Typosoft Sumo Wrestling V1.0

Contents:
1.1     Getting Started
1.2	Rules/Overview of Sumo
2.1	Menu Use
2.2	Exhibition
2.3	VS
2.4	Tournament
2.5	Demo
2.6	High Scores
3.1	Options
4.1	Troubleshooting

1.1	Getting Started

	Before you start, make sure your computer has the following:
	
	1 - VGA compatible
	2 - Sound Blaster 2.0 or higher
        3 - MPU401 midi card (if you don't know, don't worry, you prolly do.)
	4 - About 1 meg
	5 - Joystick (if you choose to use it instead of a keyboard)
	6 - EMS support (see 4.1 for further info)
	7 - Blaster environment variable set (see 4.1 for further info)

	To run Sumo, type ther following at the dos prompt "sumo" or in windows just
        click on the sumo icon (the .bat one)

1.2	Rules of Sumo

	Rules:

	1 - A sumo must not step out of the ring or on the edge of the ring or that sumo
            will lose the match
	2 - A sumo must not touch the ground with anything but his feet (this rule does not
            apply to this game)
	
	Overview:
	
	When you first start the match, hold down the spacebar to push the other sumo.
        Everytime you punch the other sumo, your stamina bar (top of the screen) goes down
        one incriment.  Your stamina determines how hard you hit.  If the npc's stamina bar
        gets very low, he will go into shock mode and turn green.  This is a window of
        opportunity to hit him with everything you got.  

        Special Moves

        In the top corners of the screen are glowing blocks.  They are your
        special move blocks.  When you fill up all four, you can use a special
        move.

        There are four special moves in this game.
        1: Fire Fist - This knocks your opponent out of the ring with a fist of fire 
        2: Gut Zap   - This takes away your opponent's stamina and special blocks
        3: Sumo Throw - This throws your opponent pretty far and takes off stamina
        4: Hundred Hand Slap - This knocks the crap out of your opponent

2.1	Menu Use
	
        The menus are pretty easy to use.  Just hit enter on the selection you want.

2.2	Exhibition

	Exhibition is a mode that is really just practice.
        Select this mode to fine tune you own personal sumo technique.

2.3	VS

        This mode pins two user controlled sumos against each other.
        In order to play this mode, you must have a keyboard and a joystick
        or it will look rather silly.

2.4	Tournament	

	This is the best mode there is.  In the tournament, you fight 15
        rounds.  Then your score is tallied and if it is a good one, you
        can enter your name on the high scores.

2.5	Demo

	This is just a demonstration mode,  it pins two npcs against each
        other.  You can bet on the winner with your friends.

2.6	High Scores

        This shows the top four scores.  The order is top to bottom.

3.1	Options
	
	In options, you can select form the following:

        Keyboard/Jstick - selects the control.  Use cursor keys to change to a different                            control
        Midi On/Off     - Turns midi music on or off
        Sound On/Off    - Turns sound on or off
        Skill Lev       - Changes the skill level

4.1	Troubleshooting

	If you hear a constant buzz, there is conflict in the sound and midi.  Go to options and select the setting which you wish to turn off, midi or sound, and restart the program.

	If you get an error in the context of no ems memory free, then:
	Open your config.sys
	type "DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIHEM.SYS"
	type "DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMMM386.EXE xxx RAM"
	xxx being the ammount of ram selected for ems. Try 2000 (20 ram)
	
	If it says no MPU401 compatable sound card, then exit the program
        and buy a better sound card. Or you could try restarting your computer
        and try again.


