Marble Fighter for Windows 95
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Marble Fighter is a programming example from Windows 95 Games Programming
by Stan Trujillo and Al Stevens (M&T Books - ISBN 1-55851-448-1). The
book comes with several demos like Marble Fighter, and all of the source
code is included. Some of the demos use the Microsoft Games SDK
(Marble Fighter does not use the Games SDK).

The game itself is fairly simple and is not hard to defeat. The code is
in C++ and uses the CreateDIBSection funcionality that replaced WinG. The
graphics in the game were done with POV-Ray. The book also comes with
the POV-Ray scene description files used to render the game graphics.

Marble Fighter can be played against the computer or againt another
player over a network. Include the following options on the command
line to activate network play.

	-net            activates networking
	-left           control the left fighter
	-right          control the right fighter (default)

When playing over a network, one but not both of the players must 
specify the "-left" option, and both players must use the "-net" option.
Also, the "-left" and "-right" options can be used in single player mode.

Feel free to upload or otherwise share copies of the game, but be sure
to distribute the original ZIP file (as uploaded to compuserve).


Have fun (and buy the book)


Stan Trujillo
75233,1506@compuserve.com 


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