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- SOLEAU SOFTWARE
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- * * * OILCAP ARCADE GAME * * *
-
- (version 1.0 Jan.88)
-
- Version 7.1
- (Apr.96)
-
-
- *** OILCAP PRO for Windows and Windows 95 is released!!! ***
-
- *** See our web site at: http://www.soleau.com ***
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-
-
- Program by William Soleau
- Requires Mouse and EGA/VGA Graphics Card
-
- Requires Files: OILCAP.OV1 OILCAP.OV2 OILCAP.OV3
- OILCAP.OV4 OILCAP.OV5 OILCAP.OV6
- OILCAP.JFT OILCAP1.JFT
-
-
- INSTRUCTIONS
-
- Welcome to Oil Cap....
-
- The objective of Oil Cap is to create a consecutive series
- of links as long as possible through which the oil can flow without
- reaching a dead end.
-
- At the beginning of each level, there will be a starting square.
- It will say "Start" on it. It is from this grid that the oil
- will begin to flow once the clock timer reaches 0:00. At the bottom
- of the screen (below the game board), you will see four blocks of
- links. Your mouse cursor will be on the forth one across. This is
- the present link to be placed onto the 8 X 11 grid board. Select
- that link by pressing the left button on your mouse. The link will
- then disappear, and your cursor will now be visible on the game board.
- You must remember what that link looked like because you won't be
- able to see it again until you place it on the board. Simply find
- the grid with your mouse cursor where you want to put that link and
- press the left button again to place it there.
-
- Once you place the link, the other pieces below will move over
- one, and you can continue placing links until the clock counts
- down to 0:00 and the oil starts to flow from the starting grid.
- You can still place links on the game board even while the oil is
- flowing, but don't let the oil run out of links to move through, or
- that level will end and your score will be totaled.
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-
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- SPECIAL LINKS
-
- There are many special links which you can use to increase
- your score. Bonus links sometimes appear on the grid board. Each
- one of these has either 100/200/500/1000 points written on it.
- If you can make the oil pass through these links, that number will
- be added to your total at the end of the round. Also you will
- find special 50 point links that occasionally will come along
- to be placed by you. These links are very squiggly. This makes
- the oil spend more time getting through them, thus giving you
- valuable time racing to keep ahead of the gushing oil.
-
- You cannot place links on any black grid or the starting
- grid. Once the oil starts to flow, and has passed through
- a link, it also cannot be replaced by a new link. You ARE allowed
- to place a link on top of an existing link, however there will be
- a time delay of 4 or 5 seconds in which you will have to wait
- before you can continue to lay links. Therefore place your links
- carefully and think ahead. By looking at the links that are
- coming up, you can figure out just where to place the link to the
- best advantage. Certain links are built like this (+) which means
- that the oil can either pass down through it or across it. If
- you can get the oil to pass through itself, then 100 points will
- be added to you score. If you can get 4/8/12/16 crosses of oil,
- you also get bonus points. (see scoring)
-
- On some levels, there will be a floating black grid that will
- move around the board each time you select a link to place. It
- sometimes will appear in the place you might want to put your
- present link... get the idea! (you'll have to wait until your
- next selection to make it move)
-
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- OIL RIGS
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- At certain levels there will be a Oil Rig on the game board.
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- NO MATTER WHAT, YOU MUST MAKE THE OIL END UP FLOWING INTO THE BOTTOM
- OF THAT RIG, OR ELSE THE GAME WILL BE OVER, NO MATTER HOW MANY
- POINTS YOU HAVE SCORED THAT ROUND!
-
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- END OF LEVEL
-
- The round will end once the oil has found it cannot continue
- to flow. The points will then be totaled up. For each link
- not used, it will deduct 60 points from your score. To continue
- onto the next level you must have at least a certain number of
- points, which is calculated as follows.
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- (your present score)+ 200 + ( Level* 20 )
-
- Therefore at level 1, you need at least 220 points in order to
- continue to the next level. The score you need to reach for the next
- level will be shown at the bottom of the screen, along with
- your score and the present level. On the right hand side of your
- screen, there is a special box marked crosses, which will keep
- track of how many times you got the oil to cross itself during
- game play.
