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Gravity Wars, A GravityForce clone for Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sat Jul 1 07:28:58 1995
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 12:35:43 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
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From: root@bundy.mdk.se (root)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: Gravity Wars, A GravityForce clone for Linux
Organization: kuai.se
Summary: A new Linux Game
Keywords: game linux
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.development.apps
G R A V I T Y W A R S
======================
v1.0
"A Gravity Force clone for the Linux operating system"
THIS PROGRAM IS FREEWARE!
Credits:
...Programming by Sami Niemi...
...Graphics by Pdr Johannesson...
...Title picture by Mattias Johansson...
INTRODUCTION
------------
Gravity Force is based on Gravity Force, one of the greatest games
for the Amiga. This version is a little different, with a much higher
resolution, and better graphics. It also includes some new features
like water, exploding doors, bonus objects, fans (ie. wind), and some
other special effects like exploding bullets, and splashing water..
Gravity Wars has been developed from scratch by Sami Niemi in June
1995. The game comes with a DOS based level editor which is coded by
Pdr Johannesson. The level editor hopefully means a longer lifespan
for the game, since everybody can now design their own levels after
completing these. I've also included a C source for converting the
editor output to an object map. More about that in the technical
section. The game also gives a level code, so you can start from the
last level.
The goal of the game is to gather all the keys in a certain time
with limited fuel. After all the keys are gathered, a stargate opens
to the next level. You have only three lifes to complete the level
with. To encourage you, I can tell you that I've completed everyone
of the levels with only one life... There are also different bonus
objects in the game. Some of them give you just extra points, others
give you extra life, fuel, and time.
More information from http://hofors.kuai.se/~sniemi
The program should be found from
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/linux/incoming
gwars-1.0.tar.gz
and
ftp.funet.fi:/pub/linux/incoming
gravity-wars-1.0.tar.gz or gwars-1.0.tar.gz
and
http://hofors.kuai.se/~sniemi/gravity-wars-1.0.tar.gz
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