Q.B.B. BOO
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00000000: 00 00 38 01 20 00 38 01 38 01 38 01 38 01 38 01 |..8. .8.8.8.8.8.| 00000010: 38 01 38 01 17 89 57 00 0D 09 57 68 65 6E 20 79 |8.8...W...When y| 00000020: 6F 75 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 74 |ou first start t| 00000030: 68 65 20 67 61 6D 65 2C 20 6F 72 20 77 68 65 6E |he game, or when| 00000040: 20 79 6F 75 20 73 65 6C 65 63 74 20 22 6E 65 77 | you select "new| 00000050: 20 67 61 6D 65 22 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 74 68 65 20 | game" from the | 00000060: 6F 70 74 69 6F 6E 20 6D 65 6E 75 2C 20 79 6F 75 |option menu, you| 00000070: 20 61 72 65 20 67 69 76 65 6E 20 74 68 65 20 63 | are given the c| 00000080: 68 61 6E 63 65 20 74 6F 20 73 65 6C 65 63 74 20 |hance to select | 00000090: 6F 6E 65 20 6F 66 20 66 6F 75 72 20 64 69 66 66 |one of four diff| 000000A0: 65 72 65 6E 74 20 73 63 65 6E 61 72 69 6F 73 2E |erent scenarios.| 000000B0: 0D 0D 09 54 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 63 68 6F |...The first cho| 000000C0: 69 63 65 2C 20 17 89 57 40 42 45 47 49 4E 4E 45 |ice, ..W@BEGINNE| 000000D0: 52 17 89 57 00 2C 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 65 61 |R..W., is the ea| 000000E0: 73 79 20 67 61 6D 65 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 73 74 61 |sy game, you sta| 000000F0: 72 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 32 30 30 20 61 72 6D 69 |rt with 200 armi| 00000100: 65 73 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 |es and the compu| 00000110: 74 65 72 20 67 65 74 73 20 31 30 30 2E 20 54 68 |ter gets 100. Th| 00000120: 69 73 20 67 61 6D 65 20 69 73 20 66 6F 72 20 74 |is game is for t| 00000130: 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 74 69 6D 65 20 17 89 |he first time ..| 00000140: 57 40 43 49 52 43 45 17 89 57 00 20 70 6C 61 79 |W@CIRCE..W. play| 00000150: 65 72 20 6F 72 20 74 68 65 20 6F 6C 64 20 70 6C |er or the old pl| 00000160: 61 79 65 72 20 77 68 6F 20 77 61 6E 74 73 20 74 |ayer who wants t| 00000170: 6F 20 63 68 65 63 6B 20 6F 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 |o check out the | 00000180: 6E 65 77 20 61 6E 64 20 69 6D 70 72 6F 76 65 64 |new and improved| 00000190: 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 6D 6F 76 65 20 72 | computer move r| 000001A0: 6F 75 74 69 6E 65 73 2E 20 46 69 66 74 79 20 74 |outines. Fifty t| 000001B0: 75 72 6E 73 20 74 6F 20 77 69 6E 20 69 73 20 61 |urns to win is a| 000001C0: 20 67 6F 6F 64 20 73 63 6F 72 65 20 69 6E 20 74 | good score in t| 000001D0: 68 69 73 20 6D 6F 64 65 2C 20 31 35 30 20 74 75 |his mode, 150 tu| 000001E0: 72 6E 73 20 69 73 20 6E 6F 74 2E 0D 0D 09 17 89 |rns is not......| 000001F0: 57 40 53 54 41 4E 44 41 52 44 17 89 57 00 20 6D |W@STANDARD..W. m| 00000200: 6F 64 65 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 22 72 65 67 75 |ode is the "regu| 00000210: 6C 61 72 22 20 67 61 6D 65 2E 20 50 72 65 74 74 |lar" game. Prett| 00000220: 79 20 6D 75 63 68 20 6F 66 20 61 6E 20 65 76 65 |y much of an eve| 00000230: 6E 20 6D 61 74 63 68 20 66 6F 72 20 74 68 65 20 |n match for the | 00000240: 69 6E 74 65 72 6D 65 64 69 61 74 65 20 70 6C 61 |intermediate pla| 00000250: 79 65 72 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 77 |yer. You start w| 00000260: 69 74 68 20 31 32 35 20 61 72 6D 69 65 73 20 61 |ith 125 armies a| 00000270: 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 20 |nd the computer | 00000280: 67 65 74 73 20 31 30 30 2E 0D 0D 09 49 6E 20 74 |gets 100....In t| 00000290: 68 65 20 61 62 6F 76 65 20 74 77 6F 20 67 61 6D |he above two gam| 000002A0: 65 73 20 61 6E 64 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 17 89 |es and in the ..