[AT] My little tractor pull game

[David A. Laughead Jr.]

Ok so a few months ago one night I got really bored. I start thinking to
myself, I really wish we had a tractor pull game to play. With not much luck
finding one, I set out to create one. Not an overly easy task for someone
who knows very little about programming. I grabbed my trusty Qbasic for
dummies book and began playing with simple lines of code. Eventually I came
up with an extremly crude game. Though far from finished I have a small
working model for the game. Ya'll can download my game useing this link...

http://www.bright.net/~daljr/tpsim/tpsim.exe

This is a self extracting zip file. Just download it and run the file. It
will come up with a prompt with some simple directions. Basically it will
create a new directory on the c:\ drive called tpsim. It creates 2 files in
this folder. Once the unzip is completed just goto the c:\tpsim directory
and double click on tpsim4.exe to play the game. After you play the game for
the first time a 3rd file is created in the same directory that keeps track
of your wins and losses. You must play at least one complete round to exit
the game. Actually the only way to exit the game is to complete a round and
when the prompt asks AGAIN? slect Y to play again or N to quit. The game
only takes seconds to complete anyway so its no biggie.

Yes before I get slammed with ?s I know some of my data is wrong on the
tractors included I will fix them as I figure out the right specs for them I
went by what info I had availible to me at the time and some I adjusted for
fun.

This game only works on PCs. You need windows to run the zip file. After
that you could even run the game from DOS. If you don't feel confident with
finding your way through directories(folders) in windows, its probably not a
good idea to try to play this game. I have to work tonight so I won't be
here to answer anyones ?s if the game doesn't work.

One other note, the game MUST!!!! be located in c:\tpsim or you will only
get an error and it will not run.

Have Fun,
Dave Laughead
Arcanum, Ohio