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STRANGE WAR's Documentation.

Copyright Eric FRANCOIS, Eric HENNEQUIN, Franck HENNEQUIN
The code, the graphics, the musics and the system of this
game have been deposed.

We can't be responsible for the damage
that could appear while using this software.
 
Does not work with NVDI !!!
(boot without accelerator, screen saver....
if you use a hard disk)
(fpatch is welcome on f030 ! )

THE DEMO VERSION IS FREELY COPYABLE, SPREADABLE
IT CAN BE PUT ON BBS, ON MAGAZINES' DISKS,
BUT IT CAN'T BE SOLD
(IT CAN'T BE DEMANDED MORE THAN THE SPREADING COST)

THE FULL VERSION IS SHAREWARE, IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO
USE IT IF YOU DIDN'T PAY IT.

TO SPREAD THE DEMO VERSION YOU CAN COPY THE FIRST DISK OF
THE SHAREWARE VERSION AND THEN DELETE THE FILE NAMED
REGISTER.REG OR SIMPLY COPY YOUR DEMO VERSION.

The demo version allows you to play 12 minutes max.
 
 *Introduction:

		Software of arcade/adventure game working on
STF/E/F030 which detects on its own the different set-ups and
memory, video and audio processors too.

	It took hardly three years of unbelievable work to their
authors.
		

I/ Generalities:
	The game deals with four characters:
		- Fire
		- Wind
		- Water
		- Earth

Each Hero can reach six different levels of attacks and
four super-attacks.
	  
At the very beginning, the characters have the less effective
attack level. During the trip through aeras, you may gain more
life points (look at the bottom of the screen; here is the life
line). The more you have life points, the more your attacks
will be powerful.

Life points grow:
	- Whenever you destroy a monster, you get as many life
points as the monster had before meeting you. This is the case if
you destroy creatures with all attacks BUT super-attacks.
(It would have been too easy, don't you think so ?)

	- When you pick up life bonuses hidden in the areas.
In the training level, there is no life bonus. (you don't need
it: you can continue by pressing fire if you die there.)

To hit: 
	Push the button of the joystick/pad or ALTERNATE: you will
shoot enemies horizontally. If you keep pressing the fire button,
you may shoot again, as many times as you wish, by moving the
joystick/pad to the left, right, up, left-up, right-up; 
the hit will move horizontally, vertically or diagonally as you
wish.
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The super-attacks:
	Each character uses four super-attacks. To use a
super-attack, you have to achieve hard operations with your
joystick/pad. See the characters' descriptions for more details.

	A super-attack is available ONLY if the corresponding blue
line is totally filled (look just under the life line on the left:
four little blue lines are there). Each time you use a
super-attack the corresponding line will become empty.

	The first line (starting from the left) of super-attacks
grows twice as fast as the second line which grows twice as fast
as the third one which grows twice as fast as the fourth one.
(phew !)
The first and the last super-attacks are quite the same for each
character:

	Moving Ball
	Sit down. Keep the down button pressed. Then press the
fire button, and keep it pressed. Now unpress the down direction
while you keep pushing the fire button. At last your character
will turn into an elemental moving ball (fire, wind, water and
earth). You must find an enough large place to change the hero
into a ball, because you cannot use this attack if you touch
walls.	
	The ball is able to stick on floors, walls and on the
ceilings. Be careful, if you push down your joystick/pad you
will leave the ball mode and the hero will reappear.

	If you have enough life points the ball will become a
freely-flying ball.
	Note: you can change your character into a ball while
jumping or falling down, ain't it funny? More important: You
may use the ball to reach too high places and to find secret
ways where the character could not walk because he/she is too
tall.


	Flash and Bigflash:

	This attack is corresponding to the fourth blue line.
This line is the slowest one because this attack is really
powerful. Press space to use the flash; all enemies on the
screen will suffer. If your life point line is totally filled
the flash will become a bigflash killing all enemies on the
screen. (useful against bosses).

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I/ Fire elemental character:
		
	* Special Attacks:

		- Burning wall: Two steps right or left and
fire button; the hero will throw his burning body to
move through areas while burning all ennemies on his way !
	
	Note: Press fire almost half a second and move 
right or left. If you fail, don't be sad, it is only a problem
of training. To use this attack, the second blue line must be
totally filled. You can use the burning wall while jumping...

	

		- Burst:
	Corresponding to the third blue line.
You just have to keep the fire button pressed. The character
will throw a powerful fire wave until you unpress the button.
You can move the wave up or down by using the joystick/pad.



	* Normal attacks levels (in order):
		-explosion in front of you
		-slow fire ball
		-fast fire ball
		-triple fire ball
		-Fire arc
		-Fire arc and two fire balls
		-Fire arc, two fire balls in front of you
		 and one in your back

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II/ Air elemental character:

	* Special Attacks:
	
		- telekinesy:
			
	Evilly useful attack...
	Just keep pressing the fire button and the character
will turn into a special air ball. This ball is weak, but if
it touches successfully a monster, this monster will be under
the player control. It will be possible, depending on the target
monster to move it, to take it up in the air, and to use its
special capabilities:

	Ex: If it's a very small monster, it will be able to
reach secrets ways which ain't enough large for the hero or the 
moving ball.
	If it's a powerful monster carrying guns, it will be able
to strike other monsters. If it does so, the other monsters will
begin to fight it. 
        When the monster's dead, the real body of the hero
reappears. (Warning: don't change into a human in a too small
crack, where you wouldn't be able to move away.
	
