(Written - 8/27/95)
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Title                   : The SNAKE Deathmatch Collection, v0.9
                          For DOOM2 v1.9 only

Filename                : SNAKE.WAD 

Author                  : Travis Harlan (Gala), with help and contributions
                          from dozens of people

Email Address           : gala@cris.com

Description             : A collection of 9 great Deathmatch levels,
                          put together with an assortment of new guns,
                          player graphics, etc.  (Frag Heaven!)
                          
                          Warning - this ends up making SNAKE.WAD a
                          5.5 meg file, due to having to add all of DOOM2's
                          sprites to it because of that damned bug.  So
                          if you don't have the room, don't run the
                          .BAT.

                          This is an ONGOING PROJECT!  So if you have
                          anything to contribute, mail me, and if it's
                          good enough, it'll either get put into the
                          next release of Snake, or as a seperate add-on
                          ZIP that people can get only if they want to,
                          without causing Consistency Errors with others.
                          (IE. a graphic/sound change only)

Additional Credits to   : id Software - get Quake out by XMas, guys!
                          
                          The makers of - LEDGES-X & 2DIE, DTHSPN, GANGUP,
                          CLERDANG, IGOR9, and id again for the orig.
                          MAP07 and E1M5 from DOOM.  Also, The Innocent Crew 
                          for the Kick, the Double Pistols, and the 
                          Flamethrower (personal fave weapon).  Everyone go 
                          get OBITUARY.WAD, it totally kicks ass!...

                          Eli & Noah Mapstead - for running an awesome
                          APCi BBS, the original idea!, the sword, some
                          sounds, and more.

                          Everyone on Peacekeeper - for all of the input,
                          contributions, ideas, and, of course, for dying 
                          in hilarious ways.  (Especially Buffo.  Heh!)

                          (Peacekeeper BBS - 805-366-1365)
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How to run SNAKE -

First, BACKUP DOOM2.EXE!  

PKUNZIP the ZIP into your DOOM2 dir.

Next, edit the .BAT file and change all of the 'C:\DOOM2' entries to 
whatever directory your DOOM2 dir is.

Run the .BAT, and it should work.  This modifies DOOM2.EXE, so if you
want to play w/o Snake, copy the original DOOM2.EXE back to your dir.
The BAT file backs it up as DOOM2.BAK, but it won't be the original
if you run the BAT more than once w/o copying the original DOOM2.EXE
back.

If you have any problems, someone...

A) didn't do the above

B) has a diff version

C) has a third-party add-on that has diff levels or changed the EXE
   (as of now, a non-existent problem, but I have found that upgrades
   sometimes get made without my knowing.)

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Installing add-ons to SNAKE -

Same thing as above, except the add-ons most likely won't edit the .EXE
(Consistency Failures really suck), so you shouldn't have to edit the
.BAT file or back anything up.... unless you think the upgrade might suck,
then you should back up SNAKE.WAD.

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Included in SNAKE.WAD -

Levels (in order of appearance) - LEDGES-X, 2DIE, DTHSPN, CLERDANG, E1M5, 
an IGOR9 level, a modified MAP07 & STARCADE (both by Gala), and GANGUP.

New Weapons - As of now... Kick (from Obituary), Sword (from Ultima Under-
world), Double Pistol (from Obituary), Twin Autoguns (from Dark Forces,
somewhat), Flamethrower (from Obituary), Mines (from Dark Forces, except
now they float, blink, and hurt VERY badly... they're shootable, tho.)
Also, the Gloves from Heretic as a Rocket Launcher if you have the SNKGLV.ZIP
upgrade (done by Vengence), and a new sword and new ground graphics if you 
have the upgrade whose ZIP name I forget right now...

Other new stuff - the Snake from Heretic w/color changing armor as the
player character, various sounds from wayyyy too many locations to list, 
a lot of stuff from Heretic... umm... yeah, that's about it.

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* Play Information *

Levels Replaced         : MAP01-MAP09
Single Player           : Yes, only for a look
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : I don't know if all of the levels have player
                          starts...
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Hell yes!  Just don't go overboard with the mines,
                          and run like #%$# from anyone with a Flamethrower.
Difficulty Settings     : Skill 4-5 for real DMers.
New Sounds              : Yes (stolen from EVERYWHERE!)
New Graphics            : Yes (also stolen, retouched, etc)
New Music               : Yes (Star Wars music in the first level)
Demos Replaced          : none, yet... demos are very fun to watch tho,
                          so I might want to put some in later...


* Construction *

Base                    : Er...
Editor(s) used          : Wintex & Deutex, AWESOME PROGRAMS!
                          DETH, for MAP07 & MAP08
Known Bugs              : When you use the Kick, you might think 'hey,
                          Snakes don't have feet.'  Um, well, how do
                          you know you're a Snake?  DOOM has no mirrors.
                          (Just don't see yourself die.)  That, and some
                          of the graphics for the weapons on the ground
                          are wrong.

* Copyright / Permissions *

DON'T use this as a Base for anything if you plan to distribute it!

DO distribute the hell out of it.  This'll kill the monotony of normal
multiplayer DOOM till Quake gets out... or at least, that's what it was
made for, dammit. <G>  So give it to anyone you deem worthy, unless you
modified it... then it shouldn't go anywhere.

If you have an idea, or some spare graphics, or a cool level, or anything,
mail gala@cris.com and it MIGHT get into Snake.  Remember, on-going project,
and I am no artist.  I just put it together and make neat arena levels.

* Where to get this WAD *

Peacekeeper BBS - (805) 366-1731, 366-0747, 366-1365, and some other numbers
                  I don't recall... This is the official Snake home.
                  (Because it has a blazing-fast APCi server!)
                  There are two third-party upgrades there, as of now.

Gala's Snake page (hasn't been updated for a bit, no third-party upgrades) - 
                  http://www.cris.com/~gala/doom.html

NOT at FTP.CDROM.COM.  Yet.  I don't want to be sending them upgrade upon
upgrade, until the main part of it is done and the Third-Party stuff would
be optional upgrades only...
