1GENERAL:
2[Q] - What is Koules
3[Q] - What does 'Koules' mean?
4[Q] - Who makes Koules and how can I get in touch with them?
5[Q] - Where can I obtain Koules?
6[Q] - What is the latest version of Koules?
7[Q] - Will Koules ever be ported to DOS?
8[Q] - What are the point values
9[Q] - How can I pause or abort a game of Koules?
10[Q] - What is the optimal control configuration for playing Koules?
11[Q] - How many levels are in Koules
12[Q] - How much time I need to complete Koules?
13[Q] - Do you have any hints or tips for playing Koules?
14X11:
15[Q] - What version of X11 do I need?
16LINUX:
17[Q] - Do I need a sound card?
18[Q] - What version of kernel svgalib and X11 do I need?
19HISTORY:
20[Q] - How long did it take to create Koules?
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23                                   GENERAL
24[Q] - What is Koules
25
26[A] - Koules is an action funny game for Unix/X11, linux/svgalib and OS/2.
27      It supports multi-player mode, high resolution, digitized sound, mouse
28      joystick, up to 640x480 resolution with cool 256 color graphics.
29      100 levels, intro / outro etc
30
31      Koules is an original game. It was developed from scratch
32      by Jan Hubicka in july 1995
33
34[Q] - What does 'Koules' mean?
35
36[A] - Koules is an English plural of the Czech word 'koule'(= sphere)
37
38[Q] - What computer do I need in order to play Koules?
39
40[A] - Koules  runs unix machines, running  X11  or svgalib  1.2.5+.  For
41      640x480  you need computer faster than 486/50. 320x200  works fine
42      on 386/40  with coprocessor
43
44[Q] - Who makes Koules and how can I get in touch with them?
45
46[A] - Koules is published as freeware under GPL by Jan Hubicka
47      My Address:
48      JAHUSOFT
49      Jan Hubicka
50      Dukelskych Bojovniku 1944
51      390 03 Tabor
52      Czech Republic
53      Phone: 0041-361-32613
54      eMail: hubicka@limax.paru.cas.cz
55
56[Q] - Where can I obtain Koules?
57
58[A] - The latest version of Koules is always on the following sites:
59      limax.paru.cas.cz:/pub/linux/games/koules
60      sunsite.unc.edu  :/pub/linux/games/video
61      tsx-11.mit.edu   :/pub/linux/sources/usr.games
62                       :/pub/linux/binaries/usr.games
63
64[Q] - What is the latest version of Koules?
65
66[A] - The current version of Koules is 1.4.
67
68[Q] - Will Koules ever be ported to DOS?
69
70[A] - Maybe, maybe never
71
72[Q] - What are the point values
73
74[A] - Bounce something         :  +1
75      Eat extension            :  +10
76      At end of level
77      every live               :  +20
78      every lost level         :  -100
79      In deathmatch mode
80      every destroyed competitor:  +100
81
82[Q] - How can I pause or abort a game of Koules?
83
84[A] - You may stop game by:
85      pressing P
86      switching to other window
87      iconifing
88
89      Press ESC to abort Koules
90
91[Q] - What is the optimal control configuration for playing Koules?
92
93[A] - I personally prefer cursor keys.
94      There is problem with PC keyboard in more than two players mode.
95      PC keyboard controller may crash if you press more than 3 keys
96      following configuration works fine in 3 players mode:
97      player 1:  <a> <s> <d> <w>
98      player 2:  <j> <,> <l> <i>
99      player 3:  <1> <2> <3> <5> (keypad)
100
101[Q] - How many levels are in koules
102
103[A] - 99+1 (bonus level:).
104
105[Q] - How much time I need to complete koules?
106
107[A] - stupid player:    a month
108      worse player:     5 1/4 hours
109      average player:   2 1/2 hours
110      My friend and me: 50 minutes
111      god:              1/1000000 ns
112
113      (Medium difficulty)
114
115[Q] - Do you have any hints or tips for playing Koules?
116
117[A] - Standard KOULES fighters:
118        - fly near boarders (they may not be able to keep in the screen)
119        - wait near the border, when they are near fly around them, and
120          kick them out.
121        - keep in the center
122    - Standard B_BALLS:
123        - hide behind holes
124        - try to fly around magnetic holes ( B_BALLS may fall into )
125    - Inspectors:
126        - wait behind them B_BALLS would kick them out
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129                                     X11
130[Q] - What version of X11 do I need?
131
132[A] - X11R4 for xlib support
133      X11R5 for mit shared memory support
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136                                    LINUX
137[Q] - Do I need a sound card?
138
139[A] - You may play without sound or with sound using pcsnd driver
140
141[Q] - What version of kernel svgalib and X11 do I need?
142
143[A] - Linux Koules was developed using the 1.3 series kernel, SVGAlib
144version 1.2.6-7 and XFree86 version 3.2. It should run with any stable
145series Linux kernel that includes the VoxWare sound driver.
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148				   HISTORY
149[Q] - How long did it take to create Koules?
150
151[A] - The initial (1.0) version of Koules took approximately 2 days of coding
152      and two weeks of tuning, playing and creating intro
153      Version 1.1 took one week
154      Version 1.1b took one hour
155      Version 1.1c took Three days
156      Version 1.2 took four days and two weeks of testing
157      Version 1.3 took two minutes :)
158      Version 1.4 took two years
159