DESCRIPTION

    GAME     : War Machine
    PUBLISHER: Players Premier
    SPSID    : 2074,2075
    HOL      : http://hol.abime.net/1663

    VERSION  : 1.01
    DATE     : 10/2006


REQUIREMENTS

    Requires an original copy of the game. Two versions are supported:
        - SPSID 2074: English
        - SPSID 2075: German

    Requires 1Mb of chip memory.

    Requires version 44.10 or later of the standard Amiga "Installer"
    program or a compatible equivalent.

    Requires a Kickstart v34.5 image in DEVS:Kickstarts/kick34005.A500
    and a copy of the file kick34005.A500.RTB in the same directory,
    available from the archive util/boot/skick345.lha on aminet.

    Requires version 16.0 or later of the WHDLoad package by Bert Jahn.
    WHDLoad is available from:

            http://www.whdload.de

    Please consider registering WHDLoad or making a donation to help
    support future development of more hard drive installers for your
    favourite Amiga games and demos!


INSTALLING THE GAME

    Extract all files in the release archive to your system.

    Double click on the "Install" icon present in the extraction
    directory and follow the instructions given by the Installer
    program.

    The game will be installed to a directory you select on your
    hard drive. You will be alerted if installation fails for any
    reason, please contact the author if this happens.


PLAYING THE GAME

    Open the game drawer created during installation and click on the
    icon to start the game.

    The following keys may be used while the game is running:
      F10 = quit game and return to Workbench

    The BUTTONWAIT tooltype may be used to pause the loading process after
    the loading screen has been displayed.

    Registered WHDLoad users have the following additional features:

      - the CUSTOM2 tooltype may be used to activate cheats in the game:
          CUSTOM2 =   1 to activate infinite lives
          CUSTOM2 =   2 to activate infinite time
          CUSTOM2 =   4 to activate infinite energy
          CUSTOM2 =   8 to activate infinite ammo
          CUSTOM2 =  16 to activate infinite grenades
          CUSTOM2 =  32 to give security robot at start of game
          CUSTOM2 =  64 to activate security robot infinite energy
          CUSTOM2 = 128 to activate infinite keys
          CUSTOM2 = 256 to disable backdrops on the game screens

        Multiple cheats may be activated by adding these values together.


LICENCE

    This product is free software
    © 2005-2006 Halibut Software / John Girvin, All Rights Reserved.

    No payment is required to use this product. If you have paid to
    buy, rent, download or otherwise obtain or use this product in any
    way you should contact the author immediately.

    THE FULL TERMS OF THE LICENCE AGREEMENT MAY BE FOUND IN THE FILE
    "LICENCE" WHICH MUST ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT. IF THIS FILE IS NOT
    PRESENT, CONTACT THE AUTHOR.

    LICENCE BREACHES MAY CONSTITUTE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT PUNISHABLE
    UNDER RELEVANT LAW.

    The licence terms in summary are as follows:

      - You are free to copy and distribute this work under the
        following conditions:
        - you must give the original author credit
        - you may not use this work for commercial purposes
        - you may not alter, transform, or build upon this work

      - For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to
        others the licence terms of this work.

      - Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission
        from the author.

      - Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by
        the above.


AUTHOR

    John Girvin

    E-Mail:    girv@girvnet.org.uk

               PGP KeyID: 0x112e3452
               PGP or S/MIME signed/encrypted mail welcome.

    WWW:       http://www.girvnet.org.uk

    ICQ:       15651883

    DONATIONS: PayPal: payments@girvnet.org.uk
               NoChex: payments@girvnet.org.uk


HISTORY

    1.00    02/2005
      - first version
      - two versions of the game are supported
      - copy protection removed
      - keyboard timing fixed
      - blitter waits added
      - copper race condition fixed
      - trainers added

    1.01    10/2006
      - fixed impossible to pass screen
      - added remove backdrops option
      - added infinite keys option
      - fixed countdown timer speedup problem
      - fixed self modifying code in level 3 interrupt handler


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    "War Machine" is © Players Premier

    WHDLoad is © Bert Jahn

    Thanks to those who supplied disk images, you know who you are.

    Thanks to the Action Testers team for testing and bug reports.

    Thanks to Andreas and Toni Wilen for testing and in particular nailing down
    the timer problem fixed in 1.01.

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