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Aquanaut! an arcade game for OS/2
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Aquanaut is a fast paced arcade-type game for OS/2.  It makes full use of 
MMPM/2 for extensive sound effects and background music.

The idea of the game is to control a submarine over the ocean floor, to
save treasure chests which are being looted by a variety of underwater
monsters.  As you zoom under the ocean blue you'll encounter giant seahorses,
jellyfish, U-boats, torpedoes, all of them bent on your destruction.  If
you're lucky you'll find a mermaid or rubber ring to help you against the
onslaught of monsters.

Your sub is equipped with a powerful laser cannon and scatter bombs, which
kill everything in sight.  It also has the capability to aqua-warp to 
another location on the ocean floor.  A sonar display helps you locate the
treasure and monsters in your proximity.

The sub may be controlled either through definable keys or using the mouse.
There are many options to define the setup of the game including object size,
game speed, enabling of eneny bullets and sonar display, enabling of sound
and music...

All settings are saved between games, including the high-score table.

To install aquanaut:

1) Make a directory for Aquanaut!.

2) Copy/download AQUANAUT.ZIP to this directory

3) Unzip the ZIP file.  This should generate AQUANAUT.EXE, AQUANAUT.HLP, 
   AQUANAUT.MID and 20 .WAV files

4) Either copy AQUANAUT.HLP to a directory within your HELP path 
   (Eg. C:\OS2\HELP) or modify the HELP environment variable in CONFIG.SYS
   to include your AQUANAUT directory.

5) Delete AQUANAUT.ZIP

6) Type 'AQUANAUT' and you're ready to go!


REGISTRATION
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This game is fully playable from the moment you first execute it.  However,
until you register the game, a dialog box will pop-up every time the game is
run to remind you to register.  Furthermore, the Mermaid and Rubber Ring
objects (which are perhaps the best part of the game!) will be disabled.

The help text details how to register the game, but for those unwilling to
read it there, it basically says that you can register the game be sending
your registration name together with a check or money order for $10 (US) to:

		Paul Stanley,
		2003 N. Swinton Avenue,
		Delray Beach,
		Florida 33444.
		USA.

If you also send me your e-mail address I can return your registration ID
promptly to you that way.

Best of luck!