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          *  SPIDER SPELL  *
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                  By
              Geoff Camp

              UNDERSOFT


PROGRAM INFORMATION

Spider Spell has been written in STOS 
and then compiled. A fully upgraded 
version of STOS was used, so it is 
compatible with all versions of ST's 
and STE's.


RUNNING

Place the disk in drive A and turn on 
the ST. When the desktop appears 
double click on the SPIDER.PRG icon. 
The program will then load and run. 
This file may be placed in an AUTO 
folder for automatic loading and 
running when the ST is turned on.


INTRODUCTION

Spider Spell is a non-violent version 
of hangman. It has a dictionary of 
over 4,000 words, and uses music and 
dancing bugs as a reward for correct 
words. Spider Spell is entirely mouse 
driven.


THE STORY

The 3 bug brothers have a broken cord 
on their radio. They are sad as they 
love to dance to music. The 3 snake 
sisters have agreed to help them by 
joining together to form a new cord, 
but the want the bug brothers to work 
for their help. They must guess a word 
that each one thinks of. As they get a 
word correct one of the snake sisters 
will form a part of the cord. Once all 
three snakes are joined to the cord, 
the radio will turn on, a tune will 
play and the bugs will dance. Your job 
is to help the bug brothers by 
guessing each letter in a word. Sammy 
spider will move each letter as you 
guess it, either to place it in the 
word or to have Betty beetle burn it. 
You may only get eight guesses wrong 
before Sammy will show you the word 
and you'll have to start with a new 
word.


INSTRUCTIONS

Once loaded, the Spider Spell 
selection screen appears. Use the 
mouse to select either end game or the 
number of letters in a word - 3 to 8 
letters or any word. The main game 
screen will appear. Select letters by 
moving the mouse over them and 
pressing either mouse button. The 
letter will turn green, and cannot be 
selected again. If the letter is in 
the word then Sammy will move down the 
screen and take the letter up to the 
word box. If the letter is not in the 
word then one of the eight baby bugs 
will move onto the screen. Once all 
eight babies are on the screen Sammy 
will show you the word and then give 
you another word to guess. You may 
quit this game at any time by 
selecting the 'END' box at the base of 
the screen. 


UNDERSOFT

We are a group of programmers that 
see a great gap in the ST software 
market for children's software - both 
educational and games. We produce this 
software as shareware and encourage 
you to copy it and give copies away to 
friends and enemies. We do ask that 
all files remain unaltered on the disk 
if you choose to share it around. If 
you use and enjoy the program then 
please send an amount of money, 
suggest $15-20, to the address below 
to become a registered user. (Does 
this mean I'll soon be rich? Ha Ha!)


ADDRESS

     Geoff Camp,
     47 Alawoona Rd.
     Munno Para,
     South Australia,
     5115


OTHER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE

1ST MATHS - A maths game for children 
learning the basics of counting, 
addition and subtraction.

MATHS ACTION - A maths game for older 
children. Test addition, subtraction, 
multiplication and division in 6 
levels. A shoot 'em up game is the 
reward for good performance.

HOMEWORKER - A wordprocessor/DTP 
package aimed at children. Large text, 
15 fonts, import .NEO or .PI1 pictures 
or design your own. Great!

BRAIN FOOD - A collection of four 
games for children.
LETTERS - A puzzle game.
DEUCE - A multi level, one or two 
player memory game.
PIPE LINE - A Tetris like arcade game.
MAZIST - A maze generation program. 
Outputs to printer, screen or as a 
.NEO or .PI1 picture file.


Contact me at the above address, or 
your nearest PD library, to get your 
copies of the above programs.




