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Title : Nemesis
- Version : 0.98.77 Beta
- Release Date : 7.VII.00
- Filename : nemesis.86p (size 6707B)
- Author(s) : Shiar
+ Version : 1.0.A23 Beta
+ Release Date : 23.X.00
+ Filename : nemesis.86p (size 7212)
+ Author : 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 | www.ticalc.org
+ Where to get this game : www.shiar.org | ticalc.org
Other games by author : Worm
->>>>>>> NOTE ON V.98 ---------------------------------------------------------
+>>>>>>> NOTE ON V.99 ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+ Dear betatester, please do not give this game away to others. This beta has
+ten levels, and should never crash your calc. Report any bugs or imperfections
+to me. Thanks, and have fun!
- It's been nearly a year since the first version of Nemesis, and over one
-half year since my last version. So I figured it's about time to complete
-this game. I won't bother you with the endless list of improvements I made;
-just go ahead and play the game!
+ (No comments on levels, storyline and difficulty plz, working on that)
>>>>>>> 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, Salamander=LifeForce, Parodius)
-for systems including the Game Boy, (S)NES and Play Station.
+41 Nemesis-games - named Nemesis=Gradius, LifeForce=Salamander, Parodius -
+for systems including the C64, Game Boy, (S)NES and PlayStation(2).
>>>>>>> THA GAME -------------------------------------------------------------
- Arrow keys : move
- 2nd : fire
- ALPHA : select powerup
- MORE : pause
- GRAPH : teacher/boss! (press graph again to resume)
- EXIT : exit
- F1 : toggle B<>W in main menu, save game at level-screen
+ 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.
- Collect the pickups enemies leave after they're destroyed to upgrade your
-ship. The highlighted icon in the score bar (bottom) can be activated by
-pressing ALPHA.
+ Before a level starts, you can press [F1] to save the game. If you choose
+CONTINUE GAME later, you'll start at that level.
- Upgrades: ARMOR | TAIL-BEAM | WEAPON-UPG | LASER | MULTIPLES
+ In the game itself you just have to keep yourself from getting destroyed.
+The following keys might come in handy:
- The upper bar on the left shows your hitpoints left (armor). The bar below
-that shows the current power of your weapon.
+ 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?
+ At the bottom you can see the current power of your weapon, your lives left,
+armor left, your upgrades and score.
->>>>>>> BETA STUFF -----------------------------------------------------------
- There are just five levels for now, don't play beyond there. In future
-versions I'll add more levels and enemies, maybe obstacles, and I'll release
-the source code. I don't think I will add greyscale, sound or a multiplayer
-option.
+>>>>>>> UPGRADES -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ Flying over a small pickup 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.
+
+ After defeating a boss, a larger pickup will appear, which you can use to
+upgrade your ship. These upgrades are:
+
+ 1 - 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.
+
+ 2 - LASER: A direct weapon which replaces the beam-weapon. Can also be
+upgraded upto nine times.
+
+ 3 - 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 is only available when your ship is
+equipped with a beam weapon.
+
+ - MULTIPLES: or "options". Will be selected if you've got lasers. These
+will follow your ship and fire when you do, effectively doubling your damage.
+You can have four of them.
+
+ 4 - SCORE: If you collect four pickups, your score will be increased by 250
+points. This is for the real hardcore shmuppers who don't need no skinkin'
+upgrades.
+
+
+>>>>>>> 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!
+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 --------------------------------------------------------------
- SHIAR (me) programming and everything else. SHIAR@MAILROOM.COM
- DAVE official betatester (if you need a bug, ask Dave :)
- BLACKBELT official betatester
- MATTHEW DALE official betatester
- JONAH COHEN for teaching me z80, giving advise, testing...
- SCABBY gave me Wworm, Derek, and probably some other stuff
- CULLEN SAULS exchanging beta MegaMan for beta Nemesis ;)
- BRIAN KOROPOFF for solving the left+down bug!
- PATRICK DAVIDSON Nemesis was originally based on his Galaxian
- KONAMI for writing the original Nemesises and more great games
+ 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
-and EVERYBODY WHO SENT ME SOMETHING!! (too much to list here)
-and everybody I forgot.
+Also alot of thanks to EVERYBODY WHO SENT ME SOMETHING and everybody I forgot.
>>>>>>> RULEZ AND REGULATIONS ------------------------------------------------
-* Damage to you, your calc, or anything else was not caused by Nemesis
- and I am certainly not responsible
-* Thou shalt NOT release an altered version of Nemesis
+* 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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