***************** The things you really need to know.... ****************
                       (The keys and what they do!)
 *Collect all 4 Primas Diamonds () in a level to beat it!!!
 Space bar -        Quad jumps
 Left  Arrow -      Moves Quad left
 Right Arrow -      Moves Quad right
 Up    Arrow -      He jumps
 Up and THEN left - He jumps to the left
 Up and THEN right- He jumps to the right
 A -                He throughs a bomb to the left
 S -                He throughs a bomb directly up
 D -                He throughs a bomb to the right
 Z -                He throughs a bomb to the left
 X -                He throughs a bomb directly up
 C -                He throughs a bomb to the right
 M -                Turns music on or off
 <Enter> -          Selects things (on a menu)
 Esc -              To pause/quit


Key Board Control:

If Quad seems to move awkwardly (too fast/too slow) then try going to...
-Windows 98 Start Bar
-Settings
-Control Panel
-There click on the keyboard icon that says `Keyboard'
-In the application set the `Repeat Delay' bar to `Short'
-Then move the `Repeat rate' around the center

        
********************* Other LessImportant things *************************

SETUP:

Go to the folder where Quads is temporarily located....
Double click on SETUP.EXE
(Type `SETUP' in MS-DOS)

Where Setup Puts the Stuff:

The WINDOWS 95/98 setup moves your packadge to...
`C:\Poogram Files\AMAsoft\Quad' in `My Computer'

The MS-DOS setup puts it to....
`C:\AMAsoft\Quad'

Both put all WADs to...
`C:\Backups'

(The Main WAD is called `QQMain')

-Now Run Settings.EXE if you want turn of PC Speaker music or you 
don't have a soubd blaster
(In Windows goto `My Computer'; `Program Files'; `AMAsoft'; `Quad'
and click on `Settings')
(In MS-DOS type `C:\AMAsoft\Quad\Settings')

You can also just edit `Settings.CFG' with Note-Pad
(Put ON or OFF in the appropriate places)

****************************** The Game *********************************

Getting started:

-The game starts by displaying the AMAsoft logo (and `yes you can't press
a key to skip it')... If you find it bothersome just delete `AMA.EXE'

-The amazing title screen then appears and it goes through its little
song and dance (press any key to stop it)

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 Next is the fun bit the Menu:

`Start a New Quest' - Starts straight from the beginning
`Load File...' - You continue from where you saved in the Game Over Menu
`Help' - Is a shortcut to the Help.EXE file
`View Intro' - Self explanatory
`Quit' - Allows you to quit the program

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What To Do In The Game:

*To beat a world run into all 4 of the Primas Diamonds()

In each world you bust walk and jump around (using the cursor keys)
You can jump over obsticles and pits by pressing space bar THEN over
You can bomb Smilites by getting a perfect distance away and pressing
A or Z to through left; S or X to through up; D or C to through right
If a Smilite is caught in the explosion it will be turned into thick
and chunkey salsa and it will display the points you get from it.

Sometimes (if the bomb is at the top or bottom of the area) the bomb will
not travel in a perfect arc but will roll along the ground.

The bombs explode on contact with things so make sure you have plenty of
free space to through it in. 
You can kill Smilites on platforms above you by throunging the bomb up
to the bottom of the platform. (ARGH! DEATH FROM BELOW!!!)

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Display:

During the game play there is a bar at the top of the screen.
This is what it looks like...

            Score: 252        x 3          World: 2       Time: 56
 
                                                              
Your Health   Your score   Amount of Bombs   The Level       Time left

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Items:

 You............................... (Its the man you control)

 Bombs............................. (Lob'em at Smilites & turn'em to salsa)

 Bomb Bonuses...................... (Gives you three more bombs)

 Primas Diamonds................... (Collect 4 in a level to beat it)

 Grass............................. (Green)

 Sand.............................. (Yellow)

 Clay Brick........................ (Brown brick)
 
 Stone Brick....................... (Grey)

 Piece of Cloud.................... (White)

 Ladder............................ (You can climb it; press UP/DOWN)
 
 Bean Stock........................` (You can climb it; press UP/DOWN)

 Bean Stock........................' (You can climb it; press UP/DOWN)

 Warp..............................@ (Moves you to another warp)

 Star / Snow........................ (In background doesn't do much)

 Back Door......................... (Lets you come from back not front)

 Front Door........................ (Lets you come from front not back)

 Water............................. (You can splash around in it)

 Lava.............................. (Like water but deadly)

 Spike............................. (Very Sharp!)

