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BM.DOC - Break Machine Inline Documentation - English
Note : Excuse me for my poor French 2 English tranlation !!!
IO Design Presents
BREAK MACHINE
Version 1.1 CardWare
"Tribute to Arkanoid"
IMPORTANT : Break Machine is now Free ! Full version provided with
50 levels, 5 monsters.
Code, Gfx, Sounds, Musics : Fred Pesch.
Pov - Art : Benji Durin
Additional Gfx, Sprite Editor Creation : Mickaël Bergue
Levels design : Natacha
Asm Optimisations (Vga Card) : Reza
Bêta-Testers : Mickaël
Anton
ATTENTION :
This Software is (C) 1995, IO DESIGN
This Version is not Freeware, this is a Cardware :
You can copy it as you want but you have to provide all the files in
the package.
If you like this software : you have to send a postcard or something
else ( $$$$ ! ) to the author : you'll become an "IO Design registered
friend !" :-)
Don't Modify any file provided with BM
You're using this Program at your own risk but we inform you that
some people have a condition that causes them to exeperience an
epileptic.
REMEMBER : YOU LIKE BM = YOU SEND SOMETHING !
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
To play BM, you need
- a 100% IBM PC Compatible Computer with 80386,486 or Pentium processor
- Miscrosoft Ms-DOS(tm) version 5.00 or better
- 530Kb of Base Memory (see your Dos Manual)
- a Vga card with at least 256Kb of Memory
- a Microsoft(tm) compatible Mouse with Dos driver
- a 3"1/4 disk drive.
for the sounds:
- 256kb XMS memory (Extended Memory - need HIMEM.SYS)
- a Sound Blaster Compatible Sound Card
for the music:
- an Adlib compatible Sound Card
Note : You can run BM from Ms-Windows(tm) if you don't use the sounds
& musics but remember, this program is a DOS program !!!
Break Machine is a 320*400 MODEX Vga Graphic Mode and we recommand
the use of :
- a 486 or better Based Computer
- a Local Bus (VLB or PCI) Graphic Card
- a Hard Drive with 1.2Mb Free.
note : if you're not using a Local Bus VGA Card, some flicker can
appear and sometimes, the program will run slower.
INTRODUCTION
In an another dimension exists an incredible World: BRICKANIA
The only thing we know today about this parallax World is its main component
We use to call it : THE BRICK
Some Bad Monsters Came from this World to Make the Earth a big Wall !
So, We, the Earthlings, decided to Destroy this Atmospherical Wall.
The X-PAD 01 ship was especially designed for "Space Bricks Breaking"
missions.
But this is too dangerous to put a human in the ship so we employed
the Best Computer Player, You, to "Virtually" command the Ship.
The X-PAD 01 uses a new Weapon type called X-Ball but don't let the X-ball
Bounding on earth, we have only 3 negate-X-Ball missiles to protect Earth !
We will send you some Ship-features to help you but be carreful,
the Brickanians will send you Computer Viruses !
There will be ugly Brickanian's Monsters and be carefull when you will
reach the outer space regions :
the very big & violent WormTro'll wait you !
GOOD LUCK !
INSTALLATION
To Install Break Machine : insert the Disk Labelled "Break Machine" in
your disk drive then enter :
INSTALL
Choose the Destination directory pathname (default is C:\BM)
then choose then Run Install Command.
note : The Directory choosed mustn't exist !
You can run the game from the disk but we recommand you to install it because
it will run slower.
SETUP INFORMATIONS
Before playing Break Machine for the First Time, enter
SETUP
on the Dos command Line in the Break Machine Directory.
see the SETUP.DOC files for more informations about SETUP.
RUNNING BM
To Execute Break Machine, enter
BM
on the Command Line in the Break Machine Directory
(see CREATING YOUR OWN LEVELS For more Informations)
USING THE GAME
Break Machine uses exclusively the Mouse.
only some Keyboard Commands are available.
I) MAIN MENU
If all is OK, after the Game Introduction, you will see a Screen
with 6 Menu Commands :
1) Play Game
2) Game Options
3) Informations
4) History
5) High Scores
6) Quit Game
To Choose a Command : put the Center of the IO Logo mouse pointer
(an i in an O) over the command choosed then click the left mouse button.
