旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Pogo Games V1.0 � � Documentation � � By Derek Ripley � � St. Andrew's College Computer Science � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� V1.0 Officially Released Friday May 21, 1993. DESCRIPTION: Pogo Games is a video game in which the player must land on each of the game squares without being caught by his enemies. The purchasing of items from the pogo shop will allow the player to improve his performance on the game board. This program was an OAC computer science study project for at St. Andrew's College. It was written in TURING, a programming language by Holt Software and Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Turing is an excellent programming language because of it's clean syntax, meticulous error checking, and rare system lockups. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Pogo Games runs in VGA 640 X 480 video mode. It will run on an IBM XT, AT, or true IBM compatible, but it requires a colour monitor and must be run from a hard disk. SHAREWARE: Pogo Games is distributed as Shareware. You are free to try it and make copies for others. If you continue to use Pogo Games, you are asked to make a donation of $10.00 or more to the author to support continued development of this and other software. FILES: The program package includes about sixty files. They will occupy about 4 MB of disk space when the program is fully uncompressed. All files should be in the same directory on the hard drive. All these files must be included when distributing this program. The program will not run if the package is incomplete. SUPPORT: Support for this product is available through the author. You can reach me by writing to: Derek Ripley, 485 Napier St., Collingwood, Ontario, Canada L9Y 3T8 I would appreciate hearing any suggestions or comments about this program or if you encounter any problems in using it. You may feel to write me directly for mail support. I will attempt to fix problems reported to me. LICENSE: This program is provided "as-is". No warranties of any kind, express or implied, are made as to it or any medium it may be on. I will provide no remedy for indirect, consequential, punitive or incidental damages arising from it, including such from negligence, strict liability, or breach of warranty or contract, even after notice of the possibility of such damages. This program is marketed as shareware. This means that you have a thirty day trial period for the program before you are obligated to send a contribution of $10 to the author. This contribution will allow the author to provide future programs. Please feel free to distribute this program, on the condition that it is distributed in complete unmodified form. Page 2 Playing Pogo Games -------------------- To play pogo games, copy and uncompress the files included on the distribution disk onto your hard disk with pkzip. Begin the game by typing POGO at the dos prompt. At this time a demo will begin. The demo can be skipped by pressing a key. When the demo completes, you will be at the main menu. Use the cursor keys to select your option, and the enter key to select it. Instructions -------------- To see the instructions select the instructions from the menu. An instructions screen will be displayed. Press any key to return to the main menu. Change Features ----------------- The Change Features option allows you to modify settings within the program. Use the cursor keys to select the item you wish to modify. SOUND: To turn the sound on or off, move the menu bar to this option. Press enter to toggle the option. CLEAR DEMOS: To turn on or off the scrolling demos which clear the screen select this option. SCROLL BAR: To turn the scrolling bar of text which runs along the bottom line of the screen on or off, press enter on this option. # OF LIVES: To Change the number of lives given to you during each game, press enter on this option. You may have between 2 an 8 lives per game. DEMOS: If you wish to turn the demo displays which occur throughout the game on or off, select this option. SPEED RATIO: If this game runs to fast on your computer, change the value stored in this option. KEYS: To select new keys for the main game, press enter on this option. The computer will request the new keys in sequence. Enter the keys in UPPER CASE. Only letters (no numbers or F keys) will be accepted. Page 3 QUIT: If you wish to save the new settings you have made on this screen to the disk then press Y. This will make your settings always be the same when you reload the game next time you play. If you do not wish to save your settings to disk, press N. You will return to the main menu after you make your selection. Enter Cheat Code ------------------ After the completion of each level, the computer will give you a cheat code. To begin play at the level you died on, select this option from the menu, and then enter the cheat code. If the cheat code was entered correctly the game will automatically begin from the level corresponding that code. If you repeatedly try to enter random cheat codes in an attempt to guess them, the cheat codes option will become deactivated. Play Games ------------ To begin the game, select this option. Use the keys displayed in the upper right corner of the screen to move your player. Avoid the enemy figures, and land on every square. When you have landed on every square you will have completed the level. You will be awarded $5 for each square you land on, plus an extra $100 bonus for completing each level. When you finish a level, you will be given a new cheat code, and an opportunity to visit the pogo shop. Press 9 at that time to visit the Pogo Shop and spend your money, otherwise press any key to play the next level. The game will continue like this for fifty levels. The F1 key can be pressed during play to pause the game. The F2 key can be pressed during play to quit. The numerical keys (numbers 1 through 5) can be used to use items you have purchased at the Pogo Shop. If enemy figures move to fast, then change their speed in the change features menu. The Pogo Shop --------------- When entering the pogo shop, you will be given three options. Select your preference with the cursor keys and the enter key. VIEW ITEMS YOU OWN: To view the items which you presently own, select this option from the menu, and they will be displayed on the screen. RETURN TO GAME: To return to the game, select this option. Page 4 SELECT AN ITEM FROM THE POGO SHOP: Select this option if you wish to purchase an item from the Pogo Shop. Remember that you are spending the money which you have earned from the game. Use the cursor keys to select the item you wish to buy. To see the next screen of items, select the "Next" option. There are three screens of items which can be purchased. Each item has a different purpose, such as allowing you to skip levels, making you invincible to enemies, and giving you new lives. Some items are useless. Once you have selected you item, you will return to the Shop Menu. You may now purchase a second item, view your items, or return to the game. Concluding Remarks ---------------------- I hope that you enjoy this program, and play it frequently. I only ask you in parting: Can you complete level 50? Good Luck