Tear Down the Wall Copyright (c), 1990, 1991 by Chet Langin, all rights reserved Langin Software 532 W. 3rd St. Centralia, IL 62801 CIS: 73770,615 _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER Users of "Tear Down the Wall" must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "Tear Down the Wall" is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of it. <<< Page 2 >>> Table of Contents Welcome 3 Who is this program for? 3 What is this program? 3 Installation 3 Tutorial 4 Appendix A -- A list of files 5 Appendix B -- Troubleshooting 5 <<< Page 3 >>> *************** ** Welcome ** *************** Welcome to "Tear Down the Wall." ******************************** ** Who is this program for? ** ******************************** This is a stratagy game for kids and adults. ***************************** ** What is this program? ** ***************************** "Tear Down the Wall" is a strategy game invented by the author where players are awarded points for destroying the most bricks in a wall. Bricks have different point values and hardness. The hardness determines how the wall crumbles. Play against a human opponent or against the computer. Select Help from the game menu for the exact rules of the game. ******************** ** Installation ** ******************** What this program needs: > 384K of memory > Any monitor > MS-DOS 2.0 or higher No installation is required. Enter WALL to start the program. All of the program's files must be in the default directory. <<< Page 4 >>> **************** ** Tutorial ** **************** If you are reading this on your computer screen, you should first print the manual. Make sure all of files are in the default directory. Refer to a DOS manual to see what this means. To print the manual, enter PRINTMAN at the DOS prompt. It is assumed that you will be looking at the printed manual as you try out the program. The tutorial is a series of steps. 1) Start the program. Enter: WALL 2) Read the copyright notice, then continue: Press: 3) The wall has already been built and is ready to go. Select a brick with the arrow keys or mouse and watch the wall begin to crumble. 4) The computer will select a brick to play against you. Watch the scores at the top of the screen. 5) It is your turn again. Select a brick that supports others so that more will fall. 6) Keep alternating turns with the computer until no more bricks are left. The computer will annouce the winner. 7) Select NEW GAME from the menu to keep playing (press to get the menu if it is not displayed). 8) To exit the program, Press: <<< Page 5 >>> ****************** ** Appendix A ** ****************** The files included with DosEA. MANUAL.TXT This file! PRINTMAN.BAT A batch file to print the manual. README.TXT A file with important information. README.BAT A batch file which displays README.TXT. WALL.EXE The program, itself. WALL.OVL An overlay. ORDERFRM.TXT The order form to register. REGISTER.BAT A batch file which prints the order form. VENDOR.DOC A text file with information for shareware distributors. ****************** ** Appendix B ** ****************** Troubleshooting. >>> You get a "file not found" message. All of the files must be in the default directory. Check a manual on DOS to see what this means. >>> Possible incompatibility There has been one report that Tear Down the Wall does not work properly with NANSI.SYS. Remove NANSI.SYS and then try, again.