                                REPTON CHAOTIX

                                    v 1.0

                               By Simon Foster

INTRODUCTION
============

Okay, so here we are, my first Repton Game, utilizing full 256 palette for
game!

Repton is a 2D, multi-directional scrolling strategy game, very similar
boulderdash. It was originally born on the BBC but was never brought out
for the PC. So I decided to write my own version and was determined the
colour quality (not necessarily the drawing quality ;) ) was to be as good
as the Archimedes version. And here we are, the first fully working release.

As such there are still many bugs, some of which I know about. If you find
a bug, feel free to email me on s.d.f@btinternet.com.

NOTE: If you want music you MUST load repton.bat (or repton chaotix.pif), which loads
the required sound drivers. Faliure to do this may result in a computer crash.

FILES
=====

REPTON.EXE 	- Main Repton Chaotix executable
REPTON.BAT	- Repton with audio driver loaded
DEFAULT.LVS     - The default level set
ORIGINAL.LVS    - Repton (classic) level set
REPSPR.SPR      - Repton Chaotix Sprites (author can't draw)
ORIGINAL.SPR    - Repton 3 Sprites
CQSPR.SPR

FEATURES
========

Full VGA 256 colour graphics
Massive 50x50 levels (BBC version was 32x32)
Multiple sprite sets

INSTRUCTIONS
============

The idea of each level is to

- Collect all the diamonds (including those hidden in safes)
- Kill all monsters
- Collect the golden crown
- Diffuse the Time Bom(b) (author can't spell:-))

Collecting normal diamonds is easy and obvious. Unlike boulderdash they
do not respond to gravity.

To get diamonds out of safes you need to collect the key, which will open
all the safes to reveal diamonds.

Killing all monsters is also easy. Simply drop a boulder on it. This will
also kill you. Monsters are deadly on contact (see THE HAZARDS).

The golden crown is easy to collect, but may be heavily guarded.

The Timb Bomb can only be diffused when all the above objectives are
completed. Find it and walk into it. This will end the level.


THE HAZARDS
===========

There are only four hazards (there were going to be more but QB's memory
capacity dies):

MONSTERS - Chase after you and try to kill you. Found in eggs. Eggs only
hatch when dropped.

ROCKS - Fall and kill. Need I say more?

SKULLS - Still monsters.

FUNGUS - A wild creeper that grows at an alarming rate and gets faster.
Deadly on contact.

THE CONTROLS
============

In the menu ->

+/- to move selector up and down
[SPACE] - to select

To control Repton you use the arrow keys. He doesn't have a gun, by the
way. Why would lizards have guns??!

Q - Loose a life.

R - Ends the game.

N - Map (M interfers with cursor keys). When in map mode, use the cursor
keys to scroll the map and the space bar to close the map.

Good Luck!

My website is at http://clix.to/fapatsa
My email is s.d.f@btinternet.com

Simon Foster

DISCLAIMER:

The author will accept no responsibility to your computer system by use of this software. However feel free to email me if you find a bug or have a problem.

(Author can't write manuals)

PS. If you want to know how to cheat email me and ASK. This spoils the game, but every game has cheats..