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- - A strategic puzzle game -
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- This is the SHAREWARE version of BrainStorm pro. You can play 20 selected
- levels to test if you like the game. If you do so, you should order the
- commercial version at the address shown on the exit screen of the game.
- The version you will receive then features 170 levels, 7 graphical outfits,
- 8 tunes and much more (see the screenshots shown in this shareware version!).
-
- ───────────────────────────=≡ The required hardware ≡=─────────────────────────
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- This version needs
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- - a PC XT/AT or compatible
- - about 550 KB diskspace
- - about 400 KB free memory
- - a VGA or 100% compatible graphics card
- - a mouse and a Microsoft-compatible driver
-
- - an Adlib(tm)/Soundblaster(tm) or compatible card is recommended
-
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- ─────────────────────────────────=≡ The Game ≡=────────────────────────────────
-
- * The idea *
-
- BrainStorm is a puzzle game for one player; concerning tiles, colors
- and different gravity forces.
- Your job in each of the levels is to make all of the tiles disappear.
- Every tile has got a colored arrow that shows the direction it will fall
- to if nothing stops it.
- These tiles can be moved, but not against there gravity direction. That
- means, you can push them either left and right, or up and down. You can
- not "lift" them up.
- Tiles will fall down until something (a wall, another tile etc.) stops
- them.
- Now, tiles will disappear when ALL of THE SAME COLOR are connected.
- A tile is "connected" when it touches another tile of the same color.
- The level is completed when no tiles are left. After doing this you get
- a password to restart at this level the next time you play.
- Well, sounds easy? So we should tell you that more things will appear
- in the levels:
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- - colored arrows in the background will change the color of every tile
- that slides on them (and, of course, the GRAVITY direction is also
- changed!)
-
- - rotating arrows change the gravity/color of a tile by 90°
-
- - transporter arrows push a tile into the shown direction, not
- recognizing the current gravity direction of it.
-
- - teleporters move a tile to another teleporter in the level
-
- - Sometimes you will find tiles that cannot be moved!
-
- - BrainStorm-"links" will connect tiles of the same color over a
- wide range. These "link" places are usually, but not always, marked
- by a special wall, a link cable, etc.
-
- There are LOADS of things to discover...so be prepared to face a new
- challenge in almost every new level!
- The best way to get the clue of it is to simply start playing! The first
- 20 levels are designed as a sort of "tutorial" to get you familiar with
- BrainStorm's many tricks & traps!
-
- * The controler *
-
- Click on a tile and pull it into the direction you want, while holding
- the left mouse button.
- You can cancel a level anytime by pressing <ESC> and retry it as often as
- you want.
- Click the right mouse button to PAUSE the game.
-
- * Title menu *
-
- Here's a summary of the 6 options:
-
-
- Start Game : Start the current level (level #1 when you just started
- the program).
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- Password : Enter a password to jump into a level you once played.
-
- Select area : The commercial game is devided into 6 areas with 20 levels
- each + one "pro"-area with 50 levels! Each area has got
- its own graphical outfit. By selecting an area, you start
- with its first level, i.e. 1, 21, 41, 61, 81, 101, 121.
- In other words, if you're kind of a puzzle maniac, you can
- skip the easier levels and start with level 121!!
- Note: As the shareware version contains only 20 levels, you
- will not be able to select an area!
-
- Music/Sound : Toggle background music and sound effects. The program
- automatically detects if an AdLib(tm), SoundBlaster(tm) or
- compatible sound card is present.
-
- Exit : View some screenshots of the commercial version & quit.
-
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- Now have fun with BrainStorm pro - and don't forget to register!
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