Diamond Dash 17-Jun-92
Copyright (C) Softek (David Fleming) 1992. All rights reserved.
Requirements: PC/AT or PS2 (not model 30), PC-DOS / MS-DOS 2.0 or
later, EGA or VGA with Color Display. 12 Mhz or better preferred.
INTRODUCTION
Diamond Dash is a graphics game exploiting the capabilities of the
IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter. It is a game of ladders, ropes, enemies,
and diamonds, played on multiple levels sequentially. It is very similar
to the Broderbund classic LODE RUNNER.
SHAREWARE
Diamond Dash is NOT a public domain program, it is a ShareWare
product. If you choose to keep Diamond Dash, please send $15 to:
David Fleming
P.O. Box 8991
Roanoke, VA 24014
You will receive the latest version of Diamond Dash which has
25 levels of play. The shareware version is limited to 5 levels.
Feel free to give a copy of Diamond Dash to friends and colleagues
to try. Please remind them that, if they choose to use Diamond
Dash, and would like to have 25 levels, they must send me $15.
INSTRUCTIONS
You are a highly trained commando sent by the Farturion Empire
to reclaim a stolen cache of Farturion Diamonds. They were stolen
by a group of Raven Warriors from the dark world Yranus.
The diamonds are being held in an underground warehouse deep
beneath the vile surface of Yranus. The warehouse has 5 rooms
(25 in the registered version). You must pick up all the diamonds
in each room to progress to the next level. Each room will be
heavily guarded. The guards have no weapons, but since they are
such vile creatures, if one of them touches you, you're history.
Your only weapon is a portable proton accelerator that allows you
to blast large holes in the floor which the guards (and you) can
fall into. The holes will "heal" after a certain amount of time.
If a guard is in a hole when it heals, he will reappear at the
top of the room. If you are in a hole when it heals, you're dead.
You have 5 lives at the beginning of the game. You gain 1 life for
each level you complete. When all lives are used up, the game exits
to DOS.
The arrow keys control your direction (up, down, left, right).
The "Z" key blasts holes to the left.
The "X" key blasts holes to the right.
The "A" key aborts the current life. (use for no way out situations)
The "ESC" key exits the program
Good Luck!
Thank you for supporting ShareWare!
David Fleming
Compuserve 72637,17