========= PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS ============ BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO DOWNLOAD THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF THIS GAME. YOU WILL PROBABLY SAVE MUCH MORE TIME AS A RESULT THAN IT WILL TAKE FOR YOU TO READ THIS FILE OVER. =================================================== BY:G CLARK SEA RESCUE (C)1987 =================================================== SEA RESCUE IS A COMBINATION GRAPHICS GAME AND SIMULATION. THE SCENARIO IS THE LATTER PART OF WORLD WAR II. THE JAPANESE HAVE DEVELOPED A RATHER CRUDE SORT OF HELECOPTER; AND WHILE THEY ARE VERY HARD TO CONTROL, THEY ARE EASILY AND CHEAPLY MANUFACTURED. YOUR POSITION IS THAT OF A PT BOAT SKIPPER, WHO IS CALLED UPON TO RESCUE DOWNED U.S. FLIERS. THEY INVARIABLY WIND UP IN THE OCEAN AND ALL YPU HAVE TO GO ON IS THEIR LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. YOU MUST LEAVE YOUR HOME PORT, GET TO THE LOCATION OF THE DOWNED FLIER, PICK HIM UP, AND RETURN TO BASE. ALONG THE WAY YOU WILL PROBABLY RUN ACCROSS A FEW LAND BASED ENEMY GUNS, ROVING HELECOPTERS, POP-UP-MINES, AND AN ENEMY CRUISER. THE CRUISER IS THE HOME BASE OF THE HELECOPTERS AND IF DISABLED BY YOUR TORPEDOES, THE AIRCRAFT ATTACKS WILL STOP. YOU HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUEL, MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION AND TWO TORPEDOES. SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA ARE TWO SUPPLY DUMPS. THEY APPEAR THE SAME AS YOUR HOME BASE, BUT, THE OUTER BOUNDRY IS A CHECKERBOARD TYPE PATTERN. IF YOU MANAGE TO GET TO ONE OF THESE LOCATIONS, YOUR DAMAGE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE GUNS AND TORPEDO TUBES WILL BE RELOADED AND YOUR OIL TEMPERATURE WILL BE REDUCED. THE ONLY DAMAGE NOT FIXED, IS THE BOMB HITS. THE BOMB HITS ARE BASED ON THE SKILL LEVEL CHOSEN, AND RUN FROM A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN TO A MINIMUM OF THREE. AFTER THAT LIMIT IS REACHED, YOUR VESSEL IS SUNK. WATCH YOUR OIL TEMPERATURE! IF IT GETS TOO HOT, THE ENGINE WILL SUFFER TERMINAL INTESTINAL UPSET AND END THE GAME. ALSO, REMEMBER, IF SOMETHING IS BAD IF IT IS TOO HOT, THE SAME IS TRUE IF IT IS NOT WARM ENOUGH. THE MACHINE GUNS ARE EFFECTIVE ONLY AGAINST THE AIRCRAFT. THE TORPEDOES ARE EFFECTIVE ONLY AGAINST THE CRUISER. YOU ARE UNABLE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE SHORT BATTERIES, AS THEIR RANGE IS TOO GREAT. THE INDICATION OF SHORE BATTERIES ATTACKING IS . YOUR REFERENCE ON THE RADAR SCREEN IS ALWAYS THE TOP OF THE SCREEN BEING NORTH (0 DEGREES) AND THE BOTTOM BEING SOUTH (180 DEGREES). AS WITH A REAL BOAT, THE FASTER YOU GO, THE MORE SLUGGISH THE RUDDER RESPONSE. THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE CHOSEN AREA, (THE PHILLAPINES), IS MARSH AND SWAMPY SHORELINES. THUS IT IS POSSIBLE TO JUMP ACCROSS SMALL ISLANDS, AND ACTUALLY GO INLAND A SHORT DISTANCE WITHOUT DAMAGE. THIS IS DUE TO THE RADAR SHOWING ONLY LARGE AREAS AND SMALL INLETS AND STREAMS ARE NOT VISIBLE. THE POP-UP-MINES ARE ONES THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAVE DROPPED INTO THE WATER AND THEY PERIODICALLY FLOAT TO THE SURFACE IN YOUR GENERAL AREA. ALSO THE AIRCRAFT WILL OCCASIONALLY DEPLOY MINES IN YOUR AREA WHILE THEY ATTACK. EACH AIRCRAFT WILL MAKE UP TO THREE PASSES AT YOU. THEY MAY CRASH OF THEIR OWN VOLITION, OR BE SHOT DOWN BY YOUR EVER FAITHFULL GUNNERY CREW. TO ATTACK THE CRUISER, YOU