	Fur Trader by HardHat

version 0.1

The year is 1660 in New France.  The demand in Europe for fur is so high
that all of the young men in the new colonies of Canada are seduced by
the lure of becoming "runners of the woods" (Courier des Bois).  There 
is potiential to become very rich just from leading a party into the 
Huron village in the Lake Ontario area.  The pelts are available, but you
have to decide where to go to get the best value for your efforts. 
You start with $600 in savings.  Watch your lifetime earnings to make sure 
you don't plummit in net worth.  Sometimes you need to estabilish a market
for some pelts in Montreal (Fort Hochelaga) before they are valued in other
areas.  Make sure you fill your canoe with 190 pelts before you decide 
where to take them.

Become a career Courier des Bois and work for decades, or take the risky path
and retire after a few years -- or die prematurely.

The this game is controlled exclusively with the arrow keys and
the cross button (X).

Based upon a type in game from the book "Basic Computer Games" and on a
game by Dan Bachor of the same name.  PSP version and graphics by HardHat.

The 1660's map of the canoe route is built as a layer on top of a map
which is: () 2003. Government of Canada with permission from Natural 
Resources Canada 

Installation

For installation on PSP, simply copy the furtrader folder into the
psp/games folder on your memory stick.  Then to start it, you'll need
to use your favorite method.  On a 2.6 PSP (like I have), I use the 
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories exploit explained on 
http://www.fanjita.org/ to start the eLoader menu, and then I select
Fur Trader from there.  On 1.0, it's in the memory stick game menu.
On 1.5 you'll need to kxExploit the executable and then install it as above.

For Windows users, if you want to try the exe you'll need to copy the BMP 
files into the win32 directory, and find a copy of SDL.dll (maybe from my 
Skater Maze zip).

Next Version

I hope to add some sounds, and maybe some nice canoe graphics.  But game 
play I'm pretty happy with.

http://www.adamcon.org/~dmwick/psp/

Reach me at hardhat@mail.ru

Enjoy
HardHat

