***********  PLAYBALL  ************

                           Written by G.M.Brook.

                                 1996.





                   ***   Playball - Instructions   ***


   PlayBall is a puzzle game involving balls.     
   You have to launch different coloured balls up the table and match 3 of
the same colour in a row. Sound easy....well the hard part is that you can
only bounce the balls of the sides of the table. There are 5 different 
colours of balls and there are bonuses which help you along the way.
   You can select the time limit you want from 60 to 2 minutes and the 
amount of lines of 3 you get and the score you accumulate in that time is 
calculated and if good enough you will be entered into one of the 3 high 
score tables.
   The basic aim of the game is to get the biggest and best all 
time score in each of the three tables.


   There are various options that can be selected and are all 
auto-saved on selection.



               *************** OPTIONS **************

*****  SOUND  ******

The game offers the choice of either Sampled sound FX or various 
music tracks. 
The Music options are as follows.

  RANDOM LOOP - Will select on of the tracks and play it constantly 
throughout your game, looping if necessary.

  JUKEBOX - Will randomly choose and play a different track every 2 
minutes. Only repeating a track when all have been played.

  CHOOSE - You can choose which track you wish to listen to (only one i'm 
afraid), which will loop if necessary.

  LOAD YOUR OWN - You can select any of your own favourite tunes and load 
them into the music list.
  Click on one of the blank boxes and use the menu to find your music file
you wish to use, MOD files only i'm afraid. They will be copied into the 
same folder as the other music files (P2 MUSIC), so due to the tight 
squeeze on the disk, you'll only be able to do this if you've copied 
PlayBall onto you're hard drive. If you try it and you've not enough room 
the program will crash, so you've been warned.
  The list can be cleared by pressing the 'ESCAPE' key on the Load Own 
screen. You will find all music file as stated above in the 'P2 MUSIC' 
folder for re-entering onto the list.









******  CONTROLS  *******

The controls page offers a variety of different options.

INTRO ON/OFF - Turn the intro on or off.(preset on)

JOYSTICK/KEYS/BOTH - Choose method of control. (preset both)

REDEFINE KEYS - Redefine control keys.(preset to "o","p" left 
right, "'space'" fire ball, "q","e" turn arrow left right.
Joystick Left,Right,fire as normal, down for turning arrow)

SELECT GAME TIME - Select time limit for game, 2 to 60 minutes. As 
you can exit the game anytime by pressing "Escape" it is best to 
keep it set at 60 minutes, the lines will still be calculated for 
the high score table. For a tense under pressure game you may 
choose a smaller amount of time. Watch out for the sound of your  
heat beating as you run out of time!!! (preset to 60 minutes)


******  HIGH SCORE TABLE  ******

Upon reaching a new high score you will be entered into one of the 
three high score table. They are as follows.


*** Table One ***

This is the SCORE table. You get 10 points per line made, plus bonuses for
lines made immediately after each other and extra an extra bonus if the 
line is of the same colour. 
Eg.    You get 10 lines, which at 10 points a line gives you 100 points.
It is possible for the next person to get 9 lines + 3 bonuses for 
successive lines which would give you 105 points taking them above the 
last person even though they have less lines.

*** Table Two ***

This is the LINES table. This simply enters the players with the most 
lines, regardless of the point they have scored.

*** Table Three ***

This is the LINES PER MINUTE table. This table calculates the number of 
lines you scored in the time you played. The greater the better.
Eg.   If you played for 30 minutes and accumulated 60 lines then you would
have 2 Lines Per Minute.


   You can view each of these tables from the options page, upon entering 
the table you can switch between them by clicking on the appropriate table 
indicated at the top of the screen.


                                ***


   It is worth noting that if you are playing from disk and have room for 
the Jukebox Music (2 meg + amigas) that it will take a little extra time 
to load them in. Of course if you've a hard drive simple copy the main 
folder onto it and you'll not notice anything. If however you are playing 
from disk and have room for the music but don't want it, simply go to the
music menu and clear the list. This will save it been loaded in every time
you play.


   You can exit from the game from the main menu by pressing 
"Escape", or by pressing "*" from various other screens. This has 
been left in for your convenience.



   If you would like a copy of the AMOS code, or would like to 
contact me for any other reason - PlayBall improvements, graphics,
music, fx, - or anything else, then here is my address.

              Gerald Brook,
               2 Wyverne Rd,
                Golcar,
                 HUDDERSFIELD
                  HD7 4BY.