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- SDI2040
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- What is it?
- How do you play it?
- Benefits of Registration?
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- What is it?
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- In the simplest sense, SDI2040 is an Invaders-like arcade game
- with a twist or two. It is available for both the Macintosh II
- and IBM PC compatible line of personal computers, with both
- versions having digitized sound (PC version requires Soundblaster
- for digitized sound) and full-color graphics (VGA required for
- PC version). SDI2040 is also much more. It is our friendly
- attempt to introduce the world (or even a small subset of the
- world) to EAST WING SOFTWARE, a company we hope you will be
- hearing much more from in the future. We are very small, just a
- Mac-guy and a PC-guy who have played computer games since they
- were brand new. Now we want to use our experience programming
- graphics systems and playing computer games to do something really
- productive, bring you quality computer entertainment at very
- reasonable prices. SDI2040 is our way of letting you know.
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- How do you play it?
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- SDI2040 is as classic and simple as a computer game gets. The
- aliens (aka invaders, creatures, etc.) are BAD, BAD. They are
- invading our beloved planet and our only hope is to use the old,
- forgotten Strategic Defense Initiative hardware left over from
- a 20th Century republic known as the United States of America.
- Your job is to use the SDI cannon to destroy wave upon wave of
- these god-less creatures (A violent goal, yes, but simple.)
- The invaders have a few surprises for you, so be ready. All the
- keyboard definitions and other related documentation can be
- found in the file SDI.DOC included with this distribution.
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- Benefits of Registration?
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- At EAST WING SOFTWARE we want to make contact with YOU, and that
- is what registration of SDI2040 is all about. We would really
- like to hear from you, so we want you to register, whether you
- send the small registration fee or not. If you don't send
- the fee, we will still appreciate any comments or suggestions
- that you have and we will place you on our mailing list. If you
- do enclose the modest fee, we will send you a disk with the
- latest version of SDI2040 along with enhanced digitized sounds.
- You will also be placed on our mailing list and will be notified
- in advance of future releases and will be eligible to become beta
- testers for future releases. (Our current project is a 3D space
- combat game with a plot that is both unique and exciting.) The
- registration form is the file SDIREGIS.DOC and is complete with
- full instructions on the registration process. Another way to
- register SDI2040 is to purchase the full C source code for the
- game. This is an option that provides additional incentive to
- anyone who would like to explore the techniques required to
- produce smooth animation, game logic, sound, etc. The fee is
- still small and includes all the aforementioned registration
- benefits. Finally, if you just want to leave your address, a
- quick comment or question, you can E-mail us on America Online.
- Our screen name is EastWing. Whichever method you choose, we
- sincerely look forward to hearing from you.
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- Disclaimers and Necessary Legal Stuff
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- SDI2040 is provided "AS IS", with no warranty, implied or otherwise,
- regarding fitness or merchantability for any given purpose. Under
- no circumstances will East Wing Software or the authors be liable
- for any loss, addiction, or other damage associated with the use
- of this software, including but not limited to incidental,
- consequential, special or other damages. The full responsibilities
- and risks of having fun with this program are yours.
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- TRANSLATION
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- This is a simple game that we are providing as shareware, bottom
- line. Since this game has been a quick project to get in touch
- with potential customers for our future games, there are probably
- bugs. If there are, we would like to know about them. We might
- even fix them. We have purposely left out a lot of features that
- we would normally include in a piece of entertainment software.
- Things like joystick support, better sound from the PC speaker,
- expanded memory support, better art-work, music, etc. will all be
- included in future products, but were beyond the scope of this
- project. If you would like to add them yourself, send for the
- source code. SDI2040 was tested on a Gateway 2000 386-25 and a
- Mac IIsi. It runs fine under DOS 4.01 and 5.0 on the PC and
- System 6.07 and 7.0 on the Mac. We weren't able to test it on
- any other platforms, so if you have problems with yours, again
- send for the source code and tweak it for your environment.
- With all that in mind, we want you to enjoy SDI2040, but we just
- can't accept any responsibility for any problems it might cause.
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- James Mayes (PC Development)
- Hank Burns (Mac Development)
- East Wing Software
- P.O. Box 1735
- Clarksville, VA 23927
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- AOL: EastWing
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