Use PolarDA for Mac II or higher ( Mac with Color Quick Draw ).
Use PolarDA.bw for any b&w Mac ( It has been tested on Mac Plus ).
This is an alpha release, and may still contain some bugs... I’m NOT responsible for any damage, incidental or direct (including lower grades because you’re spending time playing PolarDA when you should be studying!) caused by PolarDA. Don’t bother trying to sue me.
Introduction:
PolarDA is shareware. This means if you are interested in this piece of software, you are asked ( very gently and nicely ) send me $2.00 in US dollars. The address is:
Go Endo
F228 McElroy MSU
Mankato, MN 56001
T303GREY@vax1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU (134.29.1.1)
T303GREY%mkvax1.decnet@MSUS1.bitnet
Since this is only a temporary Address, it is possible for this address to be incorrect when you get PolarDA. In that case my permanent Address is:
Go Endo
8-14-5 Nishimaiko Tarumi
Kobe, 655 Japan
and if you wish, you can send ¥300 instead of $2.00.
I will be providing a newer version of PolarDA sooner or later. Some Future presentation is:
1. Enable Save and Open command disabled in this version.
2. Enable Goto command disabled in this version.
3. Implement Sounds.
4. Some modification so that it will work with a b&w Mac.
5. Improve the animation.
6. Automatic movement while the mouse button is down.
And I am thinking about adding:
7. Stage Editor so you can create you own stages.
Maybe Someday.
I will send you the newest version of PolarDA and its source code, if you would like, as soon as I get the letter from you. And I promise that I will keep informing you about updates.
Playing PolarDA:
PolarDA is a complicated puzzle. But you will soon discover that the rules are not that hard to learn. In fact, once you understand how each of the seven objects in the screen works, you will never come back here and read this again.
The main object of this game is to bring all the hearts back to your home.
And trouble is you are in a frictionless world. Yes, frictionless. That’s why everything will keep moving until it hits something. The only thing you can do here is to push single object.
There are six stages provided in this version, increasing the difficulty
And here are the seven objects you have in your screen:
1 : The penguin. This is you, and is controlled by clicking mouse. There are invisible lines which divide entire screen into four regions. The cursor will change according to the relative position to you. It will take one extra click to make yourself turn into the direction you want, or push an object. One simple diagram will help in understanding this.
2 : Trees. Don’t ask why you have trees where you have penguins and ice-cubes around. They are there because The Sprier Being ( ME ) wanted them there. You can go through trees, but nothing else can.
3 : Mountains. Have you ever tried to move mountains? If you have, don’t even try again. How about climbing them? No, remember you are in a frictionless world. Instead, you flatten them.
4 : Houses. This is your home!! Moving it? Forget it. YOU will have to bring all the hearts back here.
5 : Ice-Cubes. This is an ice-cube. Well, there is not much to it except the fact the you can get rid of it by pushing it against something.
6 : Hearts. Guess what to do with them!!.
7 : Bombs. The bomb is automatically ignited when it hits the mountain. As common sense says, bomb will be gone after that.
Only few menu commands is implemented in alpha version. Those are:
About Polar : Brings an about box.
Give Up : Take you back to where you started at current stage.
This is all you need to know about PolarDA. Have Fun !!!
PolarDA 10.a2 : Copy right 1990 by Go Endo. Written in THINK Pascal V3.0 by Symantec Co.
Bug Report :
1. On the stage 1 there was two possible solution. Not any more.
2. In 1.0a1 hearts and bombs sometimes moved over the edge and disappeared. It has been fixed.
3. 1.0a1 used to cause a system crash if you ran from any Mac less than Mac II. 1.0a2 includes PolarDA.bw.
