Labels:text | screenshot | letter | font | document OCR: CSC Arrow Dynamic Software: BEND VERSION INTRODUCTION This game is a cross between the most excellent Scorched Tanks and the almost as excellent --St Mars. I would say it's a Worms clone, only it's more like the above mentioned ganes thes Worms. It is for two players only (sorry!) as I've not yet had time to implement a one player mode. These types of games are best played with two players www. QUICK ADVERT FOR... Beasties II !!! Coming soon, this is a total rewrite of Beasties with 100x new code, 1000 new graphics, faster, smoother, nore playable and bigger! COPYRIGHT AND HOW TO GET THE FULL GAME This is the 100 version of the full licencuare title released by Arrow-Dynamic Software. Because this is the deno version, it has many options disabled from the main new. The full version includes all the new options abled, which include the following Lets you select between 1-9 rounds (Deno only allows 1) Lets you select your start energy percentage (1-25000): demo allows 1000 only Lets you se "Mors" caston levels Lets you create your own custon levels (inports from Paint/Paint etc) Enter your sanes which appear above the Beasties heads 10 Installer 5 Caston levels Four built in levels with randon selector and much, much more. If you want all the above and wore, then you want the full game. If you at the full game, then send just 63.99 including påp to: werow-bynanic Software PO Box ICTIS AP Please make all cheques, PO's payable to: "Arrow PD". LOADING This game can either be run from Workbench or CLL/Shell. There are two main options for loading the pase. Either you could straight forwardly click on the icon or execute it from the Shell as a comand line, in which case the game will be run as normal, or you could do the following: In your User-Startsp or as a Shell command line, type: easties sleep Option not available in this de (Instead of the usual "Beasties"). Nou the game will automatically boot and skip all intros, credits, etc, and automatically iconify. Cool eh? Once you en the iconify bar, the game will ren as normal, thefal for HD users who wish the pane to always be ready to ren, bet actually sit in the background til they're ready to play it. INSTALLATION This pane can easily be copied onto your hard disk (If you have one). You can either use a directory stility such as 10pes, Leat. Sid, something minilar or even Workbench Shell/CLI if you want to complicate things further. Wiles the game requires! Beatles Beatles Beasties, infe All Data files in here) Fosts! eridot Peridot Diskfost Library PowerPacker Library Mote: No signs are required. COMPATIBILITY This pane should run on any miga with an Operating System of 2.0 or above 2 Mey of Chip Ran I've managed to test the game on the following setups 2 wwig 1200 Unexpanded miga 1200 2 Rey Chip, & Heg Fast & '30 CPU Memory Note If you have installed the game onto your ID and upon running the game have loads of wisdous opes, colourful us backdrops installed. U Hacks wizzing around, then you will ebulos have less nemory. The gane constantly checks your memory states and if for any reason you reach 350 K or less. inmediately the game will no longer use any music of sound FX. So if you uddenly find the game has no sound, it's not your TV It just means you're low on nenery. Still, if you have more than 2 fey to begin with, you will have no probs. The game itself actually only require 1.5 Meg, so every ser should be okay any. Just thought I should mention it GAME CREDITS Yep. Credit where credit's due...the team consists of: Asa Margetts rogramming & Graphics eleased through...... additional Meas, Help. Special Greets. Arrow nic Software ..Pal Galey Andreu "Mushroon" Kellett Andres Campbell Donna Bradshau Keith Terry ..Andy Brown Andrew "Toogirl David Charman Be Charan on Davis Carl Webber Special thanks to my miga which hasn't get packed up on me. The ol' 500- equipped with 2 Mey has just survived the process of creating this game. CONTROLS The game requires a House and the ern, Keyboard. The mouse is used to scroll the screen by moving the pointer to the edge of the screen you wish to scroll. The icon the bottom of the screes are used clicking on the using the House. Some weapons may bring up another pasel after they've been clicked on, this will give greater control over the weapons. ising the additional Keyboard controls it is possible to play this game completely without a mouse! Additional keyboard controls are as follows: Key: HELP Effect: Automatically scrolls the screen to find the current player. Very useful and quick F1-FB SPACE CURSOR KEYS Select Icons on het pasels Oot keys for the House) Hot Key for activating the current weapon Noves the active character the cursor Jes). p The cursor keys will also ain the Bazooka weapon once it has been activated. SHIFT KEY (Either) Jungs (thed instead of the up arrow for those who prefer it. Also Jungs. Added because my shift keys are dying. Meric Keys Bad back M600 ownerst Still, it's only required as It scrolls the screen ie. CTRL a mouse-like replacement. a scroit, 6 Right Scroll. Busse Come Up and 2 Finally 5 Hone in on as the Help Key) and > 1 percentage left 22 In the "Bazooka" panel mode, these will control the power-neter. This can be used instead of the house. Quit back to maintage Display Player 1's energy Display Player 2's energy percentage left Left MiGh key & This will heltitask back to 100, Useful for Hard Disk users. Could also act like a Fause button. An official "Tause" option has not been added due