 Side Swiper....................... (Red-Moves back and forth)

 Fire Ball.........................* (Jumps up and down)

 Round -About...................... (Yellow-Moves in a round pattern)

 Seek & Destroy.................... (Floats and follows you around)


************************ Level Editing **********************************

The Editor:
To run it goto StartBar; Quad; Editor
(In MS-DOS type 'C:\AMAsoft\Quad\Editor')

*** The Keys and what they do ***
F1.....Select Sky (Press a number [1->4] to select a background color)
F2.....Select Ground (Press a number [1->4] to place solid ground)
F3.....Select Object (Move the blue cursor to an object and press Enter)
F4.....Select Enemy  (Move the blue cursor to an enemy and press Enter)
F5.....Select Diamond (Places a Primas Diamond until all 4 are placed)
F6.....Brings you to a Level Attributes Menu (Select Song; Start; etc.)
F7..............Redraws the screen if it messes up
D...............Lets you view the DATA for the level
R...............Restart without saving your progress
S................Saves Level As [Prompts for Name]
L.................Loads Level [Prompts Level to Load]
<Enter>.......Places what you have selected whever you are
<Esc>............Quits (Promts you to Save [Y or N])

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What to do in the Editor:

In the editor you move The Devive Quatro (a Rectangaloid like Quad) about
the screen.
The top of the screen displays all of the Funstions (F1 F2 F3...)
Press F1 (For example Ground or Objects)
Then press <Enter> to plece it where you are
<Enter> will place the last thing you selected you can place the same
thing again and again in different places)

So to sum up just select things and place them with <Enter>

Once the level is complete you can SAVE it by pressing `S'
(Choose a level to overwrite)

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Creating/Restoring a WAD of levels:

This lets you have whole sets of levels (In `C:\Backups\[WAD Name]')
You do this by running WADS.EXE
(In Windows goto `My Computer';`C:';`Program Files';`AMAsoft';`Quad'
and click on WADS')
(In MS-DOS type `C:\AMAsoft\Quad\Wads')

You can create a Wad of the levels you have (including the levels you
have edited) by selecting `Create a Wad'
-Now type in a name of your wad and it is complete
-You can goto `C:\Backups' and right click on the wad you made
and select `Add to ZIP' and ZIP it (If you have WINZIP). Then send me
an E-Mail (akmiller@ns.sympatico.ca... Click on the Email-Me... file
and attach the ZIP you made and I will put it on www.quadsquest.8m.com
and on www.programmers-haven.8m.com it would be greatly appreciated)

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Restoring a wad of Levels:

The game always runs the levels that are currently restored

Sets all the Levels to the ones in a wad of your choise just select...
`Restore a Wad of Levels'
and type the name (just hit Enter to restore the original levels that
Quads Quest came with)

The Wad can only be restored if it has been created before!


***************************** Other *************************************

After SETUP:

-In Windows goto the start bar and to `Quad' and then to `Quad'
or goto start bar and to `Run' and type ...
`C:\Program Files\AMAsoft\Quad\Quad'

ATTENTION!
If you want to be a big man and screw around the packadge to
prove your power over yer computer then mess with this if you
want....
Although if you seriously don't know what you're doing (as I don't)
then it is suggested you leave everything as it was set by SETUP.EXE

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Copy Right/Regristration:

What do you think I am some sort of pussy?
All this is far from the damn red-tape copyright and stuff...
There IS ABSOLUTLY NO COPYRIGHT! Do whatever the hell you want with it...
-Alter it
-Copy it and call it your own
-Sell it for money (or beer)
Whatever `I DON'T CARE!!!!!!!!'

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Shareware Agreement:

Well... You know and I know that you will not give me any money
So we'll leave it at that!

But you can give it to friends if you want to... again I don't care

Yes! I don't care about any shit... I just make games man













