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| T R O F F I I |
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| by Nickolay Soumarokov |
| Erzherzog Karl Str. 182 |
| 1220 Vienna, Austria |
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Written with Borland's Turbo Pascal 5.5
Excuse my comparatively bad English,
I'm just a beginner. (In any case,
You won't understand my excellent
Russian!)
GAME REQUIREMENTS:
1. AT-286
2. EGA 256k (640 X 350, 16 colours)
3. DOS 3.30 or higher
Have You ever played TROFF ? If not, see PsL July 1990
Games disk #2. But here is the latest version of this game -
TROFF - 2 which gives You some new rules, more sophisticated
EGA 256k graphics and excellent BOSS key (pause for laugh -
don't use it often !) and, of course, more challenge.
Someone can ask me:
- This is merely old SNAKE game from ISKRA-226 -
the best of IBM-noncompatible computers... (why not?)
or:
- This is BLOCKADE from ATARI-800XL computer... (maybe)
or:
- Hell only knows what it is !!! (you're right!)
But I'm not sure that it's so bad. Because it is known,
that simple games are often very playable. You can notice that
the game environment is much better than the game itself. I
will agree with You, because TROFF - 2 is a good example of
some features of excellent Turbo Pascal graphics with the
combination of the weak sense of humour.
Thus, give up your work, turn your TV and VCR off and run
TROFF.EXE!
The first thing You see will be S.I.B. - the official UFP
sign - not very nice but absolutely necessary. Stare at it as
long as you want, then press Space Bar. Now You will see the
beautiful colourful Title Screen with the title - 'TROFF II'.
Press Space Bar again and The Game Options Screen will appear.
On the top you can notice the Game Title (so you'll never
forget it!) and also High and Low Scores (in green or in red,
depends on who has reached them - you or mr.Troff /the
computer/). Use ARROWS to change options or press ENTER to
start (or to quit) the game. The options are:
TURNS TO WIN - number of turns you need to win for
completing the game (up to 12)
ENEMY SNAKE ON/OFF - Turn it off if you merely want to
check your SNAKE skills or turn
it on to play TROFF-2 itself
MOVING WALLS - This is the new feature in compare of
TROFF-1. 4 levels (OFF/EASY/MED./HARD)
are possible
MAX.SNAKE LENGTH (100/150/200) - Length, which your
snake (green) must reach to win a turn
SPEED - Speed of the game (from VERY SLOW to MADNESS)
SOUND - Toggles sound on/off
START GAME + press ENTER
QUIT + here
PLAYING THE GAME
You control the Green Snake, the computer controls the Red one.
When a snake meets any wall on its way, it begins to reduce
the length, and finally it disappears (losing turn).
There are also some useful objects which you might
catch - The White Star, The Blue Star and Yellow S.I.B. (UFP
sign).
WHITE STAR gives Your snake 2, 4, 6 or 8 items of
length (this depends on the size of a star)
BLUE STAR gives You 20, 40, 60 or 80 points of score.
S.I.B. gives 10 items of length and 100 score points,
but it moves randomly all the time that's why catching
it is a real problem.
Use following keys to control your snake:
ARROWS Move snake up, down, left or right
(Remember, you can't move backwards!)
F1 Pause Game. Press F4 to continue
F2 Toggles Sound On/Off
F3 Boss Key (!)
F10 Exit to the Game Options Menu
SCORE BOARD is to the right side of the screen
It shows the number of turns won by you or by mr.Troff (on
the top), score (on the bottom) and current snakes' length
(two 3D bars in the middle of the score board). There are also
three lights: one on the bottom indicates who has the greater
score, two on the top light when one of the players has only
one turn to complete the game. At least, when the sound is on
a small note icon appears in the top right corner.
That's all about the game. Have a nice Troff!
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