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                            LYNQ SHAREWARE VERSION               
                               Copyright 1996                    
	                  ANARCHY ENTERTAINMENT INC.             
	                     All Rights Reserved                 
	                                                         
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                                 See ORDER.TXT
                            to get your copy of the
                       Full, Registered Version of LYNQ!

      
                 "LYNQ" SHAREWARE MAY BE FREELY DISTRIBUTED!

            That means you should give copies of "LYNQ" Shareware
	     to all your friends and every other living human you 
		     encounter while roaming planet earth!
			 
                         See Section [8] for details
                         
          
			    
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			     TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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			 [1]  Installation & Setup
                         [2]  Object of the Game 
                         [3]  How to Play  
                         [4]  Controls
                         [5]  Keyboard Controls  
                         [6]  Tips and Strategies           
                         [7]  Troubleshooting    
                         [8]  Distribution Information
                         [9]  Credits
                         [10] CHEAT CODES!
                         [11] How to ORDER the Full, Registered LYNQ!
                                       
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                         [1] Installation & Setup 
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                         LYNQ Requires the following:

     [1]  WIN95 or MSDOS  - Not Windows 3.1 !
                            Run from Win95 or Start your machine in DOS!
     [2]  386 or better   - Not 8088, not 8086, not 286... 
			    386 or better! (Get a new machine!) 
     [3]  4 MB of RAM     - Not 640K, not 1MB... 
			    Make sure you have at least 4 MB or RAM! 
     [4]  VGA Card        - Not CGA, not EGA... 
			    Your computer must have a VGA card or better!
     [5]  Mouse           - Not a cat, not a dog...
			    The mouse driver must be installed from DOS!

     SETUP.EXE is the program that configures LYNQ for the specifics 
     of your machine.  If you wish to change sound card or memory 
     options, you can run SETUP again and change those options.

     LYNQ.EXE is the program that runs the game.  Type "LYNQ" to play! 

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                          [2] Object of the Game 
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     The object of LYNQ is to match up the colored shapes on the different
     pieces so they all match.  Every time you match up a shape, you form
     a "Link."  When you "link" all the shapes, you win!
            
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                              [3] How to Play 
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     The puzzle is always at the center of your screen.  As the game
     starts, the puzzle will explode, and the pieces will be scattered
     all around.  (That's why this is a puzzle!)

     What's left behind is the wire model which shows you the shape 
     of the puzzle, and where to put the pieces.  You can find 
     individual puzzle pieces by moving around the environment.

     You will experience the game by revolving around the puzzle like
     the earth revolves around the sun.  You can adjust your view so that
     you are up high, like a bird, looking down at the puzzle, or you can
     move your view way down low, where you'll see the puzzle like a worm
     sees the world.  You can zoom back, far away from the puzzle, or you
     zoom in super close so the pieces are right in your face.  You can
     also tilt your head up or down.  (The closer you are to the ground,
     and the tighter you zoom in towards the puzzle, the more profound
     the effect will be when you tilt your head.)

     You play the game by selecting pieces, snapping them into the
     wireframe model of the puzzle, and rotating them until you have
     linked all the shapes.  You can also pop out pieces that are annoying
     you, or swap the positions of pieces.  When you link all the shapes
     correctly, you win the level and move on to a new challenge!

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                               [4] Controls 
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	     There are three main things for you to know about    
	  

     [1]  Pieces - There are two different kinds. 
	  4-sided piece - Tetrahedron
	  5-sided piece - Pyramid
	       
     [2]  Wire Model - This shows you the shape of the structure
	  you are building.  The glowing section indicates where
	  the piece you have selected will snap into.

     [3]  Control Panel - Here's where most of the action takes place.
	  It's divided up into three sections:
			
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			    Piece Manipulation    
			 
			
     [SNAP IN]     Snaps the selected piece into the highlighted
		   section of the wire model.

     [SWAP]        Swaps the selected piece with another of your choice.

     [POP OUT]     Pops the selected piece out of the wire model.

     [ROTATIONS]   Twists and turns the selected piece.
			   
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			       View Control    
			    

     [ZOOM OUT]    Zooms your view out.          
     
     [ZOOM IN]     Zooms your view in.
	  
     [MOVE UP]     Moves your view up.

     [MOVE DOWN]   Moves your view down.

     [MOVE LEFT]   Moves your view left.

