FUNNY BALL 2000 Christmas edition with FUNNY BALL's TEXT UTILITY (version 1.2) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright (C) 1998-1999 by Sergey Pozhilov All Rights Reserved e-mail: s_pozhilov@yahoo.com Homepage: http://www.n5014.z2.fidonet.net/~funnyball or (mirror) http://www.geocities.com/funny_ball_2000 ______________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS ______________________________________________________________________________________ INSTALLATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FEATURES OF CHRISTMAS VERSION PLAYING USING TEXT UTILITY LICENSE AGREEMENT REGISTRATION QUESTIONS/SUPPORT INSTALLATION ______________________________________________________________________________________ To install FUNNY BALL 2000 CE into your computer, just unzip Funnyx.zip archive into any directory on your hard drive. To uninstall the game from your hard drive remove the directory, contaning this game. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ______________________________________________________________________________________ * 486DX-100 or faster computer. * Microsoft Windows 95/98 or Windows NT. * Sound card and video card with 1Mb VRAM or more. (16 bit color is preferable) FEATURES OF CHRISTMAS VERSION ______________________________________________________________________________________ First of all, this version is not only a game. It is also a software Christmas card. So, You can use this software as Christmas card or as Christmas gift. For this You should insert the text of congratulation into the game. It can be done using "Funny ball Text utility". This utility inserts a text into funnyx.exe file. When the text will be inserted, send a copy of this game (whole game folder, or even only funnyx.exe file) to Your friends. The cost of this utility is $10. The game itself is of freeware type. PLAYING ______________________________________________________________________________________ In two words your purpose in the game is to transmit the ball from level to level. After start (for the beginning you should click on Christmas elf in the main window) you will see a set of blocks, vertical and horizontal. You can move any horizontal block to the right or to the left, whereas vertical blocks can be moved only upwards or downwards. To move a block simply press on the appropriate side of it. In such way you will help a ball to move up to a point of transition on the following level. Sometimes your purpose can be very difficult or even impossible to You. If the current level is too hard or, on the contrary, is too simple, you can skip it, by clicking on the 'NEXT' button. To return to the congratulation window from the game, simply press the 'Main' button during the game. USING TEXT UTILITY ______________________________________________________________________________________ The "Text utility for Funny Ball 2000 Christmas edition" is a special tool, that will get You the possibility to insert Your own congratulation text into Funny Ball game. So, using this tool, You can make a unique, attractive and fun Christmas card and Christmas gift for Your friends in one. Firstly, run the Textutil.exe. If this .exe-file is in the same folder, as the game, You already may begin editing of the text. Otherwise, before editing You should find the "funnyx.exe" file on Your hard drive. For this just click on the "Search for game folder" button. Well, You have find the game folder. Now enter your text of congratulation in the upper edit window and Your signature in the lower edit window. Then press the "Finish" button. That's all. Now Your text is added to the main window of the game. So, You can send the game with Your Christmas congratulations to Your friends. For this purpose You have to pack all files of the game using WinZip into one archive. At last, send this archive to Your friends. LICENESE AGREEMENT ______________________________________________________________________________________ All versions of FUNNY BALL GAME are protected by copyright and the sole property of their author - Sergey Pozhilov. This version of the game is shareware. In the context of FUNNY BALL 2000 CHRISTMAS EDITION it meens that this program is free for use, but with one limitation: the FUNNY BALL'S TEXT UTILITY is unavailable to use in unregistered version. So, You may not insert own text into the game till the registration. To the maximum extent permitted by law, author disclaims all warranties pertaining to this software, expressed or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall the author be liable for special, consequential, incidental or indirect damages arising out of the use or inability to use this software even if the author is aware of the possibility of such damages or known defects. By using this software, you are agreeing to the terms of this license. REGISTRATION ______________________________________________________________________________________ Registration is easy! You just have to visit the FUNNY BALL's homepage at http://www.n5014.z2.fidonet.net/~funnyball. There follow the link "Register on-line!". In the registration form You should fill all the fields. After my partner, Security Holders LLC company, processes your registration, I will e-mail you a registration number that you will need to enter in the registration dialog in order to run the FUNNY BALL'S TEXT UTILITY. After that You will be able to insert Your text of congratulation into the game to send it to Your friends. QUESTIONS/SUPPORT ______________________________________________________________________________________ If you have access to the WWW, check out the home page for the FUNNY BALL at: http://www.n5014.z2.fidonet.net/~funnyball or http://www.geocities.com/funny_ball_2000 If you can't find the information you need here, send me (Sergey Pozhilov) email at s_pozhilov@yahoo.com If you are experiencing a problem, email me with a description of the behavior and information on your hardware configuration and operating system. Please be sure to indicate which version of the operating system you are running. Partners: Security Holders LLC company PY Software, Inc. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.