
MR.MATT - VERSION HISTORY
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VERSION 2.00 - 97/12/22

   The game selection box now allows to choose games from separate
   groups, defined by (1) whether the game is "old" (already solved
   by the current player) or "new" (not completed yet), and
   (2) by the difficulty level.

   The File menu has a new option: "Delete this user", allowing to
   remove the current user name from the user list. (The list of best
   game solutions is not affected by this.)

   You can now display the information about the current game (author,
   difficulty, number of levels) and about the current level (the
   best recorded result, the best result on your computer and your
   best result); these options are in the Game menu.

   The editor will not allow you to create levels with unsupported
   stones or boxes; it will offer to "fix" such a level for you.

   The program will not delete solutions to games you have just
   edited; it will just offer you an option to do it.

   The program can export the solutions to the levels of the current
   game (useful when submitting a game to be posted on the Web).

   Rainbow menus removed - a third-party component doing this proved
   to be more trouble than it was worth.

   A status information is displayed during the program startup.

   Inactive menu options are now hidden instead of disabled.

VERSION 1.59 - 97/09/15

   After completing a level, the program will now advance to the
   next one (if available) - you no longer have to click on a button.

   Startup in a selected language added: just run Mr.Matt with a
   command line parameter, specifying the language: English
   (default), Deutsch, Svenska, Italiano, Franois or Espaol.

   Cosmetic changes in the new, color menus and dialogs.

   The 16-bit version is back in sync with the 32-bit one.

VERSION 1.58 - 97/08/23 (32-bit only)

   "Panic Button" added: hit [Pause] to hide Mr. Matt in the taskbar
   Icon Tray (32-bit version) or to iconize the program (16-bit).

   Added protection against running multiple instances of Mr. Matt.

   Screen redrawing speeded up on 256-color systems.

   Game play and replay speeded up.

   On systems with more than 256 colors dialogs and menus are now
   more colorful. Other minor appearance improvements.

   An obscure bug fixed: on faster systems with high keyboard repeat
   rate Mr. Matt might sometimes jump back for no apparent reason.

   The 32-bit version has been made compatible with and recompiled
   under Delphi 3.

VERSION 1.56 - 97/05/21

   Game merging added (registered copies).

   Fixed the misbehavior occurring when the "No stupid moves" option
   was used when playing with the mouse.

VERSION 1.55 - 97/05/12

   An option to save (and restore) a game in progress has been added.

   Red button background added to show the next level to complete.

   The program now automatically deletes any hint (.sox) files after
   merging them into the solution file (mrmatt.sol). It also cleans up
   history files, removing all references to games which are not
   on the disk.

VERSION 1.53 - 97/04/22

   Slow Playback option added.

   Stone animation made smoother.

VERSION 1.51 - 97/04/15

   Fixed a bug in 1.50: not opening the next level after completing
   the previous one. Oops!

VERSION 1.50 - 97/04/14

   Added a new gadget: a stone-eating box. It will eat a stone falling
   into it, but will itself disappear after three stones.

   Changed graphics in the user interface (LED and sculpted digits).
   Added a new "pumpkin" graphics set.

   Speeded up game playback with the sound off.

   A minor change in game rules: when a stone rolls to the side after
   falling, and a roll in both directions is possible, it will always
   be towards Mr.Matt (not randomly as before). This affected some
   of the old prerecorded solution files (four levels out of sixty);
   the solution files at Mr.Matt Web page have been updated.

   Registered owners: you can now replace the final winning splash
   screen for an individual game with any .BMP picture file of your
   choice. Details on how to do it are in a hidden Mr. Matt page
   which you may find (if you a lucky) on my Web site.

VERSION 1.41 - 97/03/01

   Lifted the 1024-step limitation on recorded game solutions.

   Added reading of multiple solution (.sox) files at startup.

VERSION 1.40 - 97/02/24

   Added support (interface, but not help) for German, French, Spanish,
   Italian and Polish.

   Player names are now case-insensitive.

   Changed colors in Carrots and Hamburgers graphic schemes.

   Fixed bug, showing when the number of player/level combinations
   increased above a certain value.

VERSION 1.32 - 96/12/31

   Fixed bug (registered version only) preventing switch to edit
   mode after a game snapshot has been taken.

   Fonts reverted from .FNT to .FON standard to avoid problems in
   the 16-bit version.

VERSION 1.30 - 96/12/20

   Added mouse support in game play.

   Fixed font and logo problems for hi-res displays using large fonts.

VERSION 1.24 - 96/11/01

   Mr. Matt will now create create a registration key file when you
   enter the key code manually.

VERSION 1.21 - 96/10/18

   Added support for hint files (registered version).

   Disabled menu bar during replay.

VERSION 1.20 - 96/10/15

   Added game record/replay function.

   Added solution recording/replay (registered copies only).

VERSION 1.14 - 96/10/12

   Added graphics in dialog boxes.

   Fixed write protection for user-created games.

   Some glitches in the user interface have been ironed out.

VERSION 1.12 - 96/10/08

   Bug fix: the history of previous games is now recorded properly.

VERSION 1.10 - 96/10/05

   The first shareware release.

   Game editor and snapshot feature introduced.

   More sound effects, slight changes to the user interface.

VERSION 1.01 - 96/08/29

   A number of minor inconsistencies and soft bugs in the user interface
   has been fixed.

VERSION 1.00 - 96/07/30

   The original freeware release.