     [MOVE RIGHT]  Moves your view right

     [TILT]        Tilts your head up and down.  The effect will be
		   more profound when your view is close to the ground 
		   and you are zoomed up close to the puzzle.
			    
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			     Piece Selection    
			  

     [PIECE]       Cycles through the available pieces.  This will 
		   re-adjust your view so that you are behind the newly
		   selected piece, looking towards the puzzle.

     [WIRE]        Cycles through all the wire model sections.

     [MENU]        Brings you to the Game Menu

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			         Game Menu    
			      

     [ESC - RETURN TO GAME]  This returns you to the game you are
			     currently playing.

     [OPTIONS]     Brings you to the "Options" screen.

     [NEW GAME]    Brings you to "Game Selection"
                   so you can start a new game, choosing from
                   the different difficulty levels - Easy, Medium,
                   Hard, or Expert.

     [LOAD GAME]   Lets you load a game that you saved in progress.

     [SAVE GAME]   Lets you save a game in progress.

     [HELP]        Lets you read the help screens.

     [QUIT]        Lets you quit the game.

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			       Options Screen    
			    
	  
     [MUSIC]       This slider lets you adjust 
		   the volume of the Music.
      
     [SFX]         This slider lets you adjust 
		   the volume of the Sound Effects.

     [SPEED]       These buttons (1-4) let you pick the speed at which 
		   the game will run.  1 is smoothest, 4 is fastest.
                 
     [LIGHTS]      Lets you turn the light that shades the different
		   sides of the pieces on or off.  No real useful
                   purpose - just shows how cool the shading
		   of the different sides is!

     [MESSAGES]    Lets you turn the help messages on or off.
	       
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                           [5] Keyboard Controls 
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     LYNQ is designed to be used entirely with the mouse.
     However, for those die hard keyboard fans, we have also enabled
     game play control from the keyboard.  

     Speed Control is of interest to both mouse and keyboard players.
     The first four function keys control the speed at which the camera
     revolves around the puzzle arena.
	       
			  Ŀ     Ŀ     Ŀ     Ŀ
	 Function Key     F1      F2      F3      F4 
			                 

	 Visual Effect    Smooth    Normal    Quick    Lightning
	  
	 CPU              Pentium   486/66    486/33    386/33

     The following keys are for those individuals who would rather
     use the keyboard than touch a mouse.


				Numeric Keypad:
				       

	      Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ
	      Num          /           *           -  wire
	                                 

	      Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ
	       7  camera   8  camera   9  camera   +  wire
	                                    
							   
	      Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ            
	       4  camera   5  snap     6  camera     
	                                 

	      Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ
	       1  piece    2  camera   3  piece    E 
	                                  N 
							 T 
	      Ŀ         Ŀ          E 
	       0                pop      .           R 
	                        


     Wire frame positions can be selected by hitting the plus [+] and 
     minus [-] keys on the keypad.

     The pieces can be selected by hitting one [1] and three [3] on the 
     keypad.  Your view will change so you are looking directly at the 
     selected piece.

     To snap the pieces into place hit the five [5] key on the 
     numeric keypad.

     You can pop the selected piece out of the wire model by hitting
     the zero [0] key on the keypad.

     Keys seven [7] and nine [9] zoom the camera in and out.

     Keys eight [8] and two [2] move the camera up and down.

     Keys four [4] and six [6] move camera left and right around the puzzle.
				     

			       Keyboard:
				   
	  Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ
	   Q  rotate   W  rotate   E  rotate   R  tilt up
	     Y        X        Y     
     
	  Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ         Ŀ
	   A  rotate   S  rotate   D  rotate   F  tilt down
	     Z        X        Z     

       
     [W] and [S] rotate the selected piece about the X-Axis
	 
     [Q] and [E] rotate the selected piece about the Y-Axis
	 
     [A] and [D] rotate the selected piece about the Z-Axis

     [R] and [F] tilt your head up and down.

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                          [6] Tips and Strategies 
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     At first glance LYNQ can look a bit overwhelming. 
     That's because you're a wimp!  Power down some raw eggs and  
     give it another go.  If you apply some simple strategies to 
     the game, you can solve the puzzles like a pro! 

     [1]  Use the hints!  If you look at the puzzle from the top
          down, you will see half-shapes on the floor!  What a
	  way to start the day!