| 000002B0: 57 40 45 53 43 41 4C 41 54 49 4F 4E 17 89 57 00 |W@ESCALATION..W.| 000002C0: 20 6D 6F 64 65 20 28 64 65 73 63 72 69 62 65 64 | mode (described| 000002D0: 20 62 65 6C 6F 77 29 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 | below) you are | 000002E0: 67 69 76 65 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6F 70 74 69 6F 6E |given the option| 000002F0: 20 6F 66 20 63 68 6F 6F 73 69 6E 67 20 79 6F 75 | of choosing you| 00000300: 72 20 73 74 61 72 74 69 6E 67 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 |r starting count| 00000310: 72 69 65 73 20 6F 72 20 68 61 76 69 6E 67 20 74 |ries or having t| 00000320: 68 65 6D 20 63 68 6F 73 65 6E 20 72 61 6E 64 6F |hem chosen rando| 00000330: 6D 6C 79 2E 20 57 68 65 6E 20 79 6F 75 20 63 68 |mly. When you ch| 00000340: 6F 6F 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 69 6E |oose the startin| 00000350: 67 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 72 69 65 73 20 79 6F 75 20 |g countries you | 00000360: 65 6E 64 20 75 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 73 6C |end up with a sl| 00000370: 69 67 68 74 20 61 64 76 61 6E 74 61 67 65 20 62 |ight advantage b| 00000380: 65 63 61 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 |ecause there are| 00000390: 20 33 31 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 72 69 65 73 20 61 6E | 31 countries an| 000003A0: 64 20 79 6F 75 20 63 68 6F 6F 73 65 20 66 69 72 |d you choose fir| 000003B0: 73 74 2E 20 59 6F 75 27 6C 6C 20 61 6C 77 61 79 |st. You'll alway| 000003C0: 73 20 65 6E 64 20 75 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 31 36 |s end up with 16| 000003D0: 20 74 6F 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6D 70 75 74 65 72 | to the computer| 000003E0: 27 73 20 31 35 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 72 69 65 73 2E |'s 15 countries.| 000003F0: 20 53 65 6C 65 63 74 20 79 6F 75 72 20 73 74 61 | Select your sta| 00000400: 72 74 69 6E 67 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 72 69 65 73 20 |rting countries | 00000410: 62 79 20 63 6C 69 63 6B 69 6E 67 20 6F 6E 20 74 |by clicking on t| 00000420: 68 65 6D 20 6A 75 73 74 20 61 73 20 79 6F 75 20 |hem just as you | 00000430: 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 64 75 72 69 6E 67 20 61 20 67 |would during a g| 00000440: 61 6D 65 2E 20 4F 6E 63 65 20 61 20 63 6F 75 6E |ame. Once a coun| 00000450: 74 72 79 20 69 73 20 63 68 6F 73 65 6E 2C 20 61 |try is chosen, a| 00000460: 20 66 6C 61 67 20 69 73 20 64 72 61 77 6E 20 6F | flag is drawn o| 00000470: 6E 20 69 74 2E 20 57 68 65 6E 20 61 6C 6C 20 33 |n it. When all 3| 00000480: 31 20 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6E 20 63 68 6F 73 |1 have been chos| 00000490: 65 6E 20 79 6F 75 27 6C 6C 20 62 65 20 70 72 6F |en you'll be pro| 000004A0: 6D 70 74 65 64 20 74 6F 20 6D 61 6B 65 20 79 6F |mpted to make yo| 000004B0: 75 72 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 6D 6F 76 65 2E 0D 0D |ur first move...