~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S B O O M V1.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ by LEPOITTEVIN Bertrand 69 Rue Paul Ligneul Appt 4134 72000 LE MANS - FRANCE p9515@bigiup.univ-lemans.fr This program is Public Domain. ============================= = REQUIREMENTS and FEATURES = ============================= Has been tested on : - Amiga 500, Kickstart 1.3, 512 Ko Chip and 512 Ko FAST. - Amiga 4000, KS3.0, 14 Mb RAM. Since SBoom use less than 300Kb of Memory, it should work fine on a basic Amiga 500 with 512 Ko CHIP. - Crypted HighScores saved on disk - Sounds - Saving configuration - EXPERT mode ============== = Disclaimer = ============== The author cannot be held liable for the accuracy of both the program and/or manual. The loss of data, in any form, directly or indirectly caused by the use of this program is the responsibility of the user. ============================== = Copyright and Distribution = ============================== SBoom is Copyright (c) 1996 by the Author, All rights Reserved. This is Public Domain. In other words, the archive may be freely distributed as long as no more than a nominal fee is charged to cover time and copying costs. This package can be freely distributed on any BBS or FTP site, CD Rom, Magazine, Disk etc. Please inform me if you want to include this archive on CDRom or Magazine CoverDisk. None of the files in the package may be modified. Crunching or achiving is allowed only if none of the package files get modified by it. The following files MUST be distributed or achieved together: SBoom.info SBoom/SBoom SBoom/SBoom.info SBoom/SBoom.data SBoom/SBoom.doc SBoom/SBoom.doc.info SBoom/LIBS/Reqtools.library (V38+, Copyright © Nico François) If you just like the program, PLEASE let me know so by sending an E-MAIL, postcard or similiar to the addresses. ================ = INSTALLATION = ================ Unpack the archive to the directory of your choice, copy the Reqtools.library in your LIBS: directory or delete it if you have it allready. ==================== = PLAYING THE GAME = ==================== The GOAL of the game is to discover all the hidden mines in the shortest time possible. You are presented with a minefield with a known number of mines shown in the top of the window. The Timer situated in the upper-right begins when the "GO" button is clicked. Then the "GO" button becomes a "NO" button and you can abort or exit this game only by clicking again on this button. MENUS AND THE CLOSE GADGET ARE ONLY AVAILABLE WHEN YOU ARE NOT PLAYING A GAME. At the Beginning of a new game, you get the right number of flags equal to the number of bombs to find in the Minefield. To reveal a square, use LEFT MOUSE BUTTON over any of the unrevealed squares. This will lead to one of three possible cases: 1) The square is blank and the computer performs a flood fill of all the surround blanks. 2) A number in the range of 1 to 8 appears. This means that there is that number of mines to be found in the surrounding eight squares. 3) A bomb appears. You stepped on a mine and the game is over. By logical deduction and sometimes with a bit of luck, mines can be located. When you have located a Bomb, use the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON to put a flag. If later you discover you were wrong and there is no bomb under the square marked with a flag, just press the RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON again and the flag will disappear. ========================== = MENUS and GAME OPTIONS = ========================== * PROJECT ** SAVE SETTINGS : Save on Disk the State of all the SETTINGS Menu i.e. SIZE, LEVEL, SAVE, EXPERT and SOUNDS. ** HIGHSCORES : Show the first ten scores classed by Time, HighScore Table unique relative to SIZE, LEVEL and EXPERT. That means 4*3*2=24 different Highscore Tables. ** ABOUT : Bring to front a Requester with informations about me. ** TCHAO : Same use that the Window Close Gadget. * SETTINGS ** SIZE (Size of the Minefield) *** Nothing : 10*10 squares. *** Cool : 16*14 squares. *** OKay : 22*18 squares. *** Super : Find the Biggest Minefield according to your WorkBench Resolution. ** LEVEL (Percentage of Bombs in the Minefield) *** NOVICE : 10 % *** HARD : 20 % *** MASTER : 34 % ** SAVE (Save and write Highscores to Disk) *** At End : After using the Window Close Gadget or using "Tchao" to quit the Game. *** In Game : After Each NEW HighScore. *** Never : More Explanations ? ** EXPERT : Way to inform player of surround squares. This mode activated, the number printed on the selected square with the left mouse button can range from 1 to 8 because it checks the top, bottom, left and right but also the four corners. If you disable this option, it will not check the four corners of the selected square and then can only print a number from 1 to 4. If you used to play the classic mode (EXPERT), you will find that this mode needs more thinking time whereas it is a lot easier. ** SOUNDS : Activate sounds or not during Game. HighScore File has been Crypted by a new kind of routine. No cheats allowed ! =========== = TO DO ? = =========== - Custom Minefields. - New Expert Mode : Infos on corners only. - Size of buttons in pixels depending to workbench resolutions. - Any Idea ? If you have any comments, ideas what could or should be improved, bug reports or anything else, please feel free to contact me at one of the given adresses. This game can be improved, you just have to tell me what to do ! REMEMBER THAT THIS DOC HAS BEEN MADE BY A FRENCH GUY. SORRY.