"THE PORTAL" - a rumble for Monster Truck Madness 2
by Jerky_MD
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"Deep in the heart of the infamous Rocky Mountains lies a small
stretch of unpopulated grassland that was until recently unex-
plored by man.  Just another small valley tucked somewhere out
of reach of civilization, no one had thought the area to be of
any significant value, until one curious group of mountain
climbers happened upon it and made the thrilling discovery of
an amazing, long abandoned structure in its center.

"Floating freely but sturdily a good hundred feet above the
ground, this giant wonder consisted of two levels:  a large
stone ring that spanned about the length of a football field,
and a smaller platform situated above it.  This top platform was
particularly interesting, as it had the most beautiful design
drawn on it, made up mainly of a large red circle on the inside
of which a deep blue, starry sky was painted.  The structure was
boxed in by four great mounds of dirt that stretched into the
rocky existence beyond.  On first sight the structure could only
be described as a portal to another universe, built by a race of
superintelligent beings who had visited the planet long ago.

"And so it was.  After experts deemed this 'portal' to be safe
and inoperative, tourists and media flocked in to see the relic.
It stunned and baffled many who tried to figure out what the
true purpose of this futuristic Stonehenge was, or why it could
float in mid-air as it did.  In only a matter of weeks the whole
world knew of the portal's existence.  But, as with any over-
night sensation, the people soon grew tired of hearing about the
discovery, and abandoned it entirely, along with the puzzling
questions that still had yet to be solved.

"And that, my friend, is when the monster truck industry got a
hold of it."

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This is my first attempt at creating an add-on track for Monster
Truck Madness, and in all truth I believe it came out very well.
It is rather unique in the sense that the action is split
upon two levels;  the top level is where the points are made,
while the lower level is a fight just to keep from losing them
all...sort of a double elimination thing going on there.


TO USE THIS TRACK - Move portal.pod to your Monster Truck Mad-
		    ness 2 folder.
		  - Open up your pod.ini file and add portal.pod
		    to the end of it.
		  - Change the number at the top of the file to
		    reflect the number of pods listed.


You may distribute this track freely to all of your friends as
long as you include this readme file with it in its original
form.  If you wish to modify this track or use any of the files
contained within for your own creations, please be sure to ask
for my permission first.


Special thanks go out to:

Terminal Reality Inc. for making the awesome albeit undocumented
  Monster Truck Madness 2 editor Tracked2
Bill Purvis for making the equally useful editor Traxx
Jasc Software for Paint Shop Pro, to help me make the excellent
  textures on the upper platform
AlpineGZ for saving my ass when I was stuck
All of the users who had the time and patience to stick around through
  2 other versions of this level =
Microsoft for creating such a great game in spite of all the
  chaos they have to deal with as we speak, along with the
  Internet Gaming Zone
And of course, YOU (yes you) for using this track!


E-mail any comments, complaints, bug reports etc. to me at
102137.1710@compuserve.com


Thanks again for playing "The Portal" and may your days be
filled to the brim with EZ truckin'!
							Jerky_MD