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- THE LEADING FORCE - GIVES YOU - THE DOX TO - BILL TOMATO GAME
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- LETS KETCHUP WITH THE STORY SO FAR..
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- WE JOIN TERRY TOMATO SQUOPPING (THE TOMATO EQUIVALENT OF HOPPING) UP AND
- DOWN IN ANGER. YEAH OK. SO TRACY WAS`NT EVERYBODYS IDEA OF THE PERFECT TO
- DIVE INTO A SALAD WITH. OK, SO SHE WAS A LITTLE TOO SAUCY WITH THE BOYS.
- BUT THAT DID`NT MATTER . ALL THAT WAS BEHIND HER NOW BECAUSE SHE WAS TERRYS
- GIRLFRIEND AND THEY LOVED EACH OTHER.
-
- AND SO TERRY SET OFF IN HOT PURSUIT DETERMINED TO TRACK DOWN THE EVIL
- SQUIRREL WHO HAD TOMATONAPPED TRACY AND SQUOP UP AND DOWN ON HIS HEAD TO
- BRING HIM TO JUICESTICE, WHEREVER THAT MAY BE. HE SQUOPPED UP ONTO THE
- FIRST BRACH AND WAS SO HASSLED BY A LOW FLYING WASP THAT HE TUMBLED BACK TO
- THE GROUND AGAIN. MUCH MORE OF THAT,HE THOUGHT, AND I`LL BE PUREE.
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- AND WITH THAT THOUGHT, WE JOIN THE GAME...A FURIOUS TERRY SEIZES UP THE
- VINE AND ATTEMPTS TO SCALE ITS LOWER BRANCHES...
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- WHATS ROUND & RED AND OUT FOR REVENGE?
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- NO ITS NOT A POLITICIAN ON A POGO STICK,ALTHOUGH IT COULD VERY WELL HAVE
- BEEN. IT IS IN FACT OUR FRIEND TERRY WHO`S DIFFICULT QUEST IS TO RESCUE
- TRACY FROM THE EVIL CLAWS OF SAMMY SQUIRREL. TO DO THIS. HE HAS TO CLIMB
- SAMMY VINE.
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- THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THIS IS NO ORDINARY VINE, FOR HIDDEN AMONGST THE
- BRACNHES ARE SEVERAL (10) ACTUALLY MYSTERIOUS WORLDS. ALL OF WHICH CONTAIN
- TRAPS,PUZZLES AND CONUNDRUMS FOR OUR FLESHY FREIND TO CONQUER. YES INDEEDY
- I HOPE TERRY`S GOT HIS RUNNING SHOES TO HAND BECAUSE TO GET THROUGH THIS
- MAZE HE`S GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE!
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- DIFFICULT YOU MAY THINK. THE WORD IMPOSSIBLE WITH 3!!! MAY EXPLODE FROM
- YOUR LIPS. OR IT MAY NOT. BUT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE SAVING GRACE AND THATS
- THE LITTLE COLLECTION OF HANDY TOOLS THAT TERRY CARRIES FROM SCREEN TO
- SCREEN. A FLURRY OF FANS, A TROUPE OF TRAMPOLINES TOGETHER WITH JACK-IN-THE
- BOXES AND PARCELS LET TERRY BOUND AND SQUOP ACROSS EACH LAND IN SEARCH OF
- HIS DEAR HEART OR TRACY AT LEAST!. AND REST ASSURED THAT ALL THE SCREENS
- MAY BE TRAVERSED USING ONLY THIS SMALL SELECTION OF TOOLS - THOUGH AT TIMES
- YOU`LL WANDER HOW.
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- THE OBJECT OF THE GAME
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- EACH LEVEL CONTAINS A STARTING SPRING BOARD WHICH GIVES YOU AN INITIAL
- BOOST. BUT FROM THEN ON,ITS DOWN TO YOUR FANS AND TRAMPOLINES. GET SAFELY
- ON THE CONVEYOR BELT AND YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SCREEN WITH A PRESS TO THE
- MOUSE BUTTON. MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH 10 LANDS. EACH WITH 10 LEVELS,AND
- RESCUE YOUR SWEETHEART - THAT IS IF SAMMY SQUIRREL HAS`NT DONE AWAY WITH
- HER AND TURNED HER INTO PIZZA RELISH!
