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Taito's OPERATION WOLF -- 'BUSTED' 09/15/1989 by THE FiRM
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OPERATION WOLF is the great new arcade hit where you are a One-Man-Army,
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ala RAMBO or COMMANDO, pitted against hundreds of Terrorists in an effort to
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rescue their hostages. This version supports various video-cards, joystick/
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mouse/keyboard operation, and features many sound modes including TandySound
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and CMS midi-cards.
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The big problem is another 'original key diskette' copy-protection scheme...
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Oh, well, they give me something to do besides sleep at night... However, the
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'crack' was the easy part... (SUPER_LOCK my behind!) The hard part was fixing
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a few 'bugs' that skimmed-past their beta-testers. (Like their startup program
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not correctly storing the current drive, which made it always want to go to
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drive A: (since it was zero) to reset the current directory. And their really
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'strange' way of processing parameters which wouldn't handle a "R"eset-devices
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option correctly if a capital "R" was used instead of a lower-case "r".) Well,
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I fixed all I could, but someone will still have to explain the 'pig-latin' the
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President uses when you only save 4 of the hostages... To wit; "WELL DONE!
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I HOPE YOU TO DO YOUR NEXT MISSION JUST AS WELL"; kinda strange, eh folks???
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To get an ideal of how the game is played, don't press any keys during the
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title-screen sequence and you'll go into 'demo-mode'... Remember, your mission
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is to *rescue* the hostages, so don't shoot them! Also, the POW's in the
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CONCENTRATION-CAMP mission are the main objective and they are always followed
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by a Terrorist with a knife. You *must* kill the Terrorist *before* he knifes
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the POW. If you see an angel, you missed...
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Well, since this is a difficult game to score very well in, I also decided
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to add some very-special "FiRMHELP" options to aid in your rescue attempts...
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These are added/removed at any time during the combat scenes by pressing
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the <FN-10> key! (This key was originally used as their "Return-to-DOS" key,
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but I felt it was too easy to hit by accident! So I altered it's use to
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invoke the "FiRMHELP" mode... Now you use the key-combination <CTRL><Q> to
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"Return-to-DOS"...)
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The special-keys and modes associated with "FiRMHELP" are:
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<FN-10> -- Toggles "FiRMHELP" mode ON/OFF
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(The following are active only when "FiRMHELP" is ON)
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<FN-7> -- Instantly improves health 5 points, adds 1
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rocket-grenade, and 1 ammo-cartridge.
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<FN-8> -- Instantly destroys all remaining Terrorist.
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Usefull for skipping scenaros. NOTE: Some
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missions have a 'boss' scenaro at the end of
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the mission. He can be skipped as well...
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<FN-9> -- "FiRM_PROTECTION" toggle. This makes you
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100% bullet-proof!!!
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In addition, the following keys function as follows:
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<FN-1> -- Pause-mode toggle ON/OFF.
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<FN-2> -- Music toggle ON/OFF.
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<FN-3> -- Sound-effects toggle ON/OFF.
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<FN-4> -- Changes CGA palette - see "READ.ME" file for info.
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The normal game-play keys can be redefined to your choice during the setup
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screen, or use a joystick/mouse with left-button == fire gun and right-button
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== fire rocket-grenade. If you ever wish to reset the default video-mode,
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joystick/mouse/keyboard, or sound modes, use "OPWOLF R" to start. If you like
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command-line options in general, use "OPWOLF ?" for a list of what's available.
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Enjoy! (And don't cheat too much!)
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*****************************************************************
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* >>>>>>>>>>>>> S P E C I A L T H A N K S ! <<<<<<<<<<<< *
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*****************************************************************
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* If you liked the new loader screen (and how could you not?) *
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* then applaud the vast talents of LORD IRONWOLFFE! While I *
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* added a few 'special-effects', the fantastic artwork itself *
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* was donated by he and exceded my wildest expectations! - SS *
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*****************************************************************
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* FiRM greetings to crackers everywhere! *
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********************************************
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<20> The Software Surgeon <20>
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