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- S O L E A U S O F T W A R E
-
-
- Presents
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- BALLOON CHALLENGE v2.0
- ________________________
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- Program by William Soleau
- Copyright 1993-1995
-
- Requires: EGA/VGA
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- Requires Files: Balloonc.ov0 Balloonc.ov1
- Balloonc.ov2 Balloonc.ov3
- Balloon1.jft Balloon2.jft
- Balloon3.jft
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- OBJECTIVE
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- The objective of Balloon Challenge is to get your 25 colored
- balloons as high as you can on the game board. The higher the
- balloon goes, the higher the points awarded. The player with
- the highest score at the end of the game is the winner.
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- GAME PLAY
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- At the start of a new game, the computer will decide who goes
- first. The computer always plays the Yellow balloons. At the
- bottom of the screen you will see your 25 balloons ready to be
- launched. There will be a white square drawn around the first
- balloon. Using your <Arrow Keys> move the marker to select the
- balloon you want to launch into the sky. To release the balloon,
- press the <Spacebar> key.
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- GAME OBJECTS
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- There are many different objects in the sky that you will have to
- either utilize or avoid, in your quest to get the balloon as high
- into the sky maze as possible. There are Airplanes, Dark Clouds,
- Bonus Clouds, Directional Clouds and Hurricanes.
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- Airplanes: will destroy your balloon if you hit one. They
- continue to move one space at a time across the sky
- for each turn.
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- Dark Clouds: will stop the balloons from going higher.
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- Directional: will send the balloons in the direction of their
- Clouds arrow. Once a balloon has hit one of these
- clouds, the arrow will change to the other direction.
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- Hurricanes: will move your balloon to a random place on game
- board, and it will continue to climb higher if it
- is able to do so.
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- Bonus Points: If you can get your balloon to go through one of
- these clouds marked with a '10', then you will get
- an extra 10 points added to your score. These bonus
- clouds can only be captured once per game.
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- SCORING
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- Points are awarded for all the balloons which are located on the
- game board. Every row higher is worth 5 points. Since there
- are 15 rows, a balloon that reaches the very top will have a
- value of 75 points.
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- Once all the balloons have been released by both players, the
- game will be over. The player with the highest score will be
- the winner.
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- All balloons that are stuck on their launching pad because of an
- object directly above them, will be considered a grounded balloon
- because they will not be able to reach the first row. They will
- be automatically removed by the computer.
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- KEYS / OPTIONS
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- All key definitions are shown below the game board at all times.
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- <D>irections <O>ptions <N>ew Game <Q>uit
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- The <O>ption key brings up a menu which allows you to toggle the
- Sound on or off. There is also some information about Soleau
- Software and our EGA/VGA games.
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- * NOTE WINDOWS USERS *
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- Running Balloon Challenge from Windows may cause unexpected results.
- The game should be played by loading it directly from the Dos prompt.
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- S O L E A U S O F T W A R E
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- REGISTERED VERSION
- &
- SOLEAU SOFTWARE MEMBERSHIP
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- Soleau Software's main focus is to produce the finest logic and
- strategy games for the software marketplace. Balloon Challenge
- is just one of over thirty other challenging Soleau Software
- Games. If you like Balloon Challenge and find it worthy of your
- game collection then please show your support of our work and
- register the game with us. Soleau Software depends on your
- registrations in order to continue providing an alternative
- software source.
-
- The registered version of Balloon Challenge greatly speeds up the
- loading and exiting of the game, plus allows for two human
- players. See the closing screen within the game for details, or
- read the Balc_reg.doc file provided with this copy of Balloon
- Challenge.
-
- Your $12.00 registration of Balloon Challenge will instantly make
- you a Soleau Software Member. All members receive special
- discounts on our other games through special bonus package offers
- sent with your disk. Members also have the option to include an
- extra $6.00 dollars for our Member Game Pack which has EIGHT of
- our most popular Shareware EGA/VGA games on a High Density Floppy
- Disk.
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- SPECIAL THREE REGISTERED GAMES OFFER
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- If you register Balloon Challenge for $12.00, you can get three
- other exciting FULLY REGISTERED Games for only $24.00 more!
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- BOLO BALL / DOTSO / MICE MEN
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- These offers are for Members Only, so please register Balloon
- Challenge today ! See the Balc_reg.doc for details.
-
- We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you will
- continue to enjoy this as well as our other software products.
-
-
-
- Sincerely,
-
- William Soleau
- President
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- Soleau Software
- 163 Amsterdam Avenue
- Suite 213
- New York, NY 10023