                                                                     7/31/98

                Targ - Written for OS/2 PM by Jim Lewis

  Play:
        Run TARG.EXE, use the arrow keys to turn the ship and use the
        Space bar to fire the missile. If you kill all of the Targs
        you advance a level and get an extra Ship. Scoring: 10 points
        per Targ. You also get an extra Ship every 20 Targs you kill,
        and you get an extra 1000 points for clearing the level.

        The Targs get smarter on every level, and as their numbers decrease.

        Press Enter to start next level, if the game is over use the
        pull-down to start a new game.

        Targ will support one extended joystick. To use a joystick, run by
        typing 'targ 1' on the command line. Note, you really need a maze
        joystick, one that doesn't allow diagonals, in order to play Targ
        well with one.

  Bugs:
        - No sound effects. Might try to use new DART stuff later (didn't
          really work that well and only on Sound Blaster cards).

        - The Ship can blast holes in the wall.

        - Exploding Targs leave remnants sometimes.

        - Targs can "go thru" each other. Makes for some interesting games.

        - The "hittest" could probably be better (fixed a little).

        - Game only really works in maximized view, and in 1024x768 res.

        - The Ship looks funny as it fires the bullet.

        - Game not true to real Targ. The Ship doesn't slow down before
          changing direction, the Targs don't speed up, the scoring is not
          even close, the maze is not the same, there are no "extra" bad
          guys. Sorry, I played Targ when I was 18? and wrote it from memory.
          I might try to put all that in someday, we'll see. Just my luck
          I'll get it perfect and then get sued.


  Future enhancements:

        - Fixes for above "bugs".

        - Multi-player mode, where other people control some/all of the Targs
          and Ship over the network ("Deathmatch Targ"). Chat mode and all of
          that would be included.

        - might add other features, like mines, shields, other bad guys, etc.


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