ROCKS readme
2000-2001(C) Alejandro Garza
             agarza@campus.mty.itesm.mx

Rocks is an "Aster*ids" clone for the Avigo Organizer by Texas Intruments.

Archive contents:
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 rocks.app:  the actual application
 readme.txt: this file

Instructions:
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Just turn, thrust and shoot all the aster*ids! And watch out for surprises...

E-mail me any comments and suggestions, please!! 
...AND... share your highscores =)


Start with any key, quit from within the In-Game Menu (see below).

Controls::: (meaning in --)

  -shields-  -menu-   -fire-
   ADDRESS   TO DO     UP

  -left-     -right-  -thrust-
   SCHED      MEMO     DOWN

The "In-Game Menu" works only when inside the game. Options are:
 *Return to game
 *Sound settings
 *Starfield setting
 *Quit game
 *Quit to Application menu

App Status:
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Current Version: V1.00 <-----

v1.00: 21-jun-2001
	Lots of stuff!
	* "Computer alert", see if you can recognize who the computer is =)
	* Themed levels, with minelayers, black holes, floating astronauts
	* Sound! (well, more like beeps, but helps keep the game along)
	* In-Game menu
	* Shields (hit ADDRESS key)
	* "Ghost" mode after your ship is destroyed, lasts until you hit a button
	* High-score table
       Source code is now included, PLEASE please use it to crank out new stuff =)
v0.91: Fixed some minor bugs, changed control mechanism. Now uses
       SetDrawArea() to remove some extraneous explosion trails.
       Thanks to Dave Page for the Key Scan routine!!
       Known bugs: sometimes, no level change after last rock destroyed.
v0.9:  First public release. Control method: stylus and keys.

Todo:
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*Add "bosses" or more types of enemies
*Larger playing field? =)

Credits:
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*Thanks to Peter Partsch for the testing, intensive feedback, and getting AVSIM to work on my machine =)
*Sound code... Avigo Entry Points page AND Voice Clock by Jean-michel Bunouf
*Based on source code included in Freeware SDK. Thanks to everyone who worked on it!
*Thanks to Dave Page for that Key Scan routine (great!)
*To my gilfriend for getting me the Avigo in the first place =)


email: agarza@campus.mty.itesm.mx
       Please Write!
