The Chronicles of Aarbron Release V1.02 --------------------------------------- The Chronicles of Aarbron is the culmination of seven weeks of solid work by three dedicated students. The engine was written in Borland CPlus for a programming assignment in the second year of the BTEC National Diploma (now defunct) 1996-7 by Lion Software. It was inspired by the plethora of Fantasy-based books, films and merchandise that is around these days. Indeed, many of the situations and characters found in The Chronicles of Aarbron can be found in books and films in the genre. Lion Software is made up of Simon (Ozzy) Osborne, Carl (Acid Burn) McPherson, Duncan (Zebedee) Strand. LION logo (C) 1997 Lion Software Instalation ----------- Unzip this archive to the directory you want Aarbron in. DISCLAIMER !! ============= WE TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR COMPUTER SOFTWARE / HARDWARE BY THIS PRODUCT. IT ISN'T OUR FAULT THAT IT'S BUGGY AND POORLY PUT TOGETHER, AND WE TAKE NO RESPONSIBILTY FOR IT CAUSING YOU TO JUMP UP AND DOWN IN DISGUST AT THE POOR SYNTAX PARSER, GROAN TO DEATH AT THE POOR PUNS (THEY KEEP ROLLING...) OR JUMP OUT OF FIFTH FLOOR WINDOWS AT THE NAFFNESS OF THE PRODUCT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. OH IT'S NOT WORTH IT ANY MORE. NO-ONE READS THIS JARGON ANYWAY. I MIGHT AS WELL SAY SOMETHING ORIGINAL. LIKE THIS GAME IS A LOAD OF BUM. HA. I SAID BUM IN A DISCLAIMER MESSAGE. I'M DARING, OH YEAH, OH YEAH. BLAH DE BLAH DE BLAH DE BLAH. WELCOME TO MY ARCHIPELAGO. AND WHY MUST THIS ALWAYS BE WRITTEN IN CAPITALS? IT LOOKS DUMB AS. LAME EVEN. SERIOUSLY IT ISN'T MY FAULT IF YOUR COMPUTER CRASHES AFTER INSTALLING THIS PRODUCT. DON'T LOOK AT ME. I WARNED YOU. NYAH NYAH NYAH. Credits: -------- Project Leader Simon (Ozzy) Osborne Plot / Storyline Simon (Ozzy) Osborne Engine Simon (Ozzy) Osborne User Input Routines Duncan (Zebedee) Strand Character Interaction Duncan (Zebedee) Strand Web Site Development Duncan (Zebedee) Strand Object handling Duncan (Zebedee) Strand Text Simon (Ozzy) Osborne Paper Work Simon (Ozzy) Osborne Carl (Acid Burn) McPherson Duncan (Zebedee) Strand Scroller Routines Duncan (Zebedee) Strand developed by Carl (Acid Burn) McPherson Text Simon (Ozzy) Osborne Quanlity Assurance Duncan (Zebedee) Strand Simon (Ozzy) Osborne Carl (Acid Burn) McPherson Ben (Haggis) Harris Graphics Flight of the Amazon Queen (C) 1995 Simon The Sorcerer (C) 1994 PD Resources Information =========== We were thinking about putting this trilogy out as shareware, but as we had ripped the graphics from commercial games, we would be dangerous copyright grounds, and F.A.S.T would be breathing down our necks ready to lock us in chains and throw away the keys, so we place this in the Public Domain as Lager-ware. If you like these games, please send some lager to: Lion Software c/o Simon Osborne 9 Charnwood Road Hinckley Leics LE10 1PX England and we will drink to your memory. If you want, please feel free to send photographs of yourselves also, so we can see what YOU look like ;-) and / or a postcard from where you live. This will be particularly interesting if you live outside the UK. We are very interested to see how far our humble work travels. More About Ourselves ==================== Simon ----- Hello to all you out there in Computerland. This is just a short info message about myself. I LIKE AD&D. So there. I've said it. I'm not a geek but I like RPGs. And Amigas. I love my A1200. So all you PC owners out there can like it. I also like Cthulhu stories. And gamebooks. And J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. But not the film so much. I'm running out of interesting things to say. What else? I like smilies ;-) Do you know this one? 8-0 `-{====* I also like Fantasy films. Have you seen THE BEASTMASTER film (1982)? Or HAWK THE SLAYER (1980)? CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1981)? CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984)? I think they are better than the crap you get with Jim Carrey in all the time. Oh yeah, and Zebedee and myself are working on an Amiga conversion of THE AARBRON CHRONICLES for all those out there using really useful computers. Please note that any spelling mistakes are Zebedee's, not mine. Magnamund is (C) 1984-97 Joe Dever in his Lone Wolf Gamebooks, but its such a good name we decided to borrow it for our world. Have a good time with Aarbron Chronicles. Incidentally