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1989 September 15

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=============================================================================== Taito's OPERATION WOLF -- 'BUSTED' 09/15/1989 by THE FiRM =============================================================================== OPERATION WOLF is the great new arcade hit where you are a One-Man-Army, ala RAMBO or COMMANDO, pitted against hundreds of Terrorists in an effort to rescue their hostages. This version supports various video-cards, joystick/ mouse/keyboard operation, and features many sound modes including TandySound and CMS midi-cards. The big problem is another 'original key diskette' copy-protection scheme... Oh, well, they give me something to do besides sleep at night... However, the 'crack' was the easy part... (SUPER_LOCK my behind!) The hard part was fixing a few 'bugs' that skimmed-past their beta-testers. (Like their startup program not correctly storing the current drive, which made it always want to go to drive A: (since it was zero) to reset the current directory. And their really 'strange' way of processing parameters which wouldn't handle a "R"eset-devices option correctly if a capital "R" was used instead of a lower-case "r".) Well, I fixed all I could, but someone will still have to explain the 'pig-latin' the President uses when you only save 4 of the hostages... To wit; "WELL DONE! I HOPE YOU TO DO YOUR NEXT MISSION JUST AS WELL"; kinda strange, eh folks??? To get an ideal of how the game is played, don't press any keys during the title-screen sequence and you'll go into 'demo-mode'... Remember, your mission is to *rescue* the hostages, so don't shoot them! Also, the POW's in the CONCENTRATION-CAMP mission are the main objective and they are always followed by a Terrorist with a knife. You *must* kill the Terrorist *before* he knifes the POW. If you see an angel, you missed... Well, since this is a difficult game to score very well in, I also decided to add some very-special "FiRMHELP" options to aid in your rescue attempts... These are added/removed at any time during the combat scenes by pressing the <FN-10> key! (This key was originally used as their "Return-to-DOS" key, but I felt it was too easy to hit by accident! So I altered it's use to invoke the "FiRMHELP" mode... Now you use the key-combination <CTRL><Q> to "Return-to-DOS"...) The special-keys and modes associated with "FiRMHELP" are: ================================================================== <FN-10> -- Toggles "FiRMHELP" mode ON/OFF (The following are active only when "FiRMHELP" is ON) <FN-7> -- Instantly improves health 5 points, adds 1 rocket-grenade, and 1 ammo-cartridge. <FN-8> -- Instantly destroys all remaining Terrorist. Usefull for skipping scenaros. NOTE: Some missions have a 'boss' scenaro at the end of the mission. He can be skipped as well... <FN-9> -- "FiRM_PROTECTION" toggle. This makes you 100% bullet-proof!!! In addition, the following keys function as follows: ================================================================== <FN-1> -- Pause-mode toggle ON/OFF. <FN-2> -- Music toggle ON/OFF. <FN-3> -- Sound-effects toggle ON/OFF. <FN-4> -- Changes CGA palette - see "READ.ME" file for info. The normal game-play keys can be redefined to your choice during the setup screen, or use a joystick/mouse with left-button == fire gun and right-button == fire rocket-grenade. If you ever wish to reset the default video-mode, joystick/mouse/keyboard, or sound modes, use "OPWOLF R" to start. If you like command-line options in general, use "OPWOLF ?" for a list of what's available. Enjoy! (And don't cheat too much!) ***************************************************************** * >>>>>>>>>>>>> S P E C I A L T H A N K S ! <<<<<<<<<<<< * ***************************************************************** * If you liked the new loader screen (and how could you not?) * * then applaud the vast talents of LORD IRONWOLFFE! While I * * added a few 'special-effects', the fantastic artwork itself * * was donated by he and exceded my wildest expectations! - SS * ***************************************************************** * FiRM greetings to crackers everywhere! * ******************************************** ┌──────────────────────┐ │ The Software Surgeon │ └─────┬──────────┬─────┘ -=≡│ THE FiRM │≡=- └──────────┘
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