                              SINT NICOLAAS 1.1
                     (C) Copyright 1998, by Mike Wiering

   Homepage: http://home.wxs.nl/~mike.wiering, E-mail: mike.wiering@wxs.nl


             This Sint Nicolaas game is only available in Dutch!


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

     The minimal system requirements to run Sint Nicolaas are:

         -  PC with 286 processor or higher (486 recommended)
         -  VGA graphics card
         -  At least 500 K free memory available


STARTING THE GAME

     To start Sint Nicolaas, type:

         SINT

     The following options are allowed:

         SINT -?    Help
         SINT -C    Skip CPU detection
         SINT -I    Use alternate sound method, try this if the sound doesn't
                    work
         SINT -Q    Start the game without sound
         SINT -S    PC-speaker sound only


THE GAME

     Every year Sint Nicolaas comes all the way from Spain to Holland to
     gives presents to the children. On December 5th, at night, Sint travels
     over the roofs and drops the presents through the chimneys.

     In this game, Sint Nicolaas has been robbed! The thieves have taken
     his big sack full of presents and gingerbread cookies. In their run,
     however, the they aren't careful and presents start dropping out of the
     sack. Now Sint only has to collect the fallen gingerbread and presents
     and bring them to the right chimney.

     Presents are in four colors: red, blue, green and purple. All chimneys
     have a mark indicating the correct color. There is also a number written
     on every chimney, that is the number of gingerbread cookies that still
     have to be dropped.

     Sint can carry as many presents behind him as he can find. However, he
     can only drop the first one into the chimney. So he must visit the
     chimneys in the same order as the colors of the presents he gathers.

     All the presents must be brought to the right homes in this same night.
     Sint must be ready before dawn. The time Sint has left to complete the
     level is displayed on the statusline at the bottom of the screen. When
     only one minute is left, the sky will start getting lighter. If two
     minutes or more are left at the end of a level, Sint has time to play
     a bonus level!

     Sint's quest over the roofs is dangerous: the old Sint will not survive
     a fall from such a roof. Sometimes it can be very slippy. Sint also has
     to be careful not to touch the sharp edges of TV antennes. There are
     even dangerous birds that attack him and even try to steal presents or
     gingerbread. Sint can make these birds fall down by jumping on top of
     them, but that wouldn't be very kind towards the birds. So every time
     Sint jumps on a bird, he loses 500 points. If he manages to complete a
     level without injuring any bird at all, he receives 10,000 extra points.

     At the right-bottom of the screen, a number of hearts are displayed.
     This indicates how often Sint can hurt himself before losing a life. He
     can earn extra lives by eating four chocolate letters S, I, N and T
     or by collecting 100 gingerbread cookies in a bonus level.


CONTROLS

     In all menus, use the arrow keys to move the cursor and select an option
     by pressing <Enter> or <Space>. Hit <Esc> to go back or to end the game.

     If you have a joystick, go to INSTELLINGEN and then BESTURING to set it
     up and calibrate.

     Keys to play the game:

         <Left/Right arrow>   -  Walk
         <Alt>                -  Jump
         <Ctrl>               -  Accellerate

     If you want to configure other keys, from the main menu, choose:
     INSTELLINGEN, BESTURING and then TOETSEN.

     Other keys during the game:

         <F1>                  -  Help
         <F2>                  -  Save game
         <F3>                  -  Sound on/off
         <P>                   -  Pause
         <Esc>                 -  Exit


DISTRIBUTION

     This game is FREEWARE, it may be copied by anyone, as long as no changes
     are made. The following files must be included:

         LEESMIJ.TXT
         LEESMIJ.EXE
         SINT.EXE
         SINT.CFG
         FILE_ID.DIZ
         README.TXT
         SINT.ICO

     You can download the newest version of Sint (and other games) from:

         http://home.wxs.nl/~mike.wiering


DISCLAIMER

     The author of this game cannot be held responsible for any damage,
     of any kind, caused by this program or related files.



        Special thanks to all members of the GiPHouse Beta Testing Team
              and everyone else who helped me by test this game!!!