II) GAME OPTIONS
In this Screen, you can choose:
- The Digitized Sound reproduction (On/Off)
- The Fm Music reproduction (On/Off)
- The Mouse Speed (Low/Med/High)
then valid your choice by clicking the OK button.
III) MAIN GAME RULES
1- newcomer Pilotes
To Move the X-PAD 01 : use the Mouse. Moving the mouse left will
move the ship left, to the right : it will go Right !!! (all right !)
(you can also use the left & right direction keys)
The X-Ball isn't directly commanded : you have to catch it before
it disappear at the bottom of the screen and bound on earth !
The X-Pad 01 is a "directionnal" ship : you can modify the bounding
angle of the X-Ball (you have to entertain a bit).
The Objective of the game is to destroy the Wall you see on the screen
by hitting all the bricks with your X-BALL.
Many Monsters will come to stop you. their names are:
- TENTACLE BOB (the Green Tentacle)
- THE BLUB (the blue monsters with long teeth)
- GLOBULA (the awfull liquid E.T. (ha!ha!ha!))
- Mr SNOW (the carbonic snowman)
- ROBOCUBE (the connex Robot (Student Joke !))
You can Destroy the monsters by hitting them with the X-Ball.
attention : the Ball will go Faster sooner.
The Final Objective is to Stop the Brickanian's attack based on
50 easy to "AAARRRRGGGGHHH" Levels.
Every 5 Levels you will Meet Worm-TRO : the Brickanian Dicator :
be carefull : every loose will make him more POWERFULL !
2- Brick Types
There is 3 different types of brick :
- The Normal Bricks (blue, orange, green, purple, white, black & red)
one Single Hit will destroy them.
- The Tri-Flex Bricks ( gray )
Three Hits will destroy them.
- the Transparent Bricks : UnDestroyables !
note : if you've got the XTra-Ball, you will pass thru all the
bricks and you will even destroy them (except the transparent one)
3- Ship Features
The X-PAD 01 accepts many options :
the "friend" options:
- the Laser (L letter) : you will get the famous
super-protonic Gamme-Ultra Laser class Z :
"with the S.P.GUL.C.Z. : no more trouble"
hit the left mouse button to launch a set of 2 torpedoes.
(the Space Bar will do the same Stuff).
- the Multi-Ball (M letter) : this will add 2 balls on the
screen with up to 5 X-balls (this software is a multitasking
one !!!)
- the XTra-Ball (X letter) : Powerfull Option : all the X-Balls
on screen will be featured with an astaunishing protect shield
that will allow the ball to pass thru the bricks.
- The AutoPilot (A letter) : 20 seconds of "Do what you want"
game but you can take the ship control by hitting the right
mouse button (or Alt Key).
- The Enlarge Option (E letter) : this Morphs the X-Pad 01 in
Super X-Pad 01.
- The Slow Option (S letter) : For Slow people !
Some Other Features are in Developpement and can appear in the
game : it's up to you to discover them !
The "Enemy" Options:
We don't have any information on this subject !
4- Keyboard Fonctions
During the game, you can
- Pause the Game : Hit the "P" key
To Continue : Hit the "P" key one more time
- Quit the Game : Hit the "ESC" Key and confirm by
hitting the "Y" key.
- Move the Paddle with Left and Right Arrows.
- Left Mouse Button = SPACE BAR
- Right Mouse Button = ALT KEY
IV) WORM-TRO DUEL
When you will meet Worm-Tro, the X-Pad 10 will be Laser - Ready.
To Succeed : Hit Worm-Tro many times while don't touch his
Laser Ball.
V) GAME FEATURES
To reach the End of the Game : you will have to pass 50 levels
and destroy Worm-Tro 10 times ----- GOOD LUCK !!!
CREATING YOUR OWN LEVELS - Registered Version Only
You can use your own levels to play with Break Machine, you just have
to precise the name of the game in command line parameter :
for example : enter BM MONJEU.GME
to play MONJEU.GME
For More Informations : See the BMEDIT.DOC Text File.
Note : If you play with your own levels : your score won't be recorded
and 10 levels are only available.
MAIL
To send us something :
PESCHANSKI Frédéric
1 bis boulevard de la PAIX
91300 MASSY
FRANCE
Compuserve USER ID = 100625,632
Internet EMAIL = 100625.632@compuserve.com
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HELLO TO
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Fouad and also my favorite NATACHA !
THANKS TO
DP Tool Club Making Shareware (a bit) alive in FRANCE !
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