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                      │    RELEASE NOTES FOR     │
                      │ DELVION STAR INTERCEPTOR │
                      │        SHAREWARE         │
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           GIVE THIS SHAREWARE VERSION TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

                 THIS GAME MAY BE FREELY DISTRIBUTED
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                         │ TABLE of CONTENTS │
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1.  General introduction
2.  Base requirements
3.  Installation and deinstalation
4.  Running the program
5.  Main menu
6.  Summary of keys
7.  Armament
8.  Useful objects
9.  Phases
10. Notes and advices
11. Getting technical support
12. Distribution information



1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Delvion Star Interceptor is a common entertainment program for all the
family, based on the arcade machines of the recreation rooms, commonly named
shoot'em up.

With multidirectional scroll (the ship won't limit in advancing of left to
right for the stages, but rather it will be necessary in some levels advance
in other directions), our mission consists of controling one of the most
advanced ships of our galaxy, in order to defeat to the integrated of Nexus,
a galactic evil that attempts to end with the remainder of live beings of
the Universe.

2. BASE REQUIREMENTS
- PC 386 or higher (minimal processor 386/25 Mhz)
- 400 Kb of free conventional memory as minimal.
- Standard VGA card
- Hard disk with at least 2 Mb of free room.
- 3,5 inches high density floppy drive (1'44 Mb)
- Recomendable Sound Blaster card or 100% compatible in order to get sound
  with the program.
- MS DOS 3.0 or high (recomendable 6.0 or higher).
- File CONFIG.SYS whose parameter FILES equal or greater than 25.

3. INSTALLATION AND DEINSTALLATION
Installation
Decompress the distributed file into a directory, for example in C :\DELVION.
Deinstallation
Simply delete DELVION's directory and their contents.

4. ACCESS TO THE PROGRAM
Go to the directory where Delvion Star Interceptor it's installed, typing
for instance:
  CD \DELVION
Type now "DELVION" and the program will be executed.

The application doesn't require the use of device of mouse in order to operate.

5. MAIN MENU
From this screen is possible select between the different options of the
program:
1) Players.
Through this option you could select the number of players that will
participate in the game with a maximum number of two.

This participation is not simultaneous, for that which in order to
distinguish the ships of player one and two, their color has been changed.
The controls will be the same for both, because of that upon selecting you
should think in the other player's likings.

From this choice you begin to play when you press the shoot button.
You will note some triangles located it straight to the choice.
With the controls <right cursor> and <left cursor>, it's possible to select
from one to three triangles, that indicates the speed of the game.
In fast computers (486/100 Mhz or Pentium), it isn't recomenmended to set
more than two triangles.

The game level varies between three different possibilities (Easy, Normal and
Hard). For the most unskilled players or that plays their first game, we
counsel the level Easy, till they becomes with the controls of game.
When we desire to leave the program, this choice allows to return to the
operating system upon concluding our session with Delvion Star Interceptor.
You should keep in mind that the function of the main menu consists on
selecting the control level of the game, for that which before beginning each
game is suitable to make sure well that you has chosen the desired
configuration. It's possible also to go out while you are playing through the
use of the <ESC> key, which returns to this main menu.

6. KEYS SUMMARY
The default keys defined in the game are:

<Cursor Up >:    Allows the ship to move up.
<Cursor Down >:  Our ship moves down.
<Cursor right>:  The ship advances forward.
<Cursor Left >:  It moves back.
<Space>:         Selects an object from the bar.
<Alt Gr >:       Shot.

All the keys of the game could be redefined by the user from the program
SETUP.EXE, executable from the MSDOS command line, that also facilitates the
use of a gamepad.

7. WEAPONRY
In the beginning, our ship relies on a scarce implicit armament, which it
enhances according to our advance by the different phases.  To the hour of
selecting the weapons with we will have in each phase, there are two menus
that should be kept in mind: the first before each phase, while the second
consists in a selection bar during the game. Before each phase it is
possible to choose the weapons that we could use during the game, keeping in
mind that we could reselect them again after each phase. These weapons
correspond to four different classes, of that which in last instance we could
select only one of every class:

Missile.
We dispose of two classes of missiles. The first will always go to earth,
but the seconds could discharge also up, succeeding in terminating with the
enemy that is located in the roof of the different phases.

Beam.
Our spacial gun could be upgraded by means of the selection of this
beam. In the beginning it will allow us to discharge forward and behind in
order to finish with the enemy that is located in these places, but in more
advanced phases we could select the rotational beam that undertakes 360
grades with their shooting, and allows to finish with enemy located in any
place of the screen.

