XGMAE v1.6                                                |
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 Writen By Lithium (aka Chris Adams) (C) 2001             |
 A TRINTS Online Game (www.geocities.com/trsint.geo)      '


Table of Contents                                         |
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1) Agreements and stuff                                   |
2) Credits                                                '
3) Controls
4) How to play


Agreements and stuff                                      |
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  This software follows the FREEWARE concept; you may     |
share it with your friends (and you are incouraged to do  '
so), BUT if this software does any damage to your system
(it shouldn't) then I am not to be held liable. If you do
not agree with these terms and agreements then please do
not use the software. Also, the source code IS included,
you will need QuickBASIC to compile it, if you want to
'hax0r' the source that is fine, if you want to use it for
learning purposes that is also fine. BUT please DO NOT 
abuse it, (like change a few things, compile it and
call it your own game)


Credits                                                   |
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  I would just like to thank the following people here;   |
without them XGMAE would not have been made possible.     '

 TaxDAY    : Did all of XGMAE's graphics! (spirtes
           : & images)
           :

 Bobby3999 : CosmoX Lib, and he did so much to help me.
           : http://www.cosmosoft.cjb.net
           : (CosmoX Lib rocks)

 Nodtviedt : All those awesome sound FX
           : 
           :

 Logiclord : His awesome keyboard ISR
           : http://www.logiclrd.cx
           :

 Zip       : For his line intersection formula
           : 
           :

 EvilGeek  : Helped me do a lot of testing (beta testing)
           :
           :

 Riceware  : For their slamin' IPX/SPX lib
           :
           :

 LordFrej  : For his 'MYTH' font. Many thanks.
           :
           :

 Wisdom    : Fot lots of help, and Ideas.
 Dude      : And he's just a great guy.
           :

 Dragon    : Beta testing, and stuff
 Fire      :
           :
 
 Victor    : Beta testing, and stuff
           :
           :

 Andrea    : For use of her computer...
 Adams     : but otherwise she is evil.
           : http://www.uglypeople.com

 My Mom    : For helping me check spelling and
           : grammar
           :

 Microsoft : Well, they did make QuickBASIC after all..
           : http://www.microsft.com
           :

 Jesus     : For my salvation.
 Christ    :
           : 


Controls                                                  |
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 Controls for a single player on a single computer:       |
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 Left Arrow                 : Rotate ship left
 Right Arrow                : Rotate ship right
 Up Arrow                   : Increase speed
 Down Arrow                 : Decrease speed
 Space                      : Fires weapon
 B                          : Special
 1-7 number keys            : Change weapon (not in multi-
                                             player mode)

 
 Controls for two players on one computer: (multiplayer)

 (Player 1)

 Left Arrow                 : Rotate ship left
 Right Arrow                : Rotate ship right
 Up Arrow                   : Increase speed
 Down Arrow                 : Decrease speed
 0 or INS on Num Pad        : Fires weapon

 (Player 2)

 A                          : Rotate ship left
 D                          : Rotate ship right
 W                          : Increase speed
 S                          : Decrease speed
 F                          : Fires weapon


How To Play                                               |
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 Training Mode:                                           |
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    To get in, in XGMAE, at the main menu, go to Training.
 Then when it asks you for a time limit use [UP] and
 [DOWN] to change the time limit, and [ENTER] to continue.
    
    Now, to play, simply blow up all the asteroids you
 can within the time limit, (and don't let them hit you).
 You have 7 weapons with unlimited ammo for all. Just use
 the 1 to 7 number keys to select your weapon. Here is a
 list of the weapons, their names, and what they do:


