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- Hot Wheels III 1.04
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- Hot Wheels III is an arcade racing game for Windows 95. First two versions were for Amiga,
- and finally I succeed to make my first game for PC. Hot Wheels III is a multi-player game,
- but you can play it on one player mode. There are no computer players yet, because game's
- idea is to beat your friends. But I will work on computer players in the future. Maximum
- number of players is four. Two players can play with keyboard and two with joystick. Because
- it's an arcade game, and not simulation, it's better to play with digital joystick, but it's
- possible to play with analog. Car control is very simple, you have only accelerate button
- and two steering buttons. And that simplicity is what makes game so interesting. The game
- resolution is 800x600 pixels in 256 colors, so it requires S-VGA adapter with at least 1 MB
- of RAM (double buffering).
- This game is freeware, but I will appreciate if you send me e-mail just to inform me of
- your download. You can e-mail me bug reports, suggestions and I would also like to know
- how the game works on your configuration.
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- System requirements:
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- - I need your feedback about processor that is required
- - S-VGA graphic adapter with 1 MB of RAM
- - DirectX 3
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- Game tips:
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- If you want to erase all records, just delete file "Records.hw3".
- For faster performance, you can turn off sounds by adding command line argument -NOSOUND
- ("Hot Wheels III.exe" -NOSOUND).
- You can press ESC during race, and if you made a record in that race, your record will still
- be updated. You can also press ESC at championship table screen to quit championship.
- "Track number" option in "Race options" will be ignored if "Number of races" is greater than
- one. "Track number" is used for single race mode and for current "View records" track.
- Note that if you have a four-button joystick, you can't accelerate with buttons 3 or 4 because
- those buttons are buttons 1 and 2 on joystick 2. Pause key is F1.
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- Game history:
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- 1.04
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- - Added three tracks, and that's it, twelve is enough
- - Now you can actually see if game is paused
- - If only one joystick is plugged, you can accelerate with any of 4 buttons
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- 1.03
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- - Added one track
- - No more sound card required
- - It can be played without sound for faster performance
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- 1.02
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- - Added four tracks
- - If you press accelerate button just before start, your car won't start until you release
- the button first
- - Added pause
- - Optimized code for faster performace
- - Added Install/Uninstall option
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- 1.01
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- - Added two tracks
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- 1.00
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- - First release, two tracks only
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- Still to add:
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- - More and better sounds (current sounds were just copied from Amiga)
- - Menu music
- - Some intro picture, credits and other make-up stuff
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- My e-mail address: mknok@ztk.tel.hr
- My ICQ UIN: 673065.
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