Laser.
The lasers allow to go through the enemy by means of its elevated energy
capacity, destroying them more rapidly than with the Beam.  Their capacity
could be elevated also, and if we wait some phases, they will be converted in
highly powered waves of energy.

Power.
This choice goes together with the special powers of our ship.  Three
possibilities exist (not feasible of using from the commencement) that
consists on adding escort ships to our spacial aircraft. The foremost option
allows to add diagonal shootings, while the second, extra lasers.

After this selection we access to the game, where in the upper zone of the
screen the following selection bar appears.  With it we could choose the
weapons previously selected, if we picks up the objects that appears in
screen upon destroying certain enemies. These objects (that will be explained
next ), advance the selection cursor over the bar, and when we want to use
some of them, we should pulse the button previously configured.

Concerning the previous menu, two new options appear in the bar:

Speed.
Every time we selects this option, the speed of our ship will be increased a
little, until it reaches the top that will be marked for the selections we
have done.

Shield.
We rely on an important advantage concerning our enemy, and it is the
possibility of relying on an energy shield that allows us to stop certain
shootings and crashes with small ships.  Every time we select this option,
the energy of our ship will increase.

8. USEFUL OBJECTS
During the course of the game, it appears in screen diverse objects upon
destroying to certain enemies.
These objects could be picked up upon passing through above them with our
ship, being very important for the development of the game.  They exists four
kinds of objects:

Red.       They magnify in one the counter of the upper armament selection.
bar. Blue. Decreases in one the counter of the upper bar.
Blue spot. Increases in thousand points our punctuation.
Yellow.    Grants an extra life to our battered counter of ships.

9. PHASES
Delvion Star Interceptor shareware is composed of three phases (ten in full
version) of very different styles as for graphic and enemy, corresponding
each one with some of the places from the empire Nexus.  Since it is
comprehensible, the difficulty increases as you advance in them.  Serve these
comments like small aid in each one of them.

Phase 1.  Sideral Space.
Just left from our nurse ship, we will meet with a field of asteroids that we
should avoid.  Could be destroyed, but the biggest will cost us a great
number of shootings. After entering in the zone of the enemy base in
construction, we will be confronted with the protection satellite, whose
shootings will attempt to traverse the shield of our ship.


10. NOTES And ADVICES
Here you have some advices that will help you to fully enjoy Delvion Star
Interceptor:

- The game relies on three different levels of difficulty. If this is going
to be your first game, play in the easier level, in order to become with the
controls.  Once you've mastered the program, select a higher level of
difficulty.

- To kill the final phase bosses it is simple, if you study their movements
and shootings before.  This will be difficult for us and will require to lost
some lives, but allows in the following games, to kill them rapidly.

- It is suitable to keep in the center of the screen in order to don't suffer
crashes with things or enemy that appears suddenly in some of the edges of
the screen.

- At the multidirectional scroll screens it's recommended to avoid the walls,
since an abrupt change of movement could provoke the destruction of our ship.

- Although we should catch the objects that appears in screen in order to
increase the capacity of fire, upon demolishing some enemy near the walls,
these objects will remain too near them, so catch them couldn't be
possible without an excessive risk for the ship.  It is convenient to wait
for a better opportunity.

- In fast computers, like the 486/100 Mhz or Pentium, it is more than
recomendable don't pass of speed two, since more speed would implicate that
the enemy appear too quickly.

We hope that Delvion Star Interceptor is of your more complete pleases, and
continues holding your confidence in the DDM products.

11. GETTING TECHNICAL SUPPORT


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                     │   DDM Technical Support        │
                     │     & Customer Service         │
                     │       [phone]            │
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   Please try to have your system information available and be near your
   computer if at all possible.

   Other ways to get help:

   Digital Dreams Multimedia              DDM BBS: [phone]
   attn: Customer Service
         Vicente Muzas, 15
         28043 Madrid (Spain)   Internet: email to:  [e-mail]


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                  │ 3. Ordering Registered DELVION  │
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Can't get enough DELVION?  Don't worry.  The solution is to order the
full playing version. With his ten full playing phases.

Call [phone] or see ORDERFRM.TXT in your game directory for details.


12. DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION
Shareware DELVION is freely distributable to anyone and everyone so
long as it is distributed in UNMODIFIED FORM and no fees are charged.

For more information on authorized distribution, contact DDM at the
telephone:
                  [phone]

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          DELVION IS COPYRIGHT (C) 1995 DIGITAL DREAMS MULTIMEDIA S.L.
                           ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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