PONG II: Corporate Empire
Version 1.5
Budfish Software
Created by: Kyle
Smith
Chaos Media
(C) 2001
Disclaimer:
I assume no responsibility for any harm that comes
from using the software contained in this package to you, your
computer, or anything relating to your existence. No warranty is
provided or implied with this software. This software is provided
as is.
Index
Story
Requirements
Ship Building
Game Controls
Game Features
Menus
Credits
Troubleshooting
What's New
Story
It's been almost ten years since the end of the last great pong war. Earth has fallen on hard times as ruthless leaders squander the last fuel and food sources. Some companies offored to share their gains, but others were only interested in getting more. So the wars started again. This time it wasn't five sentiant being battling for dominance; it was humans killing humans in a despareate race for life. You have been chosen by your coporation to lead them into the tournament. The ultimate tournament to settle the final score. Good luck, Captain.
Requirements
Absolute Minimal:
Pentium
2Mb RAM
3Mb Hard Disk Space
VGA Moniter and AdapterRecommended:
Pentium 300
32mb RAMDesign Machine:
500Mhz AMD-K6
190Mb RAM
32mb Prophet MX
Windows 98
Ship Building
One of the biggest differences in PONG II from PONG: Battle Royal is the ability to design and build your own ship. Different parts make different combinations. You will have to experiment with this to find the best way of fighting your opponent. You will be given a chance before each match to change/add to your ship.
The Engineering Screen is set up to show you how much resources you have available. Three important variables will be key to your success. Credits, Energy, & Weight.
Credits determines how much equipment you can buy. The better equipment cost much more then the lesser ones. Energy shows how much power your ship has avaiable for use. Different things need different amounts of power. Weight tells how much mass your ship can support. The smaller the number the more mass your ship is and the slower it moves.
There are three types of both Primary Weapons and Secondary Weapons.
Primary:
BLASTER - Slow moving plasma balls that deal more damage
LASER - Fast moving light waves that deal moderate damage
AUTO GUN - Semi-slow projectiles that fire at high rates, but do little damage
Secondary:
ROCKETS - Projectiles that deal moderate damage and move in a straight line from its source
GRENADES - Projectiles that deal more damage but will fly off in whatever direction your ship is moving*
ATTACK DRONES - Slow moving, low damage projectiles that track your enemy
There are also extra equipment that can help if you are either low on Energy or Weight and also if your ship is overheating to fast* Mirv Grenade will split into four separate grenades.
Game Control
The controls in PONG II are very simple ...
With the Keyboard:
The LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys direct your ship around.
The CTRL key will fire your ship's primary weapons.
The ALT key will fire your ship's secondary weapons.
The ESC key will bring you out of the game.
The P key will pause the game.With the Mouse:
The Left Button will fire your ship's primary weapons.
The Right Button will fire you ship's secondary weapons.
The ESC key will bring you out of the game.
The P key will pause the game.
Menus
Menu Navigation is easy to do
The ENTER key will either select the menu item or change the menu item.
The ESC key will bring you out of the current menu.
- An example could be in the Option Menu, pressing ENTER on any of the options will change that option to the next one, but pressing ENTER on the Done option will save your settings and quit from the menu.
- Pressing ESC at any time will cancel all changes and quit the the main menu.
Game Features
10 Different Ship Designs
8 Levels of Shields
3 Types of Engines (9 Total)
3 Types of Primary Weapons (12 Total)
3 Types of Secondary Weapons (15 Total)
5 Extra Equipment
10 Missions + 1 Intro Mission
4 Difficulty Levels (Easy to Dead Meat)
1000s of Ship Combinations
Mission Tips Screen
And MORE!
Credits
This game is written in 99.9% Pure QuickBASIC
* Indicates Non Pure QBAll graphics and code were created by Bud the Fish
PUT routine and Battle sidebar was created by WisdomDude
Perfect Title graphic was created by RàñçîÐ
Cash Bug was submitted by GBGames
Installation Program by Razor-Edge (Fishstix)
MultiKey* routine was created by Joe Huber
Troubleshooting
I'd like to remind you that this program is an amature project by an amature programmer. Do not expect the program to run 100% at all times.
Q. The game is so incredibly slow. How do I speed
it up?
A. You can turn off VSync in the options menu, and increase the
game speed. It will cause flicker.
Q. The game is to flickery. I can't even see the top two inches
of the screen.
A. Turn on the VSync in the options menu. This will slow down the
game, but will almost totally
eliminate the flicker.
Q. The game runs choppy. Is there somethere I can do?
A. I have seen this happen if someone is running the Internet
while playing this game. I suggest closing all other programs
before starting PONG II.
If you have any other problems or find a bug, please e-mail me at
Bud_the_Fish@Juno.com
with your question or bug report. I will do my best to answer any
questions.
As for the bug reports, send me as much as you know about the
bug. Yelling about how it just doesn't work won't help me or you.
What's New?
Version 1.5
Updated Readme.html
Fixed Napalm Grenade Graphics
Optimized some routines
Mirv Grenades split
Napalm Grenade /w Firetrail
Added "-FPS" mode
Installer Program (By Fishstix)
Improved Keyboard Handler
Changed PAUSE key
Improved Enemy AI
5+ bugs fixed
Version 1.4
New Intro Picture
Updated Readme.html
Scrolling "POINT" Indicator
Ready, Set, Go before matchs
Save Game feature
Speed Increase
Less Flicker
20+ tiny bugs fixed
Updated Help/Credits menu
Added Mouse Support
Version 1.3
Fixed a bug in the Secondary Weapons
Fixed a small Fire bug
Added a Damaged Effect
Reduced Flicker
Increased Speed
Version 1.2
Fixed the High Score table reset
Updated Shield and Napalm Missile Graphics
Changed the Fire code a bit
Changed the Heating code a bit (added Secondary)
Added Damage-Based Heat Calculation
Added "Heat Sink" Equipment
Made it a tad faster
Version 1.1
Fixed the Computer's Drone Speed
Fixed the Points to Win & Kills to Point bugs
Made it a 1/1000 bit faster
Version 1.0b
Shield bug fixed
Added a DEBUG mode
Increased speed by a microsecond :-)
Version 1.0
FIRST VERSION
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