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                  The BIGGEST PC game cheats collection

         Copyright (c) Giovanni Bajo and Mattia Barbetti, 1995-96
                           ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



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                        ÛÛ   DISCLAIMER ù
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This product is provided AS IS, without warranties of any kind: the author of
this program cannot be held liable for any defects in the executable nor in
the documentation nor in any other files contained in this package. Any
damage directly or indirectly caused by the use/misuse of ChLib is the sole
responsibility of the user her/himself. In other words: ChLib never formatted
my harddisk, nor killed my cat, so I suppose it won't cause any damage to
your system either, but, just in case, do not blame me if something nasty
happens.

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                        ÛÛ   WHAT CHLIB IS ù
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ChLib is a library of game cheats. It contains a lot of tricks to make the
resolution of some games easier. To consult ChLib, just change into the ChLib
directory and type "CHLIB". Easy. Now you can choose your favourite game and
learn all the tricks for that game. Remember: winners don't use drugs, and
so real players don't use cheats!


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                        ÛÛ   LEGAL STUFF ù
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ChLib is a copyrighted cardware: it means that you can copy it to your friends
or uploading it on a BBS freely, as long as you don't modify the original
package. But if you want to use after the trial period (21 days) you have
to register it by sending a postcard of your city to the authors. After you
sent the postcard, you can consider your copy registered. There is no special
advantages for the registered users, but sending a postcard isn't very
expansive, is it? Moreover, you can spread the text taken from ChLib as long
as you don't delete the ChLib banner in the top of the text (it's written
when you output a text to a file).

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                        ÛÛ  HOW IS STRUCTURED ù
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The file CHLIB.LBC is the centre of ChLib, because it cointains all the cheats.
So ChLib actually consists of CHLIB.LBC only. But to consult ChLib, you need
a browser. The official browser of ChLib is the one spreaded with ChLib, that
is the file CHLIB.EXE. It's very important that you understand how the next
versions of ChLib will be spreaded. In fact the data file (CHLIB.LBC) and the
browser (CHLIB.EXE) will be upgraded separately.

- Data file updates
  To update the data file, we wrote a little program, called CHPATCH, that
  will help you very much. Infact, the updates will consist of little files
  that contain ONLY what has been modified since the last version. CHPATCH
  will insert these changes into CHLIB.LBC. A new update will be released
  each month. So all you have to do is download this little file and run
  CHPATCH, instead of downloading a big 2Mb data file.
  IMPORTANT: please pay attention to use the right patch. Each patch can be
  applied only on the previous version of CHLIB.LBC. So, for example, the
  April patch can be applied only on the March version of ChLib. The name
  of the package file is CHD-XXY.ZIP (the extension may change), where XX is
  the first two letters of the month (JA,FE,MR,AP,MY,JU,JL,AU,SE,OC,NO,DE) and
  Y is the last digit of the year (e.g. 6 for 1996). So, for example,
  CHD-SE6.ZIP is the update for september 1996.

- Official browser upgrades
  The upgrades of the browser will be very rare, or so I think. In fact we
  will spread a new version only for bug-fixing. Perhaps we will release
  other official browsers for different OS (Windows 3.1, '95, OS/2, Linux,
  ecc.), but it's not sure. The name of the package file of the officiale
  browser is CHBRWxx.ZIP (the extension may change), where xx is the version
  of the browser.

However, a complete package with the last data file update and the last
browser upgrade will always be avaible. The name is CHLIB.ZIP (the extension
may change).

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There are several kinds of cheats that can be found in ChLib. This is a list
of all the categories:

- CHEAT It is the most common trick. Generally it's a key combination that
active something that helps the player during the game, like invincibility,
infinity lives, level skipping, etc. Please, before e-mail me beacuase a
cheat doesn't work, try it a lot of times: sometimes it is just a timig pro-
blem (you must do it in the right moment).

