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- The Patrick Polly Swooshball Challenge
- Copyright (c) Candelia AB 1996
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-
- The Patrick Polly Swooshball Challenge is all about hitting the targets behind
- your opponentÆs back. The target in the middle is worth ten points, and the
- ones on the side are worth five points. At the centre of the court, there is a
- magnetic field. When the ball gets close to one of its "maxpoints" it changes
- direction. If your aim is really good, you can use this to your advantage.
-
- Starting the game
- Insert the CD, double-click on the CD icon and then on the "Swoosh.exe" file.
- The game runs on Windows 95 and cannot be used with MS-DOS. The Patrick Polly
- Swooshball Challenge also requires Microsoft DirectX. If this is not already
- installed in you computer it will be automatically installed by running the
- "Setup.exe" program. Just follow the instructions on the screen. Before the
- game begins, an introductory sequence appears on your screen. If you do not
- want to go through the introduction, press the Space Bar which takes you
- directly to the menu. The match starts when you press "start game".
-
- Menu
- You use the menu to carry out the necessary installations so that the game
- works the way you want it to. This includes how many points the game will be
- played to.
-
- If you choose "1 player" you will be playing against your computer opponent,
- and you choose the level of difficulty.
-
- If you have a slow computer you can choose "low detail" to make the game
- smoother to play.
-
- (Tip: If you think that the volume on the sound effects is too low compared to
- the CD volume, you can try changing the sound settings under the Volume
- Control Panel in Windows 95.)
-
- Normal shot
- Player 1 serves a normal shot by using the minus button (see below). An arrow
- indicates the balls' direction. A normal shot is quite loose, but can on the other
- hand be played when the player is moving. This is a big advantage. If you
- move the player to the left or right while hitting the ball, you can direct it in the
- opposite direction.
- You can also get a little more power behind your shots by putting your player
- just enough distance away laterally when you hit the ball. No doubt you will
- get to learn this.
- When the ball hits one of the targets it is shown in the close-up. The player who
- wins the points wins the serve.
-
- Charge shot
- Once you have learned the basics, you can begin to play charge shots, which are
- played with much more power than normal shots.
- Your player will stand still while you are loading up the power. The longer you
- hold down the button, the more power you will get. A power meter shows you
- how much power you have put into the shot.
- When you release the button, the player hits the shot.
-
- Keys
-
- Player 1
-
- Left arrow run left
- Right arrow run right
- Up arrow run up
- Down arrow run down
- Minus key play normal shot
- Full stop play charge shot
-
- Player 2
-
- C run left
- B run right
- F or G run up
-
- V run down
- S play normal shot
- A play charge shot
-
- You can also control the players with a joystick. You play a normal shot by
- pressing button 1 and a charge shot by pressing button 2. The joystick must be
- calibrated in Windows before it can be used.
-
- Other keys:
-
- Esc pause
- Enter continue match
- Esc, Esc quit current match and go to
- menu
- F1 view from behind player 1
- F2 view from behind player 2
- F3 side-view of court (good for
- two player mode)
- F5 Change to graphic resolution
- 320x200 (standard
- installation)
- F6 Change to graphic resolution
- 640x480
- F7 Change to graphic resolution
- 800x600
- Page up/down Change CD track (mainly if
- you want to change CD to a
- music CD after the game has
- started.