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Acumen Software
presents...
Micro! Deluxe (version 1.0)
by Adrian B. Danieli
Copyright (C) 1995 Acumen Software
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Features
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Beautiful 3-D, animated graphics which fully exploit the VGA's 256-color
palette.
Large 4-way scrolling playfield.
20 levels of play in the shareware version, 80 in the registered version
Intuitive joystick & keyboard controls.
Music support:
Roland LAPC-I / MT-32 (or compatible).
General MIDI (MPU-401 compliant).
FM synthesis (Adlib or compatible).
Sound support:
Sound Blaster (or compatible) digitized effects.
Roland LAPC-I / MT-32 (or compatible).
FM synthesis (Adlib or compatible).
PC speaker.
Easy-to-use installation and setup program.
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Requirements
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286 (or higher) CPU required.
VGA card.
hard disk with 1.5 MB of disk space free.
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Recommended
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fast 386, 486, Pentium (or higher) CPU.
fast VGA card.
Roland LAPC-I / MT-32 (or compatible) for music.
Sound Blaster (or compatible) for digitized sound effects.
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Contents of this Document
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1.0 Objective
2.0 Installation / Setup
3.0 Starting the Game
3.1 The Main Menu
4.0 Begin Play
4.1 Skipping Levels
4.2 Level Information
4.3 Game Controls
4.4 Floor Tiles
4.5 Game Objects
4.6 End of Level
5.0 Level Designer
5.1 The Piece Menu
5.2 The Level Menu
5.3 The File Menu
6.0 How to Order
6.1 How to Contact Acumen Software
6.2 Legal stuff
7.0 Credits
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(1.0) Objective
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The object of this game is to eliminate all the spheres
in the playfield by redirecting a single laser beam. You
control Micro -- a cute, purple ball. By rotating and
moving mirrors, pushing obstacles, and throwing switches,
you'll help Micro advance through many levels of unique
puzzles that range in difficulty level from the intuitively
obvious to nearly impossible.
Each level has a required number of spheres you must
destroy in order to proceed to the next level. Often, there
are more spheres on the screen than required. Destroying
all the spheres can be a very challenging task even for a
quick, perceptive player (like yourself).
Users who have purchased the registered version of this
game receive an additional 60 levels of brain-teasers and a
level designer which allows them to create and play their
own puzzle sets.
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(2.0) Installation / Setup
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First, run the installation program: MINSTALL (from a
floppy or hard disk). This program will copy and decompress
the game files to your hard disk in a directory you specify
("C:\MICRODLX" for example). The file MDLXSHAR.CQZ (or
MDLXREGV.CQZ in the registered version) must be in the same
directory as the MINSTALL executable file.
Once installation is complete, you should be in the
newly-created directory we have made for this game. You
will have to change to this directory each time you wish to
play. Now run the setup program to configure the game:
MSETUP.
The following music configurations are supported:
None -- if you don't own a music card or don't want music
Roland LAPC-I / MT-32 sound module (or compatible)
General MIDI (MPU-401 compliant)
FM synthesis (Adlib or compatible)
The following sound configurations are supported:
None -- if you don't want any sound effects
Sound Blaster (or compatible) single-channel digitized
sound
Sound Blaster overlapping, digitized sound effects (for
fast computers)
Roland LAPC-I / MT-32 sound module (or compatible)
FM synthesis (Adlib or compatible)
PC speaker
If you own a joystick, make that selection from the
controller menu. The program will now calibrate your
joystick: simply hold the joystick in the direction asked
and press and release a button. Note: Many computers have
turbo switches. Be sure that the speed the computer is
running at when you calibrate the joystick is the same speed
at which you play the game. This is because the joystick
routines are time-sensitive.
Once you have configured the game, select the save and
exit option from the main menu. You are now ready to play
the game.
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(3.0) Starting the Game
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Change to the directory on your hard drive which
contains this game (for example CD \MICRODLX), then run:
MICRODLX. The game title screen followed by the main menu
should appear. If the game crashes, or if the sound output
sounds messed up, your sound/music card settings are most
likely invalid. Rerun the setup program and check all the
settings. Make sure everything is correct, then try to
execute the game again. Note: This game may not run
correctly from within Microsoft Windows on slower systems,
this includes the DOS prompt. It is suggested that you exit
Windows completely to play the game.
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(3.1) The Main Menu
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There are five (5) options on the main menu: Begin
Play, Level Designer, High Scores, How to Play, and Exit.
The Begin Play selection is explained below, the Level
Designer is described in detail later on in this document.
The High Scores option displays the top five players
for each level in the current puzzle set. Usually the
current puzzle set will be the "normal" puzzle set, however
if you are using the registered version, the high scores
file of the last puzzle set played will be displayed.
The How to Play option is a brief overview of the game.
It should be enough to get most people started. Reading the
full documentation is recommended, however. (But we don't
have to tell you that!)
The Exit option should be self-explanatory.
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(4.0) Begin Play
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At this sub-menu you can select the puzzle set type you
wish to play. The normal puzzle set is found in both
versions of this game and contains 20 different levels.
Registered users have access to the registered puzzle set
which includes an addition 60 levels of play, as well as
custom puzzle sets which you or other registered users have
created.
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