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 /       \  |   \ |    \  |      \  |   |   \  |    \     \   |  |   \     /
 \_____  /__l_  /_l__  /  j____  /  |___l_  /__l__  /___  /_  j__l_  /__  /
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           A __)uperb __)imulation by Miss (__.| \. __)ummerfield

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Who's E.R.Summerfield?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm  18 and currently studying Pharmacy at University, I taught myself a
bit  of  AMOS, and this is my first serious program.  It took me a month
to  write  and  I'm  pretty  proud  of  it  myself, considering the last
programming I ever did was on the Speccy...

For  those Red-Blooded Males who are interested, I'm 5'7'', blonde, grey
eyes,  and  8  stone  with  a  35-25-35  figure.   I like computers and
waterfalls  (although  not  at  the  same  time...), and I'm a dedicated
Military Plane-Spotter.

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Overview
~~~~~~~~
Snail  Racing  is  a game for 1 to 4 players with two different modes of
play, either the feeding game or the betting game.

This game is Shareware, if you like it then please be a sweetie and send
me  a fiver so that I can eat while I'm at Uni!  Send any cheques/Postal
Orders (payable to "Miss E.R.Summerfield") to:

                            Superb Simulations.
                            P.O.Box 42,
                            Grimsby
                            South Humberside.
                            DN33 1RY

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System Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An  Amiga  Computer  (doh!),  er...  It was developed on an A1200 and an
A500+  but  was  not  compiled on the 500+.  Both machines have 2Mb Chip
RAM, though it should work on a 1Mb Chip RAM machine, I'll test this.

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The Options Screen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here  you  can  decide  whether  to play the Feeding game or the Betting
game, how many players there are (1 to 4) and wether you'd like music or
sound effects during the game.

The default is the Feeding game, with one player and sound effects.

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How to Play - Feeding Game
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Each  player  enters the name of their snail (max 12 characters) and the
food that their snail will eat on each day of the week leading up to the
race on Saturday morning (Sunday being a day of rest of course!).

These  foods  all  have diffrent properties and will affect your snail's
performance  accordingly,  some  will  affect their stamina while others
will  affect their energy level.  Some foods need to be eaten on certain
days,  others  need to be eaten several days in the week, it's all up to
you to decide which is which.

There are five foods:  Sugar; Crisps; Cabbage; Lettuce and Apple.

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How to Play - Betting Game
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once  you have sussed out how the five food types affect each snail then
you'll  want  to play the betting game more often instead of the feeding
game.

After  seeing what the snails have been fed on for the week, each player
enters their name or initials (max 6 characters) and decides which snail
they want to bet on.

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The Race
~~~~~~~~
All  five  snails  start  at  the  same  time,  obviously, and a list is
displayed in the upper left hand corner of the running order so that you
can see who's in the lead.

The  display  will  lock  on  to  and follow the lead snail until it has
completely  crossed  the  finish  line,  and  once  all five snails have
reached  the  line  the podium screen will be loaded and the winners are
announced.

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The Betting Results
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After  the  winners  are  announced (assuming you're playing the betting
game)  then the balance screen is loaded and the amounts won or lost are
deducted  from  the  total  balance  for  each player.  Any player whose
balance  falls  below  zero is out and is removed from the game.  If for
example,  player  2  is out, then player 3 becomes player 2 and player 4
becomes player 3.  The names are automatically changed to handle this.

If your snail won, you'll get double your stake back, if it came second,
you'll get your original stake back.

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Greets & Acknowledgements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Programmed in Amos professional by Weasel (Eloise Summerfield) with some
help from Freak of NFA.

All graphics and art work by Weasel.

Comments and criticisms by Barnell productions (Mum and Dad).

Various sounds and music from the public domain.

Hello to...
                Ashco
                Stingsoft
                Loftsoft
                Sumosoft
                Gaff Computing
                Pex le Sex/Quantum Inc  \
                Gentry/iNDi              \
                Video/iNDi               / from the scene!
                Aladdin Sane/iNDi       /

        & speciality greets to Alex & the CWAT.

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