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- ON THE WAY,WATCH OUT FOR BONUS SCREENS AND TREASURE WHICH ALLOW YOU TO BUMP
- UP YOUR SCORE TO A SUPER-HUMAN LEVEL. PLUS YOU MAY DISCOVER SEVERAL WEIRD
- AND WONDERFUL DEVICES. SUCH AS HYPERSPACE HOLES. PRESSURE PADS AND
- ANTI-GRAVITY SCREENS. THAT HELP YOU COMPLETE AN OTHERWISE IMPOSSIBLE LEVEL.
- A HANDY HINT ON LATER SCREENS TO LOOK WHERE THE TREASURE IS POSITIONED
- BECAUSE IT INDICATES THE MOST SUITABLE PATH ACROSS.
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- TOMATOES CAN CLIMB TREES!!
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- OH YES THEY CAN!!!!
- OH NO THEY CAN`T!!!
- OF COURSE THEY CAN. THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY GRACEFUL WHEN THEY GET THERE.AND
- IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY GET THERE,JUMP HIGHER OR BOUNCE OVER SCREEN
- NASTIES,THEN JUST LOOK AT YOUR FANTASTIC BOOKMARK..(WHICH YOU AINT GOT..ITS
- A PIRATE RIGHT!)
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- BUT ONE HANDY TIP TO REMEMBER IS THAT EVERYTHING WORKS QUITE LOGICALLY AND
- IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT COMING FROM A COMPANY THAT THINKS EMOTIONALLY
- DISTURBED TOMATOES WHO JUMP UP TREES ARE QUITE NORMAL. YOU`LL BELIEVE
- ANYTHING.HOWEVER,PLACE A FAN AT THE TOP OF A JUMP AND YOU`LL MOVE FURTHER
- THAN IF YOU ZOOMED PAST IT.LIKEWISE,TRY TO JUMP ONTO A TRAMPOLINE FROM TOO
- GREAT A HEIGHT, AND YOU`LL FIND TERRY A REALISTICALLY SQUASHY CHAP.
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- OR ALTERNATIVELY, JUST IGNORE ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND WORK BY TRIAL AND ERROR
- ALTHOUGH BE WARNED, YOU MIGHT FIND MORE ERROR THAN TRIAL.
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- THE RADIO AND SAMS VINE
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- WHEN YOU FIRST LOAD TOMATOES, YOU`LL DISCOVER A FABULOUS RADIO BLASTING OUT
- SERIOUS SOUNDS, IF YOUR INTO PEACE AND QUIET HOWEVER, CLICK ON THE BUTTON
- TO THE LEFT OF THE `SOUND AND FX` BOX AND YOU`LL HAVE MORE SILENCE THAN YOU
- CAN SHAKE A STICK AT.
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- THE PASSWORD WINDOW IS THERE TO ALLOW YOU EASY ACCESS TO ALL THE SCREEN -
- ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED A SCREEN A PASSWORD IS GIVEN WHICH SHOULD BE NOTED
- DOWN, CLICK ONTO THE NOB ON THE LEFT OF THE PASSWORD WINDOW AND KEY IN THE
- PASSWORD. THE WINDOW WILL THEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMAND, TELL YOU WHICH
- THEME AND LEVEL YOU`VE SELECTED AND THEN, HEY PRESTO! YOU`LL FIND YOURSELF
- WARPED TO THE SCREEN.
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- ON THE OTHER HAND IF YOU START AT THE BEGINNING, JUST CLICK ONTO GO AND OFF
- YOU ZOOM, INTO BILLS FABULOUS TOMATOE WONDERLAND...
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- THE FIRST SCREEN YOU`LL SEE A NOTERIOUS VINE. YOUR OBJECTIVE IS TO GET
- TERRY UP THE VINE AFTER EVIL SAM.HOWEVER, ALONG THE WAY,YOU`LL SEE ON
- SCREEN NASTIES AND WORLD SYMBOLS. AVOID OR SQUASH THE NASTIES AND TRY TO
- GET INTO THE WORLD SYMBOL TO ENTER THE LEVEL - THE FIRST IS TOYLAND
- INDICATED BY BUILDING BLOCKS AND HAS A RED ARROW POINTING TO IT.
