BATTLE CHARGE 1.01 <ASP>
Copyright 1993, 1994 by Gene Brown
Shareware fee $12
BATTLE CHARGE is a DOS based two-player strategy game requiring an
8086 series CPU, 300K of free RAM, VGA color graphics, and a Micro-
soft compatible mouse and DOS resident mouse driver.
BTLCHG.EXE and BTCPCS.DAT are the only essential files. The execut-
able will run from either a floppy disk or hard drive. BTCPCS.DAT,
which contains graphic image data, must accompany BTLCHG.EXE in the
same directory. A variety of sample board files with the extension
.BTC are also included; these can be opened from within the game.
REGISTER.DOC is the program registration form. It may be opened and
printed using any text editor.
When BTLCHG.EXE is started, the user enters a character based shell
with two menus: �File� and �Game�. The menu items under �File� enable
you to open a board file, save a game in progress, or exit the pro-
gram. Under the �Game� menu, selecting the item �Play� begins a new
game or returns to the one in progress, and selecting the item �Help�
provides a detailed set of directions and registration/copyright in-
formation.
Note: If you run BATTLE CHARGE from MS Windows 3.x and find that you
lose your mouse cursor, you must add a statement to your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file to load the MOUSE.COM driver from your Windows directory. For a
directory named WINDOWS on drive C, the statement would be:
c:\windows\mouse.com
Comment out any other mouse drivers in AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS
and reboot your computer. For more details, see your Windows manual.
BATTLE CHARGE is an abstract board game whose basic properties
(piece selection, motion, etc.) are physically intuitive. But due to
the variety of interactions between pieces and some other essential
details, it is important to read the directions carefully and demon-
strate the range of possibilities for yourself by running through
situations on the fully editable game board.
A few of the game properties such as the number of pieces on the
board, the initial board configuration, and the number of pieces
moved during a turn have been left open. See the section RECOMMENDED
PLAY in the �Help� window, which outlines a recommended play scheme.
BATTLE CHARGE is the second in a trilogy of two-player strategy games
together with COLOR CROSS and TUNNEL WAR (currently unfinished). If
you enjoy BATTLE CHARGE, you can not lose trying the others. Write
with any questions, observations, or suggestions to:
Gene Brown
Cold Water Software
P.O. Box 305
Winona, MN 55987-0305
CompuServe: 73423,3415
Phone: (608) 248-2028
Member ASP
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Version History:
Version 1.01:
--Change of address in Help file and other relevant documents. Minor
Help file corrections.
--Added MS Windows mouse driver info and other changes to README.DOC.