Battle City Manual

Fight to save the heart of the city. Drive your tank in the streets and destroy enemies. Increase your skills and get a higher military rank. Three missions (15 levels each) available to play.

Important Note: if you do not see any pictures in this manual you have to unzip the package first and then open manual.htm with web browser.

Table of Contents

  1. Requirements
  2. How To Install
  3. Game Rules
  4. Contact Us
  5. Download
  6. How To Buy
  7. Distribution Policy
  8. License

Requirements

Battle City works on any Palm OS 3.1 (or above) compatible device including high-res devices such as Sony Clie or HandEra 330

How To Install

If you'd ever installed a Palm OS application you should experience no problems getting started this game. But to complete the manual we had to write about it:
  1. Create a temporary folder on your hard disk drive (e.g., "C:\My Documents\Battle City")
  2. Unzip game ZIP archive to that temporary folder. You can use any unzip utility such as WinZip ( http://www.winzip.com/ ).
  3. Start Palm Desktop application and click "Install" button
  4. "Install Tool" window will appear. Click "Add" button, then browse to the temporary folder containing unzipped game. There you'll find a number of Palm Application files designed for different Palm OS devices. Please choose the appropriate version to install (refer to Compatibility Table for detailed info)
  5. Also you need to install game addons if any. They are Palm Database files containing missions, levels or other data. If you do not see such files, they are not needed.
  6. HotSync your handheld to complete the installation.

Table of compatibility

Important Notes:

  1. Games designed for different device types are usually (but not always) placed in different folders inside the game ZIP archive. This table will help you to determine which version is the best for your Palm OS handheld. Please install the Appropriate version if available.
  2. Some folders may be omitted in the distribution, this means you have to install files listed in the Compatible column
  3. If you can't find your device in the list, try to install files from "Palm and Others" folder, choosing either Grayscale or Color versions, and please drop us a message including your device name and vendor
DevicesAppropriateCompatible
Palm III, IIIe, VII
Handspring Visor
"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name  
Palm IIIx, IIIxe, V, Vx, VIIx, m100, m105, m500
Handspring Visor Edge, Visor Platinum, Treo 180
TRGPro
Sony Clie PEG-S300
"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name "Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name
Palm IIIc, m125, m505, m515
Handspring Visor Prism, Treo 270
"Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Color" suffix in the file name "Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name

"Palm and Other" folder , game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name
Sony Clie PEG-N7xxC, PEG-T6xxC "Clie 320x320" folder, game file with "_Clie_Color" suffix in the file name "Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name

"Palm and Other" folder , game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name

"Clie 320x320" folder, game file with "_Clie_Gray" suffix in the file name
Sony Clie PEG-T4xx "Clie 320x320" folder, game file with "_Clie_Gray" suffix in the file name "Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name

"Palm and Other" folder , game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name
HandEra 330 "HandEra 330" folder, game file with "_HandEra" suffix in the filename. "Palm and Other" folder, game file with "_Gray4" suffix in the file name

"Palm and Other" folder , game file with "_Gray16" suffix in the file name

Game Rules

The aim of the game is to defend the city from enemies. You have to drive the tank and destroy enemy's tanks and you must survive.

The city consists of different terrain types and walls. Also there is the Eagle you defend. If you let the Eagle be destroyed, you lose a life... Once you blow up enemies new level starts. There are about 15 levels in each of 3 missions and we will add more.

Terrain types

Enemies:

We do not recommend to run into the enemies, remember you have no missle limit but thin armor.

Bonuses:

There are a lot of things you can find while hunting. The only problem your enemies can too. We hope you'll be faster. Each bonus makes you (eh... if you'll be first) stronger. But there's a time limit...

Being gathered by you:

Being gathered by enemy:

What is on the screen:

There is an additional info on the right side of the screen. The number of enemies to appear, number of your tanks to disappear and a number of seconds left of bonus activity.

How to drive and fire:

It is much easier to drive tank on a PDA than in real life. Six buttons make you a professional warrior.

And remember you can customize these keys!

Contact Us

There are several ways to contact us for support, or other issues (sales, press, to talk about games, PDAs, and so on). But before you send us email we ask you to check our website for information you request - this is the fastest way to get reply :-). Anyway we would highly appreciate your emails:

Download

The latest version of Battle City is always available by direct link at

http://www.palm-games.com/files/bcity.zip

We welcome you to download other games at

http://www.palm-games.com/download/

How To Buy

To remove the limitations of demo version you should pay a small registration fee. On the day of writing this file the price is $9.95.

The registration service is provided by Handango

To order Battle City CLICK HERE and enter 16646 in the Program ID field.

To order Hot Games Pack that includes all games by TB Labs CLICK HERE and enter 11738 in the Program ID field.

Distribution Policy

Demo version of SOFTWARE PRODUCT is distributed as SHAREWARE. Unregistered shareware may be freely distributed, provided the distribution package is not modified. No person or company may charge a fee for the distribution of SOFTWARE PRODUCT without written permission from the copyright

License Agreement

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This documentation is a legal agreement between you (end-user of the Product) and the manufacturer/developer of the Product ("Vendor") concerning their use. THIS AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES THE COMPLETE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND VENDOR.

AGREEMENT

0. DEMO LICENSE: You are granted the right to distribute the demo edition of this software, providing that the distribution package is not changed, and you distribute it for free (without any charge).

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