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From: jmreid@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au
Subject: Nort v2X
This version of nort is a modified version of nort 2. Nort
X contains new graphics but maintains the fine tuned gameplay associated
with nort. The Game Nort is basically a lightcycles game for two people.
Therefore what you do is ride a little motorbike (not a car), which
leaves little trails, around a little arena, while your opponent does
the same thing. The bikes are controlled by pressing the appropriate key
to move in the desired direction. The trick to the game is that you
cannot ride into the trails that you or your opponent have left. In
addition, you can define a number of obstacles which will be randomly
placed in the arena, which you also cannot ride into (however, you can
ride on top of them, but this is rather pointless).
Randomly placed around the arena in each round are a number of things
which can be picked up. These pickups are either red, green, or
something else. The red pickups will affect the red player when used,
and the green pickups will affect the green player. The missle will blow
a hole in the trail directly in front of the player that uses it. The
'U' uses the latest pickup of the opposing player. The 'P' creates a set
pf new pickups, removing the old ones. When the 'use pickup' key is
pressed, the last thing that was picked up will be used.