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- S h a r e G a m e s
- Christopher G. Gunn
- 3174 Hawthorn Street
- San Diego, CA 92104
- (619) 283-0472
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- HowTwo is distributed as shareware on an "I trust you" basis and is not in
- any form to be considered public domain or free. Considerable effort went
- into creating the program and I am retaining full protection under the
- copyright laws. However, I also want you to be able to share my games with
- your friends. So, please feel free to hand on as many copies as you would
- like, as long as you include all of the original files.
-
- If you are going to use HowTwo for your personal enjoyment, whether you got it
- from a distributor or a friend, please mail a check or money order to me at
- the above address. The registration fee for HowTwo is $10. I depend on your
- registering to continue devoting full time to making fun to use programs that
- don't require you to adapt to the program. I'd also like your comments and
- suggestions. In exchange, I'll add your name to the list of those eligible for
- updates, contests, and 24-hour technical support. If you wish, you may use
- the registration form by typing PRINT HOWTWO.REG at the DOS prompt.
-
- Like all of my games, HowTwo is designed for full color with high resolution
- graphics and should run on most PC's and work alikes. HowTwo does require an
- EGA display adapter or a VGA adapter in its EGA mode. If you have problems,
- please let me know. There is a provision for disabling the game sounds if you
- prefer the game to play quietly.
-
- HowTwo is a build-it game. The object is to collect all of the robot parts
- and take them to the laboratory without running out of batteries to make the
- equipment, such as the elevator, work. The elevator and lifts sometimes need
- to be repaired before they always go to the right floor. Part of the fun is
- the berserk Stock Clerk Robot that keeps taking parts to its attic stockroom.
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- You move around the ten story building by pressing the left or right arrow
- keys, the number for the elevator floor, or the alphabet key for one of the
- hydraulic lifts. The part boxes can be picked up by pressing the up arrow key
- or put down with the down arrow.
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- If the Stock Clerk Robot catches you with a part box, it will grab it and
- transport it to the Stock Room along with some of your battery power. Some-
- times you can put the box down where the clerk can't grab it. Another defense
- is to press the number for a floor without any boxes before the clerk can get
- out of the elevator. HowTwo will prompt for the keys you need to press.
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- To repair something, like a robot part, you must get to the Repair Room with
- at least one full battery. You need to watch the energy level indicator at
- the right edge of the screen. You lose if you get stuck on one of the upper
- floors without the power to run the elevator. You can get batteries in the
- Battery Room at the lower left of the screen. The Stock Clerk Robot will also
- snatch batteries when it can and you may not have enough left to finish
- building the robot.
-
- To build the robot, you must first pick up a part box. You can carry two or
- three at a time depending on how many batteries you are also carrying. When
- you bump a box, the program will ask for the up arrow to pick it up. Then,
- you must take the box to the correct floor at the Laboratory. When you bump
- the railing, the program will prompt for the <W> key to work on the robot. If
- the part fits, it will be added to the robot. When it doesn't fit you'll have
- to try another floor of the laboratory. If something is wrong, the program
- will tell you what the problem is.
-
- Currently the time required to update all of the machinery sometimes makes the
- movements a little jerky. Part of the problem is excess key strokes have to
- be ignored to keep the keyboard buffer from beeping because it's full. I hope
- to smooth it out more in the next version.
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- You may copy the HowTwo files into any directory on hard disk or another
- floppy. The only real requirement is that all of the files associated with
- the game, except for its BAT file, must be in the same directory. You may
- activate the program directly, with a BAT file, or from ActMenu. If you put
- HowTwo on your hard disk, you may have to adapt the BAT file for your system.
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- Good luck, and let me know if you enjoy HowTwo. Your support for my programs
- is sincerely appreciated.
-
- Thanks,
- Chris
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-
- P.S. Please retain the original files if you are
- going to pass HowTwo along.
-
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