PROGRAM:      Alien Breed IV: Final Assault
VERSION:      0.9
AUTHOR:       James Vernon - TCPA
DESCRIPTION:  Shoot-'em-up
MACHINES:     TI-83, TI-83+, TI-86
PLATFORMS:    Ion, MirageOS, TI-86-OS, most TI-86 shells
LANGUAGE:     Z80 Assembly
RELEASED:     June 2001
SIZE:         TI-83 Ion Size:       7807 bytes
              TI-83+ Ion Size:      7783 bytes
              TI-83+ MirageOS Size: 7784 bytes
              TI-86 Size:           8004 bytes


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## Installation ##
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 Copy the file ab4.8?g to your calculator, where 8?g is the type for your
calculator. For MirageOS, copy ab4m.8xg to your calculator.

 If using a shell, run the program "Alien Breed IV: Final Assault". If on the
TI-86 you're not using a shell, use the following command (without the
quotes): "Asm(ab4".


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## Keys ##
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 Some keys are labelled differently on the TI-83(+)/TI-86 calculators, in
such case the TI-83(+) one comes first, the TI-86 second.

MAIN MENU:
 Up/Down                Change selection
 [2nd]                  Select

IN-GAME:
 Arrow Keys             Move
 [2nd]                  Shoot
 Top Row                Select weapon 1-5
 [MODE]/[EXIT]          Pause
 [MATH]/[GRAPH]         Teacher Key

PAUSE:
 [ENTER]                Return to game
 [CLEAR]                Main Menu


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## Misc Notes ##
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 The demo is finished when you have all the items on the level and you have
killed all the enemies. As you might have noticed, this level is quite
similar to the Level 1 from Alien Breed II, hence why the Levelset is called
"AB2". In the full version I will include two Levelsets, "AB2" & "AB4", which
will both have at least 8 levels. "AB2" will be similar levels to those in my
old game Alien Breed II, whilst "AB4" will be new levels.

 This version of the game has been tested on a real TI-83, along with testing
on the TI-83+ and TI-86 on Virtual-TI. There shouldn't be any problems, if
there are, I'm sorry... the final version will be tested properly before
being released.


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## Thanks to... ##
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- Patrick Davidson for the many ideas used in this game to make it portable
  across so many calculators!
- Everyone at the TCPA.
- Assembly Coder's Zenith for the TI-86 include files, which had to be
  modified slightly to work with TASM.
- Detached Solutions for MirageOS.
- Matthew Shepcar for Rascall.
- Hannes 'Movax' Edfeldt for Devpac83.
- Scott Dial for Devpac8x.
- Alan Bailey for Prgm86.
- Jimmy Mardell & Florent Dhordain for the Huffman routines.
- Matt Johnson for Image Studio.
- Jeremy Goetsch for Assembly Studio 8x, mainly the Sprite Editor ;)
- All my fans of the Alien Breed series.
- Team 17 for the original Alien Breed games.


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## Version History ##
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v0.9 <> June 2001
 TI-83 Ion Size:       7807 bytes
 TI-83+ Ion Size:      7783 bytes
 TI-83+ MirageOS Size: 7784 bytes
 TI-86 Size:           8004 bytes
  - Demo release
  - Versions for 3 different calculators!


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## Project Information ##
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 Here is a list of things to be done for the full release. There is probably
more but this is all I can think of off the top of my head:

- 4 more enemies
- 4 more weapons
- Alien Holes
- Intex Consoles
- Air Ducts
- Fire Doors
- Power Domes
- Queen Aliens
- Invincibility
- Auto Destruct Buttons
- Bombs


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## Closing Notes ##
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 That's about it. Enjoy the demo, please feel free to email me with your
comments/suggestions. The reason I haven't released the Levelset Editor with
the demo is because: 1) It's a demo, and 2) On the slight chance that the
format for levels changes before the full release.

 You are welcome to put this game on your website as long as the files in
this archive aren't separated. For more great TI programs, check out the TCPA
site, http://tcpa.calc.org.


Alien Breed IV: Final Assault
Version 0.9
Copyright (c)2001 TI-Calculator Programming Alliance
Written and Programmed by James Vernon
ICQ#: 71589304
http://jamesv.calc.org
