SCUMBALL by Paul Jenkinson 2002
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The Game:
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The sewers have been overun by an assortments of terrible nasties, headed by a monsterous green slime creature. You must take LINDA and guide her through the sewers on a top secret mission to destroy the slime.

Collect grenades to destroy the slime creature, but LINDA can only carry one grenade at a time.



Control:
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Cursor keys to move
Left SHIFT to jump
Left CTRL to fire


Installation:
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Unzip all files into any directory. Thats it !


Running the game:
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Double click the scumball.exe


System Requirement:
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Tricky one this !
The game should run fine on a PIII 500 or above.
The game will run on Windows95/98/ME/NT/2000 and XP.



Copyright:
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The game is copyright 2002 by Paul Jenkinson.
The music is copyright Jeppe Schmidt.
The original game was written by Peter Gough in 1987.


The game is classed as freeware and can be distributed by any means on the sole condition that ALL files are present and untouched. The files included in this archive should be:

scumball.exe - main executable
scumball.cca - data file
bass.dll - required for playing the MP3 audio
cnc32.dll - required by the game
scum.mp3 - the music file
readme.txt - this file


GAME NOTES:
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Items in the game and what they do.
This may spoil your fun...


Control Panel S
This is your back-up laser power. It depleats when your laser power is empty.

Control Panel L
This is your laser power. It depleats each time you fire your laser

Control Panel P
This is your power and is depleated each time you get hit by a nasty.

Triangle L
Collecting this will replenish your laser

Trianlge S
Collecting this will replenish your back-up laser

Battery
Collecting this will replenish your power.

Red Oil Can
Standing on this will replenish your power

Grenade (looks like a fire extinguisher!)
Collect these and take them to the slime monster.




FAQ
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Q-How close to the original is it?
A-About 95%

Q-So whats missing?
A-A few sprites, a three-way bomb and a mushroom!

Q-Why didn't you put these in?
A-See the game diary on my web site (www.cabisoft.co.uk)

Q-The original has a Weapons Held bit on the control panel, where's it gone?
A-Couldn't find out what it did! If you know, email me and i'll put it in.

Q-Is there a cheat?
A-No

Q-Can you give me a map?
A-Thats part of the game - making your own map.

Q-Have you written any more games?
A-Yes. Check out my web site www.cabisoft.co.uk