| 000004C0: 09 57 68 65 6E 20 79 6F 75 20 63 68 6F 6F 73 65 |.When you choose| 000004D0: 20 74 68 65 20 72 61 6E 64 6F 6D 20 6F 70 74 69 | the random opti| 000004E0: 6F 6E 2C 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 69 6E 67 |on, the starting| 000004F0: 20 63 6F 75 6E 74 72 69 65 73 20 61 6E 64 20 74 | countries and t| 00000500: 68 65 20 6E 75 6D 62 65 72 20 6F 66 20 63 6F 75 |he number of cou| 00000510: 6E 74 72 69 65 73 20 65 61 63 68 20 73 69 64 65 |ntries each side| 00000520: 20 63 6F 6E 74 72 6F 6C 73 20 69 73 20 72 61 6E | controls is ran| 00000530: 64 6F 6D 2E 20 54 68 75 73 2C 20 74 68 69 73 20 |dom. Thus, this | 00000540: 6D 6F 64 65 20 69 73 20 75 73 75 61 6C 6C 79 20 |mode is usually | 00000550: 68 61 72 64 65 72 20 62 75 74 20 73 6F 6D 65 74 |harder but somet| 00000560: 69 6D 65 73 20 65 61 73 69 65 72 2E 20 57 68 65 |imes easier. Whe| 00000570: 6E 20 6D 61 6B 69 6E 67 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 20 |n making either | 00000580: 63 68 6F 69 63 65 2C 20 70 6C 65 61 73 65 20 6E |choice, please n| 00000590: 6F 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6E 75 6D |ote that the num| 000005A0: 62 65 72 20 6F 66 20 61 72 6D 69 65 73 20 65 61 |ber of armies ea| 000005B0: 63 68 20 73 69 64 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 20 77 |ch side starts w| 000005C0: 69 74 68 20 69 73 20 65 76 65 6E 6C 79 20 64 69 |ith is evenly di| 000005D0: 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 64 20 61 63 72 6F 73 73 |stributed across| 000005E0: 20 74 68 65 20 65 6E 74 69 72 65 20 70 6C 61 6E | the entire plan| 000005F0: 65 74 2E 0D 0D 09 54 68 65 20 17 89 57 40 50 4C |et....The ..W@PL| 00000600: 41 4E 45 54 41 52 59 20 41 54 54 41 43 4B 17 89 |ANETARY ATTACK..| 00000610: 57 00 20 67 61 6D 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 20 77 |W. game starts w| 00000620: 69 74 68 20 6F 6E 65 20 73 69 64 65 20 63 6F 6E |ith one side con| 00000630: 74 72 6F 6C 6C 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 65 6E 74 |trolling the ent| 00000640: 69 72 65 20 70 6C 61 6E 65 74 20 77 68 69 6C 65 |ire planet while| 00000650: 20 74 68 65 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 73 69 64 65 20 | the other side | 00000660: 22 6C 61 6E 64 73 22 20 61 20 68 75 67 65 20 66 |"lands" a huge f| 00000670: 6F 72 63 65 20 69 6E 20 6F 6E 65 20 63 6F 75 6E |orce in one coun| 00000680: 74 72 79 20 61 6E 64 20 74 72 69 65 73 20 74 6F |try and tries to| 00000690: 20 74 61 6B 65 20 6F 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 77 | take over the w| 000006A0: 68 6F 6C 65 20 70 6C 61 6E 65 74 2E 20 57 68 65 |hole planet. Whe| 000006B0: 6E 20 63 68 6F 6F 73 69 6E 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 |n choosing this | 000006C0: 6D 6F 64 65 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 61 6C |mode, you are al| 000006D0: 73 6F 20 67 69 76 65 6E 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 6F |so given the cho| 000006E0: 69 63 65 20 74 6F 20 61 74 74 61 63 6B 20 6F 72 |ice to attack or| 000006F0: 20 64 65 66 65 6E 64 2E 0D 0D 09 46 6F 72 20 74 | defend....For t| 00000700: 68 6F 73 65 20 65 78 70 65 72 69 65 6E 63 65 64 |hose experienced| 00000710: 2C 20 68 61 72 64 2D 63 6F 72 65 20 17 89 57 40 |, hard-core ..W@| 00000720: 43 49 52 43 45 17 89 57 00 20 70 6C 61 79 65 72 |CIRCE..W. player| 00000730: 73 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 17 |s there is the .