Alive Software
Presents ...              A N I M A L    Q U E S T  (tm)

                          INDEX

1..................   INTRODUCTION
2..................   WARRANTY
3..................   SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND OPTIONS
4..................   GAME OPERATION
5..................   SPECIAL NOTES FOR SHAREARE VERSION

1.                           INTRODUCTION

Welcome, you are about to experience nature through an animal's eyes.
Animal Quest is a fun game for any age.  First you select an animal and
then you try to cross your habitat collecting energy tokens by capturing
your prey while avoiding predators and outsmarting competitors.

Animal Quest is a never ending adventure in the fascinating world of
Nature.  All animals are placed randomly at different screens so that
each game is unique and unpredictable, challenging you every time.

Animal Quest is also a realistic simulation of food chain Ecology.  The
rules of the game are based on factual prey and predator relationships.
A truly Educational game that balances gaming with learning.  To play
the game you must first learn who is the prey and who are the predators.

Animal Quest features four different animal games to choose from:
Forest, Ocean, Jungle animals and Young lion.  It includes three
difficulty levels, each providing increasingly more challenging games,
score-keeping, on-line help, easy Icon-based input and extensive
information on each animal and plant.

Animal Quest is distributed as Shareware: if you like the program and
wish to receive the latest version of the full series including the
additional games, sound effects and graphics, please use ORDER.TXT to
order it.  Feel free to pass this program around to friends and
relatives, as long as all of the files are included in the distributed
disk and are not altered in any way.  If you are a vendor and plan to
distribute this program, please read file VENDINFO.DIZ and LICENSE.TXT.

The source code, object code, library images and manuals on paper or on
disk, are (C) Copyright 1992-96 by Alive Software.  Game concept by
Nancy Ayash.  Programming, graphics and sound by Bill Dedes.

2.                            WARRANTY

ANIMAL QUEST IS PROVIDED "AS-IS", NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, ARE MADE AS TO IT OR ANY MEDIUM IT MAY BE ON.  WE WILL
PROVIDE NO REMEDY FOR INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL
DAMAGES ARISING FROM IT, INCLUDING SUCH FROM NEGLIGENCE, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT, EVEN AFTER NOTICE OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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3.                   SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND OPTIONS

REQUIRES:  PC 386 or higher with 512K of memory and a VGA or EGA card.

OPTIONAL: * Microsoft Mouse or compatible.
          * Sound Effects support for AdLib, SoundBlaster compatibles
            and the internal PC speaker.

4.                         GAME OPERATION

4.1  SETUPAQ
     Run SETUPAQ.EXE only if you wish to change the game settings.  Use
     the arrow keys to move the highlight, press ENTER to accept a
     change, press ESC to cancel an entry.

  *  Select a sound device:  no sound, PC speaker or SoundBlaster card.
  *  Select a music option:  no music, PC music or AdLib/SoundBlaster.
  *  Select a pointing device option, Mouse or Keyboard.
  *  Finally select Save Setup.  This will create a configuration file
     named AQ.CFG   The purpose of AQ.CFG is to simply save the above
     selected preferences for future executions of the program.  From
     then on simply type AQ <Enter> to start the game.

4.2  GENERAL OPERATION
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Keyboard:  Use the Up, Down, Left and Right arrow keys to move around
---------  and press <Enter> or <Spacebar> to accept selections.
Mouse  :   To select an option just point the mouse cursor on it and
---------  click.

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TO START   To start the game just type  AQ and press <Enter>
--------   Then you will see the opening screen and hear the music
           theme.  You may press a key or press a mouse button to skip
           through it next time.  Then select one of the three habitats.
           Now you are ready to play.

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NEW GAME   Then you select which animal you like from three levels
---------  of difficulty.

