THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR
 IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO USE, RESULTS AND
 PERFORMANCE OF THE PACKAGE IS ASSUMED BY YOU AND IF THE PACKAGE SHOULD PROVE
 TO BE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
 REPAIR OR OTHER REMEDIATION.
 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE
 CAUSED IN ANY USUAL, SPECIAL, OR ACCIDENTAL WAY, ALSO IF THE OWNER OR A THIRD
 PARTY HAS BEEN POINTED AT SUCH POSSIBILITIES OF DAMAGE.

 This install applies to "Slicks 'N' Slide", a native Amiga port of the DOS
 shareware racing game by Timo Kauppinen. The game data is not included:
 the installer takes it from the original shareware Slix151.zip, which is
 freely available from the publisher (see Installation below).


 Requirements:
 -------------
 Standalone: PAL A1200, 68020, AGA, 2 MiB Chip RAM, AmigaOS 3.x and SetPatch.
 The WHDLoad installer requires Installer V43 or later and WHDLoad 17+.
 These system tools are not included in this archive. For standalone use,
 see the manual installation instructions below; no WHDLoad is needed.
 Close other applications on a 2 MiB machine. Allow about 1 MB free RAM for
 the extraction helper, at least 2 MB temporary disk space and 3 MB
 destination space. RAM: or RAM-backed T: may be used for temporary files
 when enough additional memory is available. Use disk on a 2 MB machine.

 The WHDLoad icon requires WHDLoad version 17.0 or better and 2 MiB Fast RAM.
 The game runs in the 2 MiB ChipMem the slave reserves, exactly as standalone;
 the slave adds no expansion memory, only 512 KiB Kickstart space. No special
 WHDLoad options are needed: the installed icon uses only the standard
 PRELOAD, and a Shell launch is simply:
   WHDLoad SlicksNSlide.slave
 The game reads each file in one operation and writes each saved file in one
 operation, so saving causes at most one short disk access per file.

 WHDLoad also requires a legally obtained Kickstart 3.1 image and matching
 relocation file in "Devs:Kickstarts" or "WHDCOMMON:". Supported pairs are:

   kick40063.A600  and kick40063.A600.RTB
   kick40068.A1200 and kick40068.A1200.RTB
   kick40068.A4000 and kick40068.A4000.RTB

 Standalone play does not need WHDLoad or a Kickstart image. Neither the
 Kickstart images nor the original game data are included in this package.


 Installation:
 -------------
 Download the original shareware Slix151.zip from:

 https://www.slicksnslide.com/webapi/download.php?p=dos-slix&v=Slix151.zip

 Leave it compressed. Unpack this LHA, open its drawer and run the Install
 icon; select the ZIP when asked. The self-contained helper checks the
 supported publisher ZIP before extracting the two data files and 195 tracks.
 It never installs the DOS executable, DOSBox, configuration or a
 registration key. No host computer, UnZip utility or PC emulator is needed.

 Choose Use existing when asked about installed data to skip the ZIP and
 temporary-drawer questions and preserve modified tracks and records.
 Reinstall replaces the 195 supplied tracks and both data files.
 Updating the port keeps keys and saves. Failed extraction does not replace
 installed files. If copying fails due to disk space, retain the staging
 drawer and rerun the installer.

 For standalone installation without WHDLoad, create a destination drawer and
 run SlicksNSlideInstallData Slix151.zip /data from a Shell.
 Copy the supplied SlicksNSlide executable into data/. To update existing
 data, simply replace the native executable.


 Display:
 --------
 The original 320x200 picture is shown on a PAL 50 Hz AGA screen. Race
 physics and lap clocks run on the original real-time clock at any frame
 rate. Frames that take longer than one refresh are shown immediately rather
 than waiting for the next one, which can briefly tear moving objects.


 Playing and quitting:
 ---------------------
 Double-click SlicksNSlide for WHDLoad. The installer creates one game icon.
 For standalone: CD to the installed SlicksNSlide/data drawer, then run
 SlicksNSlide from a Shell. SetPatch should have run during system startup.
 No Play script or stack increase is required. Updates remove the old Play
 script, Play.info and SlicksWHDLoad.info launch icons, but keep the game
 data.
 The installed data/ drawer holds the native executable, original data,
 tracks, configuration, driver profiles, saved championships and an optional
 SLICKS.REK. Both launch methods share these files; keep the drawer writable.

 Exit through the game's menu to save pending changes. WHDLoad's QuitKey
 (F10) exits immediately and cannot perform deferred game saves.


 Features:
 ---------
 - the complete original game: single races, championships, shop, weapons,
   demos, help, options and all eight languages
 - original graphics, fonts, tracks and sounds from the publisher's data
 - native 68020 code, AGA display and four-channel Paula sound
 - original real-time race clock at any frame rate
 - digital Amiga joysticks in both game ports


 Controls:
 ---------
 Menus: arrows, Enter, Escape; F1 for help. Configure drivers and controls in
 the original menus. Page Up/Down in menus and help: keypad 9/3, or the two
 keys immediately right of P ([ and ] on a US keyboard). Amiga Help
 replaces PC Scroll Lock for shop screenshots.
 Joystick 1 is the usual joystick port, joystick 2 the mouse port. PC
 parallel-port joystick adapters are not available on the Amiga.


 Registration:
 -------------
 Slicks 'N' Slide is shareware, and this port keeps the original shareware
 features to encourage registering: restricted shop weapons, the trial
 reminder at startup and the ordering screen on exit. Please support the
 original author by registering at:

 https://www.slicksnslide.com

 The game's own ordering help (Y or F1 on the exit screen) also explains it.
 Registering gives you a personal key file, SLICKS.REK. To use it, copy
 SLICKS.REK into the installed SlicksNSlide/data/ drawer, next to the
 SlicksNSlide executable, and start the game again. The same file works for
 both WHDLoad and standalone play, and reinstalling or updating keeps it.
 The registered owner's name then appears on the title screen and the
 shareware restrictions and reminders are gone. An invalid key is rejected.
 This package contains no key or bypass.


 History:
 --------
 version 0.90 (01.10.2026):
 - initial Amiga release


 Contact:
 --------
 Updates, source code and bug reports for this port:
 https://github.com/Vesuri/slicks

 For the full WHDLoad package, other installs and updates refer to:
 https://www.whdload.de/
 or Aminet: dev/misc/whdload#? and game/patch/


 Credits:
 --------
 Original game: Timo Kauppinen. Amiga port: Vesa Halttunen (Vesuri).
 WHDLoad kick31/kickfs framework: WHDLoad SDK (public domain).
 Amiga display framework: dA JoRMaS, from DanceDiverse3.
 Chunky-to-planar conversion: Mikael Kalms (public domain).


 Installer helper:
 -----------------
 SlicksNSlideInstallData decodes ZIP DEFLATE data with Mark Adler's puff 2.3
 under the zlib licence; see puff-license.txt in the installer drawer. It
 does not license the game or its original data.