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- ROAD RALLY TRIVIA
- Version 1.00
- (C) CopyRight 1992, Glenn D. Learn
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- INTRODUCTION:
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- Road Rally Trivia is unlike other trivia computer games.
- While most games are nothing more than a series of "flash
- cards", asking you questions, then outputting a raw score,
- Road Rally Trivia offers not only intriguing questions, but
- an enjoyable trip across the United States in Road Rally
- fashion. Leaving the usual "text" mode behind, the game
- offers VGA color graphics and mouse operation.
- Starting at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York
- City, the game takes you across highways and back roads, to
- deliver you at St. Louis, Missouri, the gateway to the
- Midwest.
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- REGISTRATION:
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- Road Rally Trivia is being distributed as a Shareware
- product. You may freely copy this program and distribute it
- to friends, as long as it is distributed entirely in this
- form, including all files and documentation. To protect the
- program's integrity, Road Rally Trivia may not be altered or
- "hacked" in any form.
- Many ideas were considered in what to offer in the
- shareware version. In order to offer the maximum
- payability so as to allow the best evaluation, all features
- of the game are provided. I believe this is in keeping with
- the shareware "try before you buy" concept. However, the
- travel database is incomplete. The shareware version will
- only take you as far as the western edge of Pennsylvania.
- By sending $12.45 to:
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- Glenn D. Learn
- PSC 2 Box 1656
- Lowry, Co. 80230
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- You will become a registered user of Road Rally Trivia,
- and be mailed a copy of the game with a complete database.
- You will also be entered into the registered user's database,
- which allows you to receive a discount on future versions of
- Road Rally Trivia. Especially the extended fully cross-
- country version soon to be released.
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- REQUIREMENTS:
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- Road Rally Trivia requires an MS-DOS compatible computer
- running MS-DOS 3.x or higher, as well as VGA graphics and a
- Microsoft compatible mouse.
- In order to facilitate game play, the following are
- suggested:
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- A Road Atlas of the United States
- An Atlas of the World
- An Almanac
- Local Sportscaster and/or film critic
- Cheer's Cliff Claven
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- AT THE START:
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- A shortened form of these instructions is available at
- the opening screen, and during game play. You may also elect
- to load a previously saved game, a feature you'll probably be
- using a great deal!
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- GAME SCREEN:
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- The playing screen is divided into various sub-
- divisions, each with it's own purpose; some to provide
- information, others for selection. The top center area will
- always contain the name of the current city you are either
- trying to enter, or have been towed back to. To the top left
- is a Fuel Gauge, as you travel through the game, you will use
- up fuel based upon the route you chose to travel. Do NOT run
- out of gas, or you'll be towed back to a previous city!
- The upper right area contains two selection ICONs.
- These are not available at all times, but when displayed may
- be selected. The gas pump will allow you to request fuel,
- and the Road Rally Rescue callbox, will let you request help.
- Be warned that these are not always available, so you must
- plan your travel strategy accordingly.
- The center of the screen is reserved for straight
- forward text. The top part is a narrative area, offering
- various insight to the area your traveling in, or as a clue
- to what mode the game is presently operating. Just below
- that, is the question area, in which you'll be asked, guess
- what, questions!
- The bottom right section of the screen is sub-divided
- into two areas. The larger of the two is a Billboard. This
- area will contain helpful information about the area your
- traveling in, and will from time to time, advertise special
- routes for you to take. Above the Billboard, the present
- state your traveling in will be displayed.
- The bottom center of the display allows user input for
- two of the game's modes. When being asked a question, your
- answer typed from the keyboard, will be displayed in the
- answer box. When access to a city is gained, the area will
- display up to ten route selection ICONs. Road Rally Trivia
- allows you the freedom to select which ever route you desire.
- The four divisions at the lower left offer the user
- various utility functions: Quit, Save Game, Show Statistics,
- and Helpful Instructions.
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- GAME PLAY:
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- Playing Road Rally Trivia is rather straight forward.
- You must travel from city to city, starting at New York, and
- ending at St. Louis. In order to get to a city, you must
- first answer a question. The question will usually be on
- just about any topic. Although some cities will have
- specific questions tagged for them, so that each time you
- travel to that city, you will always have that same question.
- After successfully answering the entry question, you
- will be presented with up to ten route ICONs indicating the
- possible directions you may take. Which route you take is
- entirely up to you. This is where a navigator or road atlas
- may be helpful, for you can travel in endless circles if you
- want.
- The route selected is important to the game operation.
- Most Road Rally Trivia questions are randomly selected from a
- difficulty database. The type of route selected determines
- the difficulty of the question. The route type will also
- determine the number of cities required to visit, as well as,
- the fuel economy of your trip. The following is a synopsis
- of the available route types.
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- Interstate:
- Generally the fastest way to get anywhere. Traveling by
- interstate will take you farther with the fewest stops, but
- it is also the greatest user of fuel, and also asks the most
- difficult questions.
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- U.S. Highway:
- Fairly quick travel, yet questions still difficult and
- the fuel will still drain dry.
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- State Roads:
- Probably the most economical way to travel when these
- roads are available. Easy on fuel, the questions asked might
- even be familiar to you, although you'll be asked quite a few
- of them.
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- County Roads:
- The easiest way to travel. Trivia hounds may even know
- the answers to these questions outright. You'll have to
- answer a lot of them though, for county roads stop at just
- about every hovel on the way. Fortunately, fuel consumption
- will be not much of a problem.
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- NOTES ON GAME PLAY:
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- Road Rally Rescue randomly selects it's questions from
- individual databases. This means that each time the game is
- played, a different sequence of questions may be encountered.
- This makes each game singularly unique! Also, since the
- questions are randomly selected, at times the same question
- may appear more than once.
- Certain cities have a particular question tied to them.
- Every time that city is visited, the same question will be
- asked.
- Some areas of the country are having conventions.
- Traveling a certain route will result in questions about a
- single topic. Pay attention to the Billboard for notices
- about such routes.
- Fuel is not available at every city. Plan your trip
- accordingly. When requesting fuel by clicking on the fuel
- ICON, you will be asked a brain teaser type of question. You
- may Road Road Rally Rescue out of the fuel station, but you
- will not get any fuel if you do so.
- Road Rally Rescue will give you a second chance, via a
- second question at each city. If you must call upon Road
- Rally Rescue a second time at one city, you will be towed
- back to a previous city. Certain cities are Road Rally
- Rescue bases. Once you've gotten past such a city, then you
- will only be towed back that far. (So don't worry, you won't
- have to start ALL over again)
- Road Rally Trivia is not designed to be played at a
- single sitting over a few hours. This means the questions
- are DIFFICULT, yet the topics should be familiar. This is
- more than a simple trivia game, it operates much like a
- scavenger hunt. You pretty much must answer a question in
- order to move on (exceptions see above). The game tests your
- ability to "scavenge" an answer as much as your "top of the
- head" knowledge. An ability to Save the game is provided,
- use it.
- Getting to St. Louis is no easy feat. But then, neither
- is an actual road rally. Answers need not be case sensitive,
- and the game has a limited ability to decipher key
- information from inputs. Your input need not match Road Rally
- Trivia's answer exact, but it must contain enough pertinent
- information to show that you do indeed know the answer.
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- Have fun, and we'll see you in St. Louis!
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