ORBOTS the Game for Windows (ORBW) - readme.txt =============================================== Copyright (c) 1996 Sunshower Systems Inc. Table Of Contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview: Chapter One: 1.1 System Requirements 1.2 Installation 1.3 Registration 1.4 File Listing 1.5 Legal disclaimers Chapter Two: 2.1 About Shareware 2.2 ASP Ombudsman Statement ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview: --------- ORBOTS for Windows V1.0 The classic DOS game reincarnated for Windows! Orbots for Windows is a heart pounding, brain boggling, shoot 'em up, extravaganza. 256 color graphics are complemented with extraordinary digital sound. An adrenaline junkies dream! You must pilot the astro-chopper to defeat an invasion of half machine, half organo mutants from another dimension. They have plenty of surprises for you, and some nasty tricks for you to figure out. If you get through their defenses, you still must face their mother ship to defeat them. Good Luck. You'll need it! Chapter One: ------------ 1.1 System Requirements ORBOTS for Windows requires an IBM compatible computer with a 486-DX2/66 processor or better running windows 3.1 or better and a colour VGA video monitor and compatible video card with a video setting of 256 colors or more (the more the better). A Pentium computer running Windows 95 or better is highly recommended. About 2 MB of Hard Disk space is required. 1.2 Installation ****IMPORTANT**** You may use ORBOTS for a thirty day trial period free of charge. After thirty days you must register the software. See section 1.3 for more info. Please run the supplied install program to install ORBOTS for Windows to its own directory on your Hard Disk Drive. - In Windows 3.1 select FILE - RUN and choose Install.exe from the appropriate directory. Choose OK. - In Windows 95 select Start - RUN and choose Install.exe from the appropriate directory. Choose OK. - Follow the instruction to install ORBOTS to the drive and directory of your choice. - You may also view and print the Registration form or this file if you wish. Choose the appropriate option from the "File" menu. 1.3 Registration To register, please fill out the supplied registration form "register.txt" and send it to Pik A Program, along with the required payment. REGISTER.TXT may be printed from the supplied install program, or it may be loaded into a text editor. (notepad, wordpad, etc.) Complete registration information is also available by selecting help from the ORBOTS main menu. (Or try www.pik.com for online registration) When you register you will receive a complete, fully functional version of ORBOTS for Windows with no registration reminders. You will also receive THREE additional episodes of ORBOTS of eight levels each. 1.4 File Listing If there are problems installing or running the Screen Savers, make sure that the following files are located in the same directory as the install program, and try reinstalling. AL.RM_ FILE000.OB_ INSTALL.EXE ORBOTS.EX_ ORBOTS.HL_ RME.TX_ REG.TX_ S20.RM_ SUNDEMO.DA_ SUNGAMEA.OB_ SUNINTW.OB_ SUNSHWA.LE_ THEMES.LD_ ORB_RED.EX_ 1.5 Legal This file must always be distributed with the software. - All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Users of ORBOTS for Windows must accept this disclaimer of warranty: Terms & Conditions LIMITED WARRANTY. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS'. ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, ARE DISCLAIMED AS TO THE SOFTWARE AND ITS QUALITY PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK RELATING TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED BY THE USER. IN NO EVENT WILL SUNSHOWER SYSTEMS INC. BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR ANY DEFECT IN THE SOFTWARE. IF THE SOFTWARE PROVES TO HAVE DEFECTS, THE USER ASSUMES THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY SERVICING OR REPAIRS. Copyright (c) 1996 Sunshower Systems Inc. All rights reserved. All rights of reproduction in other media reserved. Chapter Two: ------------ 2.1 About Shareware Shareware is "try it before you buy it" software. Use the program for 30 days and decide whether you'll ever use it again. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. Orbots the Game is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered. If you find this program useful and find that you are using the Screen Savers, you must make a registration payment. The small registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. If you plan to keep the software, please pay the authors. These fees are small, and support some of the brightest programmers working today. 2.2 ASP Ombudsman Statement This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.