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- MunchGuy
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-
- The Game:
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-
- I hope you enjoy playing Munch Guy -- I enjoyed writing it. The
- project took me about two weeks to complete, but was a lot of fun.
-
- Below, you will find a little documentation about the game, some
- information about registration, what you will get if you do register the
- program, and finally a registration form which you can send to me, but first
- I will tell you a little about myself.
-
- About The Author:
- -------------------
-
- My name is Kevin Dorff. I am be working with computers since about
- 7th grade when my brother got a Timex/Sinclair 1000 with a whopping 16k of
- RAM. It was on this machine that I wrote my first programs, in BASIC. Many
- of the programs I wrote were very simplistic, and never actually worked, but
- the machine sparked my interest.
- Soon after, I convinced my parents to buy me a Commodore Vic-20 and
- tape drive. It was on this machine that I really started to love computers.
- I learned to do very simple graphics and wrote a "Space Invaders" type game
- (again in BASIC). After a few months I grew out of the Vic-20 and got a
- Commodore 64. The Commodore 64 is where I REALLY learned to program BASIC.
- I spent hours and hours studying other peoples programs, and writing many
- of my own. I took a class in BASIC when I got to High School, but found it
- overly simple (I already had a lot of experience with the language). I got a
- modem in 9th grade and got into telecommunications. In 10th grade I got
- an IBM PC compatible. (This is the same machine I use now, but it has been
- greatly upgraded since then. I plan to move to a fast 286 or a 386SX soon.)
- In 11th grade I learned Pascal (of the Turbo variety) and in 12th grade I
- learned IBM Assembly.
- After graduation I started attending New Mexico Institute of Mining
- and Technology, majoring in (what else?) computer science. This information
- has yet to surprise anyone who knows me. There, I learned how to zip through
- the UNIX operating system, and continued to work with Pascal, but also learned
- Sun Assembly and 'C'. After two years at Tech, I transferred to New Mexico
- State University.
- Today, I am a senior at NMSU. I do most all of my programming in
- either 'C' (in the UNIX environment) or Turbo Pascal. I am planning to spend
- more time working with graphics -- games seemed like a good area to practice.
- If I get good feedback from this game, I will release more of the work I do in
- the future, otherwise I will probably just give copies to friends and
- acquaintances. Well, enough about me, lets look at the game.
-
- MunchGuy:
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-
- The game is pretty straight-forward, everyone has played some variety
- of the game, so I will not insult your intelligence... but for those who
- demand it, here is some information. My machine with about 560k free, but this
- game should run great in 128k. It will run in any of four video modes:
- Text, CGA, or VGA, or VGA grey-scale.
-
- What MunchGuy comes with:
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-
- MunchGuy comes with three files:
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- MUNCHGUY.EXE The actual game program
- MUNCHGUY.DAT Graphics information for MunchGuy
- REGISTER This document
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- Loading the game:
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- To load the game, just enter
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- MUNCHGUY [TEXT][CGA][VGA][VGAGREY] [NOSOUND] [speed]
-
- When you run MunchGuy, it will try to autodetect the video mode. If
- MunchGuy cannot determine your video adapter, it will ask you which video
- driver to use. If you have an MDA or Hercules adaptor, the game will default
- to TEXT. If you have a CGA or EGA adapter, the game will default to CGA. If
- you have a VGA adaptor, the game will default to VGA. If you wish to force
- MunchGuy into one of the four video modes, use the command line switch TEXT,
- CGA, VGA, or VGAGREY to do so.
- The TEXT mode will try to run in 40x25. If this mode is not present,
- it will run in 80x25, but only use half the screen. In the CGA and VGA modes,
- the game will run in 320x200. The only differences between CGA and VGA is the
- number of colors that will be used. The difference between VGA and VGAGREY is
- VGA uses colors, while VGAGREY uses shades of grey. Either mode should work on
- ANY VGA monitor/card that I know of.
- The next command line switch, NOSOUND, should be selected if you want
- MunchGuy to run silently.
- The final command line option, speed, is used if the game runs too
- fast or too slow for you. In the graphics mode, speed defaults to 0, so you
- are forced to only slow the game down. In text mode, speed defaults to 90.
- The higher the number the slower the game will run. You should experiment
- with this number. On my Turbo XT, Text and CGA modes run great, while the VGA
- modes run a little slow. If this is the case for you, you should run the game
- in Text or CGA mode. On a 286 or 386 machine, the game may run too fast.
- Just alter this number to your liking.
-
- Samples:
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- MUNCHGUY Autodetect video, normal speed.
- MUNCHGUY 50 Autodetect video, put a 50 delay in the game.
- MUNCHGUY TEXT 30 Text video mode, put a 30 delay in the game.
