"PLAY TOGETHER!"

   Computer game PLATO ("PLAy TOgether") ver. 3.7 from 10.30.1994 is one
from the  series  of  cooperative  games  designed  and  implemented  by
PimSoft.
   This is the only game in  which  you  may  play  TOGETHER  WITH  your
friend, not against.

                    Main ideas of cooperative games.

   1. Two persons play simultaneously at the same computer.
   2. Each player controls his/her object independently.
   3. Players cooperate against the third part - computer.
   4. Players can win only if they  coordinate  their  efforts,  develop
cooperative strategies and help each other.

                         The plot of the game.

   The players control two personages who play against  evil  creatures.
Each personage can move around the screen between  the  bricks  and  can
push one brick at a time.
   However, one of them can push bricks only up and down, another one  -
to the left and to the right. On one hand, each player has full  freedom
of action, but on the other hand, very quickly  the  players  understand
that they have to cooperate with one another.
   Creatures are aggressive and any contact with them is mortal.
   The situation of the game creates common interests on  the  basis  of
the same goal. Communicating during the game to achieve  this  goal  the
players unite.

                         The goal of the game.

   The goal of the game is to lock the creatures up with bricks.
   As a result of the game, partners learn a very important skill -  the
ability to listen to and to understand each other,  to  think  not  only
about oneself, but also about one's partner; to forgive  faults  and  to
help to correct them.
   And we all need this skill so much!

   The game is appropriate for children from 6 to 32.

                       Requirements to hardware.

   To run the game you need IBM PC AT 286 with EGA/VGA; about 125 Kb  on
a disk and about 250 Kb in RAM.
   To run the game type: RUN-ME.BAT <Enter>.

                             Distribution.

   The game PLATO may be freely copied and distributed.

   The only restriction is to distribute  and  to  copy  all  the  files
together:

   RUN-ME.BAT - BAT-file to run the game;
   README.ENG - annotation in English - this file;
   README.RUS - annotation in Russian;
   MUSRUN.EXE - music driver;
    PLATO.EXE - The game;
        *.MUS - melodies for music driver, namely:
   ASTURIAS.MUS, BARRIOS.MUS, CFEBACH1.MUS, COUPER1.MUS,
      DAKEN.MUS, GRIBOED.MUS, LAURO2.MUS, PURCELL.MUS, TITLE.MUS


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