

                           Netzack

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Netzack (C) 2007, 2008 Gustav Behm <gbehm (at) kth.se>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
or (at your option) any later version.

Please see COPYING for details.



1. What is it?

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Netzack is a Java remake of the classic dos game "Achtung, die
Kurve!", which is also known as "Zatacka".  The main difference
between the original implementation and this remake is that this
version is designed for playing over a network, hence the name:
NETworked ZAtaCKa -> netzack.  The name is also, obviously, a tribute
to the legendary game Nethack <http://www.nethack.org>.

The game is also designed to be easy to use. For example the only
things you need to start playing is a cool nickname and a groovy
color and then you're ready to play!

Netzack uses the peer-to-peer netwok model and therefore there
is no need for someone to host the game, a new player search the
local network and connects to any other player he/she can find.




2. Requirements

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1. A Java environment.
   This program is developed using gcj and GNU Classpath. It is
   the recommended platform for building and running this game.

   - GCJ <http://gcc.gnu.org/java/> RECOMMENDED.

   - Any other JDK.


2. Friends. To play with.

   - John

   - George

   - Sarah




3. Installation

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Please see INSTALL for installation instructions.