to the fact that this game is two player only. so therefore, pausing is simply not required. NOTE: This feature has been in this free version disabled The Joystick can also be used to move the character instead of the Cursor keys, but the Cursor keys are more accurate, so I'd reccommend those. controlled via C Also the CD CONTROL PADS are Supported! The whole game can be control pad - no need to touch the keyboard! CD Control pad plogged into the Joystick port Cursor Control Pad Big C and 3 buttom Green and Yellow bettom Fire Direction of Beasties Movement (Left, Right, Jump) Scroll the Screen Left and Right Cycle through your weaponary Red Button Blue Button In Bazooka Moder Home in on current Beatle Big C and >> Buttons Power Select Cursor Fad Left & Right to control angles of fire Fire A note about falling: When your character falls from a high poist, you have no control over the Beastle until you hit the ground. However, if you jump of a high point, you can use left and Right to drift the Beastie. After the Beastie has either fallen or jumped & driftes dous approximately 70 pixels. the beastle will be rendered unconcions causing energy loss of 10. If you have either fallen or gottes blown into the sky, once your Beastie has snacked back onto ground, he will indent the ground. This means, if the Beastie lands on a thin bit of ground, he will go straight through it. GAMEPLAY The charactor will nove over flat ground and banpy ground, but when the gradiest (steepness) is too steep, your character will not be able to nove over it, he/she may have to Jump over/onto it, but even this will have no if effect the ground is too steep. Best way is to simply dig through it. or better still, blow it away! of the screen show the current weapon selected With The Icons at the bottom White box surrounding it) and beneath each icon is the amount of that weapon you have left. When it reaches Zero, it is obviously inactive. a shot or uses an icon, the screen will Each time a player takes automatically select one go. He/She can nove the next player. Make things simple, each player gets as far as possible around the screen, but as soon as is used, that's the player's go over with. will be displayed above your head for a few seconds each time a weapon Your energy you are hit. You the new option (See Re Options: Not in this demo version!) You will notice of begin with 100 Health although this can be changed via the screes, there's a text-bar. that at the very top This will have general comments in as you progess through the game. It is also there as a Help type accessory. For example, clicking on an icon on the panel at the bottom of the screen, will not only select that weapon, bet the Text-bar will inform you what that weapon is (Incase the icons are a little lear) When you get up in an explosion, your Beastle will be sent as he's still got sone energy left, he will shot or caught flying, whes he lands, as long re-generate his body, leaving his old dead body on the grounds. down like this Varies (Next Paragraph) 15x deduction The energy goes Bazooka Hit: Shot Gun Hit: Dynamite Hit: Wall more then 70 pixels the screes: sax deduction uc deduction Being blown off Sudden Death! The you have selected the shot. The more Bazooka can be a lethal or lethal-less weapon. You will notice after it, that there is an energy bar which you drag your se arrom across the more it is with red, the fall more powerful powerful the shot the more energy it will reduce your the faster the missile goes are three marks: First mark and third mark at the end. opponest by and Just above below at the start of half the bar way across the first then red marker, this means, if the missile will just take 5 hit points of hin/her. If it's been hits the first and the bar, second mark If the energy bar is less your opponest, middle middle and end narker, takes -0. Here's a table for easy viewing Less then first red marker it marker, and it will reduce their energy by -20. Between the it -30 and anything past the final marker takes -5 energy deduction Between the first and middle markers: 20 energy deduction and Betuces the middle Past end marker -30 energy deduction end markers! -40 energy deduction You have Pressing 1 or 2 depending on which player you are: will display your current health. infinite Shot Gun bellets, bet the when a player has lost all of his/her (Laws of dying include: Being gunned of energy, shot off the side of the screen, rest of weapons are limited. health. The game ends Official of net) ways to death (Lack Being Walling through the bottonless ground. Here's do (From left to right) 1: Fire! the icons and what they Activates the currently selected icon. Shoots a horizontal shot. Infinite ammunition 2: Shot G Upon hitting your opposition, he/she will go flying (Further thes from the explosion Bazooka) giving the advantage of dyanite of maybe blowing the opposition of the screen (Sudden death) 3: Bazooka Missile can be positioned using the cursor keys once activated. ie. After selected, click on the "Fire" icon for another panel to but can appear. The Beastie can't be moved, gan in seven increments (in, Right (ie. his point Left. Up. Up Right, Up-left, Down-Right and -Left). Clicking on the second "Fire" will Remember what goes up shoot the issile. MIST ON If you find the Beastie is not positioned correctly, you can click on the "Back" icon and it'll take you back to the main pa where you can reposition your Beastie. Don't forget, there is a Fouer-Meter for the Bazooka, if you don't set it from Zero, the "Il blow up in your face! Nice! H: THT: nissile Most powerful weapon. Stid a stick near sonce and rust They can be dropped down holes etc, once the lit, you have a few seconds to run before the explosion takes place. 