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- Alive Software
- Presents ... B I L L Y T H E K I D R E T U R N S (tm)
-
- Welcome, you are about to experience the wild west as Billy The Kid.
- Your goal is to stay alive, collect at least ten keys and then try to
- find the exit to the next level. Pickup valuable items such as guns,
- money bags, gold, food, water, bottles etc. Avoid your enemies and
- shoot at bombs for extra points.
-
- Billy The Kid is a Western action arcade Game with many levels. It
- features VGA horizontal, vertical and diagonal scrolling action and 3D
- overlapping objects. Each episode looks and feels completely different
- and is full of surprises. If you like the old west but you hate guns,
- there is a no-gun option. This game has plenty of action and conflict
- but no violence against human opponents.
-
- Requires: 286-16 system or better, VGA graphics and 530K of Free memory
- ( For SoundBlaster support, 560K of free memory is required )
- Options : Joystick, EMS or XMS support, Adlib or SoundBlaster compatible
- sound cards.
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- Billy The Kid files, program, graphics, sounds and manuals on paper or
- on disk, are (C) copyright 1993 by Alive Software, All Rights Reserved.
- Concept, game design, programming, graphics and sound by Bill Dedes.
- Music editing and theme song (c) 1992 by Larry Roberts.
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- INDEX
- 1.................. DISCLAIMER
- 2.................. SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION
- 3.................. GAME OPERATION
- 4.................. SHAREWARE VERSION NOTES
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- 1. DISCLAIMER
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- This program is provided "as is" and it is without warranty of any kind
- that it will work correctly in any or all situations. No liability
- shall be assumed for direct or consequential damage caused by the use
- of this software. The only claim Alive Software makes is that there
- are no intentional bugs or fatal errors in any original copy of the
- program received directly from Alive Software.
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- 2. SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION
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- Billy The Kid is distributed as Shareware: if you like the program and
- would like to receive the latest version, all ten episodes and
- additional music and graphics files, please use ORDER.DOC to order it.
- Feel free to pass this program to friends and relatives, as long as all
- of the files are included in the distributed disk and are not altered in
- any way. If you are a vendor and plan to sell this program for a profit,
- please read file VENDOR.DOC describing our licensing terms.
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- 3. GAME OPERATION
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- Type KID <Enter> to start, select an episode by using the arrow keys,
- or you may press ESC to exit to DOS. Then select "Start Game" from the
- main menu. The Shareware version includes only episodes 1, 2 and 3, the
- rest are available only from Alive Software.
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- 3.1 CONTROL
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- Jump: Press the CTRL key or Joystick button 1 to jump. By holding the
- CTRL key down longer, you can jump higher.
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- Shoot straight: press the ALT key or Joystick button 2 to shoot straight
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- Double diagonal shot: Press the SHIFT key for two diagonal shots.
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- Move: Use the Up, Down, Left, Right arrow keys or the Joystick to move
- around.
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- Quit: Press the ESC key to quit the game and return to main menu.
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- Help: Press the F1 key for a brief help screen.
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- 3.2 MAIN MENU
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- Start New Game Once you have selected an episode select this entry to
- -------------- get the game started.
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- Introduction Game hints and short description of each episode.
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- Top Scores Displays current and past top scores.
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- Game Setup Select Joystick or Keyboard. Gun or No-Gun mode.
- -------------- Music or No music option. Sound effects or no sound.
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- New Player Change the current player's name. This name will be
- -------------- used when saving the player's high scores.
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- Demo For a quick introduction to playing the game or a non-
- -------------- stop demonstration select this option. To stop the
- demo simply press any key.
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- Home BBS Information on how to access our Home BBS and download
- -------------- other Alive Software games.
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- Ordering Info Important information on how to order all of the
- -------------- episodes and cheat codes from Alive Software.
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- Exit To Dos Select this entry to quit the program and return to DOS.
- -------------- Before you exit, our catalog will be displayed. Press
- the up or down key to browse through or Esc to Exit.
