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- McRace 1.20
- Motor City Dragstrip
- Copyright 1990 by Motor City Software
- All rights reserved
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- This program is not Freeware. This is SHAREWARE which means it is user-
- supported software. If you use this program for more than 30 days, you are
- required to register or remove it from your system. The registration fee is
- a mere $10.00 and is not a lot to ask.
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- The concept works only with your support. If you find that you can use this
- program, then a registration fee of $10.00 U.S. funds will help defray the
- development cost and encourage the authorship of other programs that might be
- useful to you. A Registration Form for this purpose is included with the
- distribution archive and is called RACEREG.DOC.
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- Motor City Dragstrip is Copyrighted 1990,91 by Motor City Software and all
- rights are reserved. You may copy this program and documentation for backup
- purposes. You also may copy and share UNMODIFIED copies of the program
- package, providing that the copyright notice is reproduced and included on
- all copies.
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- You may not sell the product for a fee and/or distribute the product
- along with other products without expressed written permission from Motor
- City Software, nor may you modify or remove the Copyright Notice from the
- program or the documentation.
-
- Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome. If you have any, you
- should contact one of the Motor City Software Support Systems listed below.
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- System Name | Location | Sysop Name |Phone Number |Fido Node
- -------------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------|---------
- Motor City BBS | Oshawa, Ontario | Rod Hancock |416-579-6318 |1:229/418
- Compro Systems | Bowmanville, Ont. | Jeff Wilson |416-623-5148 |1:229/414
- City Terminal BBS | Hopkins, MN | John Parlin |612-938-4301 |1:282/12
- The Chancellors Den| Faversham Kent, UK| Dennis Bennet |44-795-538359|2:254/92
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- If you're reporting a bug, please give as much detail as possible about the
- problem you are experiencing so that it can be duplicated and fixed.
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- │░░░░░░ INTRODUCTION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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- Motor City Dragstrip is an online door program for RemoteAccess 0.01 thru
- 1.01 and also supports QuickBBS, SuperBBS, and any other system that creates
- an RBBS-style DORINFOx.DEF file.
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- The game challenges players to achieve the highest monthly score possible
- through a series of races. Players race against computer opponents such as
- Leadfoot Larry, Bo Nose, Harry Scarey and others.
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- The player with the most amount of money for the month is the winner and has
- his or her name displayed as the "last month's high scorer" throughout the
- next month's play, along with the second and third place winners.
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- Motor City Dragstrip runs fine as a type 7 door. User time remaining, user
- inactivity and carrier detect are all tracked from within the program.
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- Although Motor City Dragstrip does not require players to have ANSI graphics
- turned on, those who do will benefit by being able to watch the race progress
- on an ANSI graphic dragstrip.
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- │░░░░░░ INSTALLATION ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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- McRace is a very simple game. It allows the Sysop to define three program
- variables; the maximum number of races per day, the maximum number of
- gambles per day, and whether or not to include an online sort of player
- scores. These are command line parameters that may be passed to
- McRace upon program execution. An explaination of these command line
- parameters:
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- /Rn Specifies the maximum number of races ('n') allowed per player, per
- day. The default is 15.
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- /F Specifies that players are allowed to purchase free turns. If this
- parameter is omitted, players would not be allowed to purchase extra
- turns.
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- /Gn Specifies the maximum number of times a player may gamble per day.
- The default is 7.
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- /S Supress status bar. When this parameter is used, no status bar
- will be displayed during program execution. The default setting
- is status bar on.
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- /W Supress the blow up window that is displayed upon program startup.
- The default setting is to use the blow up window.
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- /P This parameter is available for those high speed systems who
- experience problems with users blowing their engines before the
- screen is done drawing on the user end. If this is reported to be
- happening on your system, add this parameter. Otherwise, leave it
- out.
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- Examples:
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- McRace /R20 /G7 - Players may race 20 times per day and gamble 7 times per day
- McRace - Players may race 15 times per day and gamble 7 times per day
- (these are the default values)
- McRace /S /W - Players may race 15 times per day and gamble 7 timers per
- day. The status bar and blow up window are supressed.
- McRace /P /F - Players may race 15 times per day and gamble 7 times per day.
- The game will pause before starting the starting lights.
- Players may purchase extra turns.
