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                  |     Marcus D. Gregio's      |
                  |    Eternity Zone Gaming     |
                  |          presents           |
                  |      /// WURZGEZ ///        |
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                  |        version 4.0          |
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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 (the cost is only $5.00),
  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.  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.

  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 loose one of your lives.  At almost
  anytime  during gameplay, you can guess the incomplete puzzle
  by clicking on the text  that  says, 'Guess Puzzle.'  On some
  levels a free 'life' will be awarded and you will also notice
  that  your  time  to  solve a puzzle will be 'adjusted' (less
  time) on certain levels.

  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
  loose 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.

  Upgrading:
  ----------
  If you are upgrading from a previous version  of Wurzgez, you
  need  only  copy  the  'wurzgez.exe'  file  to  your  Wurzgez
  directory.  If you have previously  registered  this program,
  you do not need to re-register this version.  Finally, please
  note  that if you are passing this program to someone else...
  be sure to include all  original  (unmodified)  files as seen
  below.  Thank you for your continued support!

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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...
  --> all registered features of the game are
      now in 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;
  --> other minor fixes and improvements attended
      to including smaller filesize.

  ==> Version 4.0, released 10 September 1998...
  --> removed opening credits;
  --> changed closing credits;
  --> fixed 'puzzle-loading' errors;
  --> corrected sound 'overlap' errors;
  --> added/changed some sounds;
  --> improved speed of gameplay;
  --> fixed high score 'carry-over' errors;
  --> adjusted for incorrect, end-user, multimedia settings;
  --> changed process so puzzles will not repeat within a game;
  --> inserted congratulatory 'win' dialog box;
  --> added on-line registration direct link;
  --> inserted a free life to players on some 'levels';
  --> fashioned some cosmetic changes;
  --> modified aspects of the timer;
  --> optimized colour scheme;
  --> merged Help and About screens;
  --> adjusted program to create a smaller fizesize;
  --> other fixes and improvements attended to and realized.


  The Files:
  ----------
  wurzgez.exe -- the game
  file_id.diz -- desc info
  readme.txt  -- 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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