Alive Software
Presents ... B I L L Y T H E K I D R E T U R N S (tm)
Welcome, you are about to experience the wild west as Billy The Kid.
Your goal is to stay alive, collect at least ten keys and then try to
find the exit to the next level. Pickup valuable items such as guns,
money bags, gold, food, water, bottles etc. Avoid your enemies and
shoot at bombs for extra points.
Billy The Kid is a Western action arcade Game with many levels. It
features VGA horizontal, vertical and diagonal scrolling action and 3D
overlapping objects. Each episode looks and feels completely different
and is full of surprises. If you like the old west but you hate guns,
there is a no-gun option. This game has plenty of action and conflict
but no violence against human opponents.
Requires: 286-16 system or better, VGA graphics and 530K of Free memory
( For SoundBlaster support, 560K of free memory is required )
Options : Joystick, EMS or XMS support, Adlib or SoundBlaster compatible
sound cards.
Billy The Kid files, program, graphics, sounds and manuals on paper or
on disk, are (C) copyright 1993 by Alive Software, All Rights Reserved.
Concept, game design, programming, graphics and sound by Bill Dedes.
Music editing and theme song (c) 1992 by Larry Roberts.
INDEX
1.................. DISCLAIMER
2.................. SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION
3.................. GAME OPERATION
4.................. SHAREWARE VERSION NOTES
1. DISCLAIMER
This program is provided "as is" and it is without warranty of any kind
that it will work correctly in any or all situations. No liability
shall be assumed for direct or consequential damage caused by the use
of this software. The only claim Alive Software makes is that there
are no intentional bugs or fatal errors in any original copy of the
program received directly from Alive Software.
2. SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION
Billy The Kid is distributed as Shareware: if you like the program and
would like to receive the latest version, all ten episodes and
additional music and graphics files, please use ORDER.DOC to order it.
Feel free to pass this program to friends and relatives, as long as all
of the files are included in the distributed disk and are not altered in
any way. If you are a vendor and plan to sell this program for a profit,
please read file VENDOR.DOC describing our licensing terms.
3. GAME OPERATION
Type KID <Enter> to start, select an episode by using the arrow keys,
or you may press ESC to exit to DOS. Then select "Start Game" from the
main menu. The Shareware version includes only episodes 1, 2 and 3, the
rest are available only from Alive Software.
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3.1 CONTROL
Jump: Press the CTRL key or Joystick button 1 to jump. By holding the
CTRL key down longer, you can jump higher.
Shoot straight: press the ALT key or Joystick button 2 to shoot straight
Double diagonal shot: Press the SHIFT key for two diagonal shots.
Move: Use the Up, Down, Left, Right arrow keys or the Joystick to move
around.
Quit: Press the ESC key to quit the game and return to main menu.
Help: Press the F1 key for a brief help screen.
3.2 MAIN MENU
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Start New Game Once you have selected an episode select this entry to
-------------- get the game started.
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Introduction Game hints and short description of each episode.
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Top Scores Displays current and past top scores.
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Game Setup Select Joystick or Keyboard. Gun or No-Gun mode.
-------------- Music or No music option. Sound effects or no sound.
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New Player Change the current player's name. This name will be
-------------- used when saving the player's high scores.
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Demo For a quick introduction to playing the game or a non-
-------------- stop demonstration select this option. To stop the
demo simply press any key.
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Home BBS Information on how to access our Home BBS and download
-------------- other Alive Software games.
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Ordering Info Important information on how to order all of the
-------------- episodes and cheat codes from Alive Software.
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Exit To Dos Select this entry to quit the program and return to DOS.
-------------- Before you exit, our catalog will be displayed. Press
the up or down key to browse through or Esc to Exit.
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3.3 GAME OBJECTIVES
You are William Bonney, a fifteen year old boy, better known as Billy
The Kid. The goal of the game is to stay alive, collect at least ten
keys and then find the exit to the next level. Pickup valuable items
such as guns, money bags, gold, food, bottles etc. Shoot at bombs
for extra points. The game includes ten episodes from Billy's life.
* Escape from the Silver city prison. Avoid the dogs and the guards.
It is going to be a long journey under the hot New Mexico sun, so you
must collect plenty of water, food and tools.
* Alone in the New Mexico desert. A big reward is been offered for
your capture, so you decide to cross the desert and move west to Arizona.
The desert is full of wild buffaloes, desperadoes,horse thieves, rattle
snakes and coachmen carrying food and guns to the near by military post.
Avoid stepping on bombs and dynamite sticks. Pickup water, food, guns,
knives and find the entrance to the old man's mine.
* Old Man's Mine. OK Billy, now you are inside the old man's mine.
Get as much gold and rubies you can before the old man or his trained
army of mice gets you. Pickup ten keys and find the exit to Camp Grant.
* Sombrero Jack and his gang are terrorizing a tiny Arizona village.
Here is your chance to eliminate the gang and get the stolen goods.
You will find plenty of rattle snakes and buffaloes in the Camp.
Try to find the entrance to captain Lightfoot's cave.
* You come upon Captain Lightfoot cave. Rumor has it that the old
pirate's treasure is buried in there. Can you find it ? Deadly
lizards, rats and pirates are everywhere.
* As you return back to New Mexico, you are ambushed by a group of
Apache warriors. Can you survive the attack ? Thrill, danger and
hard fighting awaits you.
* As you move on, deadly Senioritas attack you without warning.
* Nobody has dared to cross the ghost town. You will need a fast
draw and a lot of luck to survive. Plenty of surprises await you.
* You have to outsmart and outrun the cavalry, sent by the governor to
arrest you.
* Finally, you will meet at Fort Sumner your nemesis, sheriff Pat
Garrett. Can you rewrite history and escape his deadly six-shooter ?
SCORE : You get points every time you pickup a valuable item or you
shoot and hit an enemy. You loose points when you get hit or step on
a bomb. To achieve very high scores you must start with episode 1 and
work your way up, collecting points in each episode.
HEALTH: Every time you get hit or step on a bomb, you loose one health
point. If you run out of health points the game ends. Look for special
food items that give you extra health points.
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4. SPECIAL NOTES FOR SHAREWARE VERSION
Here is a list of benefits you get by ordering the complete Billy The
Kid episodes for ONLY $ 22 ( U.S. Dollars ) plus shipping.
* YOU GET THE LATEST ENHANCED version of Billy The Kid and all ten
episodes including:
Escape From Silver City Prison
Alone In The Desert
Old Man's Mine,
Sombrero Jack and his gang,
Captain Lightfoot's treasure,
Apache Ambush,
Deadly Senioritas,
Ghost Town,
The Cavalry, thunder in the dust and
Pat Garrett's Revenge
* Cheat codes for INFINITE number of bullets and unlimited health points.
Use the cheat codes to get even higher scores.
* When you order from Alive Software you will also get more FREE Shareware,
our catalog, newsletter, new product announcements and low cost updates.
* Registered users Get TECHNICAL support through phone, mail or our BBS.
For more information run program ALIVECAT.EXE, our online software
catalog.
For Information on how to contact us or on how to Order, print or list
and fill out our order form ORDER.DOC and mail or fax it to Alive.
ALIVE SOFTWARE, P.O. BOX 4004, SANTA CLARA, CA 95056 U.S.A.
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