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Xenon II Mega Blast - Demo version V1.13d Conversion by Eclipse (Programmed by A Neville & S Annetts) Xenon II - Mega Blast (level one preview) ----------------------------------------- This demo is a taster of things to come: experience the power of the Xenon II ship and fly to destruction. Pick up the power-up's and credits to buy extra weapons. Contact Games Ware on 0703 456 523 for availability and price. Compatibility ------------- The music play module from Desktop Tracker is not compatible with version V1.33 or earlier of the Pineapple VProtect virus killing module. VProtect will have to be temporarily switched off, which is done automatically by the game. Upgrades to VProtect are available from Pineapple. This demo has been written to be compatible with the following machines: * A3000 Risc OS 2 1Mb * All machines with Risc OS 2 or Risc OS 3 with 2Mb of Ram or more. The demo version is not guaranteed to work on the Acorn A4. A3010 with 1Mb of Ram: You will have to reduce the font cache down to zero to allow the demo to run. Do this by using the Task Manager (click with Select on the Acorn icon on the iconbar and drag the relevant bar). Also make sure the desktop is in Mode 12 before running. If it does not run, decompress the game (as described in the help file), reset your machine and run the game in its decompressed form. Joysticks are supported. To use the Vertical Twist joystick interface simply load the Joystick application before playing the demo. On the A3010 you are given the option to use joysticks when the demo is first loaded. Hints. ------ To make the ship more manoeuvrable, shoot the spinning objects at the beginning of the level, they then turn into spinning balls. Collect these and your ship will move faster. Collect the spinning objects with 'C' on them, these are credits that you will need to use to buy extra weapons. Controls --------- Z - Left X - Right ' - Up / - Down RETURN - Fire P - Pause (on/off) In the shop ----------- When you first enter the shop, you have the option to sell weapons to gain extra credit. If you do not wish to sell anything then select EXIT using the control keys and press RETURN. After this a selection of extras will appear, but only if you you have enough money. Select the item you want to buy and press RETURN twice to buy it. We recommend the 'NASHWAN', it's impressive. More to come ------------ The full version of this game will have amazing sound effects, 5 full levels and even more baddies on level one. Look out for the full release, it's going to be the best game so far... Can you program? ---------------- If you have written a game, or can program in ARM and either Basic or C then contact Eclipse at Albany House, Oving Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 4BH. We have conversion work. Are you interested?
00000000 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000010 20 58 65 6e 6f 6e 20 49 49 20 4d 65 67 61 20 42 | Xenon II Mega B| 00000020 6c 61 73 74 20 2d 20 44 65 6d 6f 20 76 65 72 73 |last - Demo vers| 00000030 69 6f 6e 20 56 31 2e 31 33 64 0a 20 20 20 20 20 |ion V1.13d. | 00000040 20 20 20 43 6f 6e 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 62 79 | Conversion by| 00000050 20 45 63 6c 69 70 73 65 20 28 50 72 6f 67 72 61 | Eclipse (Progra| 00000060 6d 6d 65 64 20 62 79 20 41 20 4e 65 76 69 6c 6c |mmed by A Nevill| 00000070 65 20 26 20 53 20 41 6e 6e 65 74 74 73 29 20 0a |e & S Annetts) .| 00000080 0a 58 65 6e 6f 6e 20 49 49 20 2d 20 4d 65 67 61 |.Xenon II - Mega| 00000090 20 42 6c 61 73 74 20 28 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 6f 6e | Blast (level on| 000000a0 65 20 70 72 65 76 69 65 77 29 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |e preview).-----| 000000b0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 000000d0 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 54 68 69 73 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 69 |----.This demo i| 000000e0 73 20 61 20 74 61 73 74 65 72 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |s a taster of th| 000000f0 69 6e 67 73 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6d 65 3a 20 65 78 |ings to come: ex| 00000100 70 65 72 69 65 6e 63 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 77 |perience the pow| 00000110 65 72 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 58 65 6e 6f 6e 0a |er of the Xenon.| 00000120 49 49 20 73 68 69 70 20 61 6e 64 20 66 6c 79 20 |II ship and fly | 00000130 74 6f 20 64 65 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 |to destruction. | 00000140 50 69 63 6b 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 77 65 |Pick up the powe| 00000150 72 2d 75 70 27 73 20 61 6e 64 20 63 72 65 64 69 |r-up's and credi| 00000160 74 73 20 74 6f 20 62 75 79 0a 65 78 74 72 61 20 |ts to buy.extra | 00000170 77 65 61 70 6f 6e 73 2e 20 43 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 |weapons. Contact| 00000180 20 47 61 6d 65 73 20 57 61 72 65 20 6f 6e 20 30 | Games Ware on 0| 00000190 37 30 33 20 34 35 36 20 35 32 33 20 66 6f 72 20 |703 456 523 for | 000001a0 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 69 6c 69 74 79 20 61 6e 64 |availability and| 000001b0 0a 70 72 69 63 65 2e 0a 0a 43 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 |.price...Compati| 000001c0 62 69 6c 69 74 79 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |bility.