MUST GET THE HEADING OF YOUR SHIP IN THE CORRECT ATTITUDE AND BE WITHIN RANGE OF THE TORPEDOES. BOTH OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL COME WITH PRACTICE. ONE LAST WORD, THE PILOT WILL BE SWAMPED BY YOUR WAKE IF YOU ATTEMPT TO PICK HIM UP AND YOUR FORWARD SPEED IS IN EXCESS OF EIGHT KNOTS. IN THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN IS A SMALL CIRCLE, THIS REPRESENTS THE LEFT JOYSTICK (THE ONE USED IN THIS GAME) , AND MAY BE HELPFUL WHEN TRYING TO DO CLOSE MANEUVERING. TO START, JUST TYPE RUN"BOOT". GOOD LUCK, CAPTAIN! ------- DISCLAIMER AND NON-WARRANTY ------- SINCE THIS PROGRAM (MEANING ALL FILES, SUBPROGRAMS, SCREENS, ETC. EITHER AS A WHOLE OR IN PART) IS GIVEN WITH NO REQUEST FOR PAYMENT IN ANY MANNER, THERE WILL BE NO WARRANTY EITHER IMPLIED OR CONSTRUED AND NO GUARANTEE EITHER IMPLIED OR CONSTRUED. I SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY TO ANY PERSON OR COMPANY REGARDING LIABILITY, LOSS, OR DAMAGE CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM OR THESE INSTRUCTIONS. THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, ANY LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS RESULTING FROM SUCH LOSS OF BUSINESS, OR ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER PHYSICAL, MONETARY, MATERIAL, OR ANY OTHER KIND, RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM OR THESE INSTRUCTIONS. THE ABOVE SHALL ALSO COVER ANY CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, FIXES, UPDATES, REVAMPING OR REWRITING OF ANY OR ALL OF EITHER THE PROGRAMS OR INSTRUCTIONS BY ANY PARTIES OTHER THAN MYSELF. THIS PROGRAM IS GIVEN INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND AS SUCH, SINCE ANY CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS ETC. (SEE ABOVE) ARE OUT OF MY CONTROL, I SHALL MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO COME UP WITH ANY CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, ETC. (SEE ABOVE) FOR ANY PERSON, COMPANY OR REASON. ------- INSTRUCTIONS --------- FOLLOWING ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR DOWNLOADING AND USING THE REST OF THE SECTIONS OF SEA RESCUE. CRESCUE.DOC : IS THIS FILE. SCRGEN01.BAS : RUN IT AND SAVE THE RESULTING BINARY PICTURE AS SCREEN01.BIN ON ANOTHER DISK. SCRGEN03.BAS : RUN IT AND SAVE THE RESULTING BINARY PICTURE AS SCREEN03.BIN ON ANOTHER DISK. SCRGEN04.BAS : RUN IT AND SAVE THE RESULTING BINARY PICTURE AS SCREEN04.BIN ON ANOTHER DISK. SCRGEN05.BAS : RUN IT AND SAVE THE RESULTING BINARY PICTURE AS SCREEN05.BIN ON ANOTHER DISK. CRESCUE.BAS : SAVE ON BOTH DISKS AS CRESCUE.BAS. SUCCESS.BAS : DOWNLOAD AND SAVE ON BOTH DISKS AS SUCCESS.BAS. BOOT.BAS : DOWNLOAD AND SAVE ON BOTH DISKS AS BOOT.BAS. SCRGEN20.BAS : RUN IT AND SAVE THE RESULTING BINARY PICTURE AS SCREEN20.BIN ON ANOTHER DISK. SCRGEN21.BAS : RUN IT AND SAVE THE RESULTING BINARY PICTURE AS SCREEN21.BIN ON ANOTHER DISK. SCRGEN22.BAS : RUN IT AND SAVE THE RESULTING BINARY PICTURE AS SCREEN22.BIN ON ANOTHER DISK. SCRGEN23.BAS : RUN IT AND SAVE THE RESULTING BINARY PICTURE AS SCREEN23.BIN ON ANOTHER DISK. THE FIRST DISK (THE ONE WITH ALL BASIC PROGRAMS) PUT ASIDE AS A BACKUP. THE SECOND DISK, THE ONE WITH BOTH BINARY FILES AND BASIC PROGRAMS, WILL BE THE GAME DISK. TO RUN, JUST RUN"BOOT". MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A JOYSTICK IN THE *LEFT* JOYSTICK PORT! My thanks to C. Clark for permission to upload this file. Have fun, I did! -- NEWKID --