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(version 2.1)

About BEYOND
  BEYOND was begun by Michael Horton in January 1997.  It was originally
planned as a simple exercise in vectored thrust and spacecraft movement
that behaved as actual spacecraft would, drifting instead of stopping
if the pilot isn't thrusting.

version 1 was released in mid 1997, by which time I had become a
member of Ben Blazely's company, Cyvoc Studios.  The first scenario was
released at the same time as the game.

Version 2.0 was released in late 1997.  More scenarios were
released at the same time.  They are available from the Cyvoc Studios
web site: www.cyvoc.home.ml.org
The scenario editor is also available for download.

Version 2.1 was released in early 1998, when several bugs were
discovered in version 2.0.

BEYOND is freeware: use it all you like, give it to all
your friends, make lots of copies, I won't complain.  However, I would like
to hear from you if you like/dislike BEYOND and why.  Also, if you find any
bugs (Actually they're undocumented features).  I'd also like to know how
much interest there is in the scenario editor.  So, if you're interested,
contact me.  You can reach me through E-mail.
(mhorton@vision.net.au)

Note: you can get help on the game by viewing the files
flight.txt (for general flight help)
landing.txt (for planetary view help)
and talking.txt (for help on talking to people)
These can be accessed during the game by pressing F1 while in the appropriate
place.  You can access help specific to the scenario by pressing F2 while in
flight.

THE CREDITS
  CONCEPT - David & Michael Horton 
  DESIGN - David & Michael Horton
  PROGRAMMING - Michael Horton
  SPECIAL EFFECTS - Michael Horton
  COMPOSER - Michael Horton
  GRAPHICS ROUTINES - Asphyxia
  SOUND ROUTINES - Antares
  CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM - David Horton & Luke Vos
  SPECIAL THANKS - Ben Blazely

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
BEYOND requires a VGA or better screen, at least 400K low memory, a
mouse and a 75Mhz or better CPU.
The music requires an Adlib sound card or better.

IF THESE REQUIREMENTS MAKE NO SENSE TO YOU
If you bought your computer during or after January 1996, it will probably
run BEYOND fairly well.  If you bought your computer before that time, it
will run BEYOND poorly or not a all.  If there is an LED display on the front
it should read at least 75 for BEYOND to run acceptably.

If BEYOND locks up or crashes during startup, make sure that the mouse is
active.  If it keeps crashing, try running the batch file NOSOUND, which
runs BEYOND without the music.

If BEYOND 'crashes' during normal flight, or if it brings up a file error,
it probably means there is an error in the scenario you're running.  Contact
the scenario designer and tell them about it.

If the title sequence works but you get the message 'There are no files
with the extension *.BSC in the current directory' you do not have any
scenario files installed.

DISCLAIMER
  The author of this program is not responsible in any way for damages
occuring to you or your computer through the use of BEYOND or the BEYOND
scenario designer.

(Sorry about that, but I had to say it.)