The Ultimate Baseball Challenge
Copyright (c) 1997 Jeff Remick
All Rights Reserved



Contents:
1.  Installing
2.  Game Description
3.  Registering
4.  Miscellaneous
5.  Distributing
6.  Disclaimer of Warranty



1.  Installing
After unzipping the file ultiball.zip you should
have the following files:

ballreg.txt 
baseball.dat
baseball.exe
msaes110.dll
msajt110.dll
readme.txt
vbdb300.dll
vbrun300.dll

To install and run The Ultimate Baseball Challenge 
put the files listed above into a directory of your 
choice and run baseball.exe.  

The Ultimate Baseball Challenge has been tested and
runs on the following platforms:

Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Win-OS/2 (in OS/2 3.0)
Windows NT 4.0

To add an icon for the game on the above systems,
refer to the appropriate user manual.



2.  Game Description

The Ultimate Baseball Challenge is a baseball trivia
game that follows the same rules as baseball.  A
correct answer provided to a question is considered
a hit and a runner is placed on the appropriate base
(according to how difficult the question was).  An
incorrect answer is considered an out.  There are 
three outs per inning, nine innings per game, etc.
Runs are scored when enough correct answers are given 
to drive in a runner.  Runners do not have to be
forced to the next base.  For example, a runner at 
second will score if a single is hit.  The games ends 
for a one player game at the end of nine innings.  
Two player games end by following the same rules as 
baseball (games can go into extra innings).

The following is a description of the menus and how
to play the game:

To start a one player game:
	File->Start New Game->One Player

To start a two player game:
	File->Start New Game->Two Player

To list the top five high scores:
	File->High Scores

To exit the game:
	File->Exit

Bring up this help file:
	Help->Help

Bring up a form that can be printed out and mailed
to register this game (shareware version only):
	Help->How to Register

Bring up a window that can be used to type in the
registration code to register that game (shareware
version only):
	Help->Register

Bring up information about The Ultimate Baseball
Challenge:
	Help->About

How to play:
To play the game, select the number of players and
enter in each player's name.  Player one (the away
team) goes first.  A question and four possible
answers are displayed on the screen.  Pick your
answer by selecting the radio button next to the 
answer and click the swing button (or you can double
click on the radio button).  If the answer was wrong 
you are given an out.  If the answer was right a 
baseball is placed on a base depending on the 
difficulty of the question and base runners are 
advanced accordingly.  After every answer is 
attempted, the correct answer is given.  To bring up
the next question, click the "Next Batter" button.
At the end of an inning for a two player game the 
opposing team is sent up to bat.  The bottom of the 
screen shows an inning by inning account of the 
game, the games statistics, and the current inning 
and number of outs.  For two player games the team 
that is up to bat is highlighted. (Note: Errors have 
no purpose in the game.  They are accumulated 
when the "Swing" button is pressed when no answer
was chosen.)

The scoreboard is displayed at the end of the game 
if any player had a high score (based on runs per
inning).



3.  Registering

The Ultimate Baseball Challenge is distributed as
shareware.  The shareware version has two differences
than the registered version:
1)  It contains only 200 questions.
2)  It repeats questions.

After registering the game you get 1500 questions
which will not be repeated until all questions
have been used up.

To register the game go to the "How to Register" option
under the help file and print out the form (or just
print out the file ballreg.txt).  Then fill out the
form and mail it in.  After receiving the form, a 
code will be mailed to you which can be used to
register the game.  To register using this code select
the "Register" button from the initial startup screen
or "Register" from the Help menu in the game.  After
typing in the registration code and pressing "Register",
the game must be restarted.  The next time the game is
started it will be the full registered version.



4.  Miscellaneous

This game's questions were written from the summer of 
1996 to early 1997 and were written using the last 
full season's data... which was 1995.  The questions 
were written so that they would not become out of 
date.  For example, a question about most lifetime 
doubles would be written:

As of 1995, which player has the most career doubles?

It would not be written as (because the answer could
change):

Which player has the most career doubles?

The following is a list of some topics that are 
covered in the questions:

League and Playoff MVP Winners
Rookie of the Year Winners
Cy Young Award Winners
Baseball Quotes
Golden Glove Winners
Triple Crown Winners
Manager of the Year Awards
Hall of Fame
Single Season and All-Time leaders (Players and Teams)
World Series 
All-Star Games
History of Baseball
Facts about Players
Baseball Movies, Books, Poems, Songs, etc.
Rules of Baseball
College Baseball
Women's Leagues
Baseball Nicknames
Trades
Baseball Stadiums
Little League
Etc.



5.  Distributing

You are free to copy and distribute the shareware version
of this game as long as:

1)  No fee is charged 
2)  The file being distributed is called ultiball.zip 
3)  ultiball.zip contains the following files:

ballreg.txt 
baseball.dat
baseball.exe
msaes110.dll
msajt110.dll
readme.txt
vbdb300.dll
vbrun300.dll

If you want to distribute the game in a shareware package
and charge for it please contact me.

If you have any questions or comments about the game you 
can email me at remick@pilot.msu.edu

Enjoy the game!


6.  DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

THIS SOFTWARE IS SOLD "AS IS"
AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO 
PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY 
OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER 
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.  BECAUSE
OF THE VARIOUS HARDWARE AND 
SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS INTO WHICH 
THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PUT, NO 
WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. 
THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE 
RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM.  ANY
LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE
LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT 
REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE 
PRICE.

