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File contents
Car Wars Written By Ben Mansell
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The year is 2047 and the sport of motor
racing has changed when it was realised that the
best part of grand prixs were the spectacular
crashes, not the racing. The object now is to
crash the opposition, not win any races. To help
drivers, all cars are quipped with sophisticated
weapons systems to blast the others off the road.
The object of this 'realistic simulation' is
simple - destroy the other car in a head to head
battle! One or two players can control the cars,
and must destroy the other player before being
killed. Better weapons can be collected by
driving over the icons as they appear. (On the
menu or title screen, look at bonuses for a
description of them.) Energy is shown by the
bars at the top of the screen, and can be
increased by bonuses. On the one player game,
there are 8 levels of increasing difficulty to
try, while the two player game is simply a
head to head duel. Also on the one player
version are bonus levels. On these, you can
collect power-ups before the race to give you the
edge in the coming battle.
Controls:
=========
Game keys: These can be redefined by selecting
option '2' on the title page.
Default settings are:
Player 1 Player 2
Left A 1
Right S 2
Up R 6
Down D 3
Fire T +
Number of players: Changeable also by selecting
the options page, then pressing '1'
Volume: This is controlled on the title screen,
by using the arrow keys.
Returning to desktop: You can return by selecting
option '3' on the title page.
Pause: Click a mouse button in the game to pause.
The computer returns to the desktop,
and to continue the game, click on the
car icon.
Quitting the game: Press all of the mouse buttons
whilst in the game to quit the
current game and return to the title
screen.
Quitting: Select the quit option from the menu
in the desktop. Car Wars will attempt
to save the highscore table. 00000000 43 61 72 20 57 61 72 73 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |Car Wars | 00000010 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 57 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 42 | Written B| 00000020 79 20 42 65 6e 20 4d 61 6e 73 65 6c 6c 0a 3d 3d |y Ben Mansell.==| 00000030 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |================| * 00000050 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 20 20 54 |===========.. 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(On th| 000002c0 65 0a 6d 65 6e 75 20 6f 72 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 |e.menu or title | 000002d0 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2c 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 61 74 20 |screen, look at | 000002e0 62 6f 6e 75 73 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 61 0a 64 65 |bonuses for a.de| 000002f0 73 63 72 69 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |scription of the| 00000300 6d 2e 29 20 45 6e 65 72 67 79 20 69 73 20 73 68 |m.) Energy is sh| 00000310 6f 77 6e 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 0a 62 61 72 73 20 |own by the.bars | 00000320 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |at the top of th| 00000330 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 |e screen, and ca| 00000340 6e 20 62 65 0a 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 64 20 62 |n be.increased b| 00000350 79 20 62 6f 6e 75 73 65 73 2e 20 4f 6e 20 74 68 |y bonuses. 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00000430 2d 75 70 73 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 |-ups before the | 00000440 72 61 63 65 20 74 6f 20 67 69 76 65 20 79 6f 75 |race to give you| 00000450 20 74 68 65 0a 65 64 67 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 | the.edge in the| 00000460 20 63 6f 6d 69 6e 67 20 62 61 74 74 6c 65 2e 0a | coming battle..| 00000470 0a 43 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 73 3a 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |.Controls:.=====| 00000480 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 47 61 6d 65 20 6b 65 79 73 3a |====..Game keys:| 00000490 20 54 68 65 73 65 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 72 65 | These can be re| 000004a0 64 65 66 69 6e 65 64 20 62 79 20 73 65 6c 65 63 |defined by selec| 000004b0 74 69 6e 67 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ting. | 000004c0 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 27 32 27 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |option '2' on th| 000004d0 65 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 70 61 67 65 2e 0a 20 20 |e title page.. | 000004e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 44 65 66 61 75 6c 74 | Default| 000004f0 20 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 73 20 61 72 65 3a 0a 0a | settings are:..| 00000500 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 50 6c 61 79 65 | Playe| 00000510 72 20 31 20 20 20 20 50 6c 61 79 65 72 20 32 0a |r 1 Player 2.| 00000520 4c 65 66 74 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 41 20 |Left A | 00000530 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 31 0a 52 69 67 68 | 1.Righ| 00000540 74 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 53 20 20 20 20 20 |t S | 00000550 20 20 20 20 20 20 32 0a 55 70 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 2.Up | 00000560 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | R | 00000570 20 20 36 0a 44 6f 77 6e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | 6.Down | 00000580 20 20 44 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 33 0a | D 3.| 00000590 46 69 72 65 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 20 |Fire T | 000005a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2b 0a 0a 4e 75 6d | +..Num| 000005b0 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 73 3a 20 |ber of players: | 000005c0 43 68 61 6e 67 65 61 62 6c 65 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 |Changeable also | 000005d0 62 79 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6e 67 0a 20 20 20 |by selecting. | 000005e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 74 69 | the opti| 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69 63 6b 20 61 20 6d 6f 75 |use: Click a mou| 000006d0 73 65 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |se button in the| 000006e0 20 67 61 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 70 61 75 73 65 2e 0a | game to pause..| 000006f0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 63 | The c| 00000700 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 73 20 |omputer returns | 00000710 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 2c 0a |to the desktop,.| 00000720 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 61 6e 64 20 74 | and t| 00000730 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 65 20 74 68 65 20 67 |o continue the g| 00000740 61 6d 65 2c 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |ame, click on th| 00000750 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 63 61 72 |e. car| 00000760 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 0a 0a 51 75 69 74 74 69 6e 67 | icon...Quitting| 00000770 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 3a 20 50 72 65 73 73 | the game: Press| 00000780 20 61 6c 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 | all of the mous| 00000790 65 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 73 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 |e buttons. | 000007a0 20 20 20 20 20 77 68 69 6c 73 74 20 69 6e 20 74 | whilst in t| 000007b0 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 74 6f 20 71 75 69 74 20 |he game to quit | 000007c0 74 68 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 63 |the. c| 000007d0 75 72 72 65 6e 74 20 67 61 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 20 |urrent game and | 000007e0 72 65 74 75 72 6e 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 |return to the ti| 000007f0 74 6c 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 73 |tle. s| 00000800 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 0a 0a 51 75 69 74 74 69 6e 67 |creen...Quitting| 00000810 3a 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 20 71 75 69 |: Select the qui| 00000820 74 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 |t option from th| 00000830 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |e menu. | 00000840 20 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 | in the desktop| 00000850 2e 20 43 61 72 20 57 61 72 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |. Car Wars will | 00000860 61 74 74 65 6d 70 74 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |attempt. | 00000870 20 20 20 74 6f 20 73 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 68 | to save the h| 00000880 69 67 68 73 63 6f 72 65 20 74 61 62 6c 65 2e |ighscore table.| 0000088f
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