5: Dig Horizontal/Vertical Two Icons represented by an arrou showing which direction you'll dig in. Once activated the Beastle will dig a certain length. The Beastie can be stopped at anytime by click the 6: Crater Maker: Does no character damage, but will create one heck of a hole. Usefal for obsticles. 7: Bridges will stick a bridge infront of you Out of your pocket cones a huge boulder. out of beds like the bridges can be used for either protection or climbing upon. Unlike bridges, the boulder will fall until it hits the ground. This may be used as le. You can build up a stack a stepping stone. high up if you're which will you dropping down too far and rendering y'self unconcious. Tip: If the opposition is on the edge of a screes, why not use the shot gun off if the opposition is on this ground: blou the ground underneath "en sode has been added! Cool ek? So what is it I hear you cry? see the point in adding a cheat mode one will be able to the heck it is, so a little clue for On the Rain Options type in the full sane including the space in the this excellent game. middle of the a message will a limited decision, ie that appear. for this If correct, correct, cheat for infinite energy as either type is including to win. So I've constructed a slightly more MOE". I'll you to test this out. All I can say is leave Cerry - Editor) Binary and imist on (There I go again - Editing) through the ASCII Data to this Encrypted in Nunerical Values, note the Cheat Mode is bad lack, 'cos a Binary Editor (Got it right!) won't find this if you're sane's Bellett, I's dup writing your sure you'II Editor that will pick own formulated Binary ES SUPPORTED specially does not include note this demo version, but only the full game from Arrow-bysanic Software! pane "Worms" is supported in Beasties! Yes sirt You a CD or two around with literally orms. These can also all be used in for this game from people who don't even First... information on the support of Wor for the simple minded. include in GFX style to Worms has lifet (see later), there will also will start of with. higher the energy. The Left House and Button will decrease energy value (See later). and let's you a list of to blow his/her right Same applies to away from CHEAT PRE Yes sir! A Well, I don't find out what screen, Jest py who wrote sa cheat would be player would erful "HICLEAR watch out! Pointless Hotel If you're a blasted hacking game, please so Of course, cheat mode the point be able commercial loads extra going be explained it exists! MORS The following available direct Yep, the hit may have noticed thousands of Beasties! Tep, on know More will MAIN MENU OPTIONS kay, a including run down Game: Simple option Start Level Type: Built-in Levels Forest: Space! Sear! Workbeach: Building Blocks: If a Custon Level has be a title "Caston". This is the It ranges from 1 the longer the game Button on this option so that it mean the value. Not Brings up another news with Iconifys. le. Haltitasks back continue the game by clicking for Hard Disk users. Not Credits: Yep. lists the people who Quit! Quits back to DUS. Useful and the second He Bard Disk Yep, it will load the Installer! your hard disk a stated partition. not actually got a Hard Disk, so have disk and a few friends testing problems and you can Directory progran When asked give the FULL created Not available Systen Check: Displays Okay, now onto the WORKS bit... Load Custon Level: of levels ergy Aust: More Options: Sleep This is the Hacker BEASTIES 1996 by Asa Margetts Version 2.50 "Mushroom" 1 disks, for the in this demo support later! before-hand even game amount of (Sudden will Similar The planet Mars, Not in this de Not in this bees that available in Conflict: Adventure Very will Call Print): energy Death) last the Right in this save d loaded original I know. both players to 250. The (bulouslyf). the increase note I have rely my for ne fo always copy namally or through such as D0pas, etc. to give a Partition to copy game outo, then path including any directory you may have (eg. Dh:Games/Beasties your computer's free nenory in this demo version. (Ram) along with the processor, the battery-backed up clock time and date. The following is not available in this den version: option for CONVERTED (Mext option) or levels. To create your own Level (First for Worms, then Convert It, follow me o To create your own LANDSCAPE or TERMAIN or LEVEL (Take your pick, I ain't fussy) you need a paist program which will save pictures out in IFF format such as Electronic Arts Personal Faint and most others these days. Draw Loules, 8 Colour picture with a page size of 560 x 350 pixels. Coloer transparent, any of the 7 remaining colours will be used as can be any colour you wish th, lucky you!) Once completed next option used. and saved, the EXTRA LEVELS...The following need not apply to this version as it is just a deno. The full version however has: Custom! A Face of a person "Screaming" Bagood one for the kids Cutton Volcano Terrain Custo LIF The Ring Custon Sonic the Hedgehog Custo May be offensive to some as it has midity in. Avoid if easily offended (Type in Exactly as The level will then in, ready for use. then converting levels, you can infact call then what you like, but I thought I'd make things sinple by uning then Custo Convert Morn Level: Not available in this demo version