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- Scud Attack
-
- By
- David Lee Peterson
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- Copyright 1991
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Minimum Requirements:
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- Scud Attack requires a 640k 8088 PC compatible, MCGA or VGA
- video adaptor, color monitor, and a 2 button mouse.
- The program will bail out to DOS if it cannot switch to VGA
- mode 13h (320x200x256) or detect a mouse with at least 2 buttons.
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- Instructions:
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- After loading the resource/title screen and painting the
- background the attack will begin. After a random interval the air
- raid siren will sound and from a random location a scud will enter
- your screen. As soon as you see the scud you must launch a patriot
- from the left or right launcher using the respective mouse button.
- The patriot will fly towards the laser guidance cross hair cursor.
- The further the cross hair is from the patriot, the faster the
- missile will fly. This is important to remember when scuds are
- falling very fast. When the patriot intercepts the scud you must
- push either button to explode the patriot. If the explosion is
- close enough to the scud it will be destroyed. It may be possible
- to launch another patriot at the scud if you miss it, but beware.
- You only have enough patriots to intercept the 24 scuds which will
- fall. If you run out of missiles you will have to watch helplessly
- as the scuds rain down on your city wreaking destruction. After all
- of the scuds fall you will hear the all clear siren and will have to
- 'CLICK...' the button to get to the next screen. There you will be
- asked if you want to take another watch or retire and let someone
- else do the job. When you quit you will see the ending screen. Tap
- any key to return to DOS.
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- The following keys will affect game progress:
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- Esc Escape game. Go to ending screen and finally to Dos.
- S Sound toggle. Will turn scud whistle on or off.
- 1-8 Scud attack speed. Takes effect on next missile.
- 1 is very slow, 8 is almost too fast.
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- Author's Notes:
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- This copyrighted game is being released using the shareware
- concept and all rights are reserved by the author. Please copy and
- share this effort with your friends, your colleagues, and any
- bulletin boards that you frequent. You may give it away, but you
- may not sell this product. Shareware distribution houses may not
- charge a fee of more than $3.00 for their copying services. Any
- distribution must include the following unmodified files:
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- SCUDATAK.EXE The game code itself
- SCUDATAK.PCX The resource/title screen
- SCUDATAK.DOC This file
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- Feel free to play this game at no charge for whatever you feel
- is a reasonable trial period. If you find that it worthy of keeping
- in your collection, you want to see more shareware works like this,
- and you desire to signify to my wife that you wish me to continue my
- independent programming efforts you are urged to support this work
- by sending a support fee of not more than $5.00 (unless you are
- really rich!) to:
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- David Lee Peterson
- 5909 48th Ave.
- Riverdale, Md. 20737
-
- The goal of this release is three fold. First, I want to 'test
- the water' and see how well this concept actually works. At the
- very least I figure that you could send me a quick postcard and tell
- me what you think. Second, I wrote the program to test the current
- status of my major work in progress:
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- WHOOPEE: A 256 Color Graphics Library for QB4.5
-
- and am releasing it in part to gauge interest in the library.
- Finally, and to be quite honest with you, I have been a 'starving
- programmer' for far too long and I want/need your money to invest in
- faster computer equipment and software which will speed my
- productivity and result in more and better works in the future.
-
- I wish to extend my thanks to all of you for checking out this
- program and reading this file. I especially wish to thank those of
- you who elect to support my work. I hope that the volume of many of
- your individual small pledges of support will allow me to work ever
- more diligently to provide you with not only my own entertaining and
- educational software applications, but also that the eventual
- release of my library will allow many others to also create higher
- quality 256 color MCGA/VGA software to enhance your computer
- enjoyment and productivity.
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