- HACK It consists on modifying one file with an HEX editor (normally the
saved game file) to help the player, for example to obtain a lot of credits.
To apply the hacks, you need of some programs:

  - An EXE file decompressor. Some software house compress the EXE files with
    programs like PKLITE that leave the file executable. But before hacking,
    it could be necessary decompress the EXE. The best program I found is
    UNP by Ben Castricum that can be found in Internet at:
    ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/dresden/archiver/execomp/unp411a.zip
    It's a SHAREWARE program.

  - An HEX editor. You need this to modify the file. It's very important
    that the editor has the search feature. I use ProView by McAfee,
    that can be found (I'm not sure) at www.mcafee.com. It's a SHAREWARE
    program, and it isn't only an editor.

There are mainly two hack formats: the first is a search&change hack:

search AA BB CC DD EE
change -- -- 11 22 --

This means that you must search for HEX values AA BB CC DD EE and replace
them with AA BB 11 22 EE.
the second format is a go&change hacks: you must enter a value in a specified
offset in the file. To do this, you only need of a "go" feature in your editor.

REMEMBER: you *SHOULD* backup your file before hacking them, because an error
can make a game unplayable. Moreover, a patch cannot be apllied on a modified
file.

- COMPLETE SOLUTION It's all you have to do to reach the end of the game.

- TIPS These are tricks to help you in the game without cheating. Normally are
game tactics.

- GAME ERRORS This section reports one or more bugs of which the player can
take advantage.

- MUCK AROUND In this sectione there are some useless tricks to have a good
laugh.

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                        ÛÛ  GIVE YOUR HELP ù
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To support ChLib the most important thing you can do is give your help.
Send freely your comments, pointers, corrections, new cheats/hacks/game
errors/tips/complete solutions/muck arounds/corrections to my E-Mail,
Fidonet, or snail address. Below the text of your trick in ChLib you will
find your name.

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==> Q: IS CHLIB FREEWARE?

    A: No, ChLib is CARDWARE. You have to send us a postcard of your city
       if you want to use ChLib freely.

==> Q: IS CHLIB COPYRIGHTED?

    A: ChLib is Copyright (C) Giovanni Bajo and Mattia Barbetti. Instead,
       the official browser is Copyright (C) Giovanni Bajo.

==> Q: CAN I MODIFY CHLIB?

    A: Yes, as long as you don't spread your modified files. But modify ChLib
       isn't so simple...

==> Q: CAN I SPREAD A CHEAT TAKEN FROM CHLIB?

    A: Of course, but you MUST specify that you have taken the text from
       ChLib. The official browser writes a little banner at the beginning of
       any output file: you should NOT delete it.

==> Q: I'M A PROGRAMMER. CAN I PROGRAM A NEW BROWSER?

    A: Yes, of course. Send an e-mail to the authors and they will send you
       all the documentation needed to write a new browser. We are searching
       for people who can program a browser under Windows (3.1 & '95), OS/2,
       Linux, ecc.

==> Q: HOW CAN I SUPPORT CHLIB?

    A: Supporting is very important for ChLib. You can send us other cheats,
       solutions, hacks, tips, corrections, ecc. This will help us very much.

==> Q: IS THERE AN OFFICIAL CHLIB WWW PAGE ON INTERNET?

    A: No, we haven't time to make it, for now.

==> Q: HOW CAN I UPGRADE CHLIB EVERY MONTH?

    A: The fast way to upgrade ChLib every month is download the patch.
       You can find the patch in the same site/BBS where you found ChLib.

==> Q: CAN I USE THE APRIL PATCH WITH MY FEBRUARY VERSION?

    A: No. The April patch can be applied only on the march version. First
       you have to apply the March patch, then you will be able to use the
       April patch.

==> Q: I'M A SYSOP. HOW CAN MY BBS BECOME AN OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION SITE?

    A: Send me an e-mail with information on your BBS. Then you can download
       all the files of ChLib (that is the complete packet, ALL the patches
       and the new versions of the offical browsers) from another official BBS
       or, when it will be avaible, from Internet. If possible, it's better
       you download the files from the ChLib HQ, System Shock. See DISTSITE.BBS
       for further information. I will include your BBS name and address in
       the next upgrade of ChLib.

