THE ULTIMATE QUIZ! Volume #1 (V1.2a) (COVERDISK VERSION) (C) 1993 Andy Gibson. Contents at a glance. ~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~ ~~~~~~~ 1. Conditions-Disclaimer 2. Info. 3. Hardware requirements. 4. Loading instructions. 5. The Ultimate Quiz (Playing instructions etc.) 6. Version and updates. 7. Acknowledgements 1. Conditions-Disclaimer: ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Ultimate Quiz is © Copyright of Andy Gibson and therefore cannot be altered by anyone without permission. This version (V1.2a) has been released as Shareware (CoverDisk). ** Please note that this version has been seriously cut-down for CoverDisk purposes. ** The program and Data files may be freely distributed and copied as long as the following conditions are met: All files, including this ReadMe, must be supplied. All files must NOT be altered in any way at all. (Except for Crunching purposes. eg. Power Packer/Lha etc.) PD Game Compilers eg. Assassins, can (and should) include this software on their compilation disks. If you enjoy this cut-down version, then you should send a cheque or postal order to the value of £5.00 (Sterling) to the address below: Andy Gibson 19 Hilton Terrace Whitlawburn Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8PD SCOTLAND Please make cheques/p.o's payable to Andy Gibson. Thanx. Registered users will receive the complete version of this quiz. The complete version contains no less than 1000 questions !!! Plus you will have access to ALL the AMOS source code too ! All the source code can be used by yourselves to re-write the quiz or just to use some of the useful routines instead. Other features include: Music on Intro and Game Over Screens. HD Installer. Hi-Score for each Block played. Question Block Loader. 100 Questions on: POP MUSIC STAR TREK DOCTOR WHO MOVIES VERY EASY (KNOWLEDGE) FOR KIDS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION FICTIONAL TELEVISION VERY HARD (KNOWLEDGE) Subjects to suit everyone's tastes ! DON'T DELAY - REGISTER YOURSELVES TODAY ! 2. Info: ~~ ~~~~~ The Ultimate Quiz was first written using AMOS V1.3 and later updated using AMOS Pro V2.0. Please note that there is only one command in the code which is now NOT comapatible with AMOS 1.3. The command is POKE$. I'm sure that AMOS (original) owners could use another command instead of POKE$. 3. Hardware requirements: ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Ultimate Quiz has been tested on: A500 (1.3 with GVP HD and Fast Mem) A500+ (standard model) A1200 (Standard model) A1200 (120mb hard disk & External floppy drive) A4000/040 (2 meg Chip & 16 Meg Fast) 4. Loading Instructions: ~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From WorkBench: Just double click on the games icon. From CLI : Just type in the games filename. (PD GAME COMPILERS) ------------------- If this game is to be included on a compilation disk: First of all you must check that all files are present and named correctly: QUIZ This is the actual game program. (This can be renamed to anything you like. It can also be Crunched with Power Packer etc.) Quiz.Data This is the data file Question Block. >>> *** Never rename or Crunch the 'Quiz.Data' File !!! *** <<< The Quiz.Data file can be placed anywhere on your disks. The easiest place to put it is in the Parent/Root Dir. (Not in any drawers/directories.) If you need to put the Quiz.Data file inside a Dir then you will have to use an Assign Command in your Startup-Sequence like this: Assign The_Quiz: DiskName:DirName eg. If you put the Quiz.Data file in a dir called Games on a disk called Comp. then the Assign would look like this: Assign The_Quiz: Comp:Games The actual code will search these devices for the Quiz.Data file: DF0: DF1: and The_Quiz: The Floppy Disk can be named anything you like ! This software does NOT require any extra Libraries etc to run. The files to be copied to your disk are: QUIZ Quiz.Data 5. THE ULTIMATE QUIZ Volume 1: ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~ (PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS) ---------------------- This game is played by using your Mouse. The Intro can be skipped by pressing your Left Mouse Button. You will then see the Game Playing Screen ..... (THE HELP BUTTON) ----------------- If selected, you will be greeted with a neat vertical scrolly text message on the screen. You can quit it by pressing (as always), the left mouse button. Or it will quit itself when the message is complete. (STARTING A GAME) ----------------- If you click anywhere else other than the Help Button then this message will appear on the main screen window ... GAME ON - PRESS START You will also notice that the START Button is flashing and that the mouse pointer is limited to that button only. To display the questions - press the left mouse button when the START Button is flashing. O.K. The first question & three answer options will now appear on the screen in a typewriter kind of fashion ! You will