 # | Name           | Description                        
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 1 | Missiles       | Your typical missile.
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 2 | Freeze Laser    Freezes enemy on impact, you get a
   |                | Bonus for destroying frozen enemies.
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 3 | Mines          | Your typical mines (set one off
   |                | yourself, and lose a point)
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 4 | Cluster Mine   | Fires a cluster of mines, on impact
   |                | 8 mines are released from the bomb.
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 5 | Hypr Beam      | Fires two parallel beams of pure
   |                | energy, destroying EVERYTHING in 
   |                | their path.
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 6 | Mini Missiles  | Small Missiles, fired in a spread
   |                | pattern (3 per a shot) this weapon
   |                | is hard to miss with.
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 7 | RML 5000       | The RML 5000 is a drone that when
   |                | launched into space, circles around
   |                | randomly firing Minis. One thing
   |                | though, only one can be active at a
   |                | time.
---|----------------|------------------------------------

    Now, when you destroy an asteroid, you get 1 point,
 when you destroy a frozen asteroid, you get 2. If you
 hit an asteroid you lose 3, and if you hit your own
 mine you lose 1. The game ends whenever you press ESC
 or your time is up. It calculates your K-E by dividing
 your score by the amount of time that you played.
 If you get a high score, then after the Game Over screen
 the high score menu will pop up; you will see a section
 that has [Enter Name Here] as the name, and it will be
 highlighted in dark grey, press backspace until this
 name is deleted, then enter your name, and when you are
 done, hit Enter to continue.
 About every 10 seconds or so, a green space ship will
 fly across the speed, blow him up, and you get a bonus.
 Run into him, and lose 9 points.
 In this version you have to do somthing to get the RML
 5000, see if you can figure it out.
  

 Regular Game Mode:

    This is the part of XGmae which I spent the most
 time working on. The object is to get the required
 score. You get score by shooting enemies. The enemy
 gets score by shooting you. On the Right is your score
 bar, it is red. You have to get your score over the
 required score line. The level ends once all the enemies
 are destroyed, or the enemy's score bar is full. If you
 do not reach the required score, you will have to do
 the level over again--but you won't loose any lives.

     Your Score bar                  Enemy's Score Bar
    ---------------                 -------------------
 
 ---  <- Maximum score         Required Score ->  ---
 | |                                              | |
 ---  <- Required score                           | |
 | |                                              | |
 | |                            Current Score ->  |X|
 | |                                              |X|
 |X|  <- Current Score                            |X|
 |X|                                              |X|
 |X|                                              |X|
 ---                                              ---

 At the top, you will see the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.
 The number in red is the current weapon you have
 selected; the numbers in White are other weapons you
 have. The weapons in grey are weapons that you do not
 have.

 At the bottum of the screen, you will see your number of
 lives, and the name/amount of ammo on you current weapon.

 Sometimes when an enemy is destroyed, a power up will
 appear in its place. Just fly over the power up to pick
 it up.

 MultyPlayer Mode:

    To get into the multiplayer menu, in XGMAE, at the
 main menu, select MultiPlayer. It will bring up a list
 of levels on the left; use the Up and Down arrow keys
 to select levels. A preview of the level that your 
 cursor is over will be on the Right hand side (beside
 the level list); at the top is the level's name. Next
 you will see a graphical preview of the level. Next
 will be the Level type (Death Match or Capture the flag).
 Next will be the Score limit, and finally the time limit.
 To select that level press ENTER, (note for IPX/SPX, TCP
 /IP, or Modem games, both computers will have to select
 the SAME level). Once you have done this, you should be
 at the Method select menu. At the method select level
 you will have 5 choices:

  Two on One PC    : If you want to play two players on one
                     computer.

  IPX/SPX          : Play a game with a player on another
                     computer via IPX/SPX. (Network)

  TCP/IP (not yet) : Play a game with a player on another
                     computer via TCP/IP. (Internet)

  Modem (not yet)  : Play a game with a player on another 
                     computer via Modem connection.

   Now, how to play:

 Death Match:

   Simply shoot your opponent until either a score limit
 or a time limit has been reached


 Capture The Flag:

   Easy, just get your opponent's flag, and bring it to
 your flag; you will get a point, but only if your flag
 is at its spawn point. If your opponent has your flag,
 just shoot him, your flag will returned to its spawn
 point, and your opponent will be sent to his.

 NOTE: you cannot go off the screen and come back on the
       other side in Capture The Flag mode (to stop 
       cheating)
 