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- WHAHOO
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- ShareWare Version ..... 2.0
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- Date of file .......... Nov. 26, 1993
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- Author ................ Timm Hop
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- Address ............... 1005 Heath St
- Vandenberg AFB, CA 93437
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- $10 to Above Address .. You will be recieve the next release free.
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- Language .............. Pascal V7.0
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- Files Required ........ WHAHOO.EXE ........ Main Program
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- Files Generated ....... WHAHOO.USR ...... Names & player type.
- WHAHOO.HGH ...... High scores.
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- Hardware Required ..... VGA graphics or better
- Mouse recommended but not required.
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- NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: -----------------------------------------------------
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- Here is Version 2 of Whahoo. It now looks 100% better and the DRAG RACE
- feature makes it playing much more enjoyable. The name and basic concept and
- layout of this game was an idea of my Grandfather. I hope you have as mush
- fun playing it as I did programming it. If you find any bugs or have any
- suggestions, please feel free to send me a line or maybe even some money.
- He-he, Ha-ha. Timm Hop
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- OBJECT: -------------------------------------------------------------------
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- WHAHOO is a dice and marble type game for 1 to 4 players. You may play
- against HUMAN or COMPUTER opponents. You may also decide that a certain
- color not even play during a game. Doing this will make for a shorter game.
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- The object is to move your 4 cars from the starting position around the board
- to end the game by getting all your cars to
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- STARTING OPTIONS: ----------------------------------------------------------
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- When starting Whahoo for the first time, options are available to change
- names of opponents, toggle opponent type, and toggle DRAG RACE option. You
- should change the name of player #1 so that this input screen does not appear
- when entering Whahoo every time.
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- The DRAG RACE option makes for a much more exciting game in that if you land
- on an another opponent, you race for that spot. The player landing on top of
- another player will have an advantage of the last six dice he/she through.
- The winner will receive 1 FREE RIDE point while the loser looses a point. Any
- car with three wins will receive a FREE RIDE to their home position. (FREE
- RIDE points NEVER go below 0.
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- PLAYING WHAHOO: -----------------------------------------------------------
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- During entry into Whahoo, you will have option to reset from a saved game or
- continue with options and game that was saved the last time you played.
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- To start playing, click on the dice. A 1 or 6 must be rolled to get the car
- out of the starting position. You may have more than 1 car on the board at
- one time. You can also jump your own car, but not land on your own car.
- Landing on another opponent will start a DRAG RACE or send his/her car back
- to the starting point.
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- If you land on a point nearest the center and roll a 1, you may take a short
- cut across the middle, but you will also need to roll a 1 to exit the middle
- spot.
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- BUTTONS EXPLAINED: --------------------------------------------------------
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- ROLL: Press to start new game or continue saved game. If starting new
- game, this will open the DRAG RACE screen for a race to see who will
- start the game. Computer opponents will roll by themselves.
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- DOCS: Built-in doc's are included for easy access very much like these.
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- HIGH: High Scores option will display the last five top winners sorted by
- highest number of DRAG RACES won.
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- INFO: Use this option to view game credits.
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- MOUSE: Press to adjust the sensitivity and threshold of your mouse.
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- DELAY: Press to adjust the delay factor to adjust for different computer
- speeds.
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- SOUND: Press to toggle sound on and off.
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- QUIT: Press to quit current game. This will save current status of game.