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 Title                         : Nemesis
 Version                       : 0.99.829 Beta
 Release Date                  : 29.VIII.00
 Filename                      : nemesis.86p (size 7kB)
 Author(s)                     : Shiar
 Email Address                 : shiar0@hotmail.com
 ICQ                           : #43840958
 Web Page                      : http://www.shiar.org
 Description                   : cool arcade-shoot-em-up-game
 Where to get this game        : www.shiar.org | ticalc.org
 Other games by author         : Worm


>>>>>>> NOTE ON V.99 ---------------------------------------------------------

  Dear betatester, please do not give this game away to others. This beta has
ten levels, and should not crash your calc. Report any bugs or imperfections
to me. Thanks, and have fun!


>>>>>>> INTRO TO NEMESIS -----------------------------------------------------

  Nemesis is an old arcade-game for many platforms, originally for arcades.
I first played Nemesis III for the MSX (1988), but Konami made at least
41 Nemesis-games - named Nemesis=Gradius, LifeForce=Salamander, Parodius -
for systems including the C64, Game Boy, (S)NES and PlayStation(2).


>>>>>>> THA GAME -------------------------------------------------------------

  After selecting NEW GAME, you have to choose your ship to fly with. Note
the last two are HARDCORE-ships, which have a lot less armor than the others.

  Before a level starts, you can press [F1] to save the game. If you choose
CONTINUE GAME later, you'll start at that level.

  In the game itself you just have to keep yourself from getting destroyed.

  ARROWS : move your ship
     2nd : fire weapons
   ALPHA : select powerup
    MORE : pause (change contrast, toggle B<>W)
   GRAPH : teacher/boss! (press graph again to resume)
    EXIT : whooo, what does _this_ button do?

  After destroying several enemies, pickups will appear. Collect them to
upgrade your vessel. The highlighted icon in the score bar (bottom) can be
activated by pressing ALPHA (see next section).

  The upper bar on the left shows your hitpoints left (armor). The bar below
that shows the current power of your weapon.


>>>>>>> UPGRADES -------------------------------------------------------------

  ARMOR+SHIELD
Will increase your armor and activate the shield for a short time. The shield
will reduce any damage, and completely absorb enemy bullets in normal mode.


  TAILBEAM / UP DOUBLE
Depending on the vessel you fly with, this activates either a tail beam (a
bullet going backwards) or up double (bullet going up 45 degrees). This extra
weapon can not be selected when you have lasers.

  BEAM
The standard weapon all vessels are equipped with. Selecting this icon will
upgrade your weapon to a more powerful one. This can only be done nine times.

  LASER
A direct weapon which replaces the beam-weapon. Can also be upgraded upto
nine times.

  MULTIPLES
Or "options". Can only be selected together with lasers. These will follow
your ship and fire when you do, effectively doubling your damage. You can
have four of them.


>>>>>>> BETA STUFF -----------------------------------------------------------

  Continue to send me any IDEAS and BUGS found!! Or send me you like this
program, or even send me something if you don't. Again: shiar@mailroom.com,
or ICQ #43840958! PLEASE!

  Tested on TI86es and emulators with ROM 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6 using YAS,
Rascall and Asm(. Nemesis will NOT run correctly under RASCALL with the
memory LOCKED! Besides that there shouldn't be any bugs.

  Version 1.0 will probably have 13 levels, NO bugs (depending on how good
you betatest-guys do your job :P) and the source will be included. It will
NOT feature multiplayer or greyscale graphics.


>>>>>>> CREDITS --------------------------------------------------------------

  Programming/levels/gfx     - SHIAR
  Official betatesters       - DAVE -- BLACKBELT -- MATTHEW DALE
  Support (advise/ideas/etc) - JONAH -- SCABBY -- BRIAN KOROPOFF
  Original engine (Galaxian) - PATRICK DAVIDSON
  Original Nemesises         - KONAMI

Also alot of thanks to EVERYBODY WHO SENT ME SOMETHING and everybody I forgot.


>>>>>>> RULEZ AND REGULATIONS ------------------------------------------------

* Thou shalt not hold me responsible for damage to your calc or anything else
* Thou shalt NEVER release an altered version of Nemesis
* Thou shalt include this documentation with distribution (except calc2calc)
* Thou shalt not ask money for this program
* Thou shalt eat plenty of vegetables every day


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