---------| 000001d0 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 54 68 65 20 6d 75 73 69 63 20 70 |----.The music p| 000001e0 6c 61 79 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |lay module from | 000001f0 44 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 54 72 61 63 6b 65 72 20 |Desktop Tracker | 00000200 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c |is not compatibl| 00000210 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 0a 56 |e with version.V| 00000220 31 2e 33 33 20 6f 72 20 65 61 72 6c 69 65 72 20 |1.33 or earlier | 00000230 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 50 69 6e 65 61 70 70 6c 65 |of the Pineapple| 00000240 20 56 50 72 6f 74 65 63 74 20 76 69 72 75 73 20 | VProtect virus | 00000250 6b 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 2e 20 |killing module. | 00000260 56 50 72 6f 74 65 63 74 20 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 68 |VProtect .will h| 00000270 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 74 65 6d 70 6f 72 |ave to be tempor| 00000280 61 72 69 6c 79 20 73 77 69 74 63 68 65 64 20 6f |arily switched o| 00000290 66 66 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 64 6f 6e |ff, which is don| 000002a0 65 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 |e automatically | 000002b0 62 79 0a 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 20 55 70 67 |by.the game. Upg| 000002c0 72 61 64 65 73 20 74 6f 20 56 50 72 6f 74 65 63 |rades to VProtec| 000002d0 74 20 61 72 65 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 |t are available | 000002e0 66 72 6f 6d 20 50 69 6e 65 61 70 70 6c 65 2e 0a |from Pineapple..| 000002f0 0a 54 68 69 73 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 68 61 73 20 62 |.This demo has b| 00000300 65 65 6e 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 74 6f 20 62 |een written to b| 00000310 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 20 77 69 74 |e compatible wit| 00000320 68 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 |h the following | 00000330 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 3a 0a 2a 20 41 33 30 30 |machines:.* A300| 00000340 30 20 52 69 73 63 20 4f 53 20 32 20 31 4d 62 0a |0 Risc OS 2 1Mb.| 00000350 2a 20 41 6c 6c 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 20 77 |* All machines w| 00000360 69 74 68 20 52 69 73 63 20 4f 53 20 32 20 6f 72 |ith Risc OS 2 or| 00000370 20 52 69 73 63 20 4f 53 20 33 20 77 69 74 68 20 | Risc OS 3 with | 00000380 32 4d 62 20 6f 66 20 52 61 6d 20 6f 72 20 6d 6f |2Mb of Ram or mo| 00000390 72 65 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 76 65 |re...The demo ve| 000003a0 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 67 75 61 |rsion is not gua| 000003b0 72 61 6e 74 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 |ranteed to work | 000003c0 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 41 34 2e |on the Acorn A4.| 000003d0 0a 0a 41 33 30 31 30 20 77 69 74 68 20 31 4d 62 |..A3010 with 1Mb| 000003e0 20 6f 66 20 52 61 6d 3a 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c | of Ram: You wil| 000003f0 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 72 65 64 75 63 65 |l have to reduce| 00000400 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6e 74 20 63 61 63 68 65 20 | the font cache | 00000410 64 6f 77 6e 20 74 6f 20 7a 65 72 6f 0a 74 6f 20 |down to zero.to | 00000420 61 6c 6c 6f 77 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 6d 6f 20 74 |allow the demo t| 00000430 6f 20 72 75 6e 2e 20 44 6f 20 74 68 69 73 20 62 |o run. Do this b| 00000440 79 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 54 61 73 6b |y using the Task| 00000450 20 4d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 20 28 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 | Manager (click | 00000460 77 69 74 68 0a 53 65 6c 65 63 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 |with.Select on t| 00000470 68 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 6f 6e |he Acorn icon on| 00000480 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 62 61 72 20 61 6e 64 | the iconbar and| 00000490 20 64 72 61 67 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 6c 65 76 61 | drag the releva| 000004a0 6e 74 20 62 61 72 29 2e 20 41 6c 73 6f 0a 6d 61 |nt bar). Also.ma| 000004b0 6b 65 20 73 75 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 73 6b |ke sure the desk| 000004c0 74 6f 70 20 69 73 20 69 6e 20 4d 6f 64 65 20 31 |top is in Mode 1| 000004d0 32 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 |2 before running| 000004e0 2e 20 49 66 20 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 |. If it does not| 000004f0 20 72 75 6e 2c 0a 64 65 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 | run,.decompress| 00000500 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 28 61 73 20 64 65 | the game (as de| 00000510 73 63 72 69 62 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 68 |scribed in the h| 00000520 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 29 2c 20 72 65 73 65 74 |elp file), reset| 00000530 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 61 6e | your machine an| 00000540 64 0a 72 75 6e 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 69 |d.run the game i| 00000550 6e 20 69 74 73 20 64 65 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 |n its decompress| 00000560 65 64 20 66 6f 72 6d 2e 0a 0a 4a 6f 79 73 74 69 |ed form...Joysti| 00000570 63 6b 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 |cks are supporte| 00000580 64 2e 20 54 6f 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 56 65 |d. To use the Ve| 00000590 72 74 69 63 61 6c 20 54 77 69 73 74 20 6a 6f 79 |rtical Twist joy| 000005a0 73 74 69 63 6b 20 69 6e 74 65 72 66 61 63 65 0a |stick interface.| 000005b0 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 65 20 |simply load the | 000005c0 4a 6f 79 73 74 69 63 6b 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 |Joystick applica| 000005d0 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 70 6c 61 79 |tion before play| 000005e0 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 6d 6f 2e 20 4f 6e |ing the demo. On| 000005f0 20 74 68 65 20 41 33 30 31 30 0a 79 6f 75 20 61 | the A3010.you a| 00000600 72 65 20 67 69 76 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 74 |re given the opt| 00000610 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 6a 6f 79 73 74 |ion to use joyst| 00000620 69 63 6b 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 64 65 |icks when the de| 00000630 6d 6f 20 69 73 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 6c 6f 61 64 |mo is first load| 00000640 65 64 2e 0a 0a 48 69 6e 74 73 2e 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d |ed...Hints..----| 00000650 2d 2d 0a 54 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 |--.To make the s| 00000660 68 69 70 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 6d 61 6e 6f 65 75 76 |hip more manoeuv| 00000670 72 61 62 6c 65 2c 20 73 68 6f 6f 74 20 74 68 65 |rable, shoot the| 00000680 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 | spinning object| 00000690 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 0a 62 65 67 69 6e 6e |s at the .beginn| 000006a0 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6c 65 76 65 6c |ing of the level| 000006b0 2c 20 74 68 65 79 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 75 72 6e |, they then turn| 000006c0 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 62 | into spinning b| 000006d0 61 6c 6c 73 2e 20 43 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 |alls. Collect th| 000006e0 65 73 65 0a 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 68 69 |ese.and your shi| 000006f0 70 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 66 61 73 74 |p will move fast| 00000700 65 72 2e 0a 0a 43 6f 6c 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 |er...Collect the| 00000710 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 | spinning object| 00000720 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 27 43 27 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |s with 'C' on th| 00000730 65 6d 2c 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 65 20 63 72 |em, these are cr| 00000740 65 64 69 74 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 0a |edits that you .| 00000750 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 |will need to use| 00000760 20 74 6f 20 62 75 79 20 65 78 74 72 61 20 77 65 | to buy extra we| 00000770 61 70 6f 6e 73 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |apons.. | 00000780 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 0a | ..| 00000790 43 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 73 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |Controls.-------| 000007a0 2d 2d 0a 5a 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 4c 65 66 74 |--.Z - Left| 000007b0 0a 58 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 52 69 67 68 74 0a |.X - Right.| 000007c0 27 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 55 70 0a 2f 20 20 20 |' - Up./ | 000007d0 20 20 20 2d 20 44 6f 77 6e 0a 52 45 54 55 52 4e | - Down.RETURN| 000007e0 20 2d 20 46 69 72 65 0a 50 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d | - Fire.P -| 000007f0 20 50 61 75 73 65 20 28 6f 6e 2f 6f 66 66 29 0a | Pause (on/off).| 00000800 0a 49 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 68 6f 70 0a 2d 2d 2d |.In the shop.