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- ACK! MAN
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- A VGA Only Game By Carey Nash
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- Intro:
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- ACK! Man is a simple chomp-em-up type game like the old arcade
- favorite Pac-Man. The goal of ACK! Man is to chomp as much as
- you can, and get the highest score. There are approximately
- 14 different screens which your ACK! Man can clear. Challenge
- yourself and see if you can become the ultimate ACK! MAN/WOMAN.
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- Game Play:
- Playing ACK! Man is simple. The numeric-keypad/arrow keys control
- all of the Ack! Man's movement. In order to move the ACK! Man, merely
- depress the appropriate arrow key. The game can be paused temporarily
- by depressing the [Insert] key. Once [Insert] is hit, game play can
- be resumed by hitting any key. The [Escape] key will immediately exit
- to DOS. Be careful! It's rather annoying to have the high score, and
- have a friend hit the [Escape] key...
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- Goal:
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- The goal of ACK! Man is to eat all of the dots on the screen, while
- avoiding the ACK! Ghosts. The ACK! Ghosts will wander randomly about
- the maze, however they will follow you if they see you! While the
- ghosts are multi-colored <CYAN/RED/MAGENTA/GREEN>, they will kill
- the ACK! Man if they come in contact with him. So, be sure to
- keep some room between you and them!
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- On each screen, several larger "Power Pellets" are present. If the
- ACK! Man eats a "Power Pellet," he can then eat the ghosts without
- being hurt. ACK! Ghosts can only be eaten while they have a dark
- BLUE color. If the ACK! Man attempts to eat a ghost while it is
- multi-colored, he will die! After a "Power Pellet" has been eaten,
- the ghosts will remain BLUE for a variable amount of time. During
- this time, the ACK! Man is able to go ghost munching!
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- Occasionally, an object will appear in the middle of the screen.
- These objects, such as a disk, or a cola can, can be munched by the
- ACK! Man for extra points.
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- Well, that's about all there is to playing ACK! Man. Good luck,
- and try to avoid those pesky ACK! Ghosts!
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- Objects:
- Name Description
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- ACK! Man A round yellow ball with a very large
- appetite
- ACK! Ghosts Four ghost-like creatures that chase the ACK!
- Man around the maze
- Dots Small dots which comprise most of the screen
- Power Pellets Larger flashing dots which can be eaten
- in order to allow the ACK! Man to eat the
- ACK! Ghosts
- Disk,
- Cherry,
- Rubic's-Cube,
- Lemon,
- Cola-Can,
- Ice Cream Cone Bonus items that the ACK! Man should eat for
- lots o' points
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- System Requirements:
- ACK! Man requires a standard VGA card with 256K memory. ACK! Man also
- requires a color monitor which can support up to 640x480 resolution.
- I recommend that you play this game on AT-class machines running at
- least 10mhz or faster. I've found it to be DOG slow on other machines.
- A keyboard is also required - of course, but how could you be reading
- this without one? That's it!
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- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Thanks For Obtaining ACK! MAN │
- │ │
- │ If you found this program fun, interesting, or a good waste of time, │
- │ and you'd like to see more of the same, a contribution would be greatly │
- │ appreciated! Remember, good <cough> programs like this don't grow on trees, │
- │ they take many hours of arduous work! Anyway, please enjoy this game! │
- │ │
- │ For those of you who are honest, │
- │ saint-like people, here's my │
- │ address: │
- │ │
- │ Mr. Carey Nachenberg │
- │ 19533 Citronia St. │
- │ Northridge, CA 91324 │
- │ │
- │ Again, your contribution of $5 or $10 dollars would be greatly │
- │ appreciated! │
- │ Sincerely, │
- │ Carey │
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