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************************** C A V E R A I D E R ************* Version 1.4 *
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******************* Copyright (c) 2004 by Paul Redling ********************
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Cave Raider is a fun and amazing ASCII adventure game. You are a young man
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or a young woman and enter a dangerous underground cave system with six
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consecutive caves. You'll find a lot of gold in these caves, but also
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terrible cave monsters that guard the gold. Your intention is to raid cave
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after cave, get all the gold and leave the cave system alive. The layout of
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the individual caves is randomly generated. This means that each game will
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offer you a new challenge! In addition, you can choose between three
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difficulty settings (Easy, Normal and Hard). If you have some spare time,
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then give this game a try. The best cave raiders will get an entry in the
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Hall of Fame.
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This program is freeware, i.e. you can freely use and distribute it. However,
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you must leave all files as they are and must not charge any money for the
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program.
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CR.ZIP contains the following files:
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CR.EXE - The executable program
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CR-E.TXT - The documentation in English
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CR-G.TXT - The documentation in German
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CR.BAS - The source code
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The file CR.DAT is created after you run CR.EXE. It's used for the
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configuration data and the Hall of Fame data.
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The program was written in Microsoft QBasic 1.1 and compiled with Microsoft
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Basic PDS 7.1.
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It is offered without any warranty. The program has been tested and should
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not cause any undesirable operation. However, you are using it at your own
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risk.
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System Requirements
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Don't worry! All you need is a computer with an EGA/VGA compatible graphics
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card. The game should run fine under DOS as well as under Windows (including
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Windows NT/2000/XP).
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Running the Game
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DOS: Switch to the directory into which you installed the game, type "CR" and
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then press Enter.
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Windows: Open the folder that contains the game and double-click on the CR
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icon. The game should be played in fullscreen mode.
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Options
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1) Cave Raider - Male (yellow) or Female (pink)
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2) Difficulty Setting - Easy, Normal or Hard
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3) Sound - on/off
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If you make a change, you can save the new settings. If you want to clear the
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table in the Hall of Fame, then go there and press F1.
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Keys
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The arrow keys - Move the cave raider
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Spacebar - Fires a grenade. Use the arrow keys to pick a direction.
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Press Spacebar again to cause an immediate explosion of
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the grenade.
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M - Magic (Stone Spell)
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S - Sound on/off
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H - Help
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Q - Quit
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Every time you start a new game, you'll be asked for your name. It can have a
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maximum length of eight characters (A-Z, a-z and spaces). Use Backspace to
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delete a character. Press Return if your name is less than eight characters.
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Symbols
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(The actual ASCII characters can be found in the in-game instructions.)
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Smiley - You
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Rock - If you run into it, your health will decrease by 80 (cave
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wall), 60 (rock formation) or 40 (damaged rock formation).
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If your health is zero, you'll die.
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Gold - 50 points. As soon as you've collected all the gold, the
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magic wall around the magic scroll will disappear and you
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can get the scroll.
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Chest of - Depending on the difficulty setting, you'll get 5 (Easy),
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grenades 3 (Normal) or 2 (Hard) extra grenades. You also begin a
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a game with 5, 3 or 2 grenades. The number of grenades is
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the only difference between the three difficulty settings,
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but you'll see that this difference really influences the
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difficulty of the game.
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Grenade - You are equipped with a grenade launcher. Use a grenade to
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kill a green or a red monsters or to block its way with a
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sign. A grenade has no effect on a black monster, but a
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sign will also block its way. Be careful not to hit a
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piece of gold. If a grenade blows up one of the pieces of
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gold, you can no longer get the magic scroll to leave the
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cave and your adventure has come to an end. In rare cases
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you'll have to blow up either the leftmost rock or the
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rightmost rock of a rock formation to get a piece of gold.
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These two rocks are the only ones that can be blown up by
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a grenade, provided there's no rock below them. All the
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other rocks of a rock formation can only be damaged by a
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grenade. A grenade has no effect on the cave walls and on
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everything of magic origin.
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Explosion - If you run into it, you'll die.
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Sign - A white star on blue background. This sign is left behind
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on the ground after you cause an immediate explosion of a
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grenade by pressing a button (Spacebar) on your grenade
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launcher. It's absolutely harmless, but the cave monsters
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are afraid of it and won't walk over it. Therefore, you
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can use the sign as a barrier, e.g. at the magic door.
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Magic gem - 100 points. It gives you two spells. Press "M" to
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temporarily turn the red monsters into stone. This also
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applies to the black monsters. You need the gem to leave
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the cave through the magic door.
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Magic scroll - 100 points. It generates magic fields of quicksand
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every few seconds. If you take the scroll, the magic
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fields of quicksand will disappear immediately and the
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magic monsters, i.e. the black monsters, will turn into
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gems worth 100 points each. You need the scroll to leave
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the cave through the magic door.
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Magic wall - It protects the magic scroll. If you walk into it, you'll
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die.
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Magic field of - It's near the magic scroll and protects it. If you walk
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quicksand into it, you'll die.
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Green monster - 60 points. Maximum number: 10. The green monster is slow
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and not very intelligent, but it moves towards the magic
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door and once it reaches its destination, it stays there
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and hinders your escape. If you're in the way, it'll eat
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you.
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Red monster - 80 points. Maximum number: 10. The red monster is always
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in the same cave as the green monster. It's a skilled and
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pretty fast hunter that adjusts to the speed of your
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movements. If it gets you, it'll eat you.
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Black monster - 100 points as gem. Maximum number: 15. The black monster
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is a magic creature that can't be killed by grenades.
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However, as soon as you take the magic scroll, the black
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monster will turn into a black gem. Similar to the red
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monster, the black monster is a skilled hunter, but it
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moves continuously, at a quick speed. This means that you
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should also move quickly if you don't want to get eaten by
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it. Luckily, the black monster never appears together with
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green or red monsters because it doesn't get along with
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them.
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Magic door - You'll get 200 points if you leave one of the first five
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caves and 1000 points if you leave the sixth cave, i.e.
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the cave system. You need both the magic gem and the magic
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scroll in order to leave a cave. In addition, there must
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be no cave monster at the magic door when you want to
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leave the cave. If these conditions are not met and you
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walk into the magic door, you'll die.
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Notes
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1) As I wanted the possibility to escape from the cave system, I decided that
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there should be a total of six caves and three difficulty settings (Easy,
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Normal and Hard). If you play well, you should be able to escape from the
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cave system in Easy Mode. If you play very well, an escape should also be
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possible in Normal Mode. In Hard Mode, however, an escape is almost
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impossible. If it says "Cave:X" in the Hall of Fame, it means that he or
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she escaped from the cave system. That's great, but remember: There's
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always a next time. You can never be sure if you'll leave those dangerous
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caves alive.
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2) There's one cheat code in this game.
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Program Updates
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Version 1.4 12/01/2004
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- Changed the behavior of the magic door
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- Improved some routines
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- Made a few corrections in the documentation
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Version 1.2 10/24/2004
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- Fixed bugs with the grenade
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- Optimized several routines
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Version 1.1 10/04/2004
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- Fixed bug with the initial positions of the monsters
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- Fixed a few other bugs
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- Improved the AI of the hunters
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- Optimized parts of the code
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- Made some minor cosmetic changes
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- Improved the story
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- Revised the documentation
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Version 1.0 08/04/2004
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- First public release
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Contact
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Email: paul.redling@gmx.net
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I welcome your comments.
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