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| File size: | 0660 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
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File contents
IMPORTANT NOTICE As promised, this is the full version of Cavern Duel. We have released it as freeware, as we realise that it is not up to the high standard that Acorn games players deserve, thus making it difficult to justify giving it a price tag. This is the first and last release of Cavern Duel. Since 1993, when development started, the time devoted to it has become less and less, and it has now reached the point where it is not worth doing any more. We cannot promise whether there will be a sequel. At the moment, the answer is no, as we cannot commit ourselves for the forseeable future. Graeme will be continuing to write games, but myself will not be programming any more, as my interest in graphics and multimedia authoring takes priority. A couple of changes have been made to the game, and the editor has been tweaked slightly. Both applications have a History file in their Documents directories, which can be accessed by shift-double clicking the applications. This release of the game uses a timing loop, so StrongArm users can play the game at a safe speed (we hope. See the 'Machines' file for more details), and the 1mb memory saving routine has been removed, as from the demo, because the routine was actually crashing the test machine I was using at IDG House, while I worked there in the summer of 1997, on the third Acorn User cover CD-ROM! All the contact details can be found in the !Help file within !CavenDuel. So do drop us a line. We are always interested to hear from fellow Acorn users about the general scene, or other matters. All the best, Stephen Scott Graeme Scott 5th December, 1997
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We have | 00000050 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 64 20 69 74 20 61 73 20 66 |released it as f| 00000060 72 65 65 77 61 72 65 2c 20 61 73 20 77 65 20 72 |reeware, as we r| 00000070 65 61 6c 69 73 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 69 |ealise that it i| 00000080 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 75 70 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |s not up to the | 00000090 68 69 67 68 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 20 74 68 |high standard th| 000000a0 61 74 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 67 61 6d 65 73 20 70 |at Acorn games p| 000000b0 6c 61 79 65 72 73 20 64 65 73 65 72 76 65 2c 20 |layers deserve, | 000000c0 74 68 75 73 20 6d 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 64 |thus making it d| 000000d0 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 20 74 6f 20 6a 75 73 74 |ifficult to just| 000000e0 69 66 79 20 67 69 76 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 61 20 |ify giving it a | 000000f0 70 72 69 63 65 20 74 61 67 2e 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 |price tag...This| 00000100 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 61 6e | is the first an| 00000110 64 20 6c 61 73 74 20 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 20 6f |d last release o| 00000120 66 20 43 61 76 65 72 6e 20 44 75 65 6c 2e 20 53 |f Cavern Duel. S| 00000130 69 6e 63 65 20 31 39 39 33 2c 20 77 68 65 6e 0a |ince 1993, when.| 00000140 64 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 6d 65 6e 74 20 73 74 61 72 |development star| 00000150 74 65 64 2c 20 74 68 65 20 74 69 6d 65 20 64 65 |ted, the time de| 00000160 76 6f 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 69 74 20 68 61 73 20 |voted to it has | 00000170 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 20 6c 65 73 73 20 61 6e 64 20 |become less and | 00000180 6c 65 73 73 2c 0a 61 6e 64 20 69 74 20 68 61 73 |less,.and it has| 00000190 20 6e 6f 77 20 72 65 61 63 68 65 64 20 74 68 65 | now reached the| 000001a0 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 69 74 20 | point where it | 000001b0 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 77 6f 72 74 68 20 64 6f 69 |is not worth doi| 000001c0 6e 67 20 61 6e 79 20 6d 6f 72 65 2e 0a 0a 57 65 |ng any more...We| 000001d0 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 70 72 6f 6d 69 73 65 20 | cannot promise | 000001e0 77 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 77 69 |whether there wi| 000001f0 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 61 20 73 65 71 75 65 6c 2e 20 |ll be a sequel. | 00000200 41 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 2c 20 74 |At the moment, t| 00000210 68 65 20 61 6e 73 77 65 72 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 2c |he answer is no,| 00000220 20 61 73 20 77 65 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 63 6f | as we cannot co| 00000230 6d 6d 69 74 20 6f 75 72 73 65 6c 76 65 73 20 66 |mmit ourselves f| 00000240 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 73 65 65 61 62 6c |or the forseeabl| 00000250 65 20 66 75 74 75 72 65 2e 20 47 72 61 65 6d 65 |e future. Graeme| 00000260 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 | will be continu| 00000270 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 67 61 6d |ing to write gam| 00000280 65 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 6d 79 73 65 6c 66 20 77 |es, but myself w| 00000290 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 |ill not be progr| 000002a0 61 6d 6d 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 79 20 6d 6f 72 65 2c |amming any more,| 000002b0 20 61 73 20 6d 79 