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                  |  Marcus D. Gregio presents  |
                  |    Eternity Zone Gaming's   |
                  |       /// WURZGEZ ///       |
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                  |         version 3.0         |
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               THANK YOU FOR DOWNLOADING WURZGEZ!!
               (Please see Version History below.)

                        ETERNITY ZONE GAMING
                        c/o Marcus D. Gregio
                        21 Harrison
                        Catskill, New York
                        12414-1506  USA

                        mdgpubs@capital.net

     The HELP file, within the game, has complete information
        about the game including website and registration
         information... and important legal information.

  Introduction:
  -------------
  Welcome  to Wurzgez, a simple yet challenging  word  guessing
  game.  This game is Shareware.  If you like this game, please
  register  it  to support  more  games  of  its  kind  and  to
  encourage  updates of Wurzgez itself.  For  more  information
  about  how to register this game, please see the registration
  information within the game.  If you need further explanation
  about   how   to   play   this   game,    please   write   to
  mdgpubs@capital.net to receive more assistance.  Enjoy!

  Description:
  ------------
  Wurzgez  is  a  simple  yet  challenging  word  guessing game
  written by Marcus D.  Gregio  and  published by Eternity Zone
  Gaming.  The game is appropriate for anyone, of  any age, who
  is  an  advanced word player.  Wurzgez--a fun hybrid of Wheel
  of Fortune and classic  hangman  with power words and phrases
  in  English,  Italian,  and  French--features   full   colour
  graphics,  music,  sounds,  special  effects, multi levels, a
  high score option,  and  an  option  to  add  more  words and
  phrases to the game.

  System Requirements:
  --------------------
  This game should function properly on any Windows95/NT system
  with  a  mouse  device.   A soundcard is recommended.  Please
  note that low memory  will  cause  a  problem  with  graphics
  (which will appear as a white box with  an  'x'  through  it)
  and/or music/sound (which might not be heard).

  About The Game:
  ---------------
  Wurzgez gameplay is much like classic hangman.  You are given
  a blank puzzle and, below it, in the case of Wurzgez, you are
  given each letter of the alphabet that  you  use to guess the
  puzzle.  If  you select a letter that is in the puzzle...  it
  will appear in the  solution  area.   If  you select a letter
  that is not in the puzzle... a large red  'X' will appear and
  on the sixth 'X' you will lose one of your lives.   At almost
  anytime during gameplay,  you can guess the incomplete puzzle
  by clicking on the text that says, 'Guess Puzzle.'

  Options:
  --------
  There are three difficulty levels that you can choose from in
  Wurzgez;  hard, normal, and easy.  The difficulty affects the
  amount of points awarded  when you solve a puzzle, the amount
  of points lost when you fail to solve a  puzzle  (points  are
  not  lost  for unsolved puzzles on the easy game), the amount
  of time you have to  solve  a puzzle, and the amount of lives
  that you begin the game with (you have  3  lives  in the hard
  game and 5 in both the normal and the easy games).  If you do
  not solve a puzzle before  the  counter reaches zero you will
  lose a life.  Also, note  that the high  score  function will
  not work when playing the easy game.  There are other options
  in the game such as  choosing  what  language the puzzles are
  in.  There is an inclusive high score and also  a  high score
  kept for each language that you can play the game in.

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   WURZGEZ  IS SHAREWARE & MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OTHER COMPUTER
  SERVICES (INCLUDING BBS's) WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
   PUBLISHER.  WURZGEZ CANNOT BE ALTERED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY
     MEANS AND MUST BE TRANSMITTED WITH ALL ORIGINAL FILES!!


                             WURZGEZ,
                Copyright 1998 by Marcus D. Gregio

           MDG Publications, Eternity Zone Gaming, and
            Wurzgez, are names and trademarks owned by
                        Marcus D. Gregio.

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  Version History:
  ----------------
  ==> Version 1.0...
  --- released 08 February, 1998;
  --> SHAREWARE VERSION OF THIS GAME.

  ==> Version 1.01, unreleased;
  --> Fixed the date of the first release.

  ==> Version 2.0,
  --> The fully-functional REGISTERED version
      of this game added the ability to insert
      more puzzles, removed the 'splash' screen,
      and fixed possible 'pause' cheats.

  ==> Version 2.5, Registered Game Addition...
  --> added Italian and French word files;
  --> added a game (session) count;
  --> added a high score function for each database;
  --> added Sound Q&A to the Help file;
  --> added new graphics (flags);
  --> fixed possible 'pause' cheats;
  --> other minor fixes addressed.

  ==> Version 3.0, EZG Publishing version...
  --- released 20 April, 1998;
  --> all registered features of the game are
      now the Shareware version;
  --> added EZG publishing credits (intro/closing);
  --> added clock to word set-up screen;
  --> changed aspects of word set-up screen
      and other areas to speed loading time
      and playing time of the game;
  --> re-programmed Guess Word screen to
      quicken greatly the checking of the guess;
  --> enhanced the win screen graphics;
  --> other minor fixes and improvements attended
      to including smaller filesize.

  The Files:
  ----------
  wurzgez.exe -- the game
  file_id.diz -- desc info
  read.me -- help info
  english.dat -- English datafile
  italian.dat -- Italian datafile
  french.dat -- French datafile

           Please report bugs to:  mdgpubs@capital.net
       Again, thank you for downloading Wurzgez.  Enjoy it!
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