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 Copyright © 93, 94 by Morgan Antonsson

	Release 1.2 (10.9.1994)


	@{" Introduction " Link Introduction}

	@{" Distribution " Link Distribution}
	@{" Disclaimer " Link Disclaimer}
	@{" Requirements " Link Requirements}
	@{" Installation " Link Installation}

	@{" Thanks! " Link Thanks!}
	@{" How to contact me " Link How_to_contact_me}
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@NODE Introduction "Introduction"
 This  is yet another Boulderdash clone but this time it is inspired by the
 Nordic  mythology.   Your  task  is  to  guide Balder - the god of light -
 through  groves  filled  with  berserks  and snakes.  Collect  rings, push
 runestones and try to find the small passage to the next level.

 This  time you don't have to play alone.  Get a helping hand from a friend
 and I assure you the game will be easier as well as funnier.

 The  game  comes  with  40  levels  and a level editor.  Unfortunately the
 levels are almost identical with those included in previous releases.  The
 only  exception  is  that you can use them all in two player mode.  If you
 have made some own levels with the old level editor you can still use them
 with  this  new  game  package in one player mode.  To be able to use them
 with  two  players you will have to load them into the level editor, place
 entrances and exits for player two, and save them.

 I hope you will have a good time!


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@NODE Distribution "Distribution"
 This  gamepackage  is  FREEWARE.   It  is  copyrighted  93,  94  by Morgan
 Antonsson.   You  may  distribute  it  for  non-profit  only (except for a
 nominal fee) and all the following files must be included and unmodified.

	ReadMeFirst.guide		- This document
	Balder'sGrove			- The game
	Balder'sGrove.guide		- The game doc-file
	BGLevEd				- The level editor
	BGLevEd.guide			- Doc-file for the level editor
	Title.mod			- OctaMED V2.0 song
	Fonts/Balder'sGrove.font	- The font used by the game
	Fonts/Balder'sGrove/8

 All  files  in  the  Level  directory  and all files produced by the level
 editor  are  PUBLIC DOMAIN.  The package may be included in any PD-library
 that fulfills the given conditions.


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@NODE Disclaimer "Disclaimer"
 The  author  takes  NO  RESPONSIBILITY  for  ANY DAMAGE caused directly or
 indirectly by this software!


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@NODE Requirements "Requirements"
 These programs need Workbench 2.04 or higher.  They have been tested on an
 A500  with 1M CHIP and 2M FAST, and an A3000 with 2M CHIP and 4M FAST, but
 will  hopefully run on other configurations too, provided that you have at
 least 1M CHIP.

 You  may try running the game and the level editor simultaneously, this is
 very handy when editing and testing new levels, but be careful so that you
 don't run out of chip mem.


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@NODE Installation "Installation"
 Copy  the  contents  of  the  'Fonts' directory to FONTS:  by clicking the
 'CopyFont' icon or executing the 'CopyFont' batch file from SHELL.

 Finished!!!


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@NODE Thanks! "Thanks!"
 I  wan't  to thank Per Svedberg for testing the programs, giving me ideas,
 software  support  and several good levels.  Many thank's!  Thanks also to
 Steve Drew for testing the programs on his NTSC-amiga.

 The  modplayer routines are taken from the freely distributable version of
 OctaMED V2.0 by Teijo Kinnunen.  Thanks for this!


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@NODE How_to_contact_me "How to contact me"
 Please  feel  free  to  contact me if you have any questions, bug reports,
 ideas, addictive levels etc.

	Morgan Antonsson
	Litsleby 2
	S-457 93 Tanumshede
	SWEDEN

EMAIL:  d0antmo@dtek.chalmers.se

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