notice that the three answer options are colour coded to match the A,B and C Buttons at the bottom of the screen. (Good one for the kids.) The mouse pointer will now be positioned above the A,B & C buttons. You can now select either A,B or C to answer the question. You are limited to the amount of time you take to answer each question. (THE TIMER) ----------- The Timer Bar will start to scroll away whilst playing some countdown music after the question has been printed on screen. The Timer & Music will stop when you have either run out of time or if you select A,B or C. (SCORING) --------- You start each game with: 0 points 3 credits If you answer a question correctly then you will gain 10 points. If you answer a question wrongly then you will lose 1 credit ! If the Timer runs out then you also lose 1 precious credit ! A total of 1000 points are available in each game played. 10 points * 100 questions. Each question is picked at random. This means you won't ever play them in the same order each time you play. This gives the game a longer lasting appeal I think. This also means that you have a chance of beating the HiScore instead of only getting so far into the Quiz and getting stuck at the exact same spot each time. (GAME OVER) ----------- The Game Over screen only appears when you have no more credits or if you have attempted all 100 questions. Your Rating will be shown at the bottom of the screen too. The HiScore will only reach 1000 points maximum. Can you do it ? That's basically it ! Click on START when its flashing to play the next question. Click on A,B or C to answer it. Watch out for the Timer. Watch out for your Credits. Try and reach a new HiScore. Good luck ! 6. Version & Updates: ~~ ~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~~~~ V1.00 - Never released fully !!! Just did the rounds for testing etc. Did not have random questions ! V1.0b - Total re-write !!! New graffix / New code ! Added question blocks. Now random questions too. Beta testing version. Added HD Installer. Added Error routine. Just in case ! V1.1 - Changed the answer to a question which was wrong ! (Thank God for beta testers !) Did some work to HD Install Utility. Changed Mouse Coords after Game Over Screen so that it is always positioned above the General Knowledge Button on the selector screen. Changed another spelling mistake !!! Tested HD Installer on a 1.3 AMIGA. Nothing to write home about as far as updates go ! V1.2 - Added brand new music for Intro and Game Over screens. (Now it's more Pub Quizzy !!!) Added new code for HiScore display. Added new Graffix for Intro and Game Over Screens. (Looks better now.) Fixed out other little niggles that were annoying me which most other people didn't even notice !!! ie. The Whoosh sample on the Question Block Loading Screen sometimes played fast then slow ! Did a little more work to the screen wipe routines too. V1.2a - Basically as V1.2 but seriously Cut-Down for CoverDisk purposes. V2.00 - Complete Version (£5.00) Added all 10 question blocks. (In other words ... I typed in another 900 questions !) Revamped the code to load other question blocks. Did some work to the HD Installer so that it now Installs only the game and data files to HD. Removed the SHAREWARE MESSAGE screen and scrolly text. Added a new INTRO pic displaying REGISTERED COPY. A bigger, better game really. This version contains all updates to all the previous versions mentioned above. (Updates etc.) -------------- If for some reason any bugs are found, I will try and fix them and release an updated version into P.D. land. Please get in touch with me if you know of any bugs. 7. Acknowledgements: ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you to all the play-testers of The Ultimate Quiz Volume 1 A massive thanx must goto: Alan Carter (the guy behind the excellent BATDOG platform game given away on Amiga Computing Coverdisk) Alan wrote the groovy question writer routines for myself to use with this release. Thanx mate. Without your routines this would never have been released !!! You can purchase BATDOG + Source for only £5.00 from: Alan Carter 57 Greta Rd Skelton Saltburn Cleveland TS12 2NF ENGLAND A massive thanx must also goto: George Burnett and Andy Strachan for compiling the great - Star Trek / Next Generation / Doctor Who questions. They spent hours researching their videos, books and brains to come up with some of the best questions of this quality ! The questions are easy to hard to suit everyone's taste. Thanx guys ... once gain. I really can't wait to start on the next volume of this quiz with the help of George and Andy. Hello to: (In no special order) John Moore, Stephen McGowan, Stevie Freestone, Martin Conley, Robert Sanders, Jeff & Steff, Jim Allan, Robert Gabriel and Peter Henderson. My final thanx must go out to all users of this game. If you like this version and decide to buy the full game, I thank you kindly also for the support. Andy Gibson - November 1993. See Ya Soon Peeps.