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- Short: MegaBall v2.1. New boards! Bug fixes! OS2.0 compat! etc.
-
- Version 2.1 note: 9/20/92
-
- This is the first version of MegaBall to be released since I got my
- new Amiga 3000. I have to thank a few hundred registered users of
- previous versions of MegaBall for helping me afford this new
- hardware. I have improved some parts of the MegaBall game to
- work better on the 3000, without losing 1.3 compatability.
- Here they are:
- * Invisible ball finally fixed.
- * Music code modified -- should not skip notes on fast machines now.
- * Paddle crashing through wall bug during overscan fixed. However, there
- is also a "bug" where on systems that used to have the paddle-thru-wall
- bug, clicking the left mouse button too far to the right would pause
- the game. This is because intuition is letting you click outside the
- screen -- MegaBall gets a message that the user has started using
- some other program, so it pauses.
- This is likely to happen if you have an overscanned WB 1.3 screen,
- or if your overscanned WB 2.x screen is visible somewhere. It is
- just the way the OS works. If it happens to you, then don't use
- the left mouse button! The right mouse button and the left mouse
- button have precicely the same functions in MegaBall. So if the
- left is causing the game to pause at unwanted moments, use the right!
- * A certain form of cheating (without using the cheat keys) has been
- brought to my attention. Some people would pause the game as the
- ball was coming down, think about where it was going to land,
- position the mouse pointer over that spot, and continue the game.
- These people are in for a suprise.
- * The paddle is a bit more responsive this version. I tried to
- accellerate it just a bit, without losing that MegaBall "feel."
- * The default board set has changed. There are 50 new boards!
- * Quicksand has changed. Muhahahha.
- * Because of the above two changes, the name of the high score file
- has changed from MegaBall.scores to MegaBall2.scores. This will
- have the effect of reseting most people's high score list for the
- default board set. The original boards can be found in a file
- in the Boards subdir called "TheOriginal.BDS". If you want to put
- your old high score list on this file, you should open a CLI,
- and type something like the following:
-
- cd dh0:games/megaball ;or wherever you have MegaBall installed
- copy MegaBall.scores Boards/TheOriginal.BDS.scr
-
- A lot of people asked me how to reset a high score list. All you
- have to do is delete or rename whatever file contains the scores.
- All MegaBall score files are compatible; the format has not
- changed.
- * Funny colors in top-left corner fixed.
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- 690 235 65.9% 20-Sep-92 15:30:54 MegaBall.info
- 151 113 25.1% 20-Sep-92 15:30:38 MegaBall/.info
- 3885 1692 56.4% 19-Sep-92 22:41:02 MegaBall/BoardEd.pics.README
- 831 395 52.4% 20-Sep-92 15:12:28 MegaBall/BoardEd.pics.README.info
- 15804 3386 78.5% 17-Jan-87 08:56:20 MegaBall/BoardEd1.pic
- 466 284 39.0% 20-Sep-92 15:13:10 MegaBall/BoardEd1.pic.info
- 17284 8598 50.2% 17-Jan-87 08:56:26 MegaBall/BoardEd2.pic
- 466 284 39.0% 20-Sep-92 15:13:10 MegaBall/BoardEd2.pic.info
- 690 233 66.2% 20-Sep-92 15:12:28 MegaBall/Boards.info
- 966 499 48.3% 20-Sep-92 12:59:00 MegaBall/Boards.README
- 831 399 51.9% 20-Sep-92 15:12:28 MegaBall/Boards.README.info
- 13356 7412 44.5% 01-Jan-06 00:22:14 MegaBall/Boards/Advanced.BDS
- 9296 5029 45.9% 16-May-91 17:34:02 MegaBall/Boards/Easy.BDS
- 7376 3862 47.6% 23-Aug-92 22:23:26 MegaBall/Boards/Nasty.BDS
- 12828 7123 44.4% 28-Aug-92 00:55:20 MegaBall/Boards/TheOriginal.BDS
- 264 31 88.2% 01-Jan-06 00:22:06 MegaBall/fonts/MegaBall.font
- 2632 1408 46.5% 01-Jan-06 00:22:04 MegaBall/fonts/MegaBall/8
- 829 397 52.1% 20-Sep-92 15:29:24 MegaBall/Installation.DOC
- 831 400 51.8% 20-Sep-92 15:12:28 MegaBall/Installation.DOC.info
- 2352 1726 26.6% 01-Jan-06 00:22:10 MegaBall/libs/iff.library
- 18012 11857 34.1% 14-Jul-92 16:40:30 MegaBall/libs/req.library
- 284728 188976 33.6% 01-Jan-06 00:24:20 MegaBall/MegaBall.Music
- 416 279 32.9% 20-Sep-92 15:12:30 MegaBall/MegaBall.Music.info
- 12853 5502 57.1% 20-Sep-92 14:10:44 MegaBall/MegaBall2.1.DOC
- 831 397 52.2% 20-Sep-92 15:12:28 MegaBall/MegaBall2.1.DOC.info
- 886 268 69.7% 20-Sep-92 15:12:30 MegaBall/MEGABALL2.1.info
- 2401 1196 50.1% 15-May-91 15:10:40 MegaBall/read.me
- 1750 444 74.6% 20-Sep-92 15:12:28 MegaBall/read.me.info
- 198200 124273 37.2% 17-Sep-92 19:44:32 MegaBall/MEGABALL2.1
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