Snake

Short: Snake 2.0, classic snake game Author: Richard Smedley <rsmedley@cix.co.uk> Type: Arcade game - S3a, S3c Snake 2.0 (C) Richard Smedley 1998 rsmedley@cix.co.uk http://www.cix.co.uk/~rsmedley/psion.html INTRODUCTION ------------ An updated version of the classic snake game - eat the bugs, but avoid the deadly poisonous mushrooms! Features include three difficulty settings (each with its own high score table), numerous bonus objects, and a secret sillyness mode! You are a snake in an enclosed garden containing lots of tasty beetles. There are also lots of mushrooms growing in the garden, which are deadly poisonous to the snake. You must eat the beetles and avoid the deadly mushrooms. Every time you eat a beetle the snake grows slightly longer, making it more and more difficult to avoid eating your own tail. Various bonus objects will appear from time to time, which have various useful (or not so useful!) effects on the snake and mushrooms. CONTROLS -------- Use the cursor keys to control the snake, or define your own keys using Psion-K. Press return to pause the game. Once you've started moving, the snake continues moving in that direction until you either pause the game or change direction. Full help support is available by pressing the Help key. There is a cheat mode, but I will leave it to you to work out how to use it! BONUS OBJECTS ------------- Bonus objects will appear on the screen from time-to-time, which do various useful (or not so useful!) things when you eat them: DIET PILL - Shorten the snake. SKULL & CROSSBONES - Instant death, avoid. SHOVEL - Kill some of the mushrooms. SNAIL - Slow down the snake. RUNNING MAN - Speed up the snake. SMILEY FACE - Eat it and see what happens... :-) ARROWS - Reverse the control keys, nasty. LONG SNAKE - Snake grows even faster. GAME OPTIONS ------------ Pressing Psion-O will display the game options window. Here, you can select the following options: Sound -> On/Off Difficulty -> Easy/Normal/Hard If you change the difficulty in the middle of a game, then a new game will be automatically started for you. Each difficulty setting has its own seperate high score table. INSTALLATION ------------ The game is compatible with the Psion S3a and S3c. I'm afraid that it won't work on the Siena, sorry. The game can be installed onto SSD, all you have to do is copy the files into the following dirs on any drive: SNAKE.OPA -> \APP\ ALIEN.WVE -> \APP\SNAKE\ PIP.WVE -> \APP\SNAKE\ SNAKE.FON -> \APP\SNAKE\ TITLE.PIC -> \APP\SNAKE\ VIPVIP.WVE -> \APP\SNAKE\ SNAKE.HLP -> \HLP\ SYS$HELP.OPO -> \OPO\ Now install it in the normal way by pressing Psion-I on the System screen. HOW TO REGISTER --------------- This game is shareware, if you like it then please send 5 Pounds Sterling (10 US Dollars, 15 Deutschmarks) to me at this address: Richard Smedley PO Box 59 SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD Notts NG17 3HP England When you register, I'll send you a personal registration code that you can enter into the program to remove the nag screens. My full range of freeware and shareware programs for the S3a/S3c/Siena can be downloaded from my Psion home page, at the following URL: http://www.cix.co.uk/~rsmedley/psion.html If you want to know how to use the cheat mode, ask me when you send the registration fee and I will let you in on the secret! The cheat mode only works in the registered version of the game, so you will have to register if you want to use it... CREDITS ------- I'd like to thank Andy Eskelson & Steve Litchfield for their invaluable help and feedback while developing this game. Special thanks also go to Tom Dolbilin, author of OPL Help System. VERSION HISTORY --------------- V2.0 (06.08.98) - Completely rewrote all the game code, fixing numerous bugs. - Added some new bonus objects, which do useful things like reversing the control keys and making the snake grow longer... - The game will now automatically pause itself if you move it to the background. - Added full help support; just press the Help key! - Added a cheat mode, which can only be used by registered users. (Now you've got an incentive to register! ;-) V1.1 (09.01.98) - Bug fix: The game would freeze if you managed to remove *all* the mushrooms from the screen using the shovel. Now fixed! V1.0a (14.11.97) - Made a couple of internal changes to the code. V1.0 (27.10.97) - The first release. COPYRIGHT & DISTRIBUTION ------------------------ Snake is Copyright (C) Richard Smedley 1998. The unregistered version of this game may be freely distributed for non-commercial purposes providing all the original files remain fully intact and unmodified. The registration codes sent to registered users are for personal use only, and must not be given to other people. You are prohibited from attempting to modify, reverse-translate or reverse-engineer this program in any way. Standard disclaimer applies; you use this program at your own risk.