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 Bighead Version 1.00
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by Rudi Horne

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. How to play
3. List of levels
4. The Bighead story
5. Licence agreement
6. Files in the package
7. System requirements
8. Contact details
9. Internet site


1. INTRODUCTION
Bighead is a fun platform game with smooth graphics. Help Bighead 
overcome obstacles in a wide variety of levels. This game is for anyone
who enjoys platform games. 


2. HOW TO PLAY
left - walk left
right - walk right
up - jump or climb a ladder
down - descend ladder
ctrl - shoot when you acquire firepower
space - jump
escape - see highscore and return to the menu
F1 - see the information
F4 - switch between full screen and window modes
F5 - save game
F6 - load game


3. LIST OF LEVELS
level 1-2 homeland
3-4 buried palace
5-6 desert
7-8 night
9-10 castle
11-12 snow
13-14 village
15-16 factory
17-18 water
19-20 lava cave
21-22 city
23-24 tunnel
25-26 arid
27-29 ice
29-30 clay cave
31-32 forest


4. THE BIGHEAD STORY
Bighead and his wife Mrs. Bighead were living happily together in 
their cottage in Homeland. One day, a witch found Mrs. Bighead alone 
at home while Bighead was working. She cast a spell on Mrs. Bighead,
making her paralysed. The evil witch then carried Mrs. Bighead away.
Bighead returned home to find that Mrs. Bighead had disappeared. 
He then found footprints without toes in the dust outside their
cottage. Bighead instantly knew that a witch had been there and had 
taken his wife. He was overcome with sadness. Bighead knew that he 
must find his wife so that they can be together once more. Bighead 
began his search outside his cottage.   


5. LICENSE AGREEMENT

 BIGHEAD is FREEWARE, this signifies:

 You are free to play, copy and distribute BIGHEAD if:

 - No fee is charged for the software, copying or distribution.
 - It is not modified in any way.

 The Author hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this software,
 whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied
 warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The
 Author will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential,
 indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason,
 even if the Author or an agent of the Author has been advised of
 the possibility of such damages. The person using the software bears
 all risk as to the quality and performance of the software.

 You are not allowed to reverse engineer or decompile the 
 executable. The Author owns the right of all the resources used 
 in the game. 

 BIGHEAD is Copyright 2005 Rudi Horne. All rights reserved. 
 

6. FILES IN THIS PACKAGE
 BIGHEAD.EXE - Bighead game executable.
 BIGHEAD.TXT - This text.


7. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
A Pentium or higher running Windows 98SE, ME, XP, 2000 is required. 
The program requires at least 65000 colours (high color, 16-bit). 
It requires at least 800x600 screen resolution. A 3D graphics card 
compatible with DirectX 8 or higher and with at least 16 MB of video
memory is required (preferable 32 MB). Also a DirectX 8 compatible 
sound card is required. Make sure all graphics and sound card drivers 
are up to date. DirectX 8 or higher is required (not included). 


8. CONTACT DETAILS
I encourage those who play Bighead to contact me and tell me what they
think of the game. The inbox is checked every several days so please 
be patient while waiting for a response.
My email address: rudihorne@hotmail.com


9. INTERNET SITE
To download free games, visit the following internet site: 
http://www.geocities.com/rudihorne/index.html