- MUNCHGUY NOSOUND Autodetect video, normal speed, no sound.
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- Some words on control:
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-
- From any of the opening screens, press ESC to quit the program, or any
- other key to start the game. During game play, you can press ESC to exit to
- the opening screens or...
-
- [Cursor Up] or [8] To go up
- [Cursor Down] or [2] To go down
- [Cursor Left] or [4] To go left
- [Cursor Right] or [6] To go right
-
- To best control the game, it is helpful to know that MunchGuy responds
- best if you don't hold down the key for the direction you want to travel. I
- implemented it this way so you can select a direction ahead of time -- if you
- are traveling up and you press right, MunchGuy will take the next available
- right. If you practice this technique, your game should greatly improve.
-
- About the game:
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-
- * As before, the object is to eat all the dots.
- * If you eat a power pill, for a short period of time you will be able
- to eat the Ghosts.
- * Entering a tunnels in any of the four walls will place you in the
- tunnel immediately opposite of the tunnel you entered.
- * Occasionally a "bonus item" will appear in the maze. The location
- this object will appear is always the same as the starting position
- of MunchGuy. In the CGA and VGA modes, the "bonus item" is one of
- thirteen graphics, depending on the level you are playing. In the
- TEXT mode, the "bonus item" is one of the letters of the alphabet
- ("A" - "Z"), again depending on the level you are playing.
- (new)* Entering a TelePort with move the object (MunchGuy or Ghosty) to a
- random Teleport somewhere in the Maze.
-
- Scoring:
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-
- Normal Dot 10 points
- Power Dot 50 points
- Ghosty 100 points
- Bonus Item 250 points
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- What you get when you register:
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- If you use this game more than 10 days, please register your copy,
- otherwise erase it.
- There are two registration options. The first, registration, entitles
- you to run the shareware version of the game for the rest of your life, plus
- entitles you to information on any upgrades to this game and new releases that
- I put out.
- The second registration option, registration PLUS, entitles you to
- the above, PLUS you will receive the version of MunchGuy described below
- and a printed manual.
-
- The version of MunchGuy registered PLUS owners will received is one which
- can be easily "modified." When I say modify, I mean:
-
- (1) add new levels (screens)
- (2) for each level
- Control the relative speed of the Ghosts and MunchGuy
- Control the number of ghosts (from 0 to 4)
- Control how long the ghosts will remain "eatable"
- Control how long the bonus will remain on the screen
- Control how often the bonus will appear
-
- To urge users to register and opt for the PLUS so they can "modify"
- the game and add their own levels, I have only included 5 levels, each with
- the above parameters "locked" into their default settings. The "modifiable"
- version uses an editable data file which lets you enter the parameters as you
- wish to play them. It also includes printed documentation describing HOW to
- edit this data and how to design your own screens. PLUS as an added bonus,
- the registered PLUS version comes with a total of at least 15 unique levels for
- you to play.
-
- Registration:
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-
- If you enjoy MunchGuy, please register your copy. Please fill out the
- below portion and mail it to me. It is quick, simple, and inexpensive.
- Shareware only works if everyone helps!
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- Registration Document For MunchGuy
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- Yourself:
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- Name: ________________________________________________________
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- Address: ________________________________________________________
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- City_________________________State__________Zip_________
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- Country_________________________________________________
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- Telephone: ________________________________________________________
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- EMail: ________________________________________________________
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- Information on your system:
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- 1. Computer type [ ] PC [ ] XT [ ] AT [ ] 386sx [ ] 386/486
- 2. Memory [ ] <640k [ ] 640k [ ] 1meg [ ] 2meg [ ] >2meg
- 3. Hard Drive [ ] None [ ] 20meg [ ] 40meg [ ] 80meg [ ] >80meg
- 4. Floppy Disks [ ] 360k [ ] 720k [ ] 1.2meg [ ] 1.44meg [ ] Other
- 5. Video [ ] MDA/Herc [ ] CGA [ ] EGA [ ] VGA/SVGA [ ] Other
- 6. Modem [ ] 300bd [ ] 1200bd [ ] 2400bd [ ] 9600bd [ ] >9600bd
- 7. Other [ ] Joystick [ ] Mouse [ ] Adlib [ ] SoundBlaster
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- Ordering Information:
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- Registration Only.......................... ($5.00) [ ] _____________
-
- Registration PLUS, Comes with a printed
- manual and disk with the modifiable program
- as described above........................ ($10.00) [ ] _____________
- [ ] 3.5 [ ] 5.25
-
- All people who register will be informed of any new upgrades to the MunchGuy
- game or any other program that I produce, PLUS be eligible to receive special
- rates on future registrations of programs that I produce.
-
- Please mail registrations to:
-
- Kevin Dorff
- 539 Solano NE
- Albuquerque, NM 87108