
the Genezis Project (http://www.genezis.org) presents :
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|                        NIBBLES PRO - beta release                         |
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| by Paul Froissart (paul.froissart@libertysurf.fr)                         |
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| What's Nibbles Pro?                                                       |
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  Nibbles Pro is a nibbles-like (you know, that snake who has to eat
apples...), programmed in C language for a maximum of fluidity. It features :
 * nice, high-contrasted graphics
 * excellent fluidity with variable speed
 * very low battery consumption thanks to EnergySaver technology
 * different types of gameplay : with or w/o levels (like Nokia phones)

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| Launching Nibbles Pro                                                     |
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  You don't need any kernel or whatever. Choose your version :
* uncompressed version (16kb) : just send the file NibblesPro.89z or
  .9xz (root directory) depending on your calculator model...
* compressed version (10kb) : send both NibblesPro.89z *AND* NibblesPro.89y or
  .9xz/.9xy ('packed' directory). This version uses a slightly 'customized'
  version of the TICT compression utility.

  Note: If you encounter an error "ASAP or Exec string too long", simply
install a kernel (DoorsOS, TeOS...) and everything will work fine.

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| Playing Nibbles Pro                                                       |
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  I think I won't have to explain the principle of the game - just play it
and you'll understand immediately :)
  The game offers two modes :
* Snake Mode : eat as many apples as you can! Your snake grows depending on
 how many apples you have eaten.
* Story Mode : go through the 10 levels to win the game. To finish a level,
 you need to eat 7 apples consecutively (that is, without dying), but beware,
 your snake grows according to the time since you last died or finished a
 level... You lose a life (and your score comes back to what it was at the
 beginning of the level) each time you die, except in level 1 where you can't
 lose lives - this is *not* a bug, it is done on purpose...

  Here are the keys :
> TI-89
 Menus :
  * 2nd/ENTER : validate
  * Up/Down : er...
  * ESC : quit/return to main menu
 In-game :
  * Up/Down/Left/Right : er...
  * 2nd : pause
  * APPS : turn off the calculator (warning : does not pause the game afterwards
      - press pause before this key)
  * ESC : return to main menu
   At the moment, there is no key to save or to resume the game, but it will be
  fixed soon :)

> TI-92 Plus
 Menus :
  * Lock/ENTER : validate
  * Up/Down : er...
  * ESC : quit/return to main menu
 In-game :
  * Up/Down/Left/Right : er...
  * Lock : pause
  * APPS : turn off the calculator (warning : does not pause the game afterwards
      - press pause before this key)
  * ESC : return to main menu
   At the moment, there is no key to save or to resume the game, but it will be
  fixed soon :)

  I hope you'll have as much fun as me when I programmed and played it :)

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| Thanks & misc stuff                                                       |
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Special thanks to :
 * The TI-GCC team for having ported the GNU C compiler to Windows and having
  adapted it to TI-68k calculators
 * Rusty Wagner for having programmed VTI
 * Zeljko Juric for having found out so many things about AMS
 * David Ellsworth for Fargo and for being the initiater of assembly
  programming on TI-68k calculators
 * Jimmy Mrdell for his excellent 68k guide, which lead me to programming in
  assembly - this is particularly important to know how to optimize the code
  (even -and especially- in C)
 * All the people at my school for having heavily beta-tested the game :)

  Visit the Genezis homepage at http://www.genezis.org and give me suggestions/
bug reports/whatever at paul.froissart@libertysurf.fr

Legal stuff :
  THIS PROGRAM IS FREEWARE AND THEREFORE I SHOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE OF
ANY DAMAGE CAUSED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, BY THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM.
  THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED IN OBJECT CODE FORMAT. YOU MAY NOT DISASSEMBLE NOR
REVERSE-ENGINEER PART OR TOTALITY OF THIS PROGRAM.
  YOU MAY NOT ALTER THE CONTENT OF THIS ZIP-FILE; THIS PROGRAM MAY ONLY BE
DISTRIBUTED IN ZIP FORMAT OR IN OBJECT CODE FORMAT.
  BY DOWNLOADING THIS PACKAGE YOU AGREE WITH ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONNED
CONDITIONS.
