                   Dark Legends Software proudly presents

            R O C K W A R S   2 0 0 0   -   A BLAST FROM THE PAST

                      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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Rockwars 2000 is a complete remake of the original QB classic, QB Rockwars,
which was created by Brennen Bearnes (with code contributions by Marco Koegler
and Brent P.Newhall) roughly five years ago. This is just a mini-game really,
and it only took a few hours to make, however, it's still enjoyable as ever!
The original Rockwars may be found in OLDRW.ZIP!

How did I come up with this idea you ask? Well, I was looking over all the
old QB games I have downloaded over the years, and then I came across the
original Rockwars, and I thought it would be nice to code a modern version
of the game. I hope you like it! ^_^

Although every effort has been made to make this game as similar to the original
as possible, a great deal has also changed. Most notably, the graphics is
completely different! Another fairly large change over the original is in the
gameplay department. In the old game, the tank would try and avoid the rock
when it came too near, however, I felt that in RW2000 it simply made the game
too difficult. There are a few other minor changes you're likely to encounter,
however, I've tried hard to remain true to the tradition of Rockwars! ^_^

I would like to take this oppertunity to thank the following people for their
help, suggestions, etc: AlienQB, AndySoft, Badjas, Terry Cavanagh, QBVet, and
Will Moores. A big thanks is also owed to the original creators of Rockwars,
for without them this game would never have been created! Thanks also goes to
JAWS-V Soft for the explosion graphics, and TopFiero for his excellent voxel
landscape generator, which was used to create a background for RW2000.

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

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                          HOW TO PLAY ROCKWARS 2000
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You play the part of the blue castle. You have been attacked by the red
castle, who has started sending robotic tanks, armed with a short range death-
ray, at you! Fortunately, you've been hard at work on your own secret weapon:
a powerful catapult that can launch rocks all the way to the other side of
the screen.

A tank will start coming at you as soon as the game begins. If the red castle
is fairly close, then you should shoot the tank first. Every time you blow up
a tank, the red castle sends another one, so sooner or later you'll have to
hit the castle. To fire, press the enter key, and you will be prompted to
enter the angle (45-90) and speed (0-100) at which to fire. Be sure to take
the wind into account! If the tank gets close enough to your castle, then
you're toast!

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                                RW2000 CREDITS
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Please note that this game is a REMAKE of the original Rockwars game. ALL
QuickBASIC and Assembly code for RW2000 was created by myself (Matthew River
Knight) from scratch. No code was taken from ANY other programs.

Code:
  Matthew River Knight
Graphics:
  JAWS-V Soft
  Matthew River Knight
  TopFiero
Special thanks:
  AlienQB
  AndySoft
  Badjas
  Brennen Bearnes
  Brent P.Newhall
  Marco Koegler
  Terry Cavanagh
  QBVet
  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
Rockwars 2000 is the exclusive property and copyright of Matthew River Knight
of Dark Legends Software. The graphics for the explosion is the exclusive
copyright property of JAWS-V soft, and the background graphics is the
exclusive copyright property of TopFiero.

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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