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- 3.3 GAME OBJECTIVES
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- You are William Bonney, a fifteen year old boy, better known as Billy
- The Kid. The goal of the game is to stay alive, collect at least ten
- keys and then find the exit to the next level. Pickup valuable items
- such as guns, money bags, gold, food, bottles etc. Shoot at bombs
- for extra points. The game includes ten episodes from Billy's life.
-
- * Escape from the Silver city prison. Avoid the dogs and the guards.
- It is going to be a long journey under the hot New Mexico sun, so you
- must collect plenty of water, food and tools.
-
- * Alone in the New Mexico desert. A big reward is been offered for
- your capture, so you decide to cross the desert and move west to Arizona.
- The desert is full of wild buffaloes, desperadoes,horse thieves, rattle
- snakes and coachmen carrying food and guns to the near by military post.
- Avoid stepping on bombs and dynamite sticks. Pickup water, food, guns,
- knives and find the entrance to the old man's mine.
-
- * Old Man's Mine. OK Billy, now you are inside the old man's mine.
- Get as much gold and rubies you can before the old man or his trained
- army of mice gets you. Pickup ten keys and find the exit to Camp Grant.
-
- * Sombrero Jack and his gang are terrorizing a tiny Arizona village.
- Here is your chance to eliminate the gang and get the stolen goods.
- You will find plenty of rattle snakes and buffaloes in the Camp.
- Try to find the entrance to captain Lightfoot's cave.
-
- * You come upon Captain Lightfoot cave. Rumor has it that the old
- pirate's treasure is buried in there. Can you find it ? Deadly
- lizards, rats and pirates are everywhere.
-
- * As you return back to New Mexico, you are ambushed by a group of
- Apache warriors. Can you survive the attack ? Thrill, danger and
- hard fighting awaits you.
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- * As you move on, deadly Senioritas attack you without warning.
-
- * Nobody has dared to cross the ghost town. You will need a fast
- draw and a lot of luck to survive. Plenty of surprises await you.
-
- * You have to outsmart and outrun the cavalry, sent by the governor to
- arrest you.
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- * Finally, you will meet at Fort Sumner your nemesis, sheriff Pat
- Garrett. Can you rewrite history and escape his deadly six-shooter ?
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- SCORE : You get points every time you pickup a valuable item or you
- shoot and hit an enemy. You loose points when you get hit or step on
- a bomb. To achieve very high scores you must start with episode 1 and
- work your way up, collecting points in each episode.
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- HEALTH: Every time you get hit or step on a bomb, you loose one health
- point. If you run out of health points the game ends. Look for special
- food items that give you extra health points.
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- 4. SPECIAL NOTES FOR SHAREWARE VERSION
-
- Here is a list of benefits you get by ordering the complete Billy The
- Kid episodes for ONLY $ 22 ( U.S. Dollars ) plus shipping.
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- * YOU GET THE LATEST ENHANCED version of Billy The Kid and all ten
- episodes including:
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- Escape From Silver City Prison
- Alone In The Desert
- Old Man's Mine,
- Sombrero Jack and his gang,
- Captain Lightfoot's treasure,
- Apache Ambush,
- Deadly Senioritas,
- Ghost Town,
- The Cavalry, thunder in the dust and
- Pat Garrett's Revenge
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- * Cheat codes for INFINITE number of bullets and unlimited health points.
- Use the cheat codes to get even higher scores.
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- * When you order from Alive Software you will also get more FREE Shareware,
- our catalog, newsletter, new product announcements and low cost updates.
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- * Registered users Get TECHNICAL support through phone, mail or our BBS.
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- For more information run program ALIVECAT.EXE, our online software
- catalog.
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- For Information on how to contact us or on how to Order, print or list
- and fill out our order form ORDER.DOC and mail or fax it to Alive.
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- ALIVE SOFTWARE, P.O. BOX 4004, SANTA CLARA, CA 95056 U.S.A.
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