SonicX-treme V(9) by J.B. July 2003. 

Contents:
-Introduction
-Gameplay
-contact the author
-installation issues


Introduction
SonicX is a project that attempts to recreate the Sonic style of game, on the PC. The engine that sonicx uses is really quite close to the Sonic the hedgehog games created by SEGA in the early 1990s. It is not completely finished yet, but this is the final beta version. The final release will be available on the qbasic central website around mid 2005.

One of the cool things about the sonicX project, is that it lets users create levels using the level editor "leveled.exe". If you wish to make a level, read the levelmaking tuorial called "Level Construction Tutorial.doc". It is really comprehensive, and you should print it out so you can read it while you create levels.

Any levels you make can be submitted to the qbasic central website.
Many levels are available already at http://www.geocities.com/jo9992/slevel.html
In order to submit a level, you must send your level as an attachment to prodigy22k@yahoo.com


Gameplay:
To play sonicx, Run sonicx.exe, select a level from the menu and press start. The object of the game is to collect rings and find the exit pole. To accomplish this, you can run left and right, and also jump.

The keys for sonicx.exe are ;
up arrow      :  makes sonic jump    
right arrow   :  makes sonic run right
left arrow    :  makes sonic run left 
down arrow    :  makes sonic do the super spin dash if running and makes sonic look down if not
Esc           :  ends game



Contact the author:
Please send all correspondence regarding this release to my email
address at prodigy22k@yahoo.com.au.
The Qbasic central website is located at
http://www.geocities.com/jo9992/qbasic.html

Installation issues:

Install into any directory but make sure that all the *.bmp files are in the sub directory pics.

If the game doesn't work, then the problem that you are having with sonicx-treme may be related to the fact that sonicX uses EMS memory. Not every computer is configured for ems memory. To allow your computer to use ems memory, you must put the following two lines in your config.sys file.

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS 
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE 4000 RAM
If your having any trouble then remember that config.sys is located at
c:\config.sys you can open up config.sys with notepad. Now once this is
done, save config.sys and restart your computer. Now select sonicx.exe
and right click on it to select properties. Go to the memory page, and
under the EMS section, select Auto. Make sure that it isn't on None.
  Now it should run with out any trouble
   
