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+			Xchomp, Version 1.1
+			-------------------
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+Hello, and welcome to xchomp.  Xchomp is a game closely patterned after
+Pac-Man(tm) that runs under the X window system.  I've tried to make the
+game as close as possible to the original Pac-Man.  However, I have not
+seen a Pac-Man arcade machine for years, so all the elements of the game
+have been recalled from memory.  Also, I've added something which I
+always felt was missing from Pac-Man, namely several different mazes.
+
+INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLAYING
+
+The point of this game, as in all arcade-style games, is to amass the
+highest possible score.  However, some may find that the fun in the game
+is in trying to reach the highest possible level.  At least, that's what
+I thought was fun about the original.  You, the player, are the circular
+mouth moving around the maze.  Your opponents are the four ghosts following
+you around.  Touching a ghost will cost you a life.  When you start each
+level, the maze is filled with dots.  Eating these dots (by simply going
+over them), gives you 10 points for each.  You must eat all the dots on a
+maze to advance to the next level.
+
+On each maze, you will also find several large flashing dots; these are
+the power-dots.  Eating one of these will add 50 points to your score,
+and temporarily give you the ability to eat the ghosts.  While the ghosts
+can be eaten, they are white (transparent), they move at a reduced speed,
+and they try to run away from you.  When they turn back to a solid color,
+they are back to their normal state, and they return to following you
+around.  They won't become solid suddenly; they will flash for a couple
+of seconds to warn you.  While they're flashing, you can still eat them.
+
+Eating a ghost adds points to your score, and the number of points is
+momentarily displayed on the screen.  This action turns the ghost into
+a harmless pair of eyes.  In this state, the ghost moves very quickly,
+seeking return to the ghost box in the center of the maze.  Once it gets
+there, it is "reborn", and goes back to chasing you around the maze.
+
+The levels of the game are designated by symbols.  The first few levels
+are "fruit" levels, that is, they are designated by little pictures of
+fruit on the bottom of the xchomp window.  For example, the first level
+is the "cherry" level.  Once in a while (twice on every level), the
+symbol corresponding to the current level appears in the maze.  It will
+stay there only for a few seconds; eating it adds a number of points to
+your score.  At the higher levels, this is a very significant number.
+In any case, when you eat a fruit, or other such symbol, the corresponding
+point value is briefly displayed on the screen.
+
+Reaching a score of 10,000 awards you an extra life.
+
+GAME CONTROLS
+
+This is strictly a keyboard-controlled game.  The arcade game had very
+simple controls -- one four-directional joystick.  In xchomp, all control
+is through the arrow keys.  Hitting an arrow key in xchomp is equivalent
+to pushing the joystick in the corresponding direction and holding it down;
+the player on the screen will continue moving in its current direction
+until motion in the specified direction is possible, in which case it will
+switch to that direction, or until it hits a wall, in which case it will
+stop and wait for a key press corresponding to a valid direction.  If this
+sounds complex, forget it, and just play the game.  I believe you'll find
+the controls pretty natural.  It can be thought of like this: the player
+on the screen will always try to move in the direction of the last key
+pressed, and if it can't, it'll keep moving in the direction it's moving
+until it can.  Only one key press is remembered -- the last one.  Don't
+hold down the keys; just hit them; otherwise, there may be times when
+you're pressing two keys at a time and the second one won't register.
+
+The game can be paused by pressing the space bar or by iconifying the xchomp
+window (the latter definitely works on Sun and DECwindows servers).  While
+the game is paused, you can abort it by pressing 'R'.  This will return
+you to the title screen.  Pressing 'Q' will cause xchomp to terminate.  If
+you iconify the xchomp window, the game will be in the paused state when
+you de-iconify it.
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+|                    |  Polygen Corporation  |           UUCP:               |
+|  Jerry J. Shekhel  |   Waltham, MA 02254   |  {princeton, mit-eddie,       |
+|                    |    (617) 890-2888     |  buita, sunne}!polygen!jerry  |
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