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- STARDATE 2140.2: BATTLES ON DISTANT PLANETS
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- Release 1.9 - August 18, 1994
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- DISTRIBUTION
-
- STARDATE 2140.2: BATTLES ON DISTANT PLANETS (BATTLES 1.9) and all
- additional scenarios are Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 - Glacier Edge
- Technology - All Rights Reserved.
-
- This basic game and the "A Night on Rangor" scenario, included
- in bdp190.zip are distributed as shareware.
-
- Please make copies of bdp190.zip, and give to your friends or upload
- to other BBS. Only the basic game and the "A Night on Rangor"
- scenarios are shareware. All additional scenarios and the licensed
- version of the game are not shareware.
-
- No fees can be collected for the copies of bdp190.zip which you give
- away.
-
- Those companies who distribute shareware, on disks or CD-ROMs for a
- fee, either via mail or rack, please see the distributor note below.
-
- Please copy or upload only bdp190.zip and not the individual files.
- Please do not remove or modify any files contained in bdp190.zip.
-
- This file which is included in bdp190.zip, must be retained in
- any copies distributed.
-
-
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- INSTALLATION
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- BATTLES 1.9 is a Windows 3.x application and must be installed
- on a hard disk drive. You should copy the bdp190.zip file to
- a new directory, preferably called \BATTLES, before unzipping
- the file.
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- BATTLES 1.9 will expect to find it's initialization file, "bdp.ini",
- in the default Windows directory, which is usually C:\WINDOWS.
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- You should copy the "bdp.ini" file to the default windows
- directory.
-
- Refer to your Windows 3.x User's Guide for the procedure to
- install the BATTLES 1.9 application and icon in the program group
- of your choice.
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- The User Manual is on-line, via the HELP menu item of the main
- menu, and you should read it before attempting to play the game.
- Also each scenario has both INFORMATION and HISTORY, which should
- be read before attempting to play a scenario.
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- SOUND SUPPORT
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- BATTLES 1.9 will provide sound support for the standard PC speaker
- or for Microsoft Multimedia Audio compatible sound boards under
- Windows 3.1 or greater.
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- If you have Windows 3.0, you should upgrade to Windows 3.1 to
- receive the best sound effects.
-
- The SoundBlaster Sound Board support provided previously under
- Windows 3.0, via the sndblst.dll which had been available from
- Creative Labs, Inc., has been discontinued due to the withdrawal
- of support for the sndblst.dll by Creative Labs, Inc.
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- If you do not receive sound effects from BATTLES 1.9, and you
- do have a compatible sound card, please test your configuration
- using the Media Player (provided with MS Windows 3.1) and the
- standard .mid and .wav files also provided with MS Windows 3.1.
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- SHAREWARE
-
- The shareware version of the game STARDATE 2140.2: BATTLES ON
- DISTANT PLANETS: "A Night On Rangor", will only play 25 turns
- of the 50 turn scenario.
-
- If you are not ordering additional scenarios, but have enjoyed
- STARDATE 2140.2: BATTLES ON DISTANT PLANETS: A NIGHT ON RANGOR,
- and wish to finish it, please send $5.00 (US) plus shipping
- to the Glacier Edge Technology address, and we will send you
- a disk with the shareware version of BATTLES 1.9 which can
- complete the "A Night On Rangor" scenario.
-
-
- Registration include the complete "A Night On Rangor" scenario
- and up to all the following scenarios:
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- Desert Counter Attack
-
- Command the remnants of Terran Rangor Strike Force,
- after the Rangor raid, who land on the planet Saudis,
- a desert world, and make repairs in order to continue
- onward to Terra. Unfortunately, the bugs find them
- and the Terrans must fight off the Tior'ons.
-
- The Princess
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- The beautiful Princess Yoi, daughter of Maden the
- warlord of Aguilar, has been kidnapped by Ro'Der
- of the evil Mercan Trog and is being held in his
- starfort. An Aguilarian assault force of Warriors,
- Warlords and Hebeast Calvery must rescue her.
- Warriors and Warlords are deployed with magical
- power armor, and the Hebeast fire breathe is great
- for roasting the spitting Trogs. An intense, urban,
- house-to-house and rescue tactical problem.
-
- Netherworld
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- The evil Kar'dare are completing their new Helius Weapon,
- which destroys stars. As the Kar'daren complex commander,
- command the Slinker and Oker Mechs to defend the Helius.
- As the Terran Assault Force commander you must locate the
- base on the tropical planet Tara Lie and direct the Terran
- Battle and Scout Mechs, with Hovercraft Transports and
- Mech Infantry, to destroy the Helius before it can be
- taken off planet.
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- All these additional scenarios can be obtained by sending a check or
- money order for $25.00 plus $3.00 shipping and handling ($28.00 US)
- (Orders outside the USA should add $5.00 for shipping).
-
- Or you can order just the "Desert Counter Attack" scenario for
- $10.00 plus shipping,
-
- or you can order the "Desert Counter Attack" and "The Princess"
- scenarios for $20.00 plus shipping,
-
- or you can order the "Desert Counter Attack", "The Princess" and
- "Netherworld" scenarios for $25.00 plus shipping.
-
- Send your order to:
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- Glacier Edge Technology
- 4820 East Kentucky Ave. Suite E
- Glendale, Co. 80222
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- You will receive disks with the appropriate scenarios and the
- licensed version of the game. Please indicate 5.25 inch disk
- or 3.5 inch disk preference and scenarios desired with your order.
-
- The additional scenarios and the licensed version of the game
- are not SHAREWARE, and may not be copied or distributed.
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- TECHNICAL SUPPORT
-
- Battles is a huge Windows application, and accordingly so, places
- a large demand on your system. We recommend that you have a minimum
- of 4MB of RAM, and nothing else running (just Windows 3.x) at the
- time, also we recommend running Battles from a hard disk.
-
- If you experience any problems with the game or scenarios, please
- write down the configuration of your system, the scenario you were
- playing, what you where trying to do when the problem occurred,
- and a detailed description of the problem as best as you can,
- and send it to the Glacier Edge Technology address. If possible
- save the game (*.svg) and mail it on a disk or E-Mail it.
-
- If you have any questions or comments about Battles, you can send
- them to the Glacier Edge Technology address or if you prefer,
- you can send E-Mail to:
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- Compuserv - 70621,160
- INTERNET - edybs@ix.netcom.com
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- ****************** DISTRIBUTORS PLEASE NOTE **********************
-
- If you are a shareware distributor, and would like to distribute
- BATTLES 1.9 on media which you resale, then you must register the one
- copy you use for a master in order to obtain written permission to
- distribute the BATTLES 1.9 game on your media.
-
- The minimum registration is $15.00 plus applicable shipping.
-
- You will receive a special version of the shareware version of BATTLES
- 1.9 which contains an advertisement for your distribution service on
- the title and closing screens of the game.
-
- You will then be authorized to distribute the shareware version of
- game. If you do not register, then you do not have permission to
- distribute this game, and would be violating U.S. Copyright laws if
- you were to distribute this game.
-
- Those who develop SHAREWARE products need the support of the
- users and distributors of the SHAREWARE products in order to
- continue developing new SHAREWARE products for your use.
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- This particular product took over a year, full time, to develop
- and to become available for your use and enjoyment.
-
- Your support of this SHAREWARE product will be greatly appreciated.
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- We hope you enjoy STARDATE 2140.2: BATTLES ON DISTANT PLANETS!
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