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- Welcome to PC Hack Lite, a PC version of the classic UNIX game Hack.
-
- Hack Lite can be played directly from the distribution disk. Before
- you play, you must edit the file HACKLITE.CNF to tell the game where
- to find files, and define other options. HACKLITE.CNF includes
- instructions on the edits required. If you have only 5" low-density
- drives, you should put HACKLITE.EXE and HACKLITE.CNF on one disk, and
- everything else on another. It's best to have two drives in this case,
- or else you'll spend a lot of time swapping disks.
-
- If you have a hard disk, you can install Hack Lite there, and you will
- probably want to. Copy HACKLITE.EXE and HACKLITE.CNF to an appropriate
- directory, and edit HACKLITE.CNF as needed. The HACKDIR= line in
- HACKLITE.CNF describes where to find the rest of the game files. This
- can be the same as the game directory or different, as you prefer.
-
- To play Hack Lite, you must run ANSI.SYS or a similar screen-control
- package. Check your CONFIG.SYS for a line like "DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS".
- If there is no such line, you will need to add one, adjusting the
- disk letter and path for your particular configuration. (ANSI.SYS is
- a standard DOS feature, so all you need to do is find it.) If when
- you try to play Hack Lite, instead of a dungeon map you get a screen
- full of weird characters, your problem is probably the lack of
- ANSI.SYS.
-
- The files HINTS.DOC and HACK.MAN provide an introduction to the game,
- and some useful technical information. HINTS.DOC is the same as for
- Amiga Hack Lite, so (regrettably) you will have to ignore information
- therein about mouse, menus, graphics and other features not present
- in the MS-DOS implementation.
-
- Hack Lite was developed primarily for the Commodore Amiga environment.
- Regrettably, the classy graphics of Amiga Hack Lite could not easily be
- ported to the PC, due to the usual hardware (640K) and software (MS-DOS)
- limitations. Even without the graphics, Hack Lite is an entertaining
- (some say addictive) game, and of possible interest to unfortunates
- who chose the wrong sort of hardware in a careless moment. If you'd
- like to see the graphics version, you are urged to try the Amiga out...
- as a bonus you'll get a multitasking operating system that runs in a
- megabyte. (Don't tell me that you BELIEVED the propaganda that a
- multitasking operating system needs eight megs or so...)
-
- Comments and/or complaints about PC Hack Lite should be directed to
- Alan Beale.
-
- E-mail: ponds!squink!biljir@dg-rtp.dg.com
-
- Snail mail: Alan Beale
- 3750 Jamestown Circle
- Raleigh, NC 27609
-
- Hack Lite is freeware. Enjoy it! It may be freely redistributed so long
- as all the files of the original distribution are included.
-