Please review this game at http://www.eurocool.com

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		SkidPan by Seimitsu Software
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NOTE: Unregistered version does not allow you to progress through levels


Installation
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Just install as normal.
This game tries to allocate itself a fair sized chunk of memory
If you have problems running this game, try the following:

* De-frag your pilot
* temporarily uninstall other apps
* remove Hackmaster extensions

This game should work on all Pilots, PalmPilots, and Palm 3s
Please report any bugs to the address at the end of this document


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Title Screen
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               up   select
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Ý ()    ()     /\     ()     () Ý
Ý              \/               Ý
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              down

Control the cursor up / down and select the required option
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Default Controls
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 left  right      accelerate pause
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Ý ()    ()     /\     ()     () Ý
Ý              \/               Ý
+-------------------------------+

Controls are remappable from the options screen
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The Game
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You must drive round the arena avoiding bombs.
Rotate left and right, and accelerate. To brake, release the accelerate key.
You will notice the car is quite skiddy to control.

To progress to the next arena, you must collect ten balls, and take them
each in turn to the goal, marked G.
Drive over a ball as it bounces around, and it will attach itself to the
rear of your car. You cannot carry more than one ball at a time.
Along the top of the screen is a timer bar, indicating how long you have
to return the next ball to the goal. If you don't get it back in time, 
another bomb will appear, and you will have one more ball to collect.

Do not drive into a bomb! You will lose a life, and you only have three!

Also in the arena are oil slicks and sand pits.
You will slow down when you drive through a sand pit.
You will lose a little traction as you drive through an oil slick.

There is always a bonus pickup to collect in the arena.
This appears randomly, and has four settings.
T : This will reset the current ball timer
B : This will introduce another bomb to the arena
+ : This increases the multiplier bonus
- : This decreases the multiplier bonus

You will notice half of these are good for you, and the others are bad.
If there is a bad pickup, don't despair. If you drive over the bouncing ball
while you are already carrying a ball, the pickup will randomly change to 
another type.

Scoring:
You get 100 points for picking up a ball, 
and you get 50 points times the bonus multiplier for returning it to the goal.

The multiplier starts at x1, and can go all the way up to x10 by collecting 
the correct pickups. This is the way to get a really big score.

There are 16 different level layouts, and the game gets progressively
more difficult after these are cycled.
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Releases
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Please let me have any suggestions for improving this game.

v0.96	:	2-4-98		:	added Palm 3x and 5 compatability
				:	added more sound effects
v0.95	:	31-12-98	:	initial release
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THE UNREGISTERED VERSION IS LIMITED TO ONE LEVEL

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Comments to :
skidpan@seimitsu.demon.co.uk

Please review this game at http://www.eurocool.com

Registration fee is 10 US dollars
For this youget the ability to access all the levels

Register online at PilotGear HQ
 http://www.pilotgear.com

or from my web page
 http://www.seimitsu.demon.co.uk/pilotprogs.htm

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(c) Julian Scott 1998
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