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- R o l l i n g M a r b l e s
- Version 1.01
- Copyright (C) 1999 Tibo Software. All Rights Reserved.
- Internet: http://www.tibosoftware.com
-
- CONTENTS
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- 1. WHAT IS ROLLING MARBLES?
- 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- 3. CONTROLS
- 4. HOW TO PLAY THE TWO PLAYER MODE?
- 5. WHAT IS AN ADDITIONAL GAME?
- 6. HOW TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL GAME?
- 7. TROUBLESHOOTING
- 8. CREDITS
-
- If you want to distribute the shareware version of Rolling Marbles
- read a Vendor.txt file in the game directory
- (e.g. C:\Program Files\Rolling Marbles\Vendor.txt).
-
-
- 1. WHAT IS ROLLING MARBLES?
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- Rolling Marbles is the original and addictive action logic game.
- The idea of Rolling Marbles is to burst out colour marbles by their
- grouping with the help of various rotators.
- InĂ¡the One player mode we have prepared for you 50 action and 25 logical
- levels. You will have to train a lot before you will get through all of
- them up to the highest difficulty level.
- If you like playing against someone, try the Two player mode. In 50
- levels you will demonstrate your opponent your abilities. You can play
- via modem, serial cable, IPX local area network or Internet. If it is
- not enough for you, you can create new levels in the Editor.
-
-
- 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- * Microsoft Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0 (or later)
- * Microsoft DirectX version 5 or later (you can download this from
- http://www.microsoft.com/directx/download.asp, but you may have it
- already because most recent games require it as well, and
- Windows 98 includes it by default)
- * 486 processor (Pentium is recommended)
- * 8 MB of memory
- * 13 MB of hard disk space
- * Hi or true color video card
- * Sound card
- * Mouse
-
- Note: Two player mode is not available on Windows NT 4.0 (there is
- only DirectX 3.0).
-
-
- 3. CONTROLS
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- left mouse button rotate left
- right mouse button rotate right
- SPACE new marble (only in Two player mode)
- F9 save screen to file screenXXX.bmp
- ESC back
-
-
- 4. HOW TO PLAY THE TWO PLAYER MODE?
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- 1. In the main menu select TWO PLAYERS.
- 2. Select a communication channel and fill out your name.
- 3. Select your opponent and press the button JOIN.
- If there is not anybody while, press the button RESCAN.
- Or, press the buttton NEW to creating a new game:
- Game options:
- * difficulty
- * use of the space bar (Use space bar to generate new
- marbles. Then you gain an advantage against your opponent.)
- * the view of the opponent's playing field (small view on
- your opponent's playing field)
-
-
- 5. WHAT IS AN ADDITIONAL GAME?
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- The additional game is a pack of levels that you can create in the
- editor. Maybe you will find some additional games on our web pages in
- the future.
-
- If you will create a good additional game that contains 3 or more
- levels, e-mail it as a zipped file to webmaster@tibosoftware.com.
- We will publish it with your name on our homepage, so all the other
- Rolling Marbles gamer all over the world can play your additional game.
-
-
- 6. HOW TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL GAME?
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- Copy a directory that contains new levels (e.g. created by you) to the
- Addgames directory in the game directory.
- Run Rolling Marbles and press ONE PLAYER - ADDITIONAL GAME - choose
- your new additional game and press the OK button.
-
- Loading the Additional games is enabled only in the full version.
-
-
- 7. TROUBLESHOOTING
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- If Rolling Marbles appears to play sluggishly on your computer you
- might try the following:
- * Turn off the Shadows in the Options menu
- * Minimize Sound Volume in the Options menu (this is functional on
- some computers only)
-
- Two player mode isn't available on Windows NT 4.0.
-
- If you have a problem to start the game, please use Rolling Marbles
- Advanced Options (Marbles_adv.exe) and disable DirectX Video Access
- and/or sound switch to none.
-
- Visit our support page, you can find the answer to your problem(s):
- http://www.tibosoftware.com/support.htm
-
- Or, contact us at:
- support@tibosoftware.com
-
- or mail to:
- Tibo Software
- Varsavska 238
- Pardubice 53009
- Czech Republic
-
-
- 8. CREDITS
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- Rolling Marbles by Tibo Software.
- Pavel Valach, Libor Valach, Milos Rokyta, Radek Sterba, Jiri Tihelka
-
- http://www.tibosoftware.com
-
-
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- This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG
- Group.