==> Q: I FOUND MY SOLUTION OF THE GAME "XXXX" IN CHLIB, BUT MY NAME IS NOT
       WRITTEN BELOW THE TEXT. WHY?

    A: I apologize. Perhaps someone cut off your sign in the file before
       uploading it on Internet. Send me your name, and I will include it
       in the next upgrade.

==> Q: THIS CHEAT DOES NOT WORK ON MY AMIGA VERSION OF THIS GAME. WHY?

    A: ChLib is a PC game cheats library. This mean that the cheats work
       on the PC version of the games (or so I hope...) but they could be
       not work on other versions.

==> Q: HAVE YOU TESTED ALL THE CHEATS WRITTEN IN THE CHLIB?

    A: No, of course. There are a lot of cheats, and I have not enough money
       to buy all the games. But don't bother: I found all the cheats on
       Internet or on magazines, and they should be work.

==> Q: THIS CHEAT DOES NOT WORK ON MY GAME. WHAT CAN I DO?

    A: First of all, try it a LOT of times. Some cheats require a very hard
       temporization and they may not work the first time you try them.
       If you tried it a lot of times but the cheat doesn't work, please
       let me know. Remember to write what version of the game you have.

==> Q: HOW OLD ARE YOU?

    A: Rasky is 17 years old, MB is 18 years old. We are so young, aren't we?

==> Q: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE BEHIND CHLIB?

    A: Rasky is a member of Spyral group, which is making two games, a vertical
       amazing 9-parallax level shoot'em-up and a stupend ultra-playable
       Zelda-like rpg.

==> Q: WHY ARE THERE SO MANY ENGLISH MISTAKES IN THIS MANUAL?

    A: Sorry, I'm a programmer, not a writer! ;-)

==> Q: AH, FLORENCE, WHAT A NICE CITY! DO YOU LIKE LIVING IN IT?

    A: Yes, very much! 8)



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                        ÛÛ  CONTACTING THE AUTHORS ù
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Name:    Giovanni "RàskY" Bajo                Mattia "MB" Barbetti

E-Mail:  rasky@shock.nervous.com

Fidonet: Giovanni Bajo 2:332/125.0

Snail:   Giovanni Bajo                        Mattia Barbetti
         Via Allori 37                        Via Spinello Aretino 5
         50127 Firenze (FI)                   50143 Firenze (FI)
         ITALY                                ITALY


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                        ÛÛ     THANKS ù
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  RaskY's thanks fly to:

- Killer Shark, for his constant support during the development.
- Studio Vit, for their fantastic ZETA (and Game Power, of course): keep on
  working, guys: you are the bests!
- Reality, for their stupend RAD tracker.
- Advanced Gravis, for having made the best sound card on earth, the GUS.
- Kilroy/Sanction, for his XTC-Play, because without it I should have expanded
  my GUS memory.
- Otto Chrons, for his DSMI, the best module sound system, without any doubt.
  Only an advice: you should spread the shareware version FREE! Why should I
  *BUY* a shareware version of a program?
- Tran & Daredevil, for their amazing PMODE/W, which I use in CHPATCH.
- PKWARE, for having programmed PKZIP: what about the world without PKZIP?
- Rational System, for (what else?) DOS/4GW, the best royalty-free dos-extender
  I ever saw.
- All the guys at ID, for having added a new dimension to PC games.
- Of course, all the Spyral members, specially to WoOdY for his help for
  the browser and FBY for his modules.
- nuText System, for their Aurora editor, that I use to write down this little
  manual and a lot of other documents.
- Dario Cecere, for his ANSI intro screen
- All the groups of the italian demo-scene, such as Deathstar, Spinning Kids,
  Soft One, Glamour and Nemesis
- My little brothers, for their noises!
- My mother, for the lunches (and also the dinners!)
- My father, because without him I never go to bed.

  MB's thanks fly to:

- Delphine, for his fantastic Fade to Black that I played a lot of times.

