
                       CRIME FIGHTER - README.TXT
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      Contents
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      - License
      - What is CRIME FIGHTER?
      - Installation
      - Short introduction for impatient people
      - Copyright

      License
      -------
      Crime Fighter is freeware. Please read the file "LICENSE.TXT"
      for detailed license information.


      What is CRIME FIGHTER?
      ----------------------
      Crime Fighter is a game for up to four players. 

      In contrast to many other games and unlike the name of the
      game announces, you don't fight against crimes, but you try to
      commit as many of them as possible. For example you can play
      pickpocket, raid supermarkets and hotels, steal cars, raid
      banks, attack mail trains, and so on. Since you are in a big
      town you have many different opportunities for this. As soon
      as you have a high standing in the criminal underworld, you
      are also able to sign on gangsters that join your gang. This
      gangsters then can be trained or equipped with weapons (for
      example with pistols or machine guns). Your aim is to seize
      the power in the underworld. But the way is very dangerous,
      especially since the other players try exactly the same. And
      also the police are hard on your heels....

      But be careful: Crime Fighter is absolutely addictive.


      Installation
      ------------
      Since Crime Fighter can only be run from a hard drive, it must
      be installed on a hard drive first. To save disk space the
      files are in a compressed format also.
      The installation program copies and uncompresses the files for
      you. To start it, simply type in the following command:

         install [ENTER]

      After loading the software you are asked for the directory name
      in which you want to install the game. If you agree with the
      given directory "C:\CRIME" you simply have to press [ENTER].
      After this selection the installation goes on automatically.

      If you want to remove the game from your hard drive, simply
      delete the directory in which you have installed Crime Fighter.
      For example:

         deltree crime


      Short introduction for impatient people
      ---------------------------------------
      The included documentation "manual.txt" is very extensive.
      Probably you won't like to read it before you play Crime Fighter
      the first time. Therefore here is a short introduction, so you
      can form a little idea of how the game works.

      You start the program with the command: crime  [ENTER]

      In this game you put yourself in position of a gangster just
      now released from prison. But you still stand on the lowest step
      of your career. The other gangsters take you for a failure and a
      coward. Your aim is to seize the leadership of the underworld.
      You achieve this by committing as many crimes as possible.
      For every crime that you commit, you get one point. When you
      have received some points, your rank is raised and your reputation
      in the underworld increases.
      Winner of the game is the first player who reaches the rank "Boss
      of the underworld".

      At the beginning you have to select the number of players.
      After this every player should enter his name and the name of
      his gang. Then for every player the characteristics are defined.
      Please consult the documentation to read more about this
      characteristics. After this procedures the game can begin.
      The players play one after another. At the beginning of each
      round a big menu appears in which you can select the following
      actions:

      Overview
      Go through town
      Gang war
      Next player
      Options
      End game

      The most important action here is "go through town".
      Every player can select this action only one time per round.
      Then the next player is on turn.
      A from above visible town appears. Your figure is displayed as a
      little white man or a blue car, if you own one already.
      You move this figure with the mouse by pressing the direction
      buttons in the right part of the screen or by using the cursor
      keys on the keyboard.

      When you enter a building you always get a selection of several
      actions to do. If you want, try some possibilities for committing
      crimes. If you press the button "map" or hit the key <F1>, a map
      appears on which you can click on the building about which you
      want to be informed. Then you get a list of actions that you
      can do in the corresponding building. You have only a limited
      number of steps available, however. By moving with feet you have
      altogether 25 steps, but it can increase up to 46 steps depending
      on your car. After consumption of these steps your turn is over
      and the next player gets his chance.

      So, I hope that these information are enough to outline the
      course of the game in a short way. In the documentation there
      are far more descriptions of course.

      But now have fun playing !!!


      Copyright
      ---------
      CRIME FIGHTER - (C) Copyright 1993 - 2002 by Peter Steffen

      email     : steffen@pssoft.de
      homepage  : http://www.pssoft.de


