                   Dark Legends Software proudly presents

             G R I D    R U N N E R    3 D  -  PACMAN RETURNS    

                      Creator: Matthew River Knight
                          horizonsqb@hotmail.com
                        http://www.darklegends.com

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                     WELCOME: A MESSAGE FROM THE CREATOR
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To say that Namco's Pacman was a rather sucessful arcade game, would be like
saying the Pope is a rather good priest. Now, more than a decade later, the
legend of Paccy continues with Grid Runner 3d! GR3D throws you into a first-
person 3d environment, in which you play the role of Pacman! Equipped with a
pair of speedy roller skates, you must attempt to defeat a hoard of evil
(and ugly) blue monsters in a race against time! Sounds pretty exciting, no?
But don't just take my word for it! Load up your copy of our beloved QB and
play this game! Now! ^_^

It's not unlikely that at this point you're asking "How the f**k did you come
up with a loony idea like this, Matt?!" Heheh. To be perfectly honest, I'm
not too sure! I kinda just made it up as I went along, and before I knew it,
I was completely out of control! Bwahahahahah! :D

In all honesty, this is just a mini-game, so don't expect too much from it.
It's still entertaining, none the less. And even if you think the gameplay
sucks, at least you can have fun laughing at the crappo storyline ;)

I have included with this game, the raycaster engine with which it was made!
Check it out in ENGINE.ZIP. Feel free to use this engine as you wish! ^_^

Grid Runner II is in the making! It continues the story from this first
installment (you'll have to beat this game to find out what happens! ^_^),
and promises to be a much bigger and better game in every respect! :D Just
some of the features are: greatly improved graphics, music and sound effects,
obsticles and ramps! ^_^ Be sure to visit our home on the web, and check
out the latest news on this project!

I'd like to take this oppertunity to thank Joe King for his excellent set of
tutorials on raycasting in QB. These tutorials may be download from NeoBASIC,
in the Files/Tutorials section. http://www.neozones.com

A big thank-you is owed to Entropy for taking the time to explain texture
mapping to me. This knowledge will come of much use in GR3D II ^_^

A big thanks is also owed to the other members of Dark Legends Software:
AlienQB, Terry Cavanagh and William Moores.

And lastly, but certainly not least, a big thanks goes to Peter Cooper for
his raycaster which he coded many years ago. This small engine is what first
got me interested in raycasting.

As always, comments would be greatly appreciated. Please email me RIGHT NOW
at horizonsqb@hotmail.com ^_^

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                         HOW TO PLAY GRID RUNNER 3D
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It's pretty simple really. You will have to skate solo through 10 different
tracks. For each track there is a certain time that you have to beat in order
to be the winner for that track. If by the end of the 10 tracks you have 5
or more wins, then you are the winner overall. Bear in mind that crashing
into a wall will do your hit points no favours at all! More details on this
are available within the game itself.

The standard arrow keys are used during a race. The left and right arrows
will steer you in those directions. The up arrow key will increase your speed
by one notch, and the down key will decrease it by one notch. The Esc key
will abbort the race.

At times you will be faced with what I call a 'story screen'. To continue,
simply press the Enter/Carriage Return key.

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                                  GR3D CREDITS
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Code:
  Matthew River Knight
Graphics:
  Matthew River Knight
Special thanks:
  AlienQB
  Entropy
  Joe King 
  Peter Cooper
  Terry Cavanagh
  Will Moores

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                       COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER
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Copyright (C), 2000. All rights reserved worldwide. The game and name Grid
Runner 3d is the exclusive property and copyright of Matthew River Knight
of Dark Legends Software.

Dark Legends Software and all of it's associated members and contributors may
in no way be held responsible for anything that happens to you, your computer,
or anything at all, as a result of downloading and/or using this game, except
for all the good stuff :P

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