading and
- exiting of the program, plus gives you 20 new puzzle rooms with the
- solutions to all 40! Larry can be promoted to President if you solve
- them all.
-
- Your $12.00 registration of Loader Larry 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.
-
-
- ** Special Logic Game Collection **
-
- By registering Loader Larry for $12.00, you can also get three other
- FULLY REGISTERED logic games from Soleau Software for only $24.00.
-
- Block Man & Bolo Adventures III & Ladder Man III
-
- Press the <R>egistration key at the closing screen for descriptions
- and details on this Special Game Collection Offer.
-
-
-
- These offers are for Members Only, so please take the time to read the
- Llar_reg.doc file for details and register Loader Larry today !
-
- We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you will
- continue to enjoy this as well as our other Shareware products.
-
-
-
- Sincerely,
-
- William Soleau
- President
-
- Soleau Software
- 163 Amsterdam Avenue
- Suite 213
- New York, NY 10023