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- * SOLEAU SOFTWARE PRESENTS *
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- BOLO BALL
- (1.2)
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- Programed by William Soleau
- Version 1.2 (c) 1992
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- Requirements: EGA/VGA
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- Files Needed:
- Boloball.exe Boloball.ov1 Boloball.ov3
- Boloball.ov0 Boloball.ov2 Boloball.ov4
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- * Directions *
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- The objective of Bolo Ball is quite simple. Starting from
- the top row you try to push your 29 balls down a maze so that
- they reach the bottom row. The farther down you can get them,
- the higher the score. You can either play against the computer
- or against a friend.
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- The game board is a 29x18 grid. In this grid there are
- several different obstacles that you will want to use to your
- advantage. They are:
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- Blue Arrow Tiles: These are ramps that will make the ball
- travel in the direction of the arrow.
- Once a ball has hit a ramp and moves off
- it, the arrow will flip itself to the
- opposite direction for the next player's
- turn.
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- Yellow Bonus Tiles: These will add ten points to your total
- score. They will not affect the path or
- direction of the ball.
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- Gray Tiles: These tiles will stop the ball if they
- obstruct the ball's path. When all the
- balls have been pushed by both players,
- these gray tiles will be removed and the
- balls that are above them will continue
- to gather points as they descend toward
- the bottom row. (The game is won or lost
- in most cases by the points gained once
- these gray tiles are removed!)
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- Purple Tiles: These purple tiles (ramps on level three
- of the long game version), rotate randomly.
- The ball will move in the direction of
- the arrow at the time of contact.
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- Black Holes: There are five tiles that are called
- Black Holes. If a ball hits one of these
- black and white tiles, it will disappear
- and resume its journey from another one
- of the four remaining Black Holes.
-
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- * Human / Computer *
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- You have the option of either playing against another
- human player, or against the computer. If you are playing
- against the computer, you will be the Blue player and the
- computer will play Red.
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- * Long and Short Games *
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- There are two types of games you can play in Bolo Ball.
- One is the short version that ends after only one level, and
- the long version which has three levels. The computer is hard
- to beat playing the long version, but it's a lot more fun!
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- * Scoring *
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- Point totals are located on the bottom row of the screen.
- A ball that reaches the bottom row will be awarded 60 points.
- Each ball that remains on the grid board, will show its value
- (2 points per row). This will automatically be added to your
- total score.
-
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- * Key Definitions *
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- Arrow keys move your man right or left along the top of the
- game grid. The down arrow key will push a ball onto the game
- board.
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- <S>ound Toggle : Turns sound on or off
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- <L>ook at opponents top row : Used to view where your
- opponents balls are when its
- your turn. (Helps for strategy
- ...blocking...etc...)
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- <B>est Scores vs Computer : Shows Top Ten High Scores for
- winners of both Long and Short
- games.
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- <K>ey Menu : Shows Key Definitions
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- <ESC> New Game : Allows you to give up present
- game and begin a new one.
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- <Q>uit Bolo Ball : Quits Program
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- * SOLEAU SOFTWARE MEMBERSHIP / REGISTRATION *
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- Bolo Ball is one of our new games we call Mindscape
- Games. These are games that use problem solving skills as
- opposed to quick reflexes needed for arcade type games. Our
- company is dedicated to producing the finest logic games
- marketed through Shareware.
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- Since Bolo Ball is distributed as Shareware a registration
- fee of $12.00 is requested if you find this game is a worthy
- addition to your collection. The registered version of Bolo
- Ball will greatly speed up the loading and exiting of the
- program. By registering this game, you will instantly become
- a Soleau Software Member.
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- All Soleau Software Members receive information and
- discounts on our other Shareware Games, plus Special Bonus
- Package Offers.
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- Please take the time to read the BBAL_REG.DOC file that
- describes how you can get information on our many other games
- and how to become a Soleau Software Member.
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- We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope
- you will continue to enjoy this as well as our other Shareware
- products.
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- Sincerely,
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- William Soleau
- President
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- Soleau Software
- 163 Amsterdam Ave
- Suite 213
- NYC, NY. 10023
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- Compuserve #: 70407,1730
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