                       ANTAGONY - by Triniti Software
                       ------------------------------

What you have here is a demo of a game called ANTAGONY, developped by Triniti
Software.  It is now possible to order the game directly by Triniti Software,
by filling the order form in the file ORDER.FRM.

Requirements

This game runs on a 386 33mHz with 4 megabytes RAM or better.  On a 386 33mHz
system, you will need a good VGA graphic card (a good one means not OAK!).
Sound Blaster cards or compatible are supported.  a minimum of 580k (594000
bytes) of conventionnal memory are required.  Since the game runs in protected
mode, you must remove the EMM386 driver (or QEMM, or any low-level driver in
protected mode) from your CONFIG.SYS file.

A better alternative is to make a boot disk.  Each time you'll want to play,
reboot your computer with the boot disk inserted in your drive A:. After that,
go in your game directory (ex.: C:\ANTAGONY) and start the game normally.
To do a boot disk, insert a non-formatted disk in your A: drive, and type at
the dos prompt "FORMAT A: /S [Enter]".  For more information on boot disk,
refer to your DOS manual.

Sound

If you own a Sound Blaster or compatible sound card, it will be possible for
you to hear musik and sound effects during the game.  But first, you have to
specify that to the game.  At the dos prompt (ex.: C:\ANTAGONY>)  type
"SETUP [Enter]".  Choose then between "Sound Blaster and Compatible" and
"No sound" by pressing ENTER.  Choosing "Sound Blaster and Compatible" will
offer new choices.  First, choose "Autodetect".  This option may crash on some
system.  If it occurs, reset or reboot your computer and read the paragraph
below.  If the option works, you will see your SB settings automatically
detected.  Then choose "Save settings and Exit".

In the (really bad) case the autodetect operation don't work on your system,
you'll have to enter by yourself the three settings (port, irq, dma).  Choose
each of them by pressing enter, and choose the correct setting (ex.: for port,
you can choose 220,230,240,250 or 260).  When all is done, choose "Save set-
tings and Exit".

Speed

During a combat, you can change the speed of the game by pressing the keys "-"
or "+" on the regular keyboard (not on the keypad).  The range is from exage-
rately slow to exagerately fast (fast only on good system!!!)

The controls

To control the fighters, you will have the choice between Keyboard 1,
keyboard 2, joystick 1 and joystick 2.  Here the keys for both keyboards:

        Keyboard 1                              Keyboard 2
                                      
            8                                        Y
          \  /                                    \  /
        4  6                                G  J
          /  \                                    /  \
            2                                        N

Now, here the buttons for each control:

        Control      Punch       Kick
        
        Keyboard 1   Enter    Right shift
        Keyboard 2     Z          X
        Joystick 1  Button 1   Button 2
        Joystick 2  Button 1   Button 2


What you get in this demo version

In the demo, only two warriors are present: Kouo and Mondai.  Both mode --
"Tournament" and Human VS Computer -- are available.  It means that you can
play with up to 7 of your friend in a tournament, but each of them will only
have the choice between Kouo and Mondai.  Only one background is present.

What you will have in the commercial version

In the commercial version, All seven warriors are there and, in addition, two
extra warriors to fight with, if you can beat all 6 other warriors!  9 back-
grounds are also included.  All that for only 20$CAN !...

The menu

The menu is the first part you see of the game, and is composed of 4 sub-
parts:
        -Main menu
            Choose which of the 3 other sub-parts (Human VS computer,
            tournament or options) you want to access or quit to dos
        -Options
            Here, you can choose the control of both players (keyboard 1,
            keyboard 2, joystick 1, joystick 2, none).  You can choose too how
            much time a combat will last (no time, 33,66 or 99 seconds) and
            finally which kind of force bar will be used in tournament
            (independant or dependant)
        -Human VS computer
            In this mode, one player will fight against 6 other warriors fol-
            lowed, if necessary, by 2 extra guys.  First choose if you want to
            be the player 1 or 2 (which control you want) by going up or down
            press enter to confirm your choice (you will see the animations).
            by going right or left, you can choose your fighter.  Unfortu-
            nately, you can't play in "Human VS computer" mode in the demo
            version.
        -Tournament
            In this mode, up to 8 players fight in a tournament.  If you
            choose an odd number of fighter, the computer will enter the tour-
            nament as a warrior.  To choose a warrior, go right or left.
            Press ENTER to confirm the choice.  Do that for all of your
            player.  Finally go down on "Fight" and press ENTER to begin the
            tournament.  When you'll se the tournament board, the upper
            fighter will be controlled by control 1 and the other one by the
            control 2.
            Note: If only 2 warriors has been chosen, a question (fight
            again?) will be asked at the end of each combat.  So that it will
            be possible to fight head to head as long as you want.

The fights

The combat screen is a bit classical.  In upper center, there's the number of
remaining seconds to combat.  If you chose "No time", then the counter will
always be at 00.  The force bar (dragon tongues) represent the remaining power
of each fighter.  The energy will be independant (each player has his own
energy) if the tongues are distinct.  However, if they are dependant (there's
a knot between two tongues), each time a warrior lose a certain amount of
energy, this energy will be transfered to the other's one.  The advantage of
this type of force bar is that a combat can last a lot more time.  This kind
of force bar is only available in tournament mode, and not in Human VS
Computer mode.  The left warrior is controlled by control 1 and the right one,
by the control 2.

During the fights, each fighter can execute some movements and special moves.
Below are listed those moves, for each warrior:

      Kouo
      
      Backward jump             Up+backward
      Backward walk             Backward
      Bend                      Down
      Down block                Down+punch
      Forward jump              Up+forward
      Forward walk              Forward
      Kick in abdomen           Kick
      Kick in knee              Forward+down+kick
      Jump                      Up
      Leg sweep                 Backward+down+kick
      Punch                     Punch
      Upper block               Backward+punch
      Uppercut                  Forward+down+punch

      Knee/elbow combination    Backward,forward,backward
      Plait knock               Forward+punch


      Mondai
      
      Backward jump             Up+backward
      Backward walk             Backward
      Bend                      Down
      Blade transformation      Up,down,backward,forward,forward
      Cut hand                  Punch
      Down block                Down+punch
      Down punch                Down+forward+punch
      Forward jump              Up+forward
      Forward walk              Forward
      Kick in abdomen           Kick
      Kick in knee              Forward+down+punch
      Jump                      Up
      Leg sweep                 Backward+down+kick
      Prayer                    Down+backward,down+backward,up+forward,up+forward
      Upper block               Backward+punch
      Turned kick               Backward+kick