Aarbron was the character in Shadow of the Beast games. Bet you didn't know that. ***************************************************************************** *Seriously, I am finishing college on 27th June 1997 and I am looking for * *employment. As you can see I am a reasonably competant programmer, and I * *would be particularly interested in getting involved in writing / designing* *computer games. I know - loads of lamers want to write computer games. But * *as these games show I and my colleagues have flair and design ability. RPGs* *could have much better coverage in computer games - and I would like to be * *the one to do it. Please contact me at the address given below. Else * *I am available for any programming jobs in C, C++, BASIC (!!!) and I have a* *smattering of MAGIC knowledge. This is PLEA-ware. PLEASE give me a job! * *I can work well as part of a team and can organise myself and small groups * *quite well. My overall grade at BTec National IT APPS was Distinction. * ***************************************************************************** Duncan ------ Hi, greets to all enjoying the universe of Magnamund (where Aarbron is set). This is a short text about me (I'm being forced to write this crap). Like Simon (weenie) Osborne I too own a A1200 (had an Amiga since 1989!). You can visit "www.geocities.televisioncity/5744" 'cos it has lots of pictures, of Star Trek, Star Wars, the X-files and any other Sci-fi stuff I can find (it sort of reflects my own interests). I also have a PC. Oh and the last time Carl used an Amiga was over 4 years ago, and that was to play Streetfighter. As for the slander concerning the speling, it not all my bad spellink, sum of the txt woz Seamons. As Simon was saying there is (hopefully) an Amiga version on the way, in addition to that I am also looking at the possibility of a Windows version. If anyone wants to convert it to another format (UNIX, Mac etc..) then send an e-mail to us. Carl ---- Yo Lamers! I hate writing about myself but seeing as the other two have I suppose I must what can I say I like Star Trek even some of the one with Willam (I can't act) Shatner which Simon & Dunc think are crap, I also like Star Wars (George Lucas is A God !!!!) and the Special Editions were Excellent even though Oz hasn't seen Empire or ROJ (slack!). I like reading cool stuff like by Steven Jackson, J.R.R. Tolkien and Terry Pratchett! Death rocks the party. I am also looking for a job in programming C, C++, PASCAL. Overall grade for BTEC will be a Merit and I work well as part of a team. Thank Yous ========== We wish to thank a lot of people who were slightly involved in this project. And say hello to a lot of people you will never have heard of. This way, we look like a proper Demo-group. Geoff Mackinson (Tutor) who was amazed by the amount of work we were putting in. Craig Weightman (Programming Lecturer) who set the project Steve Jackson (author of The Riddling Reaver from where the plot of game 1 is borrowed) TSR (publishers of AD&D FRPG) who inspired the whole trilogy with fantasy concepts (see: Rod of Cancellation) God (Write to: 1, The Universe) Hellos ------ Sanity, Scoopex, Megawatt, Melon, RSI, Crusaders, Eskimos, Alchemy, Clary the PIG, Bernard Sumner, Eric Schwartz, Rachel Raccoon, Amy Squirrel, Click Boom, Triad, Stone Arts, Egliptiga, TRSI, EuroChart, Red Sector, Lamers on E's, LSD, Cydonia, RAW, Polka Bros. We may not know who you all are but we've seen your names in so many bleeding scrollers in Demos that we thought we would say 'Hello' to you too. 'Hello.' There. It's done. Lion Software ------------- If you would like to contact Lion Software, Snail-Mail us at: Lion Software c/o Simon Osborne 9 Charnwood Road Hinckley Leics LE10 1PX England or E-Mail us at : dstrand@geocities.com or vist The Web site : www.Geocities.com/EnchantedForest/8132 ___ / \ ( ) ______ \___/ / / ____________ _________ ________ / / / \ / \ / \ / / / ____/ / ___ \ / \ / / / / / / \ \ / ) / / \___ / / / \ \ / ____ / / / / / ( ( ) ) / / / / / / / / \ \ / / / / / / \___ ____/ \___ \ \___/ / / / / / \ / \ \ / / / / / X<>X ) \_________/ / / / / \_________/ \______________/ (((((OOOOOOOOO))))))\___/ \__/ SOFTWARE Type `HELP' in the game for a list of commands and their syntax. ---------------------------------------------------------------- -=>>This README.TXT file was brought to you by Simon P. Osborne.<<=- -=>> & the letters Y and O <<=-