SDI2040
                          
                                What is it?
                            How do you play it?
                         Benefits of Registration?

    What is it?

        In the simplest sense, SDI2040 is an Invaders-like arcade game
        with a twist or two.  It is available for both the Macintosh II
        and IBM PC compatible line of personal computers, with both 
        versions having digitized sound (PC version requires Soundblaster
        for digitized sound) and full-color graphics (VGA required for
        PC version).  SDI2040 is also much more.  It is our friendly
        attempt to introduce the world (or even a small subset of the
        world) to EAST WING SOFTWARE, a company we hope you will be 
        hearing much more from in the future.  We are very small, just a
        Mac-guy and a PC-guy who have played computer games since they 
        were brand new.  Now we want to use our experience programming
        graphics systems and playing computer games to do something really
        productive, bring you quality computer entertainment at very
        reasonable prices.  SDI2040 is our way of letting you know.

    How do you play it?

        SDI2040 is as classic and simple as a computer game gets.  The
        aliens (aka invaders, creatures, etc.) are BAD, BAD.   They are
        invading our beloved planet and our only hope is to use the old,
        forgotten Strategic Defense Initiative hardware left over from
        a 20th Century republic known as the United States of America.
        Your job is to use the SDI cannon to destroy wave upon wave of
        these god-less creatures (A violent goal, yes, but simple.) 
        The invaders have a few surprises for you, so be ready.  All the
        keyboard definitions and other related documentation can be 
        found in the file SDI.DOC included with this distribution.

    Benefits of Registration?

        At EAST WING SOFTWARE we want to make contact with YOU, and that
        is what registration of SDI2040 is all about.  We would really
        like to hear from you, so we want you to register, whether you
        send the small registration fee or not.  If you don't send
        the fee, we will still appreciate any comments or suggestions
        that you have and we will place you on our mailing list.  If you
        do enclose the modest fee, we will send you a disk with the 
        latest version of SDI2040 along with enhanced digitized sounds.
        You will also be placed on our mailing list and will be notified 
        in advance of future releases and will be eligible to become beta
        testers for future releases.  (Our current project is a 3D space
        combat game with a plot that is both unique and exciting.)  The
        registration form is the file SDIREGIS.DOC and is complete with
        full instructions on the registration process.  Another way to
        register SDI2040 is to purchase the full C source code for the
        game.  This is an option that provides additional incentive to 
        anyone who would like to explore the techniques required to 
        produce smooth animation, game logic, sound, etc.  The fee is
        still small and includes all the aforementioned registration
        benefits.  Finally, if you just want to leave your address, a
        quick comment or question, you can E-mail us on America Online.
        Our screen name is EastWing.  Whichever method you choose, we
        sincerely look forward to hearing from you.

    Disclaimers and Necessary Legal Stuff

        SDI2040 is provided "AS IS", with no warranty, implied or otherwise,
        regarding fitness or merchantability for any given purpose.  Under
        no circumstances will East Wing Software or the authors be liable
        for any loss, addiction, or other damage associated with the use
        of this software, including but not limited to incidental, 
        consequential, special or other damages.  The full responsibilities
        and risks of having fun with this program are yours.

        TRANSLATION

        This is a simple game that we are providing as shareware, bottom
        line.  Since this game has been a quick project to get in touch
        with potential customers for our future games, there are probably
        bugs.  If there are, we would like to know about them.  We might
        even fix them.  We have purposely left out a lot of features that
        we would normally include in a piece of entertainment software.
        Things like joystick support, better sound from the PC speaker,
        expanded memory support, better art-work, music, etc. will all be
        included in future products, but were beyond the scope of this
        project.  If you would like to add them yourself, send for the 
        source code.  SDI2040 was tested on a Gateway 2000 386-25 and a
        Mac IIsi.  It runs fine under DOS 4.01 and 5.0 on the PC and 
        System 6.07 and 7.0 on the Mac.  We weren't able to test it on
        any other platforms, so if you have problems with yours, again
        send for the source code and tweak it for your environment.
        With all that in mind, we want you to enjoy SDI2040, but we just
        can't accept any responsibility for any problems it might cause.


                                    James Mayes  (PC Development)
                                    Hank Burns   (Mac Development)
                                    East Wing Software
                                    P.O. Box 1735
                                    Clarksville, VA 23927
                                    
                                    AOL:  EastWing