
                               -=( RA Pong )=-


What is RA-PONG:
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Well.. Everybody is doing online arcade games these days.. So I felt that
I couldn't stay behind..;-)) Which is the main reason I wrote this little
BBS version of the old PONG game. Just for the fun of it..

The idea is simple: You, the player have a bat, there's a ball and 3 walls..
Keep the ball bouncing around as long as possible.

Target of the game is to become KING PONG and collect fame among your
colleague players! (Not to mention among the people of your phone company ;-)


Scoring:
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  - For every time the ball hits your bat you get <LEVEL> pongs.
    So, on level 1, you get 1 pong, level 2 you get 2 pongs, etc.
  - Every 25 pongs you get a free ball.

If you don't stop the ball from getting of the screen, you loose a bal.
By default you get 3 balls (but the sysop can overrule this value)

Every 50 pongs, you gain a level and loose 8 positions of the left side of
the screen. The ball and the cursor becomes invisable in that part of the
playing area. Which makes it even more difficult to score points!
After level 7, things stay as they are but you get 10 points for every
hit you make. Wonder if anyone gets that far..;)


How to Play:
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You can use the Arrow-Up key to move the bat Up and the Arrow-Down
Key to move it down.

Press 'Q' to abort a game. You get back to the main menu. BUT as long as you're
playing on level 1, you can't quit without loosing your chance on the hall of
fame!

If the game doesn't respond to your arrow-up/arrow-down keys turn on the
numlock. the 8 and 2 key are also accepted. (and a little faster!)


The Menu:
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There are 5 choices in the mainmenu:

   [H] See the hall of fame.

       Shows the hall of fame which contains King Pong and the 9 best
       PONG players.


   [P] Play PONG

       Play a game of remote pong. To abort a game you can press the ESC
       key. Note that whatever your score is, pressing ESC prevents you
       from entering the hall of fame!


   [S] Toggle Sound effects

       RA-PONG does ANSI music to make noises on your remote terminal.
       Pitty enough there aren't to many communication programs which
       support music. The default value is OFF.

   [H] Help

       Read this helpfile

   [Q] Quit

       Leave RA-PONG and return to the BBS.


Have a nice play!

