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TOMMY'S BLOB (C) COPYRIGHT 1986 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CATALOG #86-008-1A
INSTRUCTIONS:
****TO EXIT FROM TOMMY'S BLOB HIT FUNCTION KEY F9.****
TOMMY'S BLOB SIMULATES TWO BLOBS OF SLIME MEETING ON A STUMP, OR THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM OF A FRENCHMAN.
THE GAME STARTS WITH THE BAD BLOB ALREADY PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED ON THE
SCREEN. YOU THEN MOVE THE GOOD BLOB CURSOR USING THE 4 ARROW KEYS ON THE
NUMERIC KEY PAD TO ESTABLISH YOUR BLOB ON THE SCREEN.
(OK, THIS IS LEVEL 1 ONLY, BUT THAT'S THE IDEA OF THE WHOLE TOY.)
ONCE ESTABLISHED, EACH BLOB GROWS ON ITS OWN BY A SIMPLE ALGORITHM AS FOLLOWS:
A BLOB SQUARE WILL ATTEMPT TO EXPAND INTO EACH OF THE 8 ADJACENT SQUARES,
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SQUARES 'N' WITHIN A RADIUS OF 'GRID' OCCUPIED BY
HOSTILE BLOBS:
1. LET M=.5*((2*GRID+1)^2-1)
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X X X X X X X |
X X X X X X X GRID=3
X X X X X X X __|____
X X X K X X X
X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X THERE ARE (2*GRID+1)^2-1 SQUARES
IN THE GRID AROUND K.
2. IF N>M, THEN SQUARE K EXPANDS INTO ADJACENT BLANK SQUARES WITH
PROBABILITY 100% AND ADJACENT HOSTILE SQUARES WITH PROBABILITY
P (INITIALLY .85).
3. IF N<M, THEN SQUARE K EXPANDS INTO ADJACENT BLANK SQUARES WITH
PROBABILITY 50% AND ADJACENT HOSTILE SQUARES WITH PROBABILITY
1-P (INITIALLY .15).
4. IF N=M, THEN SQUARE K EXPANDS INTO ALL ADJACENT SQUARES WITH
PROBABILITY 50%.
THE GAME TERMINATES WHEN:
1. EITHER THE GOOD OR BAD BLOB OCCUPIES 1250 OF THE 1840 SQUARES ON THE
SCREEN (APPROX. 68%).
2. AN OPTIONAL TIME LIMIT IS REACHED.
NOTE: IF YOU AREN'T MATHEMATICAL ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE ALGORITHM,
TAKE MORE MATH COURSES WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE; IN THE MEANTIME,
GO AHEAD AND PLAY, BECAUSE THE ALGORITHM DOESN'T REALLY MATTER!
TO PLAY:
SELECT A GAME DIFFICULTY LEVEL (1..9), A GRID SIZE (1..99), AND A PROBABILITY
LEVEL P (.5-1.0). SET A TIME LIMIT IF DESIRED. THEN START MOVING THE GOOD
BLOB CURSOR USING THE ARROW KEYS ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD.
THE FUNCTION KEY ASSIGNMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
FN KEY # FUNCTION
-------- --------
F1 SOUND TOGGLE SWITCH
F2 DEMO MODE TOGGLE SWITCH
F3 RESTART THE GAME WITH NEW PARAMETERS
F4 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS
F5 INCREASE GRID SIZE (1..99)
F6 DECREASE GRID SIZE
F7 INCREASE P (0.5-1.0)
F8 DECREASE P
F9 QUIT
F10 (FOR COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE THE SCREEN BORDER COLOR.
**NOTE** THE LEGENDS FOR THE FUNCTION KEYS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ARE
THE MODES THAT WILL BE ENTERED BY PRESSING THE KEYS, WHICH, FOR A TOGGLE TYPE
SWITCH, IS THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS:
1: YOU MOVE THE GOOD BLOB CURSOR UNTIL THE BEST BLOB WINS.
2: YOU CAN ONLY MOVE THE GOOD BLOB CURSOR UNTIL ALL BLANK SQUARES ON THE
SCREEN ARE FILLED. AFTER THAT, BEST BLOB WINS.
IN LEVELS 1 AND 2, THE GAME STARTS WITH THE BAD BLOB ALREADY "PLANTED" AROUND
THE SCREEN....YOU RACE TO SHORT-CIRCUIT ITS GROWTH AND TAKE OVER THE SCREEN.
3: THE BAD BLOB GETS ITS OWN CURSOR WHICH MOVES AS IT LISTS. BOTH CURSORS
FREEZE WHEN ALL BLANK SQUARES ARE FILLED.
4: SAME AS 3, EXCEPT NEITHER CURSOR WILL FREEZE.
5-7: SAME AS 4, EXCEPT NEW BLOBS WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN RANDOMLY UNTIL
THE BLANK SQUARES ARE GONE (THE HIGHER DIFFICULTY, THE MORE OFTEN THEY
WILL APPEAR).
8,9: SAME AS 6,7 EXCEPT THAT ONLY BAD BLOBS WILL APPEAR.
TIME LIMIT:
THE PROGRAM PROMPTS FOR A TIME LIMIT. IF NO TIME LIMIT IS DESIRED, GIVE IT
A TIME LIMIT OF ZERO (0).
GAME SAVE AND RESTORE:
IS AUTOMATIC WHEN YOU EXIT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RESTART A GAME THAT HAS
BEEN SAVED, YOU MUST EITHER ERASE OR RENAME THE GAME FILES "BLOB.TMP" AND
"BLOB.SCN".
OTHER INFORMATION:
TO FREEZE THE GAME: USE THE IBM PC'S 'CTRL-NUM LOCK' COMBINATION.
TO SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW, PRESS THE <ENTER> KEY TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE WHEN
CALLING THE PROGRAM UP FROM DOS (IF YOUR COMPUTER IS SLOW ENOUGH HA HA).
COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
* SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW
EXAMPLE: >BLOB MS*
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U.S. ADDRESS, $3 OUTSIDE U.S. (U.S. FUNDS ONLY OR CHECK DRAWN ON U.S. BANK).
IF YOUR PC BORES YOU WRITE US NOW.
TOMMY'S TOYS, P.O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA.
GOOD LUCK!