_____ __________ .,.| |____ .,....,. ___________ .,...,. __________\_ __ | .,..,,,...,. | | ____/__________\_ __ | _____\_ __ | | |____ | | | | \_ __ | | |___| | | | | | |____ | : | | | | | | | | | | | / ____/_ . | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | . |____ | | | | | | | |___| | | | : : |____| | |___| | __| |___| | |_____| | | | <<========|___| |===|_____| |===|_____|===== == |____ | : | |_____| |_________| .*gRoUp*. |____| | :,_______________________,,,, Proudly Presents: ,,,,_______________________,| | a new game for the jilted generation... | | called: : | | : B O U L D E R D A S H | | ( PC conversion done by the one and only FOX of TAQUART! ) | | : : - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - | | ,.- Introduction -., | | : | This is a game based on the classic arcade from 8bit Atari machine. It | | looks and works perfectly same as the original. The graphics is converted,| : but the code is written from scratch, 100% assembler. I'm sorry there is | | no sound in this game. It is hard to make the sound perfectly like | | original on all PC sound cards. I didn't want to put some primitive bells : | via internal buzzer, so the game is completely silent. | : - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - : | ,.- System Requirements -., | | : : - 64 Kb conventional memory ;-) | | - 8 Kb free disk space ;-) | | - a 386 or better machine | | I've used 32-bit registers, but the program does NOT check for the CPU : | and probably hangs on 16-bit processors. The program will work on 386, but| : it maybe not fine if the graphics card is slow. Sorry, the code isn't | | optimized for speed at all. | | - a VGA card : | The game uses 320*240*16 mode. This mode should work on all cards. You | | probably don't need to adjust your monitor - there sholud be pretty big | | frame on top and bottom of the screen (like on Atari), so don't remove it.: : You may complain of ugly colours in the game. I know they are not very | | beautiful, but I wanted the game to look like the original, so I used the | | colours which my Atari generates. The other thing is that my Atari has a : | PAL TV-system. The game works on PC like on PAL-based Atari which may be | : different from a NTSC Atari. | | - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - : | ,.- Game Controls -., | | | : Game may be controlled by the keyboard ONLY! | | On the title screen press : : | | | - ESC to back to DOS | | - LEFT/DOWN arrows to select cave | : - UP/DOWN arrows to select level | | - ENTER to begin game : | | : During the game press : | | | | - arrow to move the man ( you can use numeric keypad too ) | | - CTRL+arrow to take things from the neighbouring fields without moving : : there | | - CTRL to restart if you failed | | - ESC to commit suicide | : - SPACE to pause/resume game | | - ENTER to back to title screen : | | : I'm sure you will know what to do in the game. You just need to take | | diamonds and go to exit. Be careful of stones and monsters. In some | | cares there are also some interesting things, for example a 'magic' wall. | : Play the game and check how they work. | | - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - : | ,.- Copyright -., | : | | This game if absolutely free, so go and buy a beer for your money! This | | is FREEWARE, so you don't need to pay anything, but you must NOT sell : : this game for profit! | | | | Original game is (c) 1984 First Star Software Inc. : | It is written by two guys : Peter Liepa with Chris Gray. | : | | Gfx converted and program coded by FOX/Taquart : | ASCII logo and info designed by SLAVES/Taquart | : - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - | | ,.- Greetings -., | : | | Taquart group send some grtx to the following groups: : | | : From a8 (Atari 8bit) scene From other scene | | - SLIGHT - SLIGHT ( PC? ) : | - TIGHT - TIGHT ( PC? ) | | - BIT BUSTERS - NIGHT SESSION | | - EXCELLENT - LsD : : - DIAL - ILLUSION | | - HIGH VOLTAGE - PULSE | | - MADTEAM - DC | : - COBRA - TC | | - MEC - SIXTY9 | | - NEW GENERATION - SPAWN : | - AIDS - A.G.A. | | - SWORD - THE LYRHIUM | : - AR - INTERROR | | - BBSL - ENENZI : | - BANKLAN - SUSPEND | | - QUASIMODOS - ELYSIUM | : - FILODENDRON - TABOO | | - PENTAGRAM - NAH-COLOR : | - MAC - THE GRID | | - SHPOON - METAPHOR : : - HARD - DEFECT | | - ABBUC - ABSENCE : | - SHADOWS - ALTAIR | | - and other... | : | | Personal grtx from SLAVES to: : | Nises, zupa, l30n, leto, bvis, mir0, p00h, Korisek, Eru, RNAsex, Kil3r, | | Bulba, Kwas!, DC1, Seban, Rz¢g, P.W., X-ray, Soused, Angus, Szofer, mole9 | : BaRtHek, spaceman, sopel, epidemia, tenox, draco, lizard, gumi, waldi, | | easy, senser, cyborg, mike, span, ce64, jedrzej, candle, vidol, mith, : | DiRok, brush, [RaF], sofcik, shad0w, trolinka... all friends from #atari8,| : #lublin, #warszawa, #hackpl... and... Some special FUCKIN' to all yerks | | with tones of gel on heads, and three strips on pants... | | - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - : : ,.- Official members list -., | | : | BAC - musician ( a8, PC ) | : GREG - musician ( a8 ) | | SAMURAI - musician ( a8 ) | : ERU - coder ( a8, PC ) | | X-RAY - musician ( a8, PC ) : : ZENIAL - txt writter ( a8, PC ) | | JASKIER - coder ( a8 ) | | ELECTRON - coder ( a8 ) : | HEAVEN - coder ( a8 ) | : FOX - coder ( a8, PC ) | | ANGUS - gfxman ( a8, PC ) | | DRACON - gfxman ( a8 ) : : VIEDZMIN - gfxman ( PC ) | | SLAVES - swapper, leader ( a8, PC ) | | - --------------------------------------------------------------------- - : | ,.- Contact -., | : Author: For swap: | | FOX/Taquart SLAVES/Taquart : | Piotr Fusik Sˆawek —led« | | Ul. Cicha 9 Ul. Pozytywist¢w 2/77 | : 05-300 Miäsk Mazowiecki 20-369 Lublin | | Poland Poland | : e-mail: slawek@gaja.ipan.lublin.pl : | s-mail: 80% s-mail: 10% , e-mail: 100% | | | : TAQUART ftp-site (a8) : ftp://matrix.ibb.waw.pl/pub/a8 : | | | (sLv)| `,,,.--///----///-//--.,.--/----.,,,,,,.---///-//--.,.--/----//-///-/-.,,,,,'