     [2]  Match the Base pieces first.  
	  Nothin's worse than putting together the entire puzzle
          from a side-view only to find that the shapes that have 
	  to match on the floor are still messed up.  Get your 
	  view way up high, and begin matching up the base pieces 
	  to the floor. Now you're cookin'!
 
     [3]  Match as many of the 5-sided pieces (pyramids) as 
	  you can before you mess with the 4-sided pieces
	  (tetrahedrons).  You can think of the 5-sided pieces 
	  as your friends!  Sometimes the 4-Sided pieces can 
	  rotate in ways that make them pure evil.

     [4]  Get good with the WIRE buttons.
	  Pushing the WIRE buttons will let you surf through the 
	  available positions in the wire model, and you can quickly 
	  try the same piece in a number of different positions.

     [5]  Examine the colors.  Here's a little mental  
          gymnastic you can do that will make you a much better
          LYNQ player, as well as sharpen up your mind.  Say you've
          snapped in a couple of pieces that match just fine.
          Trouble is, you've got to put another piece next to or
          between them, and you don't know where to start.  Here's
          what you do.  Remember the colors of the shapes on the
          edges of the pieces that are set in place - let's say it's
	  Purple, Purple, Yellow.  Now, look for other pieces out
	  there somewhere with Purple, Purple, and Yellow on them.
	  Rule out all the pieces that don't fit this scheme, and 
	  try to fit all the ones that are possibilities.

     [6]  Now REALLY Examine the colors!  There are a couple
	  of different ways to look at the pieces and imagine the
	  colors schemes on the pieces that have to match them.  If 
	  you can master these techniques, you'll be able to snap the
          puzzles together faster than they blow apart!  You might also
          improve your SAT scores!  One of the most powerful techniques
          is to imagine the match from the inside out.  Huh? what's he
          talking about? - Listen up!
	 
	  It's very common to look for colors that match along
	  the EDGES of two touching pieces - but it's twice as deadly
          to look for the colors that match from FACE to FACE.  When
          you look for matches along an EDGE, you're using an efficient
          searching process - but when you look for matching
          FACES, you're cookin' with style.
	     
	  Think of it this way - two pieces are joined FACE to FACE.  
          You can plainly see all the shapes matching along the EDGES 
	  from piece to piece.  But, unseen... lurking in the dark
          where the two FACES of those pieces are pushed together,
	  are matches going on where nobody can see them.  When you 
	  peel them apart, the two FACES are like perfect
	  mirror images of each other!

	  So, when you can see the FACE of one piece, and you know
	  another piece will have to fit next to it and cover up that
	  FACE until the end of time, take a little picture of that 
	  FACE in your mind's eye, and then find the piece that's out 
	  there somewhere that has no choice but to match perfectly!

     REMEMBER:  This is a puzzle, which means thinking will be involved! 
 
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                           [7] Troubleshooting 
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     There is a file which contains the answers to common questions.
     The file is called TROUBLE.TXT  If this file doesn't answer 
     your question, it will tell you how to contact technical
     support from Anarchy Entertainment.  
			 
                                                                             
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                        [8] Distribution Information  
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     "LYNQ" Shareware is freely distributable to any and every
     animal, mineral, vegetable, living human, or cosmic entity,
     so long as it is distributed in UNMODIFIED FORM and no fees
     are charged.  If you would like to become a licensed distributor,
     fax us, send us some email, or visit our web site:

        Fax:     (609) 737-3787
        Email:   info@anarchyent.com
        WWW:     http://www.anarchyent.com/

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                                [9] Credits   
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                   Programming........... Ted Dumitrescu
					  John Whitehurst
		   Art / Music .......... Tim Whitehurst
		   Business ............. Fran Goldwyn

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                              [10] Cheat Codes  
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        The following Cheat Codes are supported in the Full,
        Registered Version of LYNQ.  (see ORDER.TXT to get your copy)

        Ability to Skip the level you're on and WARP to the next level!        

        Ability to Skip the level you're on and WARP to the previous level!
       
        Ability to get to the SECRET LEVEL!

        Ability to play LYNQ with Rotations Off.
        This means all you have to do is put the right pieces in
        the right places - no more rotating them to get them right! 
           
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                       [11] Ordering Registered LYNQ  
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        Look for the file called ORDER.TXT  That's the file that
        has all the information you'll need to buy your copy
        of the Full, Registered Version of LYNQ!

