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- Manual for Willy the Beer Varmit's War
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- 1. Introduction From the Author
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- Hello, I am currently a freshman computer science major at Texas Tech.
- I've enjoyed playing games for several years so I decided that I would
- start writing my own games. This is the second game that I have written.
- The first game was a much smaller production of Willy the Beer Varmit
- written in QuickBasic. This game was written in C+ and assembly with
- an additional graphics library by Wordup Software. This shareware game
- was designed as a parody on other war games. It uses weapons that one
- might find located in bar instead of a weapon's shed.
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- The game requires:
- 640k ram (at least 580k free)
- VGA card
- VGA monitor
- Mouse
- 286 Processor
- Recommended:
- Soundblaster
-
- I would appreciate any comments that you have on the game so I can
- improve it for future versions and make it compatable with all machines.
- As a college student I would appreciate your registration, which I would
- use it to help pay for my education at Tech. When you register you will
- receive in addition to the shareware a version a full screen of additional
- weapons. You will also also receive some new VGA backgrounds to make the
- game even more exciting. Registration money should be sent by either cash
- or cheque. All orders that come in while I'm at Tech will be processed by
- my parents. Shareware is used as a try-before-you-buy type of marketing and
- the author does not receive any money for the product until you register.
- Mail Registrations To:
- Danny Weidig
- 526 Daffodil
- Lake Jackson, Tx 77566
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- Make cheques payable to Danny Weidig.
- Spring '94 #:(806)742-5268 Summer '94- #:(409)297-3683
-
- Summer job wanted: I am searching for a computer programming related
- job for the 1994 summer. If anyone has job offer you may reach me
- by mail at my home address through my parents, or by phone at Texas
- Tech during the spring '94 semeter at (806)742-5268. Or through my
- parents at home (409)297-3683. Ask for Danny when you call my Tech
- address.
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- Included Files
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- The game should contain the following files:
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- INTRO.DAT MENUB2.DAT SVARMIT.EXE -- Main EXE.
- TITLEB.DAT PLANET4.DAT YOREAD.ME
- CLOUD.DAT S2.DAT BEER3.DAT
- HURT.DAT MOON.DAT
- STAT.DAT SB.DAT
- JERK.DAT SBSETUP.EXE ---- Soundblaster owners
- DIE.DAT GOSB.BAT ----- Soundblaster owners
- BURP.DAT SBFMDRV.COM
- IDEA.DAT CT-VOICE.DRV
- MENUB2.DAT ORDER!.FRM
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- If you do not have all these files please contact Dan's Software for
- the latest shareware version.
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- Help!!!!!
-
- The game is setup where there is a title screen which is displayed
- until the user presses a key. Then several game options are asked and
- the weapons selection screen appears. When the weapons selection screen
- appears you select the weapons my moving the mouse to their location on
- the screen and pressing the right mouse button to add weapons of that
- type and by pressing the left button to decrease the amount of the weapon
- selected. During the game the items on the screen work in a similar fasion
- to increase the aim or speed move to there respective locations on the
- screen and press the right mouse button and to decrease press the left
- mouse button. To select the weapon to use move the mouse to the bottom
- right area of the screen and press either mouse button to cycle through
- the weapons. Finally, move the mouse to bottom section of the screen
- where the word "<fire>" appears and press the left mouse button to shoot
- off your weapon at the desired aim and speed.
-
- Possible problems:
-
- 1. The action in the game is slow or the graphic backgrounds or sound
- effects are not loaded.
- This indicates that you probably do no have the memory necessary
- to run the game. You may try by booting the system with a systems
- disk with only the mouse driver and sound card driver included, or
- you may run sbsetup.exe and turn off Soundblaster effects. Also, if you
- have a 286 processor the graphics will seem fairly slow.
-
- 2. The game reports that a mouse is not found.
- This game requires a Microsoft compatable mouse. If you don't
- have mouse.com loaded beforehand this error will result.
-
- 3. The game reports that SBFMDRV.COM has not been ran.
- This requires that you run SBFMDRV.COM before playing.
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- If you experience any other problems please contact me by mail and I will
- try to fix the errors.
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- Legal Info.
-
- This game is property of Dan's Software. The shareware version may
- be distributed freely as long as there are no charges. Shareware vendors
- may sell the shareware product as long as they include all files and
- follow the instructions in VENDOR.DOC. CD-ROM vendors must tell the user
- that the product is seperate from other products and that is shareware and
- they must follow the instructions in VENDOR.DOC in addition. The
- registered version of the game may not be distributed in any form. Any
- person who attempts to sell the registered version will be charged for
- software piracy.
-
- Software Reviewers: Anyone wishing to do review of this software should
- contact Dan's Software to make sure they have the latest version. I
- would also like to receive a copy of the publication within 30 days
- of publication to put in my personal records.
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- Changes in Version 1.01
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- 1.Added option to change speed of game
- 2.Fixed a bug that happened when a player restarted a game
- 3.Fixed a bug that caused a memory problem when the game was played
- several times
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- Future enhancements
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- In future versions of this game I hope to:
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- 1. Add a full musical soundtrack to the whole game
- 2. Add more sound effects
- 3. Make the routines a little faster
- 4. Make the game more user-friendly
- 5. Add compatability with more sound cards
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- Conclusion
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- Thank you for playing Willy the Beer Varmit's War. I hope you enjoyed the
- game and if you have any comments I would like to hear them.
-
- Thanks,
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- Danny Weidig
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