Dingo

v1.3 for Windows XP and later (Version history at the bottom)

Remake (C) 2008 by Sren Borgquist aka. Sokurah.

Website: http://www.tardis.dk/wordpress/
Email: retrohead@tardis.dk

This game is freeware.

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Installing & Running The Game
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Unzip all the files into a directory and run the EXE file.


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Instructions
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Dingo is a labyrinth/maze game and you are Big Ted 
- a panda on a mission.

Your mission is to collect all the fruit on the screen
to advance to the next level. Your enemy are the Dingoes
- they will try to stomp on you which will cause you to
lose one of your three lives. Sometimes the Dingoes will
also collect fruit by stomping on it and throw it at
Big Ted - which is also fatal.

Luckily Big Ted can defend himself by picking up fruit and
use it to throw after the Dingoes. Very hand for survival
as it stuns the Dingoes for a few seconds...but a piece of
fruit gives you just one shot and you have to pick up another
piece before you can shoot again.

However, fruits no good when its been thrown around, so
every piece that you or the enemy throw wont add to your
score, so its best to try and clear the screens as fast
as possible and only throw as little fruit as you have to.

When you get a highscore you can upload it to an online
server and see you score compared to other players scores.
Allow the game to access the net or it could lock up when
trying to upload your score. Remember to set you name first.


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Controls
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It takes 5 keys to play the game - LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN and FIRE;
- default keys are ARROW KEYS, and LEFT CTRL to fire.

All keys can be redefined.

Exit game in progress or exit to Windows with the ESCAPE key.

The game supports the use of a gamepad or joystick.
Select it from the menu first.


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Files included in the archive:
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The file 'dingo.exe' is the main executable for the game.
Run this file to play the game.

'settings.dat' is the file that contains your settings.
'Etna.dll' is required for online score synchronization.
'fmodex.dll' is for playing the music and sound effects.
'readme.txt' - the file you're reading right now.


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Credits
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Programmed by S. Borgquist aka Sokurah.

Some graphics by me - some found on the net.
Most sounds by me - some found on the net.
Music by Chris "infamous" Nunn (http://www.infamousuk.com)

If you like the game then drop me a mail at the mail address
written at the top, or visit my website for more freeware games.


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LEGAL & INFO
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This remake has been made for the Retro Remakes Competition 2008.
Read more here; http://www.retroremakes.com
  
This game is, according to the rules of the Competition,
FREEWARE and must remain freeware and can generally be
distributed however you want, as long as all the files,
including this one,are present and unchanged.
 
 

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WHO MADE THE ORIGINAL GAME?
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The original arcade game was developed by A.C.G. in 1983.

This remake was programmed by S. Borgquist aka. Sokurah in 2008
and made exclusively for the Retro Remakes Competition 2008.

:-)


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VERSION HISTORY
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v1.0 (2 dec. 2008)
- Initial release.

v1.1 (14 nov. 2009)
- Removed competition splash screen.
- Added "check for update" function.
- Now starts in windowed mode.
- Misc minor tweaks.

v1.2 (4 mar. 2011)
- A few miscellaneous updates to the Windows version
- Improved sound (especially the delay present on certain systems earlier).
- A major port to Mac OSX (available at the site).

v1.3 (28 Nov. 2014)
- Fixed issues relating to online scoring in the Windows version