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- Motor City Dragstrip can be run in the BBS system directory or in a directory
- of its own. If you choose to run it in a separate directory, you must use a
- batch file to copy the DORINFO1.DEF file to the directory where Motor City
- Dragstrip is being run. For example, you might call Motor City Dragstrip as
- a type 7 which in turn calls a batch file:
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- Type 7 command line:
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- *C /c \RA\PLAYRACE.BAT
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- PLAYRACE.BAT:
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- Cd \RA\DRAG
- COPY \RA\DORINFO1.DEF
- McRace /R15 /G7 /F
- Cd \RA
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- Or, if you are running Motor City Dragstrip from the BBS system directory,
- no batch file is needed:
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- Type 7 command line:
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- MCRACE.EXE /R15 /G7 /F
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- That's all there is to installing the Motor City Dragstrip door. There is no
- setup program needed.
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- │░░░░░░ SUPPORT FILES ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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- The following is a list of files related to the operation of this program.
- It is noted whether or not the file is absolutely required in order for the
- program to run.
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- Filename Required Description
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- MCRACE.EXE Yes The main progam executable.
- TRACK.ANS Yes This is the ANSI graphic race track
- MCRACE.ANS No This is an ANSI file that is displayed to users,
- only if it exists, when the program is started.
- MCRACE.ASC No This is an ASCII text file that is displayed to
- users when the caller does not have ANSI graphics
- enabled or when the MCRACE.ANS file does not
- exist.
- MCRACE.DRV Yes This is an ASCII text file that contains a list
- of opponent driver names. You may edit this list
- of names, chosing your own driver names. The
- only limitations being that a driver name may not
- be more than 18 characters long and this file may
- not contain more than 100 driver names. Also,
- there must be NO BLANK LINES within this file. Each
- line must contain an opponent driver name.
- MCRACE.NUM No File created and used by the program to track the
- last driver number used. This is so that McRace
- knows which driver name to use next.
- MCRACE.DTE No This is the McRace date file. This is the file
- McRace uses to determine when the end of month
- has arrived.
- MCRACE.HSC No This file contains the last month's high scorer
- statistics.
- MCRACE.DAT Yes This is the McRace player data file. If it does
- not exist, McRace will create it.
- MCRACE.DOC No This documentation.
- MCRACE.HLP Yes The online Instructions file.
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- │░░░░░░ PLAYING THE GAME ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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- The object of the game is obvious. Players try to win as much money as
- possible to obtain the highest score. Oh sure, there's nothing to it, right?
- Wrong! Obstacles get in the way from time to time. Like getting started
- trying to turn a profit. Tires and fuel aren't exactly cheap and since you're
- burning rubber at every start, one set of tires will only carry a player
- through 3 races. Fuel is another story. The bigger the engine the more fuel
- that is consumed.
-
- Yet these aren't even the obstacles that were just mentioned. They're just
- a fact of racing. Other obstacles lay waiting. A vandal might get into
- the trailer at night and slash your dragster's tires. A crew member may
- have found a better job since you last raced. These two obstacles are ones
- that are run into from time to time when a player enters the door.
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- There are others too. Players are only human and as such, tend to blow
- their engines once in a while. The computer opponents are no angels either
- and may also blow their engines, which would be to the player's advantage.
- Players may also find themselves swirving into the wall in order to avoid
- striking a drunken fan on the track. Or running into oil slicks and wiping
- out. Or even blowing an axle which also causes a crash. But, rest assured,
- the computer opponent can also crash and even run out of gas allowing the
- player an easy win.
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- But watch out! Be careful not to attempt to race with an empty fuel tank
- or shot tires. This will always ask for trouble (and get it).
-
- False starts are another obstacle to watch out for. If you 'red light' you
- lose the race. But don't fear, if your opponent 'red lights' you win the
- race and the money! The trick is to press any key as soon as you see that
- green light! Once you have the green light, you must start the race by
- pressing a key. If you press before the green light, you'll 'red light'
- and lose. If you wait too long (more than a couple of seconds) your
- engine will rev too high and blow.
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- Yes, and other little obstacles lay waiting. But I won't reveal any more
- of them here. I'll let you find them for yourself. After all, that's
- half the fun.
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- At the beginning of each month, all player scores are reduced back to 0 and
- the game begins again. The player with the highest score will have his/her
- name and score saved in a file called McRace.Hsc which will then be displayed
- to all players during program startup the following month.
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- │░░░░░░ PLAYER RANKINGS ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│
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- As a player, your ranking progresses throughout the game according to the
- amount of money you have. The higher your ranking, the more money a race is
- worth, should you win.
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- AMOUNT OF MONEY RANKING RACE VALUE
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- $0 - $ 99,999 BEGINNER $ 5,000
- $100,000 - $249,999 NOVICE $10,000
- $250,000 - $999,999 ADVANCED NOVICE $25,000
- $1,000,000 or more DRIVING ACE $50,000
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