Pete works at a pretzel factory. Today he is supposed to bring a truck load of pretzels to the baseball stadium for the big game. That is if he can get the pretzels into his truck. Baker Bob has decided to rule the world. He has invented a way to make his pretzels come to life. They seek innocent bystanders and turn them into people pretzel dough. Then, Baker Bob converts them into his living pretzel slaves who seek innocent bystanders. Pete must get a truck load of pretzels, save the innocent bystanders, stop Baker Bob and make it to the "big game." 

Pete carries a net in his hand. The innocent bystanders are wandering around. There are live pretzels and Baker Bob. Pete must scoop up the pretzels before they can turn the bystanders into people pretzel dough and before Baker Bob can turn the dough into pretzels. The level ends when Pete has captured all the pretzels. Points and advancements are made based upon how many bystanders are left at the end of each level. A player is scored on number of people pretzel dough and number of captured pretzels. When all bystanders are gone, the game is over. If a player accumulates too much people pretzel dough the game is also over. The game ends at the baseball stadium where Pete battles Baker Bob and allows the ball game to start with plenty of pretzels available for the game. 

You are Pete. Catch all the pretzels before they and Baker Bob, can turn all the people into more pretzels.

Street Pretzels are running around and chasing people. After being touched several times, the person will turn into a mass of people pretzel dough.

Baker Bob runs around with a ring in his hands and uses it to turn the dough into new living pretzels.

You get points for saving innocent bystanders. Try not to hit them. It is not nice and you will lose energy. Also, avoid hitting Bob because you will lose more energy. Besides, you will get to battle him at the end of the final game.

Mustard is your friend. You can use mustard to slow pretzels our make other players skid in multiplayer modes.

SINGLE PLAYER - Will start a single player game for level 2. You will win or lose and be taken back to the title screen.

TWO PLAYER - Will start a two player game on the same PC.

NET PLAY - Serial, intranet or internet play. Host a new game or join an existing game.

Before you can host a new game you must logon to the network and obtain your IP address. Everytime you logon to the net you are assigned a new IP address. Some services, such as the IBM Global Network (which we highly recommend,) show you the IP address once you are logged on. If your service does not do this then follow these instructions.

1. After logging onto the network, go to the Windows desktop.

2. Double click on the My Computer icon.

3. Double click on the C: drive icon.

4. Find the folder labled Windows and double click on it.

5. In that window there is a file named, "Winipcfg.exe" Double click on this file.

6. That file should bring up a window with the words, "PPP Adapter." at the top portion. If it does not show these words then click on the arrow to the right of the box and see if the pull down window shows these words. Once found you are almost home!

7. The second line down from the words, "PPP Adapter." should read, "IP Address:" and there will be a number to the right with a format similar to "xxx.xx.x.xx" Write this number down.

8. Exit out of all of the windows and start Pretzel Pete.

9. Select Net Mode. You will be asked to give the new game a host name, your IP address and your name.

10. Fill in the required information and enter the IP Address that you wrote down into the field when prompted.

IMPORTANT NOTE: At this time the program has no way of passing your IP address or host name along to other people. You will have to contact the other players by phone, e-mail, instant messenger such as ICQ, or other means. Once they have your IP address and the host game name, they can select, "join a game" and that is it! You will have a multiplayer game on the internet.

OPTIONS - Select a screen mode. If you have a 3D card use only the full screen modes! If you do not have a 3D card then try the different window modes as they can speed up the game.

EXIT - Exit title screen and return to Windows.

POWER-UPS

1. Hamburger. Increases energy slightly.

2. Hamburger with fries and drink. Increases energy more!

3. Small mustard bottle. Increases mustard supply slightly.

4. Large mustard jar. Increases mustard more!

5. Stop Watch. Stops all moving objects so you can grab them with ease!

6. Car radar detector. Will activate visible laser beams that point to pretzels.

As you pick up the power-ups they are shown in the window on the right of the screen. You can use them right away or save them for strategic points during game play (see keyboard functions on how to use the power-ups!)

KEYBOARD FUNCTIONS FOR SINGLE PLAYER AND NETWORKED MODE.

ALT+X - Exit game.

Copyright © 1997, 1998 Stealth Productions, Inc. Pretzel Pete, the Pretzel Pete logo, XSIV GAMES and the XSIV GAMES logo are copyrights and trademarks of Stealth Productions, Inc. DIRECTX is a registered trademark and copyright of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.A. and other territories. All Rights Reserved.