README FILE for OUTBREAK GAME

INTRODUCTION
	This game is called ``Outbreak!'' and was
	been adapted from another game called ``Meltdown''
	by Alison Bowman for my Machine Organization I
	(v22.0201.001) class in the fall of 1996.

SCENARIO
	You are on a mission from the US Government
	to contain the ebola virus that has been
	infecting the population and killing thousands!

OBJECT OF GAME
	The ebola virus is represented by a bouncing yellow ball
		within a large rectangle. 
	The population is represented by faces lining the boundary
		of the large rectangle.
	Each time the virus (ball) bounces off a face on the boundary,
		a person dies.  
	A running counter keeps track of the number of dead people.
		The game ends when 100 people are dead.
	Your object is to contain the virus by building
		a wall around it.

HOW TO PLAY
	
	The cursor shows the current position of the
		end of the wall.  The cursor begins
		at the middle of the bottom line
		on the screen.
	You can extend this wall in any four compass directions
		by pressing the arrow keys (up/down/left/right).
		You can press only one at a time.
	You cannot extend the wall into the boundary of the
		large rectangle (or the game ends).
	To fully contain the virus, your wall has to form a
		``box''.  At least one side of the box must
		be a part of the from original large rectangle.
		So you cannot form a box in the middle of the screen.
	Your box must have 4 straigh sides (no jaggies
		or stray edges).
	If you form a box that does not contain the virus, it
		disappears from the screen.
	After you form a box that contains the virus, the box
		turns green.  Your now continue to form
		a box within the box, etc.
	You score points each time you form a box that contains
		the virus.  The smaller your box, the more
		points you get.
	You win if you score 10 points before 100 people 
		are dead. 
	The music `Camptown Races' plays if you win, and
		otherwise you will hear `Taps' at the end of the game.
	ESC will exit the game any time.
	When the GAME OVER sign is shown,
		you must type ESC to return to DOS.

REMARKS
	(1) The game should die more gracefully!
	(2) The slowest speed of game is still too fast?
	(3) The music pieces are nice (to steal :-)
		
