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Introduction
Foreign Fruit Invaders is a straightforward arcade game in the Space Invaders genre. You move a gun sideways and shoot down
various enemies as fast as you can. Shoot everything, don't get hit, the usual kind of shoot-em-up action.
The game is a freeware. If you like it use it. If you don't trash it.
The application is designed for MacOS, and it has the "look and feel" as any MacOS-application should have.
I made this game because I wanted to improve my programming skills, cause I like Mac, and I have always found this kind of computer games amusing. It was a hobby project. I had fun doing the game. I hope you will enjoy using it.
F.A.Q (Frequently asked questions)
Q:I really like ForeignFruitInvaders, but I want to run it on Window95. When will the Windows-version be released.
A:ForeignFruitInvaders is a MacOS application. It will never, ever be available on any other plattform. There is simply no reason for that.
Q:Any problem with year 2000 ?
A:Of course not, this is a MacOS application, not some main-frame shit. There is no date-problem until Feruary 6, 2040. However, I may put a date-limit for use
of some beta-releases, to avoid use of old versions.
Q:Are there any "Eastern eggs ?
A:Yes. There are a few.
Q:What about MacOS 8.5, and Rhapsody ? Is ForeignFruitInvaders running on these plattforms ?
A:Nobody has, as far as I know, tried that yet. But it should work. Hey there, I guess that Rhapsody is already history, he-he.
Q:I found some bugs and malfunctions in the application, why is it so ?
A:Shit happens ! Send me an email describing the error. I will try to correct any reported error. Read also my section about known problems.
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Known problems
- The invader sometimes don't turn at the end of the screen. This is caused by conflicts with other running programs or extensions. One extension known to cause this is "YesNoCancel", the bug is also reported to appear while running Acrobat Reader in the background. The workaround until I fixed this, is simply close other program and disable unnecesery extensions before running "ForeignFruitInvaders".
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Release history
| Date | Version | Comments |
| 97-07-24 | 0.2.1 | The first beta-release available for download |
| 97-08-16 | 0.3.0 | Helpfunction added |
| 97-10-26 | 0.5.0 | - Settings and score are now stored in a preferencefile, placed in Systemfolder:Preferencefolder
instead of the application itself. Your settings will now be keept intact while updating FFI, and
no problem placeing the application on a read-only volume.
- A more fancy look on the score-panel. This is a optional feature. You might wanna turn it
off on a low-end computer.
- The timer is now represented by "your neighbour's car", if you take too much time to finish a level
a HotRod will run you down. Approches from the left, soundless so far.
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| 97-11-16 | 0.5.1 |
- Patches and fixes to improve misc. sprite behavior.
- Made "Reposition of the mouse" optional, because there is a slight chance that this feature
may cause crashes in future releases of MacOS.
| 97-12-26 | 0.5.2 |
- Misc. minor improvements .
- NOTE ! If you are uppgrading from 0.5.0 or 0.5.1:
Due to an erlier misspelling I had to rename the preference-file to "ForeignFruitInvaders Pref", if
you want to keep your old settings and HighScores rename the old pref-file to the new name. (
you find in your "SystemsFolder:Preferences") It's the same file-format, just another name.
- Will work untill 98-02-28. By that time ver 0.6.0 will be available for download.
| 98-01-20 | 0.6.0 |
- New style for presentation of scores and level.
- Animated loading of a new gun.
- The enemy holds his fire until your gun is ready for action.
- New layout for the helpsystem, HighScore-window and the Aboutbox.
- And some more that I don't bother to write about.
- Will work untill 98-12-30. By that time ver 1.0 will be available for download.
| | 98-04-10 | 1.0.0 |
- Att last: The first official release !! I think the program is now working pretty fine, there is of course more to be done. I might just do that someday ....
| 98-09-26 | 1.0.1 |
- A few details I missed in 1.0.0....
| 98-11-01 | 1.0.2 |
- Minor fixes.
| 01-01-09 | 1.0.3 |
- Fixed a date problem, caused the program to crach after 2001-01-01. My millenium bug was one year late.
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