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- MARBLE MAN GAME Version 1.0 June 1991
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- by
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- William Soleau
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- Written using
- QuickBasic 4.5
- Probas 4.0
- Gfonts
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- *** Directions ***
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- Welcome to Marble Man......
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- The object of the game is very simple. There are two players.
- You are the Blue man and the computer plays the Red man. At the
- start of each game, there will be Red balls placed on the grid at
- the top and an equal number of Blue balls matching this pattern on
- the bottom. The objective is for the players to push their balls
- to the other side of the grid. The blue player tries to push his
- balls up, and off the top, while the red player pushes his balls
- down to the bottom. Each ball contains the a value corresponding
- to its position on the grid. For the Blue balls, the nearer they
- are to the top of the screen, the higher the value. The same is
- true for the Red player, but in reverse.
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- Each player takes a turn by moving his man and pushing one of
- his balls. He cannot push his opponents balls. Once a ball has
- been pushed, the other player takes a turn. There are grey tiles
- in various parts of the grid. These are walls that cannot be moved
- (or pushed through).
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- If a ball is pushed to the sides of the grid and off, it will
- disappear and the value of that ball will be subtracted from your
- score. Therefore you must either push your ball off the other end
- of the grid board, or keep it on the playing field.
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- When a player cannot make anymore moves, the other player will
- continue to play until he cannot move either. If you have a move,
- you must take your turn, you cannot skip your turn, even if it is
- to your advantage to pass it to the next player. The computer will
- tell you if one side cannot move, and give the appropriate player
- another turn until no more moves by either player are possible.
- The player with the highest point total will win the game.
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- ** Scoring **
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- Each row towards your opponent end is worth 2 pts.
- Therefore the Red ball on row 3 is worth 6 pts. 2x3=6
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- A ball that is pushed to the top or bottom of the grid, depending
- on the player, is worth 100 points. The score is a combination
- of all the points made pushing the balls off the top or bottom
- grid, plus the point value of the balls remaining on the game
- board.
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- Balls can only be pushed either up, down, left or right. They
- will be pushed in a direction as long as nothing is in their way,
- such as another wall or another ball.
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- ** Key Assignments **
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- All options can be accessed at any time during play by pressing
- the <F1> key, which brings up the Main Menu.
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- Arrow keys move Blue man
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- Main Menu
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- <T>oggle Sound : Turns sound on/off (default=on)
- <S>peed : Speeds up play of game 1-3 (default=2)
- <N>ew Game : Stops the present game and begins a new one
- <L>evel : Sets level of opponent 1-3 (default=2)
- (this option can only be set BEFORE you take
- your first move. Once the game has started,
- you cannot change the level of the Red Man.)
- <Q>uit Game : Exit Marble Man
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- ** Conclusion **
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- As you play the game more, you will develop different
- strategies which will help you improve your scores. Each game is
- different and requires total strategy. There is no luck involved.
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- If you find this Shareware game is a worthy addition to your
- game collection, then a $12.00 registration fee is requested.
- With this registration, the speed at which you enter and exit the
- game will be faster. The registration gives you an unlimited
- number of initial marble setups at the start of each game.
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- As with all my shareware games, any registered user of one
- of my games, gets any other game of mine (there are over 40) at
- reduced rates. A list of games and special bonus offers will be
- sent with each registration.
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- The registration form can be found either at the closing
- screen or in the file Marble.reg.
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- So go to it and marble away.........
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- William Soleau
- 163 Amsterdam Ave
- Suite #213
- New York, NY. 10023
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