1. Easy Level:  These animals are strong or fast predators and therefore
   they have few or no enemies. In this level just  follow, your hunting
   instincts. This level is recommended for young children or beginners.
2. Medium Level:  These animals are mini predators with some enemies
   and competitors, so it takes logic and thinking to stay alive.
3. Difficult Level: These animals are at the bottom of the Food chain
   and therefore constantly fighting for survival.  Try this Level for a
   real Challenging game, you are neither strong nor fast.  Your only
   weapons are your intelligence and your luck.



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4.3                             CONTROLS
:--------------:
: QUESTIONMARK :  On-line help explaining the game and operation.
:-F1-----------:

:--------------:  Food Chain information about animals and plants.
:    CHAIN     :  Select this option and point at any animal on the
:-F2-----------:  board to learn about its prey and predators.

:--------------:  Facts about animals, plants or places of the current
:   ZOOM LENS  :  game habitat.  Exploring facts about the animals is
:-F3-----------:  essential for learning and playing the game.

:--------------:
:  MUSIC NOTES :  Turns the sound ON or OFF, if sound was activated
:-F5-----------:  to begin with.

:--------------:  Turns the Grid ON or OFF.  When the Grid is ON the
:    FENCE     :  game plays like a board game, so you can focus on the
:-F6-----------:  logic.  When it is OFF the game plays faster.

:--------------:
:  THUNDERBOLT :  Breaks the current game and starts a new one.
:-F10----------:

:--------------:
:   STOP SIGN  :  Quits the game and exits to the system.
:-ESC----------:

4.4                       THE AIM OF THE GAME

Select your favorite animals and try to survive, capture as many prey
animals as you can while avoiding your predators.  Every time you
capture an animal you get energy tokens ( Calories ) .  When you are
captured by a predator you lose twenty energy tokens, so the only
penalty is that your final score will not be as high.  You move from
Left to Right.  When you reach the end of a screen you move to the next
one.  There is a total of twelve screens to cross.  In the last screen
your family will be waiting for you and the highest score is recorded.

SCORING :  Your current Score is displayed at the  bottom of the screen.
The accumulated energy tokens stack up until you have collected over 50,
then you are fully "energized" and can move diagonally as well, thus
surprising your prey or escaping your enemies more easily.

TIPS: don't overlook the importance of the "skip a turn" option.  Use it
whenever you are stuck or when any other move will result in your
capture.  To "skip a turn",  when using the keyboard: press <Spacebar>,
when using the mouse: click on your animal itself.

If a predator blocks your path, get close enough, so when it follows
you, you try to lead it away from the path, turn around and escape.  If
more than one predators are near by, try to distract them one at a time.

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4.5                ANIMAL QUEST's GAME PHILOSOPHY

*  Redeeming value: you play and learn facts about basic Ecology.  It
   encourages further reading on Nature and animals.
*  Positive and Socially responsible:  depicts conflict but no violence.
   You identify with the animal's struggle to survive by selecting any
   animal you wish.
*  Great use of graphics and sound to create the illusion of life.
*  Challenges your logic skills, not your mechanical reflexes.
*  A game for any age, select a level according to your capability.


5                     SPECIAL NOTES FOR SHAREARE VERSION

This Shareware evaluation version includes only the Forest animals.
You can order the full program which includes all four games:

1. OCEAN ANIMALS: Dive into the unexplored waters of Australia.  An
   Exotic world of fascinating and unusal marine animals awaits you.
   Pick a playful Blue Dolphin or a Great White Shark, meet the
   peculiar Clownfish, Seals, Angelfish, Swordfish, Viperfish,
   Seahorses and many other creatures.

2. JUNGLE ANIMALS:  Lions, Cheetahs, Leopards rule the Jungle, but watch
   out from the poisonous spear of the Pygmy.  Elephants, Warthogs,
   Gorillas and many more.  Experience the sounds and sights of the
   Tropical Savvana.

3. FOREST ANIMALS:  The Latest version of the Northern Forest animals.

4. YOUNG LION: As a young lion you will try to escape the deadly hyenas.

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