Once you have either created your own level from FB, CD. -D. then click this option. ask you for a level sane. Enter the FULL If found, it will load it, convert it then ask Output path. Enter the PATH and HE you wish the now converted to Beastie format map and nip save it. You can now use the "Load" option the level. Tip: When saving levels, if you're saving the source them in the are:Custon (a) 10:Custo Because then when reloading the have to type the name with out having path (eg. Caston and not pro Custon/Caston!) the nap name, it will automatically look in the Caston Directory.) There are a lot Cie. Literally Thousands) of "Morn" Levels out there doing the rounds in the PD circuit and you will find most (ie. 970) or then will convert to Beasties levels, bet die t way the you will find game was coded, a small percentage don agree with the Beasties converter and lock the gase up This is a VERY small percentage and out of a Worms CD and several floppy fall of Morms Maps, I've found two that have problems (Not that I've tested all the levels on a CD as there are too many) the gane begins and the next player is above the head will appear their being "Flayer and "Player 2", this can any eight name. It just makes the your name above the SPAINT to Workbeach on available helped for Hard files from the disk House des version! more options disk, Note: Note: the provided in this bring you Disk users. and this if no you: the listed) be loaded save series, XLent player's Please had to option files 1" letter enjoy, the with you'll wiss icon. Useful deso version! this game. copy lets for a look Ester Player Ranes: Every time activated, sane. Default be changed to gane more interesting to see Beasties head Not available in this den version! Let's you select how many rounds you want the pane to last (1-9). Dace Dace gane finishes, a resits table table will appear of which rounds were on by who. In this den version, round only can be played at a time. Player to Begin Lets you decide who will start of each round with "The first go. You can select "Player 1", "Player 2 "Bando" in which case the competer will randomly select a player for each round. Player 1 will always start first More Options Another new of options... Score Type: Either select as "Roll Over" or "Clear after Each Game", After each game has finished, a table of results appears on screes, loses to each player. The "RollOver option keep these results for as many ganes as you like. The "Clear option will wipe clean the The full version: Just a few notes things in get your Puts you back on to score board after each game. Hot available in this demo version. from Basically outlines a few outlines already written this document such as hou to the previous ne options. Puts you back to the mais ne the Lover-end migas such on the 1200 awards, GAME SPEED This game should ren fairly fast on all migas. On the 500-600 is will be fast enough to and it should run at this was on a 2 Meg 500+) rate iNot that I'd know seeing as farly decent way I could have squashed this LOADING SPEEDS Please note, the only game on to one disk is through crusching the progran data. This does neas that every the disk has finished accessing so often, once data, the screen will flash for a fo seconds before anything else will conneace. I've tried to keep this down to Other ganes written by yours truly... Yep, here's a list of writtes which are in the following games I've written (only the ones I've my opinion quite good...) Emotional game in the style of KGB I suppose. Quite an easy (not for experienced, up a huge challenge player). Could well for people who wish be worth to convince themselves that they can complete an adventure gane The game was revised in Issue 94 95 issue All De Meg Amigas. Aailable from Arrow PD Price: 9p20p påp P.O. Box 7 Kent CT15 P Total Species: Adventure game again, this time commercial game freach. With view. A little more taxing in the style of the a top-down perspective then "Emotional Conflict", real experienced users as they'11 it finished within All Tuo Meg Amigas. but still not for probably have a few goes. Aailable from: Arrou FD P.O. Box 7 Price: 9p 70 pp Dover Kent CT15 AP Contentions Two player only, split screes, hest and kill the other player game. Similar to the P9 ganes Carnage, Extreme Violence and Tank Attack. There are many powerups you can find, while reming around nazes looking for your opponent. Game comes with a built-in construction you to create and save your own level nazes All Two Meg Amigas. The game was reviewed in the C and of CU eige from Floppy disk edition This tine a Licenceuare gane available 5th Dimension Licencere 1 Lower Hill Close For the were price of Goldtorpe Rotherhan 42.95 including phy South Yorkshire 363 981 Fairly new and P It is a Monkey Island style adventure gane set in a prison in which you have to escape. Requires 2 Mey and 05 2.0 I have written a few other telling you nou to avoid the following: (All games, but in my opinion they were so lane I'n FD Freeware/Shareware) The Summoning, Seed of Darkness, Pounds Island, Istrogash, Bag. seves ganes when I first started coding, now regret it. Space Eclipse, Fleegle I released then INALLY...LOOK OUT FOR: BEASTIES I That's all, so enjoy Beasties sa Margetts, Beasties Author 19% Firstrate Effex them onto that on or It path path: levels, notice and should be got one will and name. for an to call load in to then to you just to include a only it will disks kit, allowing and use then. April
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