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 20 | as my interest | 000002c0 69 6e 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 61 6e 64 20 |in graphics and | 000002d0 6d 75 6c 74 69 6d 65 64 69 61 20 61 75 74 68 6f |multimedia autho| 000002e0 72 69 6e 67 20 74 61 6b 65 73 20 70 72 69 6f 72 |ring takes prior| 000002f0 69 74 79 2e 0a 0a 41 20 63 6f 75 70 6c 65 20 6f |ity...A couple o| 00000300 66 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 |f changes have b| 00000310 65 65 6e 20 6d 61 64 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 |een made to the | 00000320 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 65 64 |game, and the ed| 00000330 69 74 6f 72 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 74 77 |itor has been tw| 00000340 65 61 6b 65 64 20 73 6c 69 67 68 74 6c 79 2e 20 |eaked slightly. | 00000350 42 6f 74 68 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e |Both application| 00000360 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 48 69 73 74 6f 72 79 |s have a History| 00000370 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 44 | file in their D| 00000380 6f 63 75 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f |ocuments directo| 00000390 72 69 65 73 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 61 6e 20 |ries, which can | 000003a0 62 65 20 61 63 63 65 73 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 73 |be accessed by s| 000003b0 68 69 66 74 2d 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 63 6c 69 63 |hift-double clic| 000003c0 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 |king the applica| 000003d0 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 72 65 6c |tions...This rel| 000003e0 65 61 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 |ease of the game| 000003f0 20 75 73 65 73 20 61 20 74 69 6d 69 6e 67 20 6c | uses a timing l| 00000400 6f 6f 70 2c 20 73 6f 20 53 74 72 6f 6e 67 41 72 |oop, so StrongAr| 00000410 6d 20 75 73 65 72 73 20 63 61 6e 20 70 6c 61 79 |m users can play| 00000420 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 61 74 20 61 20 73 | the game at a s| 00000430 61 66 65 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 28 77 65 20 68 6f |afe speed (we ho| 00000440 70 65 2e 20 53 65 65 20 74 68 65 20 27 4d 61 63 |pe. See the 'Mac| 00000450 68 69 6e 65 73 27 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 |hines' file for | 00000460 6d 6f 72 65 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c 73 29 2c 20 61 |more details), a| 00000470 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 31 6d 62 20 6d 65 6d 6f 72 |nd the 1mb memor| 00000480 79 20 73 61 76 69 6e 67 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 |y saving routine| 00000490 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 72 65 6d 6f 76 65 | has been remove| 000004a0 64 2c 20 61 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 64 |d, as from the d| 000004b0 65 6d 6f 2c 20 62 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 |emo, because the| 000004c0 20 72 6f 75 74 69 6e 65 20 77 61 73 20 61 63 74 | routine was act| 000004d0 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 63 72 61 73 68 69 6e 67 20 74 |ually crashing t| 000004e0 68 65 20 74 65 73 74 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 |he test machine | 000004f0 49 20 77 61 73 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 61 74 20 49 |I was using at I| 00000500 44 47 20 48 6f 75 73 65 2c 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 |DG House, while | 00000510 49 20 77 6f 72 6b 65 64 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 |I worked there i| 00000520 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 6d 6d 65 72 20 6f 66 20 |n the summer of | 00000530 31 39 39 37 2c 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 69 |1997, on the thi| 00000540 72 64 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 55 73 65 72 20 63 6f |rd Acorn User co| 00000550 76 65 72 20 43 44 2d 52 4f 4d 21 0a 0a 41 6c 6c |ver CD-ROM!..All| 00000560 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 20 64 65 74 | the contact det| 00000570 61 69 6c 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 66 6f 75 6e |ails can be foun| 00000580 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 21 48 65 6c 70 20 66 |d in the !Help f| 00000590 69 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e 20 21 43 61 76 65 |ile within !Cave| 000005a0 6e 44 75 65 6c 2e 20 53 6f 20 64 6f 20 64 72 6f |nDuel. So do dro| 000005b0 70 20 75 73 20 61 20 6c 69 6e 65 2e 20 57 65 20 |p us a line. We | 000005c0 61 72 65 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 69 6e 74 65 72 |are always inter| 000005d0 65 73 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 68 65 61 72 20 66 72 |ested to hear fr| 000005e0 6f 6d 20 66 65 6c 6c 6f 77 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 |om fellow Acorn | 000005f0 75 73 65 72 73 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 |users about the | 00000600 67 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 73 63 65 6e 65 2c 20 6f |general scene, o| 00000610 72 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6d 61 74 74 65 72 73 2e |r other matters.| 00000620 20 0a 0a 41 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 2c | ..All the best,| 00000630 0a 0a 53 74 65 70 68 65 6e 20 53 63 6f 74 74 0a |..Stephen Scott.| 00000640 47 72 61 65 6d 65 20 53 63 6f 74 74 0a 0a 35 74 |Graeme Scott..5t| 00000650 68 20 44 65 63 65 6d 62 65 72 2c 20 31 39 39 37 |h December, 1997| 00000660
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