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.NFO
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"TANKY V4" by Michal Veselenyi
v4.2 (June 26th 2004)

vmicho@host.sk
http://vmicho.host.sk


Tanky V4 is an exciting game with cool old-school graphics (featuring
lines, flying pixels and all in 16 colors :)
It's a multplayer game, up 2-3 players on one keyboard.
The main goal is to shoot your opponents down. You have one tank, 5 shots
and shield which can take 5 damage. Every time, there are different bonuses
flashing around. Collect them and gain faster weapons, more shots, recharge
your shield ...
Best-scored player wins.


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Short history
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1998 - Tanky. One of my first playable game. Done in Borland C++ 3.1 and using
        the original graphics.h functions.
        It contains 10 levels + 1 (when draw) and 50 tiles. It has very simple
	scoring : 1 victory = 1 point.
	
2000 - Tanky II. It has now 100 tiles. Game speed selection added, mines can
        be destroyed, blinking mines added, shots appear after a tank explodes.
	Also added "Flawless victory" and "UF" victory types.
	
2001 - Tanky III. This is only Tanky II with new levels and graphics.

2003 - Tanky V4. Large rebuilds done. it contains 200 tiles, 3 16x16 icons.
        The largest improvements :
	- bonuses : they appear on the screen and give you some more or less
	   useful advantages.
	- blinking walls : not only mines, but now all walls can blink.
	- scoring system : points for victory and every successful hit.
	- walls can be destroyed
	- 2 languages supported

2004 - TankEdit. A nice Java/Swing based editor for V4 released.
	
june 2004 - Tanky V4 for Linux. Using the Allegro library, I made wrapper
        functions for the conio.h and graphics.h functions.
	Now it runs in 256-color mode, but still uses 16 colors as before.


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REQUIREMENTS
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Linux (or Unix:)
Allegro gaming library (http://alleg.sourceforge.net) version 4.x or more


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Authors
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Michal Veselenyi


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Contributors
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??



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To compile Tanky
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* make

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To install Tanky
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* make install


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Running Tanky
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* Execute "tanky sk" for slovak version
          "tanky" or "tanky en" for english version


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To edit levels
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* Download TankEdit 
  http://vmicho.host.sk/projects/projects.php
  
  You will need Java installed



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Tech note
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Compiled and tested with:
 gcc 3.3
 Allegro 4.0.2
 Debian Linux unstable, with custom kernel 2.6.5



Please e-mail me any comments, questions and bug reports
at vmicho@host.sk


