06.03.1992 Patuman version 1.4 PREFACE Patuman is a brilliant graphical action game for Windows. You need AT 286 (or better) and a display with resolution 640 x 480 (VGA or better). Some applications runninf in background mode may slow down the Patuman. You should also avoid moving the mouse since this affects the performance of all Windows programs. Ehum!! The previous version of Patuman contained some unfortunate bugs in the result file handler, so if you have patuman version 1.0 or 1.1 please replace them with this version. However, you can use the same registration number as in those earlier versions. REGISTERING We are (very) poor students and we have spent a lot of time programming and lost all our (very) little savings buying our software developement kit, so we made this version of Patuman a shareware program. This version is for evaluation purpose only, and if you find it amusing (or useful), you can register it by sending us following register form including $10 cash (or 40 FIM). If you send $20 (or more), you will also receive our next version of the great Patuman. It is (very) important to fill the register form carefully. Please include an envelope with your address on it to speed up delivery. REGISTER FORM FOR PATUMAN 1.4 NAME: FIRST LAST _________________________________________________ STREET ADDRESS _________________________________________________ TOWN ZIP _________________________________________________ COUNTRY _________________________________________________ Please send the register form to: Mr. Patuman Viljelijantie 4-6 E 157 00410 Helsinki Finland You may freely copy and distribute it, but NO fee beyond normal media, duplication, and shipping costs may be charged. We make NO warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitnes for a pacticular purpose. In NO event shall we be liable for any errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this documentation. RULES You are Patuman (the yellow guy) and duty is to collect all the pills in the labyrint. When you have eaten all the pills, you will enter another level and slightly different labyrint. Patuman adjusts the speed automatically. You can change the default speed and the sound setting from the system menu ( which you can access by clicking box in the upper left corner). You use the arrow keys to move Patuman around in the labyrint. The Monsters, bad guys, will try to eat you. In every screen there are also four bigger pills. When you eat one of the bigger pills the Monsters will turn to pale (white) and you are able to eat them. Eating one monster gives you 200 points. The second monster during same pill session will give 400 points. The third will give 800 and the fourth 1600 points. So its very profitable to eat as many monsters as possible. After a few moments Monsters will change the color again and they will begin to hunt you again. Time to time different objects will appear in the labyrint. Eating them will give you some extra points. You can pause the game by pressing the ALT-key. By pressing the Ctrl-key, the game will immediately minimize to an icon. FUTURE PLANS We are going to develope Patuman further so you are couraged to inform us about the bugs you find, but also about any suggestions to develope game. We are already developing some new features like the Surprise Pill, the Extra Monster etc. SVGA version supporting resolution of 1024 x 800 with 256 colors with extended graphics could be an interesting project too.