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- MegaBounce version 1.22
- On Line Help!!
-
-
- Thanks for trying out Mega Bounce.
- To make the game even better,
- Here are some useful facts that
- you may really want to know.
-
- OBJECT OF THE GAME!!
- Very important concept. The screen
- is filled with layers of designer
- bricks, your paddle, and a bunch of
- white bouncing things. (Hence the
- name MegaBounce). If the white
- things hit your paddle, they
- bounce off. If they hit a brick,
- the brick is destroyed. Easy.
- Obvious. Fun.
-
- OBJECTS OF IMPORTANCE!
- ^P --- Your Paddle. The tiny
- red blobs on the top are cannons.
- Press button1 and each one will
- fire. Certain pills can change
- the layout of the cannons to get
- some really tense shooting.
-
- PILLS:
- There are pills in the bricks
- which are essentially "power-ups".
- The glowing box around these pills
- is a sheild which reflects your
- shots. If you hit the pill with a
- ball, the sheild will break, the
- pill will fall, and if you catch
- the pill, you'll be happy.
-
- Pill: Function:
- ----------------------------------
- ^5 ^7 ^8 -Points Gallore. 1000,2000,
- or 4000.
-
- ^2 -Puts an extra ball into
- Play.
-
- ^1 -Increases paddle size
-
- ^3 -Gives you 6 more shots
-
- ^4 -Enhances cannon setup
-
- ^6 -Mystic pill. Get it,
- and find out!
-
- CONTROL!
- Mega Bounce can be controlled by
- 1. Joystick 1
- 2. Joystick 2
- 3. Mouse
- 4. Keyboard
- For the joysticks, you are given
- the option of 'Joystick' or
- 'Gamepad'. It matters which you
- choose. Honest. Gamepad control
- moves your paddle left and
- right depending on the handle.
- Joystick jumps your paddle to
- where the handle is. In both
- cases; button 1 will fire. Button2
- will speed up your paddle while it
- is pressed.
-
- Keyboard control is like 'Gamepad'
- control. Use the left and right
- 'ALT' keys. Pressing 'CTRL' speeds
- up your paddle's speed. Either
- 'SHIFT' will fire.
-
- Mouse control is similiar to
- 'Joystick' control, and this is
- what I strongly recomend because
- it offers the best control. If a
- mouse is present, it is also
- default. Use button 1 to fire.
- Button 2 has no function.
-
- GAME NOTES:
- When you clear away a bottom row
- the bricks scroll down, and a new
- row is placed at the top. (It is
- similiar to Tetris in that aspect)
- As you get to higher levels, new
- colorful bricks will replace the
- old, dull gray ones you've seen
- forever in level 1.
- A ^6 (Mystic pill) will fall
- depending on your score. Get it,
- and something neat will happen.
- Resist the temptation to shoot
- the balls with your cannon. If a
- ball is hit, it goes limp,and will
- fall down very quickly. The shot
- will also fly off randomly.
- At certain levels, an enemy
- paddle will come onto the screen
- and try to stop you. "How do I
- Stop it?" you ask. Easy. The same
- methods that kill you will work on
- it. That's all I'm saying.
-
- LEVELS:
- Your level is displayed at the
- top of the screen in blue with
- two numbers. The number on the
- left is your current board. The
- number on the right tells you how
- many rows have been cleared. When
- the whole board has been cleared,
- you advance to the next board.
- When you clear all of the
- boards, rather then force you to
- end your joyful playing session,
- you just restart.
-
- SAVING YOUR PROGRESS:
- Your highes level reached and
- your most recent level played are
- saved automatically and can be
- reaced through the menu under
- Options-Game. Only your level
- is saved, not your cannon setup,
- shots, size ,etc.
-
- WAYS TO DIE:
- There are really only two ways to
- ensure an quick and easy death.
- The first is to let all of the
- balls fall off the bottom of the
- screen. Way number two happens
- when your paddle becomes too
- small. Your paddle shrinks when
- it is hit by a shot coming at you.
-
- HINTS:
- -The enemy paddle is armed with
- very powerful cannons that may
- help with clearing boards quickly.
- -Bouncing the ball off your
- cannons will send it off in a
- random direction.
- -Balls start off slow and become
- faster as you clear rows.
- -Certain pills react to being
- shot at.
- -Your actions control the effect
- off a mystic pill.
- -If I included a mystic pill in
- a board, there's a good reason.
- -Your cannon setup and size
- won't reset if you lose a life.
- -Play the game. It's really fun.
-
- COOL STUFF:
- This game is freeware, no fees,
- registration, or fancy stuff like
- it. Feel free to give a copy to
- anyone you choose. Any questions,
- comments, suggestions, or ideas
- would be appreciated. If you like
- MegaBounce and find that 30 levels
- aren't enough, just let me know.
- If enough people are interested,
- I'll churn out another batch.
- Although this is freeware, any
- donations would be welcome.
-
- Mike Stall
- 23 w 540 James Way
- Naperville, Illinois 60540
- U.S.A.
- or
- Jeff Stall
- zarcon@uiuc.edu
- (before June 1996)
-
- TECHNICAL STUFF:
- To run MegaBounce, you will need
- these files:
- BOUNCE.EXE - Run This
- LEVEL.DAT - 30 Cool levels
- BOUNCE.GRF - ????
- PALETTE2.DAT - ????
- MegaBounce creates a file called
- BOUNCE.DAT to store highscores,
- and your highest and most recent
- levels. If you are running this
- off a cd-rom, you should copy it
- to writable-media (a hard drive),
- else your highscores and high
- levels won't be saved.
- MegaBounce has a few command line
- options that may prove useful.
- /s - Turns sound off.
- (Default is on)
- /Cd path - Skips pathname input,
- and uses path. This
- option must be last,
- and you must give a
- full pathname.
- /t - Skips title screen.
- /? - Starts game up with
- with this Online help
- Note: If the /t and /Cd are used,
- MegaBounce will begin right at
- game play. Also, /cd is not needed
- if your current directory contains
- all of the MegaBounce files.
-
- LEGAL STUFF:
- As mentioned previously, this is
- freeware. Therefore, no money may
- be involved in the transaction of
- this software, and it may not be
- sold without consent from the
- Author (that's me).
- This is a safe product, but
- I still assume no liability for
- its operation.
- I also ask that this program
- and the files that came with it
- are not altered in any way.
- Thank-You, and I hope you enjoy
- playing MegaBounce.
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