---| 00000810 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 57 68 65 6e 20 79 6f |--------.When yo| 00000820 75 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 74 68 |u first enter th| 00000830 65 20 73 68 6f 70 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 |e shop, you have| 00000840 20 74 68 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 73 | the option to s| 00000850 65 6c 6c 20 77 65 61 70 6f 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 67 |ell weapons to g| 00000860 61 69 6e 0a 65 78 74 72 61 20 63 72 65 64 69 74 |ain.extra credit| 00000870 2e 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 20 6e 6f 74 20 |. If you do not | 00000880 77 69 73 68 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6c 6c 20 61 6e 79 |wish to sell any| 00000890 74 68 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 6e 20 73 65 6c 65 63 |thing then selec| 000008a0 74 20 20 45 58 49 54 20 75 73 69 6e 67 0a 74 68 |t EXIT using.th| 000008b0 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 6b 65 79 73 20 61 |e control keys a| 000008c0 6e 64 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 52 45 54 55 52 4e 2e |nd press RETURN.| 000008d0 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 20 73 65 | After this a se| 000008e0 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 65 78 74 72 61 |lection of extra| 000008f0 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 0a 61 70 70 65 61 72 2c 20 62 |s will.appear, b| 00000900 75 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 79 |ut only if you y| 00000910 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 65 6e 6f 75 67 68 20 6d |ou have enough m| 00000920 6f 6e 65 79 2e 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 |oney. Select the| 00000930 20 69 74 65 6d 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 | item you want t| 00000940 6f 0a 62 75 79 20 61 6e 64 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 |o.buy and press | 00000950 52 45 54 55 52 4e 20 74 77 69 63 65 20 74 6f 20 |RETURN twice to | 00000960 62 75 79 20 69 74 2e 20 57 65 20 72 65 63 6f 6d |buy it. We recom| 00000970 6d 65 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 27 4e 41 53 48 57 41 |mend the 'NASHWA| 00000980 4e 27 2c 20 69 74 27 73 0a 69 6d 70 72 65 73 73 |N', it's.impress| 00000990 69 76 65 2e 0a 0a 4d 6f 72 65 20 74 6f 20 63 6f |ive...More to co| 000009a0 6d 65 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a |me.------------.| 000009b0 54 68 65 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e |The full version| 000009c0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 69 73 20 67 61 6d 65 20 77 69 | of this game wi| 000009d0 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 6d 61 7a 69 6e 67 20 |ll have amazing | 000009e0 73 6f 75 6e 64 20 65 66 66 65 63 74 73 2c 20 35 |sound effects, 5| 000009f0 20 66 75 6c 6c 0a 6c 65 76 65 6c 73 20 61 6e 64 | full.levels and| 00000a00 20 65 76 65 6e 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 62 61 64 64 69 | even more baddi| 00000a10 65 73 20 6f 6e 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 6f 6e 65 2e |es on level one.| 00000a20 20 4c 6f 6f 6b 20 6f 75 74 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 | Look out for th| 00000a30 65 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 2c 0a |e full release,.| 00000a40 69 74 27 73 20 67 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 62 65 |it's going to be| 00000a50 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 20 67 61 6d 65 20 73 | the best game s| 00000a60 6f 20 66 61 72 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 43 61 6e 20 79 6f |o far.....Can yo| 00000a70 75 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 3f 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |u program?.-----| 00000a80 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 49 66 20 79 |-----------.If y| 00000a90 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 |ou have written | 00000aa0 61 20 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 6f 72 20 63 61 6e 20 70 |a game, or can p| 00000ab0 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 69 6e 20 41 52 4d 20 61 6e |rogram in ARM an| 00000ac0 64 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 42 61 73 69 63 20 6f |d either Basic o| 00000ad0 72 20 43 0a 74 68 65 6e 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 63 74 |r C.then contact| 00000ae0 20 45 63 6c 69 70 73 65 20 61 74 20 41 6c 62 61 | Eclipse at Alba| 00000af0 6e 79 20 48 6f 75 73 65 2c 20 4f 76 69 6e 67 20 |ny House, Oving | 00000b00 52 6f 61 64 2c 20 43 68 69 63 68 65 73 74 65 72 |Road, Chichester| 00000b10 2c 20 57 65 73 74 20 53 75 73 73 65 78 2c 0a 50 |, West Sussex,.P| 00000b20 4f 31 39 20 34 42 48 2e 20 57 65 20 68 61 76 65 |O19 4BH. We have| 00000b30 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 77 6f 72 6b | conversion work| 00000b40 2e 20 41 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 |. Are you intere| 00000b50 73 74 65 64 3f 0a |sted?.| 00000b56