╫╚╔╘┼╫┴╙╚ IS A LOGIC GAME WHERE THE OBJECTIVE IS TO REDUCE THE COUNTERS TO WHITE BY SUCCESSIVE HITS BEFORE YOUR OPPONENT DOES THE SAME.
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╘HIS GAME IS BASED UPON THE C64'S ABILITY TO SHOW COLOUR ON A SCREEN AND THE IDEA IS BASICALLY TO STRIP OFF THE VARIOUS COLOUR LAYERS UNTIL WHITE IS FOUND.
╘HERE ARE THREE LEVELS OF COMPLEXITY, NOVICE, AVERAGE AND CHAMPION.
┴T EACH LEVEL YOU CAN EITHER PLAY ANOTHER PERSON OR THE COMPUTER. ╘HE COMPUTER CAN EVEN PLAY ITSELF.
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╘HE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED,
1. ┴RE THE INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRED (┘╬)?
╔T IS A GOOD IDEA TO LOOK AT THESE BEFORE YOU PLAY YOUR FIRST GAME.
╘HE INSTRUCTIONS SHOW YOU HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED IN NOVICE MODE.
2. ╚OW MANY PLAYERS ARE THERE (012)?
0 IS WHERE THE COMPUTER PLAYS ITSELF. ╘HIS CAN GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW TO PLAY THE GAME AND WHAT THE BEST MOVES ARE.
1 IS WHERE YOU PLAY AGAINST THE ├64.
2 IS FOR 2 PLAYERS.
3. ╔F LAST ANSWER WAS 1 THEN IT ASKS ─O YOU WISH TO GO FIRST (┘╬)?
4. ╫HICH LEVEL DO YOU WANT (╬┴├)?
╬ FOR NOVICE LEVEL.
┴ FOR AVERAGE LEVEL.
├ FOR CHAMPION LEVEL.
5. ╔S ALL DATA CORRECT (┘╬)?
╔F YOU HAVE INPUT SOMETHING WRONGLY OR YOU WANT TO SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS AGAIN THEN TYPE ╬.
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╬OVICE, FOR THOSE WHO FIND THINKING A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
┴VERAGE, FOR THOSE WITH AVERAGE INTELL- ECT USUALLY FOUND AMONGST COM- PUTER BUFFS.
├HAMPION,FOR BUDDING CHESS GRANDMASTERS.
╔N ORDER TO ASSIST THOSE WHO FIND IT TOO DIFFICULT TO WORK OUT A MOVE, THERE IS EVEN A HELP FUNCTION AVAILABLE IN NOVICE AND AVERAGE LEVELS.
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┴ JOYSTICK MAY BE USED IN ┼╔╘╚┼╥ PORT, OR YOU CAN USE THE FOLLOWING KEYS.
╒P - 1
─OWN - _
╠EFT - ├╘╥╠
╥IGHT - 2
╞IRE - ╙PACE
╧╨╘╔╧╬╙ ═╧─┼ (─╒╥╔╬╟ ╟┴═┼)
╨RESS THE ├= KEY DOWN UNTIL THE OPTIONS WINDOW APPEARS ON THE BOARD. ╘HE COMPUTER MUST FINISH ITS MOVE ON THE BOARD BEFORE THE OPTIONS WINDOW APPEARS.
╘HERE ARE THREE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM:
╤ - ╤╒╔╘
╚ - ╚┼╠╨
├ - ├╧╬╘
╚ELP WILL SHOW YOU THE BEST MOVE TO MAKE, AS MANY TIME AS REQUIRED IN NOVICE LEVEL, TWICE IN AVERAGE LEVEL, BUT NONE IN CHAMPION LEVEL.
┴FTER HELP IS CHOSEN, THE CURSOR WILL BE PLACED BY THE COMPUTER ON THE BEST MOVE. ┘OU HAVE TO PRESS FIRE TO TAKE IT.
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╘HE IDEA IS TO PLACE THE CURSOR ON THE SQUARE WHICH WILL PRODUCE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF WHITE SQUARES WHEN THE FIRE BUTTON IS PRESSED.
╞OR NOVICE LEVEL, EACH TIME THE FIRE BUTTON IS PRESSED, THE COLOUR LEVEL WILL BE REDUCED BY TWO, WITH THE SQUARES DIRECTLY AROUND BEING REDUCED BY ONE COLOUR LEVEL.
╘HERE IS A SIMILAR RESULT IN THE AVER-AGE AND CHAMPION LEVELS, BUT FOR THE AVERAGE LEVEL GAME, THE CURSOR SQUARE COLOUR DROPS BY THREE, THE NEXT RING OF SQUARES BY TWO AND THE OUTER RING BY ONE.
╞OR THE CHAMPION LEVEL, THE CENTRE DROPS BY FOUR, WITH THE 3 RINGS AROUND IT DROPPING BY THREE, TWO, AND ONE, THE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CURSOR THEY ARE.
╞OR NOVICE LEVEL THERE ARE FOUR COLOUR LEVELS BEFORE WHITE IS REACHED, SEVEN COLOURS FOR AVERAGE AND 10 COLOURS FOR CHAMPION. ╘HE COLOURS ARE SHOWN ON THE GAME SCREEN BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE INFO PANEL.
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╘HE COMPUTER WILL KEEP A RECORD OF WHITE HITS DURING THE GAME AND DISPLAY THE SCORE IN THE INFO PANEL.
╔T ALSO SHOWS THE CURSOR POSITION, IN THE CURRENT PLAYERS COLOUR AND THE LAST MOVE TAKEN BY THE OPPOSITION.
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┴T THE END OF EACH GAME THE COMPUTER WILL SHOW YOU HOW WELL YOU HAVE DONE, OR NOT DONE.
╔T STORES ALL THE GAME RESULTS FROM 0,1 AND 2 PLAYER MODES IN A TABLE SHOWING GAMES WON AND POINTS RECEIVED.