-
- The game will end if you do not reach your total needed for
- continuation of play, or if there is an Oil Rig present on the
- grid board and you did not end the flow of oil there, no matter
- how many points you scored. Remember! If you see a Oil Rig on
- the game board, YOU MUST END THE OIL THERE! or the game will end.
-
-
-
- CLOCK / OIL SPEED
-
- In the upper right hand side of the board, there is a clock.
- At the beginning, you will have 40 seconds to place your links
- before the oils starts to flow. At the higher levels, the clock
- will only give you 35 then 30...25 etc....
- The speed of the oil flow will increase at level 7.
-
-
- NOTE: For 66mhz/Pentium Computers Only or Real Cheaters
-
- If you have anything under a 33mhz computer the game will set
- the proper speed. If you find that it is too fast, then create
- a special file called OILCAP.SPD and put 0 in the file.
- To do this:
- At the Dos prompt type -> COPY CON OILCAP.SPD (enter)
- type -> 0 (enter)
- press <F6>
-
-
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- KEY ASSIGNMENTS & SCORING
-
- <P>ause
- <S>ound Toggle
- <H>igh Scores
- <Q>uit Oilcap
-
-
- 50 point links = 50 points
- 100 point links = 100 points
- 200 point links = 200 points
- 500 point links = 500 points
- 1000 point links = 1000 points
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- 4 oil crosses = 1000 points
- 8 oil crosses = 3000 points
- 12 oil crosses = 5000 points
- 16+ oil crosses = 10000 points
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- Oil Rig = 100 points
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- Unused link = minus 60
- Unused Oil Rig = Game over
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-
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- BONUS ROUNDS
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- Every 10000 points, you will get a special bonus round. You
- don't have to worry about reaching any score to continue. All
- points you acquire, will be added to you score. Unused links will
- not be subtracted, so the bonus round can only increase your
- score.
-
-
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- SPEEDING UP OIL
-
- Speeding up oil when links are placed
-
- If you have placed all your links down and are just waiting for the
- oil to finish running through the pipes, just press the <SPACEBAR>
- to speed the oil to its destination. This will eliminate the waiting
- time while the oil flows through your links.
-
- PAUSE BUTTON
-
- Due to many requests, I have added a Pause button for the game.
-
-
- CONCLUSION
-
- Upon the ending of the game, your score will be compared to
- the top 10 high scores. If you are within the top ten, you will
- be recorded as such. This version has a total of 12 levels, for
- UNLIMITED LEVELS see the Upgrade details below or the Oil_reg.doc
- file.
-
-
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- * NOTE WINDOWS USERS *
-
- Running Oilcap under Windows may cause unexpected results.
- The game should be played by loading it directly from
- the Dos prompt.
-
-
- * UPGRADE DESCRIPTION & SOLEAU SOFTWARE MEMBERSHIP *
-
-
- OilCap is distributed as Shareware. You are welcome to give this
- game to your friends or local BBS. If you like OilCap and continue
- to use it, we ask you to register the game with us. Soleau Software
- depends on registrations in order to provide the user an alternative
- to expensive commercial software. The registered version of OilCap
- greatly speeds up the loading and exiting of the program, plus gives
- you UNLIMITED levels of play.
-
- Your $12.00 registration of OilCap will instantly make you a Soleau
- Software Member. All members receive special discounts on our other
- games through our special bonus package offers sent with your disk.
- Members also have the option to include an extra $6.00 dollars for
- our Member Game Pack which has EIGHT of our most popular Shareware
- EGA/VGA games on a High Density Floppy Disk.
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- THREE OTHER EXCITING FULLY REGISTERED GAMES
-
- If you register Oilcap for $12.00, you can get three other
- fully registered games for only $24.00 more!
-
- ANT RUN / CRUSHER CASTLE II / WALL PIPE
-
- (See the Registration screen within game for details.)
-
-
- These offers are for Members Only, so please take the time to read
- the Oil_reg.doc for details and register Oilcap today!
-
- We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you will
- continue to enjoy this as well as our other Shareware products.
-
-
-
- Sincerely,
-
- William Soleau
- President
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- Soleau Software
- 163 Amsterdam Avenue
- Suite 213
- New York, NY 10023
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- WEB SITE: http://www.soleau.com
-