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- ONCE YOU`VE COMPLETED 10 LEVELS, ANOTHER WORLD SYMBOL APPEARS ONE OR 2
- BRANCHES UP FOR YOU TO CONTINUE ON YOUR JOURNEY,SIMPLE AINT IT?
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- MOUSY-MOUSY
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- YOU TAKE CONTROL OF TERRY AND THE TOOLS THROUGH THE MOUSE.
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- ON THE VINE SCREEN, THE MOUSE POINTS IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TERRY TO
- HOP. PRESS THE RHMB AND HE`LL HOP A LITTLE WAY. PRESS THE LHMB AND HE`LL DO
- A MEIUM SIZED HOP AND PRESS THEM BOTH FOR A HUMANGOUS HOP.
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- ONCE ONTO A LEVEL SCREEN,POSITION THE TOOLS ONTO THE SCREEN BY CLICKING ON
- THE TOOL WITH THE LHMB TO PICK UP AND PLACING IT ON THE SCREEN WITH A
- SECOND CLICK. FINE-TUNE YOUR POSITIONING BY HOLDING DOWN THE RHMB AS YOU
- MOVE THE TOOL OR USER THECURSOR KEYS BUT REMEMBER TOOLS CAN`T BE PLACED
- OVER ON SCREEN OBJECTS AND THAT MOVING NASTIES WILL HURL THEM BACK TOWARDS
- YOUR MOUSE POINTER OR THE TOOL BOX.
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- TO GET RID OF A TOOL.PLACE IT INTO THE TOOLBOX WITH A CLICK OF THE LHMB.
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- THE KEYBOARD
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- 1 SMALL JUMP ON VINE & CASTLE SECTION
- 2 MEDIUM JUMP .......................
- 3 HUMANGOUS JUMP.....................
- ARROW KEYS CURSOR CONTROLS THROUGH KEYBOARD
- SH & ARROWS SLOW CURSOR CONTROL
- SPACE BAR SAME AS CLICKING ON STOP/GO
- P PAUSES IN MOST PLACES
- ESC RETURN TO TITLE SCREEN
- HELP SHOWS CONFIG DETAILS
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- THE TOOLS AND HOW TO USE THEM
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- SIMPLY CLICK ON THE ARROWS AT EITHER SIDE OF THE TOOL BOX AND YOU`LL SEE
- HOW MANY TOOLS YOU HAVE AVAILABLE, THEY CHANGE EACH SCREEN AND YOU`LL
- PROBABLY NEED THEM ALL TO GET ACROSS THE SCREEN. NEXT TO THE PICTURE OF A
- TOOL A GREEN TALLY SHOWS HOW MANY OF THAT TOOL IS AVAILABLE.
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- MOVING ALONG,WE COME TO A STOP/GO INDICATOR. CLICK ONCE ON THE TRAFFIC
- LIGHT AND TERRY SPRINGS INTO THE AIR ON HIS JOURNEY, CLICK AGAIN AND HE`LL
- BE WHISKED BACK ONTO THE SPRINGER AGAIN. ON EACH SCREEN, YOU HAVE A LIMITED
- NUMBER OF TRIES, INDICATED BY THE NUMBER NEXT TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. ONCE
- THE NUMBER REACHES NOUGHT OR THE TIME RUNS OUT(FAR RIGHT) YOU LOSE ONE OF
- YOUR THREE LIVES SHOWN NEXT TO THE TRY INDICATOR. AND IF YOU WANT TO TIME
- OUT AND START AGAIN, SIMPLY CLICK ON THE TIME INDICATOR-ALTHOUGH BE
- PREPARED TO LOSE A LIF IN THE PROCESS!..
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- AND FINALLY THE SCORE IS THERE TO SHOW YOU HOW BAD YOU ARE.
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- MY HUMANGOUS THANX GOES OUT TO ANON AND ANNIHILATOR FOR THESE INSTRUCTIONS
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- MY OWN USUALLY GREETS TO ALL DOX TYPER INNERS THE WORLD OVER...MY PERSONAL
- GREETS GOTO...EX-ALLIANCE /LSD/RYGAR/2TUFF/ DOXERS EVERYWHERE...
- AND TO A GUY I RECENTLY CHATTED TOO COAXIL...
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