Despot's Redemption
 2001 Chris Scott

The Story -
For millennia you ruled the galaxy with an iron fist. All manner of beings bowed and scraped before you. Servants and lackeys catered to your every whim. 

Until "War" came...

So the game begins. As the despot of the title, you're out for revenge! You'll pilot your ship through fifteen levels of fast-paced, side-scrolling, arcade action. 

Requirements -
Pentium II or better (may work on older models, but not tested) 
24MB free RAM
Windows 95 or better

This game requires you to have QuickTime(tm) installed on your computer. You can download QuickTime at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download. If you've already got QuickTime, then don't sweat it. Otherwise, go download it first.

For optimum performance, you should quit all other applications prior to starting "Despot's Redemption."

Instructions -
Double-click on the Despots_Redemption program icon to start the game. From the introduction screen, you can view the game intro, read the in-game instructions, or begin a new game. Please read the in-game instructions for more in-depth information. 

"File" Menu - At any time during the game you can use the "File" menu to start a new game or quit.

"Sound" Menu - At any time during the game you can use the "Sound" menu to toggle the music and/or sound effects on or off.

Player Stats - Your score and remaining lives are displayed in the upper corners of the screen.

Movement - Use the arrow keys to move forward, back, up, and down. You can't hit the ground or ceiling, but you can hit other ships and the "ice" floes on Plunder, so be careful.

Firing - Press the <SPACE> bar to fire. Hold the <SPACE> bar down for continuous fire. You start with an energy cannon, which can be upgraded by obtaining power-ups.

Dying - You start with three lives. You gain an extra life at 5,000, 10,000, 50,000, and 100,000 points. You can also pick up life power-ups.

Enemies, Power-Ups, and More...
Be sure to read the in-game instructions for more information on these items.

Registering -
"Despot's Redemption" is only $8.00, so we hope you'll register. If you do, we can continue to make cool shareware games and eat at the same time! 

We've tried to make registering Despot's Redemption as easy as possible. The fastest and easiest way is to register on-line through our secure order page at https://order.kagi.com/?97Q. You just fill out some information and within 72 hours we'll e-mail you a software key and instructions on how to use it. That's it!

The other option for registering is to launch the Register program that came with your download of "Despot's Redemption" and follow these steps.

Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you wish to purchase. Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi. More specifics on the Register program to follow. Kagi handles kaffeen payment processing.

If paying with Credit Card, you can email or fax the data to Kagi. Their email address is sales@kagi.com and their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can either Copy the data from Register and paste into the body of an email message or you can Save the data to a file and you can attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number. 

Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days. You will receive an email acknowledgement when your payment is processed.  

If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should print the data using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is: 

Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #392-97Q
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA

You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept checks in other currencies, the conversion rate for non-USD checks is around USD 15 per check and that is just not practical. 

If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment.  Kagi can not invoice your company, you need to act on Kagi's behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end. 

Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice as the payment method. As far as we know, there is still no technology to transfer physical objects via fax or email and without the payment, the form cannot be processed.

Payments sent via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing. Again, if you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi when the form is processed. Please be aware, even if you register through the mail you will still need a valid e-mail address to receive your software key.

Other Stuff -
If you like the game, please pay for it. Then we can afford to offer other games you might like. If you have any questions, comments, problems feel free to e-mail us at drsupport@kaffeen.com. Thanks for trying (and hopefully buying) a kaffeen game!

 2001 Chris Scott