
                             A DAY AT THE RACES
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                          Program by : Andrew Heckles
                         Graphics by : Andrew Heckles
                         Copyright 1994 Andrew Heckles



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You must register this game, if you keep it without registering you are
breaking the law.  To register your copy please send 5.00 and your disk to
the address at the end and I will send you a fully registered version and
some more games.

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I decided to write this game to releive the terminal boredom of playing
games.  If you want to contact me for any reason, donations, frilly knickers
for my collection (I don't actually have a collection but maybe you can help
me start it), bug reports, ideas for games, improvements to this one, offers
of kinky sex, or for any other reason then see the address at the end.


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A Day at the races was written entirely in AMOS (V1.2) and was then compiled
using the AMOS Compiler.

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To install this game onto your hard drive just copy over the files on the
disc and add the following line to your startup sequence.

Assign "Day at the Races:" (Where you have the game on your hard drive)

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                               Instructions
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When you run the game the first thing you'll see is the main menu.  The
various options are explained below:-

1.  Visit stables - Visit the stables
2.  Visit bank - Visit the bank
3.  Visit trainer - Visit the trainer
4.  Next meet - Proceeds to the next race meeting
5.  Next race - Continues with the next race
6.  Disk menu - Allows access to the disk menu
Your current bank balance will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.



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                                Stables menu


The stables menu consists of three options :-

Buy Horse - Selecting this option displays a list of ten horses which can be
purchased (they change every week). The horses name will be displayed on the
left of the screen followed by the horses current stamina, fitness and
price.  Selecting the number to the left of the horses name will buy the
horse (provided you can afford it), you can only buy one horse per week.


Sell Horse - The same procedure as above except that your horses are
displayed and can be sold.  You can sell as many horses as you like each
week.


Main menu - Returns you to the main menu



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                                  Bank menu

The bank menu has the following options:-

Borrow money - You will be asked how much you wish to borrow (up to a limit
of 100,000), the amount which you can borrow up to will be displayed
underneath, this money will then be added to your bank account.

Repay money - Enter the amount you wish to repay (the amount you owe will be
displayed underneath) and it will then be deducted from your bank account.

Main menu - Returns you to the main menu



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                                 Training menu


The training menu consists of:-

Stamina training - You can pick one of your horses to train (after a while
it's stamina level will increase).

Fitness training - Same as above except the your horses fitness will
increase.

Main menu - Still returns you to the main menu.


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                                 Next Meet

This skips the remaining races at the current race meeting and proceeds to
the next race meeting.  (Useful if you don't have enough horses to compete
in all the races).


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                                 Disk menu

The disk menu is a bit unstabledue to the fact that I,ve done away with the
standard AMOS file selector, so please follow these instructions very
carefully.


Load game - Place the disk with your saved game on in the disk drive when
prompted.  When the file has loaded you will be asked to replace the Day at
the Races disk, do this when prompted and the game will continue from where
it previously left off.

Save game - When prompted insert a disk on which to save your game, once the
game has been saved, you will be prompted to replace your Day at the Races
disk, once you have done so the game will continue as normal.

Main menu - Guess what?



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                                  Next Race

When you select this option you will be given the chance to enter one of
your horses into the upcoming race or continue with the race.
To enter a horse simply click on it's number and you will be told that it
has been entered.
When you are ready to proceed click on continue and you will have the
chance to go to the bookmakers.



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                                  Bookmakers


Two options are present on this screen, placce a bet and continue.  To place
a bet click on the 'place a bet' icon and the horses running in the next
race will then be displayed along with the odds.  Click on the horse you
wish to bet on and you will be then asked to enter your stake, once this has
been donee (you can place up to four bets on one race) you can continue with
the race.



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                                     Race

You will now be able to watch an animated display of the horses battling it
out for the line.  After the race you will be tol whether or not you have
won any money, and will then be returned to the main menu.


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A few points to note:-

The graphics are crap (I'm pathetic with Deluxe paint).

There's no sound effects (this was due to the fact that I couldn't get a
decent smaple of some horses racing without someone chaffing on).


If you want to write for any reason my address is :-

                               Andrew Heckles
                               11 Lawnhead Square
                               Mill Hill
                               Sunderland
                               ENGLAND
                               SR3 2TG

See ya.
