What it is
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MenoBoxXmas is a quick remake of the OpenGL-platformer MenoBox.

(If you are about to ask "Menowhat?" then point your surfboard
 to The Official MenoBox homepage:
 http://www.nic.fi/~varsa/menobox/index.html
 or dig it from Aminet.)

MenoBoxXmas was meant to be ready _before_ christmas 2002, but
my studies and social life took the time instead.

But here it is, a small christmas present to all of you amigans.
It's a few weeks late, but you can always keep the package
unopened for the next christmas if you want.


The archive contains versions for 68k and WarpOS.

And again, I'm not responsible anything this game causes
to your hardware, software or to your head. Use at your own risk.

(Because of the nature of this game and some of the
 backgrounds, if you begin to feel sick or dizzy,
 stop playing. Or else... your head will explode.)

And the Homepage:
 http://www.nic.fi/~varsa/index.html


Requirements
------------

You'll need at least 68040 with fpu
and a functioning StormMesa installation.
A gfx-card with 3d-acceleration is also very strongly recommended.

StormMesa can be found here:
http://www.haage-partner.com/3dworld/index-e.htm


Gameplay
--------

All keys you will need are the arrows-keys.
Left-arrow moves the Box left and the right-arrow
moves the Box... yeah, you guessed it, right.
To jump press up or down-arrows.

And try not to fall. That's really it.

Start the game from shell from the same directory
where the executable files are or from the icon.


Distribution
------------

For permission to include MenoBoxXmas on any software
collection (other than Aminet) or cover-cd, please
contact the author.

Oh, and it's freeware.
But if you liked it send me some email. Please. (tusca@nic.fi)


Bugs
----

The code itself should (yeah right...) be quite bug-free,
but StormMesa, Warp3D, and everything else might cause troubles.

The game is tested with A1200+BlizzardPPC+BVision
and with A4000T+Prometheus+Voodoo3. Worked fine.

(On my defect BVision (thank you dce...) the textures
 are sometimes corrupted, it's weird that resizing the
 window might correct the view...)

Too big window might cause a crash or freeze.

Tons of others..?


FAQ
---

Q: Why the game crashes?
A: Make sure StormMesa works.
   Make sure Warp3D works.
   Make sure there is enough gfx-mem free.
   Try screenmode with different depth. (8/16/24)
   Increasing stack might also help(?)

   There really can be hundreds of reasons...

Q: Why is it so slow on my machine?
A: Make sure StormMesa works.
   Make sure Warp3D works.
   Make sure there is enough gfx-mem free.

   In a smaller window it also runs faster,
   if you didn't notice. ;)

   The 68k version is quite slow on my machine (68040/25)
   but still fully playable.

Q: When I resize the window it crashes or freezes.
A: Too big window might eat up too much gfx-memory,
   try to resize it smaller.

Q: Hey, aren't you too late? Xmas is over and the year changed already.
A: Umm, well...
   Then you just have to wait to the next xmas before playing it. eh..?

Q: A Box? Again? Isn't that a little stupid?
A: It's an abstraction! Why does anything to have resemble
   something from the real world? Computer games can be
   an artform, why they have to imitate anything real?
   (and it was the easiest object to make...)

Q: This game is unplayable.
A: Solution for this kind of problem is obvious:
   Just don't play it. :)


Thanks to
---------

Jari Varsaluoma
Jukka Mäntylä
Harry "Piru" Sintonen
Pekka Sippola
Thomas Duin

And to everybody who sent (or are going to send) me some feedback!

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                 3144    6131  51.3% -lh5- 0a0e Jan  3  2003 MenoBoxXmas.info
[generic]                10725   49152  21.8% -lh5- 2136 Dec 10  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju0.raw
[generic]                 6061   49152  12.3% -lh5- 4e58 Jan  2  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju1.raw
[generic]                 7614   49152  15.5% -lh5- 4add Dec 10  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju10.raw
[generic]                34601   49152  70.4% -lh5- a8c8 Dec 10  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju11.raw
[generic]                37674   49152  76.6% -lh5- 6402 Dec 31  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju12.raw
[generic]                40752   49152  82.9% -lh5- a55e Jan  1  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju13.raw
[generic]                41022   49152  83.5% -lh5- a3bf Dec 10  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju14.raw
[generic]                34140   49152  69.5% -lh5- 61f7 Jan  1  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju15.raw
[generic]                27200   49152  55.3% -lh5- d669 Jan  1  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju16.raw
[generic]                44537   49152  90.6% -lh5- a879 Dec 10  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju17.raw
[generic]                43975   49152  89.5% -lh5- ca5d Jan  1  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju18.raw
[generic]                 5510   49152  11.2% -lh5- 6fb5 Jan  1  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju19.raw
[generic]                 8609   49152  17.5% -lh5- e38d Jul 30  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju2.raw
[generic]                36143   49152  73.5% -lh5- 6430 Dec 10  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju20.raw
[generic]                34149   49152  69.5% -lh5- 9e73 Dec 10  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju21.raw
[generic]                34122   49152  69.4% -lh5- 5759 Jan  2  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju22.raw
[generic]                 4054   49152   8.2% -lh5- e691 Jan  1  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju23.raw
[generic]                  599    3288  18.2% -lh5- 4e6c Jan  3  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju24.raw
[generic]                  667    1085  61.5% -lh5- b658 Jan  3  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju24.raw.info
[generic]                11219   49152  22.8% -lh5- 3a3a Jul 30  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju3.raw
[generic]                32031   49152  65.2% -lh5- b7de Jul 30  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju4.raw
[generic]                25579   49152  52.0% -lh5- 6e8b Jul 30  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju5.raw
[generic]                16391   49152  33.3% -lh5- 6274 Jan  2  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju6.raw
[generic]                14154   49152  28.8% -lh5- 6fd8 Jan  2  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju7.raw
[generic]                34695   49152  70.6% -lh5- 8766 Jan  2  2003 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju8.raw
[generic]                12450   49152  25.3% -lh5- b1c2 Dec 31  2002 MenoBoxXmas/dada/nulju9.raw
[generic]                13070   27764  47.1% -lh5- 3567 Jan 15  1980 MenoBoxXmas/MenoBox68k.exe
[generic]                10734   30176  35.6% -lh5- 6725 Jan 15  1980 MenoBoxXmas/MenoBoxWOS.exe
[generic]                 1924    3817  50.4% -lh5- fb1c Jan  3  2003 MenoBoxXmas/MenoBoxXmas.readme
[generic]                 3067    6147  49.9% -lh5- f497 Jan  3  2003 MenoBoxXmas/MenoBoxXmas.readme.info
[generic]                   20      20 100.0% -lh0- d7a4 Aug 21  2002 MenoBoxXmas/MenoBoxXmas68k
[generic]                 3077    5651  54.5% -lh5- 73d5 Jan  3  2003 MenoBoxXmas/MenoBoxXmas68k.info
[generic]                   20      20 100.0% -lh0- 537f Aug 21  2002 MenoBoxXmas/MenoBoxXmasWOS
[generic]                 8087   12041  67.2% -lh5- c006 Jan  3  2003 MenoBoxXmas/MenoBoxXmasWOS.info
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        35 files  641816 1275788  50.3%            Jan  3  2003