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- Skittles
- by John Stiles
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- 1.0.7 (12/96)
- • Updated e-mail and web page links.
- • Cleaned up registration dialog slightly.
- • Added a score indicator in the High Score Entry dialog box.
- • Fixed a small bug where activating the cheat could make the game act unpredictably.
- • Fixed a bug where trying to print when no printer driver was installed caused a crash.
- • Increased memory allocation slightly, as certain extensions could cause Skittles to require extra memory.
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- 1.0.6 (10/96)
- • Improved efficiency of graphics updates when "Faster Graphics" is off.
- • Holding the mouse button or escape key down will no longer pause and unpause the game rapidly.
- • Fixed a minor cursor glitch that occured with a PCI Power Macs starting in some color depths.
- • Getting a high score no longer leaves tiny glitches on large screens.
- • Gravis GamePad settings are now included with Skittles.
- • Sped up two-player mode a little, in response to user feedback.
- • Fixed a bug where some zaps would score more than others.
- • Made the Demo mode a little quicker in the shareware version.
- • Added a small shareware 'nag' dialog when starting up the unregistered version.
- • Removed the Power Macintosh dependency on QuickTime.
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- 1.0.5 (7/96)
- • Fixed a harmless glitch where the Skittles residue would stop "blinking."
- • Enlarged a warning dialog which, previously, was too small to read its entire contents.
- • Allowed the user to pause and resume via the escape key, or mouse clicks.
- • Cleaned up high score name entry to allow for editing keys.
- • Tightened up the key repeat handling.
- • Cleaned up the music code.
- • Added extra tricks to the "secret" menu.
- • Spruced up the About box.
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- 1.0.4 (6/96)
- • Pressing any key to continue now excludes caps lock.
- • Fixed weird problems that Macs without QuickTime were subject to under 1.0.3.
- • Fixed bug where music would stop playing on some Macs if the game was paused.
- • Added "Click mouse to play" so new users will figure it out.
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- 1.0.3 (4/96)
- • Fixed a very minor graphic glitch that can affect some slow Macs while Skittles are landing.
- • QuickTime music is kept in memory whenever possible to avoid loading delays.
- • Flashy Animation can now be deactivated, so that slow Macs can play Skittles.
- • Progress bar now visible while Skittles loads.
- • Gray skittles will now fill the top row.
- • Tightened computer AI and dark Skittle selection.
- • Both players receive dark Skittles in equal distribution now.
- • Worked around a bug in Apple's Universal Headers <Sound.h>.
- • Version number and WWW site displayed in the About box.
- • 'Key repeat' activated—holding left or right will make the Skittles slide.
- • Extra-cool secret stuff added. Hint: The secret can be activated within the About box. ;)
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- 1.0.2r (4/96)
- • Fixed the dates in this file! (They all read 1995 before... how embarassing!)
- • Tightened the computer opponents and control scheme to allow for better control on fast boards.
- • Fixed several high score bugs.
- • Released to registered users only—most of these fixes don't affect unregistered users.
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- 1.0.2 (3/96)
- • Changed behavior of 'dark skittle' to be helpful (instead of just a random Skittle).
- • Added current stage indicator.
- • Notified a registered user if he tries to register again (duh).
- • Added high score table (registered version only!).
- • Fixed slowdowns on slower 68040 processors (by removing trigonometric calculations from speed-intensive code).
- • Fixed minor graphics glitch while rotating your Skittles.
- • Fixed 24-bit addressing error (again!).
- • New opening title graphics.
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- 1.0.1 (3/96)
- • Added checks for Sound Manager 3.0 before playing sound.
- • Tightened the code which handles drawing in 24-bit addressing.
- • Strengthened the Preference file handling immensely.
- • Added error messages to fatal error dialogs.
- • Checked the screen bounds before using the screen.
- • Fixed white backdrop behind Victory screen.
- • Allowed second-player controls to be used in one-player mode.
- • Fixed the small white flash when pausing or restarting game.
- • Tweaked a few resources here and there for better overall performance.
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- 1.0 (3/96)
- • Initial release.
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- Hidden Secret menu: Open the about box, then type "help." You'll gain access to new tricks!
- Thanks for reading this History file! ; )