CONTENTS
MAIN MENU
- START GAME - start playing
- OPTIONS - configure game options
- HIGH SCORES - view stored highest scores
- EXIT - exit to windows
HOW TO PLAY
- OBJECTIVE - Break all the blocks and do not let the ball pass your paddle. Simple enough?
- CONTROLS - Mouse moves the paddle. Left Mouse Button releases balls and/or fires the gun. UP/DOWN arrow keys zoom IN/OUT.
OPTIONS
- BRIGHTNESS - overall screen brightness
- TEXTURE DETAIL - detail level for in game textures (higher detail uses more texture memory)
- LIGHTING DETAIL - detail level for in game dynamic lighting (higher detail uses more CPU / GPU processing)
- SOUND QUALITY - quality for sound effects and music
- EFFECTS VOLUME - volume for sound effects (0 = OFF / 10 = MAX)
- MUSIC - ON / OFF
- BALL MARKERS - shows current location of balls relative to paddle plane
- DIFFICULTY - choose from VERY EASY, EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, & VERY HARD
- MOUSE SPEED - speed of mouse movement (1 = SLOWEST / 10 = FASTEST)
- SMOOTH MOUSE - turn on to smoothen the mouse motion
- PADDLE COLOR - choose from RED, YELLOW, GREEN, CYAN, BLUE, PURPLE, & WHITE
- CLEAR HIGH SCORES - clear all stored high scores
- BACK - go back to main menu
ITEMS
- 2 Ball - Doubles the number of balls in play
- 4 Ball - Quadruples the numbers of balls in play
- 8 Ball - Increase the numbers of balls in play 8x
- 500 - 500 points
- 5000 - 5000 points
- Purple Bolt - Normal gun
- Golden Bolt - Super gun
- Green Bolt - Powerball
- Blue Bolt - Breakthru
- Glove - Catch
- Blue Square with outward pointing arrows - Increase paddle size
- Red Square with inward pointing arrows - Decrease paddle size
- Black square with inward pointing arrows - Mini paddle
- Slow sign - decrease ball speed
- 55 MPH - increase ball speed
- 1DOWN - Lose a ball
- 1UP - Gain a ball
- Green Swirl - level skip
INTERFACE
- Bonus Timer - time remaining after level completion is awarded as bonus points
- Ammo - gun ammo
- Catch - remaining catch power
- Breakthru - remaining breakthru
- Powerball - remaining powerball
- Score - your current score
- Current Level - your current level
- Remaining Balls - remaining balls until game is over
- Paddle - use this to hit the ball back into the blocks
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Windows 95/98/Millenium/2000
- Pentium compatible CPU
- 4MB Direct3D accelerator
- Keyboard and Mouse
- DirectX 7.0a or higher
- 18 MB free hard drive space
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM
- Windows 95/98/Millenium
- Pentium II or higher CPU
- 8MB or higher Direct3D accelerator
- Hardware T&L processor
- DirectX compatible sound card
- Keyboard and Mouse
- DirectX 7.0a or higher
- 18 MB free hard drive space
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Got a technical problem? Send email to support@trixoft.com with a description of your problem.
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