		- the Fight Kick:
	linked with the second blue line
 	
	Like for the burning wall, the effect and the launching
are the same.
The difference is that the hero is near the floor, so enemies
have less possibilities to shoot him.



	* Normal attacks levels (in order):

		- a small green boomerang within short range 
		- a little green arc within long range
		- a big green arc moving slowly
		- a big green arc moving quickly
		- Three big green arcs
		- Three big green arcs and 1 small arc backwards

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III/ Water elemental character:
	
	* Special attacks:
		
		- The frozen kick or Flashball:
	The operation on the joystick/pad is the same as for the
burning wall and the fight kick. With a powerful kick, This woman
will throw a wave of frozen lightning balls in the chosen
direction. Moreover, all monsters on the screen will become
prisoners of big blue bubbles and then will fly away. 
	This attack is really nice to see and is really painful
for monsters.

		- The snow storm:

	Keep the fire button pressed and wait a short time.
Afterwards, the character will turn back, hold her arm to the sky
and will cast a summon spell. At that moment, after the universe
changes to blue, some snow flakes will fall down and kill
monsters on their ways.


IV\ Earth elemental character:

	(Ain't he the stronger character of the team ?)
	
	* Special Attacks:

		- Ultimate Warrior
	
	This attack is launched like the burning wall, the fight
kick or the flashball.
	The Universe turns to grey. The hero can now touch
enemies without losing life points, moreover it is them
who lose life points if they touch the hero. HOWEVER the more
the character moves through places, the more the universe turns
its colors to normal... When all the grey is removed from the
screen the attack is finished and the hero will normally suffer
from enemies' strikes.

		- Earthquake

	The hero jumps and while he falls down, press the down
button and the hero will beat the ground with all his strengh.
The ground will shake and all the environment will be affected.
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	* Normal attack levels:

		- a small shadow attack
		- two small shadow attacks and a Shurricane
		- three Shuricannes
		- a thin gravity arc and two Shurricanes
		- a wide gravity arc and two Shurricanes
		- a wide gravity arc, two Shurricanes and a
thin gravity arc backwards


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* THE LEVELS *
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	The game has 7 levels plus one training level (level 0)

	Each level but level 0 are under the control of a boss
with a special "strange" boss at level 4.
	
	Through levels, you can pick up various jewels and money.
You must have at least 32 bonuses of this kind to save the game
before the next level.

	In many places you will find switchers (many look like
computers) that you must hit to open ways in another place of
the level.

	In the levels 2,3,4,5,6,7, you will find "doors". You
just have to stay in front of one door and to push the
joystick/pad down to go through this door.



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* THE SOUND *
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	To enjoy the sound and the two-player game you must
have at least 1Mo.
	So you can listen to the great music and hear some funny
digits.
	You may change the Soundtracker player:
	
	F1 stops Music
	F5 Next pattern

	On STF:
	F2 puts the 3KHZ soundtracker

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	On STE/FAlcon:
	F2 DMA with 12 KHz stereo
	F3 DMA with 25 KHZ stereo
	F4 DMA with 50 KHz Stereo (Only available on F030)

	On Stf, if you turn the music off the game will be
faster and the screen clearer.
	On F030, let the option F4, or the game will be really
too fast. (Or do you prefer very fast games ?)

* Blitter (>STE)
	The B key allows you to enable/disable the blitter.
* Keys:
	The Hero can be moved with Insert, Up, ClrHome, Left,
Down and right
	Alternate is the fire button.
* Two-player Mode
	The two characters have to be different.
You may select the Versus mode, to hit savagely your own
friend. (Great entertainment, but keep cool and don't strike
the head of your neighbour if you lose).

* STF:
	In case of problems on the screen (Bad colors,
shaking screen), try to disable the Hard Scroll TOggled by 
pushing "C". (To enable it, press "X")

* Info:
	You may keep for security a second copy of the game
or put it on a hard disk. It's really easy. You haven't to
copy several times the files with the same names on the
three disks ; these are exactly the same.

Here is the way for the files:

C: (or D:, E:, ect...)
\SW\
\FICHIERS.SW\

WARNING: The SW folder MUSTN'T be in another folder, or the
game won't work.

You must put your original Disk 1 in the floppy drive because
of the game protection.


	
	To start the game:
- STF: Strange.prg
- STE/Falcon: Strangee.prg

	It is possible to boot with the disk 1 on STf/e but not
on FALCON030.

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However problems could appear with old TOS versions and some
STf.

To get the demo version:
send your adress to:

	Demo Strange War
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If the demo worked well and if you enjoyed it, you can take the
full version with all levels !!!


	Cheap shareware like our game are so uncommon !

Please observe the following instructions to get the game, or
we won't be able to send you this one:

Send to the following adress:
	Strange War
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Your NAME, FORNAME, ADDRESS,

	And the machine you wish to use to play with STRANGE
	WAR (Type, Memory, Hard Disk...)

And ~100FF.


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MEMBERS OF THE TEAM IRIDIUM :
- Chromatic : coder
- Stars' Guardian : graphics
- Franky : sound
