| How To Play
Mars Needs Cows |
As part of a Martian "biodiversity" project your job is collect animal
specimens from the planet Earth and bring them back to Mars.
You will be asked to complete a series of missions, each mission requiring
you to abduct particular animals. If you forget the mission brief a summary of
the animals left to collect is shown on the left hand side of the display.
To abduct an animal, you need to move it onto the square marked with a cross
in the centre of the screen.
To do this, you tap on an animal to select it, and arrows will appear for
each direction you may move it in. Tap on a direction arrow and the animal will
run in that direction until it hits another object or the perimeter fence, so
you will have to think carefully before each move.
Be sure to watch out for electric fences and holes, the farm yard animals are
not too bright and will merrily run into the electic fence or fall down a hole.
If you destroy one of the animals required for the mission you will have to
start again.
In addition to cows, sheep, chickens and pigs you will encounter a variety of
other animals, each with its own particular characteritics. Foxes eat chickens,
wolves eat sheep and the farmer shoots foxes and wolves. Everything with legs
runs away from the Martian... (perhaps they know why you are here!)
If you get stuck or make a mistake you have three options; Abort the
mission, Reset the mission or Undo the last move, to do each of
these tap the "A", "R" and "U" icons in the top left hand corner of the display
repectively.
Note you can only abort three missions, if you abort a fourth mission you
will be sacked and sent home in disgrace.
Your goal is to accomplish 40 missions in the shortest time possible. The
faster you complete each mission, the more points you'll get. You'll get more
points for harder missions!
If you downloaded the game straight from the internet, from Astraware's web
pages, or from one of the popular Palm download sites, then your copy is in
'Demo' form. Demo
means
that you can play 10 games for free, and then decide whether to register it or
not. After these games are up, the program will display a short message before
each game.
In Demo form, you can play 10 games of Mars Needs Cows for free, as you
decide whether you like it or not. After these games are up, the program will
display a short message asking you to register or purchase a full version from a
shop!
If you beam a demo to someone else, and they also like the game, then
they can register it either by purchasing a copy from a local store, or by
purchasing online.
Registering Online:
For those that like the speed and convenience of buying of the internet, when
you register for the game, you'll get a key which will unlock the game and
remain valid for future 1.x upgrades. Go to the web page at http://palm.astraware.com/mnc/
for
more details.
You'll need to know your HotSync ID which you can find by running Mars
Needs Cows, and going into the menu, and selecting the 'register' option. Your
HotSync ID (or username) will be filled in for you below.
When you
register, Astraware will generate a key based on your ID, which will normally be
sent out by email within 48 hours of you registering. When you receive your key,
go to the same register option, and enter the key into the space provided.
Registered users of the game are entitled to submit their high scores to our
Internet High Score table.
Just visit the Mars Needs Cows web pages at http://palm.astraware.com/mnc/ and
select the link to view high scores.
To submit your own score, you need to go to the menu in the game, and select
'export high score'. This will provide you with a code which you can then type
into our site:
http://www.astraware.com/palm/mnc/high/
You can only submit high scores once you've beaten the scores built into the
game!
(Astraware reserves the right to remove this board or facility without any
notice, or to remove individual names if necessary)
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| Release
Revision History! |
Release 1.05 : 26th April, 2002
- New Update to have better support for newer devices!
- Corrections made to instructions tutorial to be clearer
- Fix for a bug regarding pausing at the end of the level or game
Release 1.02 : 20th February, 2002
- Revised with new library routines to have better support for latest
devices.
Release 1.0 : 3rd December, 2001
First release
If you've got suggestions about how to improve Astraware Mars Needs Cows - or
with reports of any problems you've had, then please contact us!
Mars Needs Cows enquiries/feedback: mnc@astraware.com
Registration problems:
registrations@astraware.com
General Astraware enquiries: feedback@astraware.com
Programming: Haemish Graham, Larry Dyde Game Design: Jason Kapalka Graphics:
Josh Langley Sounds: David Oakley
Thanks also to all the beta testers who helped with their feedback during
September and November 2001!
Astraware Ltd takes no responsibility for any adverse effect that this
software could cause to your machine or the data on it: backup important data
before using Mars Needs Cows. Mars Needs Cows is protected by copyright laws and
international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws
and treaties. Mars Needs Cows is licensed, not sold.
You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble this
software.
Astraware’s and its suppliers’ entire liability and your
exclusive remedy shall be, at Astraware’s option, either (a) return of the
price paid, if any, or (b) replacement of the product that does not meet
the warranty and which is returned to Astraware with a copy of your receipt.
This warranty is void if failure of the product has resulted from accident,
abuse, or misapplication. Any replacement software product will be warranted for
the remainder of the original warranty period or thirty (30) days, whichever is
longer. These remedies are not available without proof of purchase from an
authorized source.
Written permission must be obtained before distribution of this game,
either in demo form or full form, through any online or offline
methods.
Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001 Astraware Ltd, 2000,2001, PopCap.
Astraware and the planet logo are trademarks of Astraware Limited. All
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