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- ESCAPE FROM JOVI
-
- Written by O.Wagner
- Landsberge 5
- 4322 Sprockhövel 2
- West Germany
-
- This program is SHAREWARE! It may be copied for any purpose (except
- selling), as long as this copying license is included.
- If you like this program, please send a donation (about 10,- DM, $8)
- to the author. Include a disk to obtain new levels, instructions
- and tools to create your own ! If these donations will cover my
- expenses, I will release more of my programs on this way!
-
- -- THE GAME --
-
- ESCAPE FROM JOVI is a joystick controlled agility-based game, feauturing
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- - multi level, editable
- - real inertia and gravity effects
- - two-way hires-scrolling
- - animated sprite (sort of)
- - digital sound
- - "Hall of Fame" saved to disk
-
- EFJ will work only if started from the CLI. Simply enter "EFJ" to start.
- Make sure to be in "80 Column" text mode (see Preferences)!
- The following files are required to work successfully:
-
- "EFJ_data" (contains graphics & sounds)
- (missing this will crash the machine!)
- "EFJ_HiScores" (guess!)
- and the levels, running from "L00" to "L0wasweisich".
-
- The program will restart with "L00" if a level fails to load, so a missing
- "L00" will cause some neat loop effects on gameplay...
-
- The object of the game is to escape from an underwurlde cave system on
- Jupiter (yes, i know, gas planet and that all...but i didn`t want to think
- about game names after writing it...). You a transporting a valuable bottle
- of beer ("Pils"), so if you crash against a wall and the bottle breaks,
- you MUST (and will) kill yourself to save your face. Also, if time runs out,
- your ship will explode, too (I don`t know why). If you have no more fuel,
- you will have to control your ship by praying...
- The ship is controlled by simply pushing the Joystick in the direction you
- want to accelerate, but beware of inertia and gravity, you may get VERY
- fast...
- If you have successfully escaped from one cave, you`ll get some score and
- the next level will be loaded. If you have completed all levels found on
- disk (that is, the game can`t load the current level), you get a bonus ship
- and restart from the beginning, with less fuel and time!
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- Now, go on and enjoy...
-
- A last hint: Beware of getting to fast. It`s very difficult to change
- direction if a crash is imminent!
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- Oliver Wagner Sprockhövel, den 9.6.88
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