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This is the OLD readme but it includes some imortant stuff.
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JAW!(TM) in shit thrower food planet

This file includes :
    * SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
    * HOW TO USE
    * TROUBLESHOOTING
    * LEGAL


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

    * ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
        I don't know it
        My 286 burnt down

    * MINIMUM
        486SX @ 25 MHz
        160 KB of RAM
        EGA with 128 KB of VRAM

    * RECOMMENDED MINIMUM
        486DX @ 66 MHz
        160 KB of RAM
        EGA with 128 KB of VRAM

    * RECOMMENDED SYSTEM
        586(Pentium) @ 150 MHz
        160 KB of RAM
        EGA with 128 KB of VRAM

I have tested this game on these machines :

        Compaq ProLinea 4/25s
        I486SX @ 25MHz (integrated)
        16MB of RAM (FPM)
        TSENG ET4000 with 1MB of VRAM, no VESA
        DOS 6.22
        Result :
        If you play dirty then be my quest (21 FPS)

        Compaq ProLinea 4/33s
        I486SX @ 33MHz (socketed)
        16MB of RAM (FPM)
        TSENG ET4000 with 1MB of RAM, no VESA
        DOS 7.10 (windows' command folder)
        result :
        A little bit better than last one (30 FPS)

        Compaq ProLinea 4/66d
        A486DX2 @ 66MHz (socketed)
        16MB of RAM (FPM)
        TSENG ET4000 with 1MB of RAM, no VESA
        DOS 7.10 (windows' command folder)
        result :
        Really good !!! (91 FPS)

        Fujitsu ICL indiana
        IP @ 180MHz (socketed)
        64MB of RAM (EDO)
        ATI MACH64 with 2MB of VRAM, VESA 2.0 
        DOS 7.10 (windows' command folder)
        result :
        Pretty nice (75 FPS)

        Fujitsu ICL indiana
        IP @ 180MHz (socketed)
        64MB of RAM (EDO)
        S3 TRIO64 with 1MB of VRAM, VESA 1.2 
        DOS 7.10 (windows' command folder)
        result :
        Still pretty nice (75 FPS)

        The wild thing (I don't know it's name)
        IP4 @ 3000MHz (socketed)
        512MB of RAM (DDR)
        NVIDIA 6600PCX with 256MB of VRAM, VESA 3.0
        WIN XP SP2
        result :
        Really bad for such a PC - 49 FPS + beeping
        
        another wild thing
        IP4 @ 3000MHz (socketed)
        512MB of RAM (DDR)
        ATI RADEON xxxx with 256MB of VRAM, VESA 3.0
        WIN XP SP2
        result :
        Really bad for such a PC - 48 FPS + beeping

All tests were made using compiled program under PURE DOS (exept WIN
XP computer because XP supports a little bit of DOS but doesn't have
it) with SMARTDRIVE running, AUTO-FPS-THAT-SUCKS off, Joystick/gamepad
mode off, PC speaker squeaks off, EMM386 not running.

The better the video card, the badder the EGA mode. This is partly
true - 20 year old cards are even worse.

IF EMM386 IS RUNNING THEN YOU'LL GET MUCH LOWER PERFORMANCE !!!!!!!!!!


HOW TO PLAY

You are a red head called JAW and your mission is to clear path to
EARTH for other JAWs to begin their invasion to eat up all EARTH's
food. EARTH foods know what JAWs are up to so they sent up 9 WAVES
of KAMIKAZE FAST FOODS (McBONALD'S BURGERS and KOKA COLAS) that
throw pieces of shit that should make JAW sick and fail his mission.
If JAW fails then there's two things - one bad and one good.
Good thing is that food remains on EARTH and bad thing is you failed
your mission.

Use CURSOR KEYS to move - no diagonals because I have no idea how to
read two or more keys at once (I've heard that's something to do with
adding another KEYBOARD HANDLER), SPACE to pause and ESC to quit.

BURGER gives you 200 points, DRINK gives you 100 points, PIECE OF
SHIT removes 1 life and if you let it pass then you'll get 50 points.
Number of foods passed are multiplied with 10 and this value is
going to be taken down from your SCORE to get FINAL SCORE that you
see when the game is over. After every 10000 points you'll get 1UP.

I got 172820 points and finished all 9 waves - BEAT THAT !!!!!!!!!
Actually I got about 180000 points if past foods weren't taken down.
Joystick/gamepad wasn't turned on and auto-frame-rate-that-sucks was
turned on and I didn't cheat (You'll know what to do to cheat if you
have read the code) in one way or another (although there's only 1 way).

If you're in cheat mode then the title would be like this:
"JAW! in shit thrower food planet where cheaters never die"
If you're cheating then you WILL NOT HAVE ANY CHANCE TO GET
ANY SCORE AT ALL AND NO WAY TO GET INTO THE TOP-15 LIST
unless you have modified the code.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Always run JAWSETUP.EXE/BAS first.
I haven't encountered any errors so far and I can't tell you
anything more exept one thing - don't delete any files
with TGS,TGF,CFG extension.

If the game crashes your computer or you'll get error at
2000:6AC8 or F000:FFFF under windows and you have MACH64 card then
try removing your floppy drives (MACH64 doesn't like those)
it might help. If I remove FDD from my computer then BIOS
won't check for HDDs anymore...IT MAKES ME SOOOOO ANGRY !!!



LEGAL STUFF

You own this (TJAW!.EXE/BAS, JAWSETUP.EXE/BAS) program so do whatever you
want to do with it. just remember to give me some credit for all of it.

If something happens to you or your computer or it's hardware or 
whatever then don't blame me. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!

If you modify it then follow the KISS rule (Keep It Simple Stupid)
and add a lot of comments into the changed/added part and don't
use any SUBs and/or FUNCTIONs !!!

If you sell it then I would like to get something, E-MAIL me and
we'll talk about it.

All comments and modified (a lot) versions sohuld be sent to
TMEECO@HOT.EE and and check
WWW.HOT.EE\TMEECO\INDEX.HTM

MACH64(R) is a registered trademark of ATI TECHNOLOGIES.
PENTIUM(R) is a registered trademark of INTEL CORPORATION.
JAW!(TM) and TEE co.(TM) are trademarks of TIIDO's MICRO ELECTRONICAL
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY.