| 00000740: 89 57 40 45 53 43 41 4C 41 54 49 4F 4E 17 89 57 |.W@ESCALATION..W| 00000750: 00 20 67 61 6D 65 2E 20 42 6F 74 68 20 73 69 64 |. game. Both sid| 00000760: 65 73 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 31 30 |es start with 10| 00000770: 30 20 61 72 6D 69 65 73 2E 20 45 76 65 72 79 20 |0 armies. Every | 00000780: 66 6F 75 72 20 74 75 72 6E 73 20 74 68 65 20 6E |four turns the n| 00000790: 75 6D 62 65 72 20 6F 66 20 61 72 6D 69 65 73 20 |umber of armies | 000007A0: 61 64 64 65 64 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 65 6E 64 |added at the end| 000007B0: 20 6F 66 20 65 61 63 68 20 74 75 72 6E 20 69 73 | of each turn is| 000007C0: 20 69 6E 63 72 65 61 73 65 64 2E 20 54 68 75 73 | increased. Thus| 000007D0: 2C 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 36 34 74 68 20 74 75 |, at the 64th tu| 000007E0: 72 6E 2C 20 38 20 61 72 6D 69 65 73 20 61 72 65 |rn, 8 armies are| 000007F0: 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 74 6F 20 65 61 63 68 20 63 | added to each c| 00000800: 6F 75 6E 74 72 79 2E 20 53 75 72 76 69 76 69 6E |ountry. Survivin| 00000810: 67 20 31 30 30 20 74 75 72 6E 73 20 69 73 20 71 |g 100 turns is q| 00000820: 75 69 74 65 20 61 20 66 65 61 74 20 69 6E 20 74 |uite a feat in t| 00000830: 68 69 73 20 73 63 65 6E 61 72 69 6F 21 0C |his scenario!. |
..8. .8.8.8.8.8.8.8...W...WHEN YOU FIRST START THE GAME, OR WHEN YOU SELECT "NEW GAME" FROM THE OPTION MENU, YOU ARE GIV EN THE CHANCE TO SELECT ONE OF FOUR DIFF ERENT SCENARIOS....THE FIRST CHOICE, ..W @BEGINNER..W., IS THE EASY GAME, YOU STA RT WITH 200 ARMIES AND THE COMPUTER GETS 100. THIS GAME IS FOR THE FIRST TIME .. W@CIRCE..W. PLAYER OR THE OLD PLAYER WHO WANTS TO CHECK OUT THE NEW AND IMPROVED COMPUTER MOVE ROUTINES. FIFTY TURNS TO WIN IS A GOOD SCORE IN THIS MODE, 150 TU RNS IS NOT......W@STANDARD..W. MODE IS T HE "REGULAR" GAME. PRETTY MUCH OF AN EVE N MATCH FOR THE INTERMEDIATE PLAYER. YOU START WITH 125 ARMIES AND THE COMPUTER GETS 100....IN THE ABOVE TWO GAMES AND I N THE ..W@ESCALATION..W. MODE (DESCRIBED BELOW) YOU ARE GIVEN THE OPTION OF CHOO SING YOUR STARTING COUNTRIES OR HAVING T HEM CHOSEN RANDOMLY. WHEN YOU CHOOSE THE STARTING COUNTRIES YOU END UP WITH A SL IGHT ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE 31 COUN TRIES AND YOU CHOOSE FIRST. YOU'LL ALWAY S END UP WITH 16 TO THE COMPUTER'S 15 CO UNTRIES. SELECT YOUR STARTING COUNTRIES BY CLICKING ON THEM JUST AS YOU WOULD DU RING A GAME. ONCE A COUNTRY IS CHOSEN, A FLAG IS DRAWN ON IT. WHEN ALL 31 HAVE B EEN CHOSEN YOU'LL BE PROMPTED TO MAKE YO UR FIRST MOVE....WHEN YOU CHOOSE THE RAN DOM OPTION, THE STARTING COUNTRIES AND T HE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES EACH SIDE CONTROL S IS RANDOM. THUS, THIS MODE IS USUALLY HARDER BUT SOMETIMES EASIER. WHEN MAKING EITHER CHOICE, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NUM BER OF ARMIES EACH SIDE STARTS WITH IS E VENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE PLAN ET....THE ..W@PLANETARY ATTACK..W. GAME STARTS WITH ONE SIDE CONTROLLING THE ENT IRE PLANET WHILE THE OTHER SIDE "LANDS" A HUGE FORCE IN ONE COUNTRY AND TRIES TO TAKE OVER THE WHOLE PLANET. WHEN CHOOSI NG THIS MODE, YOU ARE ALSO GIVEN THE CHO ICE TO ATTACK OR DEFEND....FOR THOSE EXP ERIENCED, HARD-CORE ..W@CIRCE..W. PLAYER S THERE IS THE ..W@ESCALATION..W. GAME. BOTH SIDES START WITH 100 ARMIES. EVERY FOUR TURNS THE NUMBER OF ARMIES ADDED AT THE END OF EACH TURN IS INCREASED. THUS , AT THE 64TH TURN, 8 ARMIES ARE ADDED T O EACH COUNTRY. SURVIVING 100 TURNS IS Q UITE A FEAT IN THIS SCENARIO!.
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