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- JACK FLASH
- An MVP Software Production
- By CAPS Softwaredesign ULM
- copyright 1995 CAPS Softwaredesign ULM
-
- NEWS FLASH!! NEWS FLASH!! NEWS FLASH!! NEWS FLASH!!
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- Unbelievable, but true! As we were told just a few moments ago by
- our newsman Norbert Nanotech, the mad Professor E. Eddison (known as
- Evil Eddi) brought the "Things" to life with his "Energy
- Generators". Now there is nowhere to hide from the aggressive
- apples, combative carrots, lunatic light-bulbs and all the other
- strange things that have now united together to found their own
- state called "Thing-City" -- independent from humans. The Things
- installed their energy generators everywhere. As we know from
- well-informed government sources, there is only one small chance
- left to stop the Things. The government has put all its hope in one
- man, the one and only Jack Flash. We managed to talk to this man,
- on whom the whole nation is depending to stop the Things. Here is
- our exclusive interview.
-
- CN: How are you going to stop the Things?
-
- JF: I can extract the life-energy from the Things by using my
- Suck-O-Matic (TM). I just press the ALT-key for it. But it's even
- more important to destroy the energy generator on each level.
-
- CN: How are you going to find these energy generators?
-
- JF: Well, I'll have to look for them. I can jump very high with the
- CTRL key. Helping me are the monitors that are spread around. I
- have a small remote controlled camera, the TEMU, that I can activate
- with the T key. I can see their transmission on the monitors.
-
- CN: Where do you get the energy for that camera and the
- Succ-O-Matic?
-
- JF: I have a limited amount of energy in my backpack. If this is
- used up, I have to recharge it by pressing ENTER at the converters
- that I find on occasion.
-
- CN: Is there anything else you want to tell our readers, before you
- start your mission?
-
- JF: Well, maybe they are interested in learning that we work with
- the latest technology; the teleport units. When I activate these by
- pressing ENTER, I will be transported to another area of the level.
- Another interesting point is that the government offers an extra
- life if I manage to suck all the things on a level, or if I collect
- all bonus objects.
-
- CN: Thank you very much for this detailed interview. We wish you
- the best of luck for your mission. The entire world is depending on
- you.
-
- So that is the latest breaking news about the Jack Flash and the
- Mutiny of the Things. We will all be waiting anxiously to see how
- this exiting story develops.
-
- JACK FLASH is shareware. You are free to evaluate this software.
- If you like it or find it useful, you must register with MVP
- Software by purchasing the complete JACK FLASH game. When you
- purchase the complete version you will receive the latest version,
- including all four episides, new graphics and enemies, a printed
- manual, and a free offer on all other MVP shareware games.
-
- SHAREWARE gives you the opportunity to try this software before
- buying it. You may have purchased this software in a store, from a
- catalog, or downloaded it from an online service or BBS. At most
- you should have paid only a few dollars for it. This payment goes
- to the vendor or online service, not to MVP. It gives you the right
- to try the software, but if you like the game, you are required to
- purchase the full game directly from MVP.
-
- This means that you can try innovative and fun games like JACK FLASH
- without first shelling out the money for the entire program. We
- hope you like JACK FLASH and support the shareware concept by
- purchasing the complete game.
-
- Thanks for playing JACK FLASH and for supporting shareware. Your
- honesty pays.
-
- To order the complete JACK FLASH game, call 800-968-9684 toll-free
- 24 hours a day. Please have your Master Card or Visa ready when you
- call. Or fill out the order form at the end of this manual and fax
- it to: 616-245-3204. Make sure your credit card number and
- expiration date are legible. Or if you prefer mail the order form
- and your check to: MVP Software, 1035 Dallas SE, Grand Rapids, MI
- 49507-1407.
-
- For overseas orders or technical support call 616-245-8376.
-
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-
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-
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- membership offer.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
- If you downloaded this file from a BBS, you don't need to run
- Install. If you purchased an evaluation disk from a shareware
- vendor or the story, follow these directions.
-
- To install JACK FLASH, place the diskette into the A drive and
- type A:, or into the B drive and type B:. When the A> or B> prompt
- appears on the screen, type INSTALL. Follow the directions to
- install the software.
-
- To begin the game type JACK.
-
- NOTE TO WINDOWS USERS
- ---------------------
- JACK FLAHS might run as a DOS application, spawned under Windows,
- but you may encounter sound card conflicts. The best solution if
- you run into conflicts is to completely exit from Windows before
- starting JACK FLAHS. Clicking on the DOS prompt is NOT exiting
- Windows. You must actually close your Windows session.
-
- We strongly recommend that you terminate Windows completely before
- running JACK FLASH and run the game directly from DOS.
-
- MAKING A CLEAN BOOT DISK
- ------------------------
- If you encounter problems running JACK FLASH there may be a conflict
- between it and a program resident in memory. Here's a way to avoid
- the conflict.
-
- Place a blank, unformatted diskette into drive A of your computer.
- Then type
-
- FORMAT A:/S/U
-
- and press enter. When the computer is finished formatting the disk
- and copying the system files to it, press the RESET button on your
- computer or the ALT-CTRL-DEL keys at the same time. After your
- computer has rebooted, go to the JACK FLASH directory and play
- the game. If it runs, there is a conflict between a resident
- program loaded by your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file. Whenever
- you want to play JACK FLASH, simply reboot your computer with
- the boot disk you have created.
-
- JACK FLASH ORDER FORM
-
- Name ________________________________________________________________
-
- Address _____________________________________________________________
-
- City _______________________________ State ______ ZIP _______________
-
- Country (if outside USA) ____________________________________________
-
- All orders are shipped on 3.5" disks.
-
- Price of complete JACK FLASH game $29.95
- Shipping and Handling (US) 4.00
- Shipping and Handling (Canada) 5.00
- Shipping and Handling (all other countries) 6.00
- Michigan residents add sales tax 2.04 ------
- ----
- Make check payable to "MVP Software" Total enclosed: $
- Master Card/Visa information (credit card orders only)
-
- Card number __________________________________________
-
- Expiration number ____________________________________
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- VOLUNTARY QUESTIONS: Please help us determine what features you would like
- ==================== in future products.
-
- Circle what type of equipment you have: 286 386 486 Pentium
- Circle the speed of your computer(Mhz): 12 16 20 25 33 40 50 66 ___
- Circle any that apply: Joystick Mouse Modem_______ SVGA card____________
- (speed) (type)
-
- Sound Capability: Adlib Sound Blaster SB Pro SB 16 SB AWE32
- PC speaker only Other ____________________________________
-
- Where did you get JACK FLASH?
- Friend CompuServe AOL Prodigy Ryan's Bar Exec-PC Sound Advice
- Invention Factory Channel 1 Space BBS World Data Network
- Other BBS (name): _______________________
- Shareware Distributor (name): _________________________________________
-
- Please answer the following questions about what you like and don't like in
- computer games.
-
- Approx # of commercial games owned: ____ #Registered shareware games: ____
-
- Circle preference: Beautiful graphics Game complexity
- Circle preference: Solo against computer 2-Player
- Circle preference: Strategy Action Simulation Sports Other_________
- Game playability: Few levels with hard difficulty Lotsa levels
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- Send this order form and your check to:
-
- MVP Software, 1035 Dallas S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407
-
- US or Canada 24-hour order line: 800-968-9684. Fax: 616-245-3204.
- Tech support, information, or overseas order line: 616-245-8376.
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