* SOLEAU SOFTWARE PRESENTS * BOLO BALL (2.0) ______________________________ Programed by William Soleau Version 2.0 Feb.94 (c) 1992 Requirements: EGA/VGA Files Needed: Boloball.exe Boloball.ov1 Boloball.ov3 Boloball.ov0 Boloball.ov2 Boloball.jft * Directions * 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 play against the computer who will play the RED balls and you will play the Blue. 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: 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. Yellow Bonus Tiles: These will add ten points to your total score. They will not affect the path or direction of the ball. 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!) 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. 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. * Long and Short Games * 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! * Scoring * 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. * Key Definitions * 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. ound Toggle : Turns sound on or off ook at opponents top row : Used to view where your opponents balls are when its your turn. (Helps for strategy ...blocking...etc...) est Scores vs Computer : Shows Top Ten High Scores for winners of both Long and Short games. ey Menu : Shows Key Definitions New Game : Allows you to give up present game and begin a new one. uit Bolo Ball : Quits Program * NOTE WINDOWS USERS * Running Bolo Ball from Windows may cause unexpected results. The game should be played by loading it directly from the Dos prompt. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Soleau Software Games can be found º º on most Bulletin Boards by searching º º with Keyword: SOLEAU º º º º * SOLEAU SOFTWARE * º º º º Compuserve : 70407,1730 º º America Online: Soleau º º Delphi: Soleau º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ1/4 * S O L E A U S O F T W A R E * Bolo Ball is distributed as Shareware. You are welcome to give this game to your friends or local BBS. If you like Bolo Ball and continue to use it, we ask you to register the game with us. Soleau Software depends on your registrations in order to continue providing an alternative to expensive commercial software. The registered version of Bolo Ball greatly speeds up the loading and exiting of the program, plus allows you to play against another human opponent. Your $12.00 registration of Bolo Ball 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. This offer is for Members Only, so please take the time to read the Bbal_reg.doc file for details and register Bolo Ball today ! We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you will continue to enjoy this as well as our other Shareware products. Sincerely, William Soleau President Soleau Software 163 Amsterdam Avenue Suite 213 New York, NY 10023