Battle City 2004 - A Battle City remake

This game was developed for the RETRO REMAKES remake competition - 2004 edition
RETRO REMAKES homepage: http://www.remakes.org
We hope you enjoy the game, as we enjoyed programming it.

This file contains:

I- Objective of the game.
II- Instructions and Controls.
III- Power-Ups.
IV- About the enemies.
V- About the creators.
VI- Disclamer.
VII- Known bugs.
VIII- Special Thanks.


----I: OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME----

The objective is quite simple: you have to kill all the enemies in every stage. There are 20 enemies per stage and there is 4 different kinds of enemies (see "IV- About the enemies"). You can only move to the next stage only if all 20 enemies have been eliminated. 
The game is over when all players run out of tanks OR if anybody shoots at the eagle (or whatever it is) located at the bottom of the screen. So, your mission consists not only about shooting everywhere, you have to keep an eye on that bird. And remember, anybody may kill the eagle, even you.


----II: INSTRUCTIONS AND CONTROLS----

To start the game, just execute the battlecity.exe file. In order to make the game even more faithful to the original, there is no exit option at the main menu, just press ESC to exit the game.

Main menu options:
  - 1 Player: Starts game in 1 player mode.
  - 2 Player: Starts game in 2 player mode.
  - Construction: Build your own stage, it will be replaced for the 1st stage, and then the game will continue normally.

Pause menu options:
  - Return to game: Unpauses the game.
  - Go to the menu: Goes to the main menu.
  - Quit game: Exits game.

Construction menu options:
  - Continue: Continues the contruction.
  - Play this stage: Go to the main menu and select the game mode for the builded stage.
  - Go to the menu: Go to the main menu.

CONTROLS:

Main menu controls:
  -Directional buttons up and down to browse the menu.
  -Enter to select.
  -Esc to exit game.

In-game controls:
  -Player 1:
	W: Up.
	A: Left
	S: Down.
	D: Right.
	G: Shoot.
  -Player 2:
	Directional Up: Up.
	Directional Left: Left.
	Directional Down: Down.
	Directional Right: Right.
	Ctrl: Shoot.
Enter pauses the game, browse the menu with directional buttons and select with enter.

Construction controls:
  -Cursor:
	W: Up.
	A: Left
	S: Down.
	D: Right.
	G: Next tile.
	H: Previous tile.
Places with G or H. Enter takes you to the Construction menu.


----III: POWER-UPS----

A power-up item appears when you destroy a red-blinking enemy. The power-up item may appear anywhere, even in not-reachable places. When you reach the item, it will be activated.
There are six different types of power-up items:

  -Grenade: Destroys all visible enemies. This is pretty useful, but you'll not get the score for every destroyed tank.
  -Helmet: Gives you 10 sec. of inmunity.
  -1up: Increases your remaining tanks by 1.
  -Shovel: Gives 20 sec. of steel-protection to the eagle. And if the brick-protection has been damaged it will be repaired 	   when the steel-protection finishes.
  -Sand-clock: Paralizes all enemies, 10 sec. duration.
  -Star: Upgrades your tank.
	Tank levels:
	  -Level 1: When you start a new game or you get killed. The basic one.
	  -Level 2: A faster shoot, but same power.
	  -Level 3: Rapid-fire, 2 shots in a row can be made.
	  -Level 4: Hi-power bullets. You can even destroy the steel blocks.


----IV: ABOUT THE ENEMIES----

There are four different types of enemies:
  -Type 1: Slow tank, slow shot.
  -Type 2: Fast tank, slow shot.
  -Type 3: Slow tank, fast shot.
  -Type 4: Slow tank, slow shot... BUT this ones are the hardest. You have to shoot'em 4 times to destroy'em.

Red-blinking enemies release power-up items when they get killed.


----V: ABOUT THE CREATORS----

AFSoft Argentina

Graphics: Lautaro Fernandez (YOGIRI)
Special effects: Javier Arias (JAVIS)
Main programmer: Javier Arias (JAVIS)
Enemies AI: Lautaro Fernandez (YOGIRI)
Beta testers: Lautaro Fernandez (YOGIRI) & Javier Arias (JAVIS)
Music: Maniacs of Noise (http://www.maniacsofnoise.nl).
Sound Effects: Many free sounds from the Internet.

CONTACT:
AFSoft Argentina: af_soft_argentina@yahoo.com.ar
YOGIRI: yogiri@gmail.com - SMS: yogiri@emocion.net.ar
JAVIS: javisarias@gmail.com


----VI: DISCLAMER----

This is an unofficial remake of Namco's Battle City, originaly released in 1985 for the NES console.
This is a freeware game.


----VII: KNOWN BUGS----

- Sometimes, an enemy kills the eagle without breaking the brick protection.
- When you get an upgrade star, the tank will look like it is shooting continusly. This is fixed when you release the directional button you're pressing.


----VIII: SPECIAL THANKS----

Thanks to our families, friends and Juana for being so patient with us.
A VERY special thanks to the people from Maniacs of Noise (http://www.maniacsofnoise.nl), specially Jeroen Tel (WAVE), for letting us play their excellent music in our game.