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TOMMY'S BLACKBOX (C) COPYRIGHT 1989 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
P.O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CATALOG #89-122-1A
INSTRUCTIONS:
THIS IS A NEAT GAME OF LOGICAL DEDUCTION, SUITABLE AS AN ENTRANCE EXAM TO
EXTERMINATOR AND PEST CONTROLLER SCHOOL.
THE BLACK BOX:
THE GAME IS PLAYED ON AN 8 X 8 GRID, REPRESENTING 64 POSITIONS IN A CLOSED
TWO-DIMENSIONAL BLACK BOX. THE BOX CONTAINS SOME GORILLA BALLS, LOCATED AT
RANDOM ON THE GRID. YOUR JOB IS TO DEDUCE THE LOCATION OF THE NASTY GORILLA
BALLS FROM THE BEHAVIOR OF TT RAYS THAT YOU SHOOT IN FROM THE EDGES OF THE
BOX.
RAY BEHAVIOR:
THE BEHAVIOR OF THE RAYS FOLLOWS THESE RULES:
1. IF A RAY STRIKES A BALL HEAD-ON, IT IS ABSORBED.
2. IF IT WOULD PASS BY A BALL ON AN ADJACENT SQUARE, IT TURNS NINETY
DEGREES SO AS TO AVOID THE BALL, TURNING ON THE SQUARE JUST BEFORE IT
WOULD COME BESIDE THE BALL -- THAT IS, WHEN IT IS DIAGONALLY ADJACENT
TO IT.
3. A RAY MEETING TWO BALLS WITH ONE EMPTY SQUARE BETWEEN (WHERE ITS PATH
WOULD PASS BETWEEN THEM) WOULD NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN, AND WILL BE
REFLECTED BACK 180 DEGREES. FINALLY, IF THERE IS A BALL ON THE SQUARE
NEXT TO THE ONE THE RAY IS ENTERING ONTO, SO THAT THE RAY WOULD HAVE TO
TURN BEFORE ENTERING THE BOX (AN IMPOSSIBILITY), IT IS REFLECTED.
THESE RULES ARE BEST LEARNED BY PLAYING A FEW GAMES.
ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS:
WHEN YOU LAUNCH A RAY, ITS ENTRY AND EXIT POINT WILL BE MARKED. IF IT WENT
IN AND WAS ABSORBED, THE ENTRY POINT IS MARKED WITH THE LETTER H (FOR HIT).
IF IT WENT IN AND WAS REFLECTED (CAME BACK OUT THE SAME PORT), THE ENTRY/EXIT
IS MARKED WITH AN R. OTHERWISE, THE ENTRY AND EXIT PORTS ARE MARKED WITH THE
SAME CAPITAL LETTER, BEGINNING WITH AN A FOR THE FIRST PAIR, B FOR THE SECOND
PAIR, ETC.
SCORING:
YOUR SCORE STARTS OUT AT 10,000 POINTS.
YOU SCORE A PENALTY OF ONE POINT FOR EACH PORT USED. THAT IS, A HIT SCORES
ONE POINT, A REFLECTION SCORES ONE POINT, AND A RAY THAT ENTERS AND THEN
LEAVES BY ANOTHER PORT SCORES TWO POINTS. WHEN YOU ASK THE COMPUTER TO CHECK
YOUR SOLUTION, ANY BAD GUESSES (BALLS IN THE WRONG PLACE, OR MISSING BALLS)
COUNT FIVE POINTS. THE LOWER YOUR SCORE THE BETTER.
PLAYING THE GAME:
THE FUNCTION KEYS ARE USED TO PLAY THE GAME (SEE ON-SCREEN MENU).
IN GENERAL, USE THE CURSOR CONTROL KEYS ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD TO POSITION
THE ARROW OR FLASHING CURSOR AT THE DESIRED ENTRY PORT OR GRID LOCATION.
THEN PRESS THE SPACE BAR OR THE <ENTER> KEY TO LAUNCH A TT RAY, PLACE A GUESS
BALL, OR REMOVE A GUESS BALL. IF YOU WANT TO ESCAPE FROM THE LAUNCH, PLACE,
OR REMOVE MODE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING, HIT THE ESC KEY.
OF COURSE YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE GUESS BALLS ON THE SCREEN THAN THERE ARE
HIDDEN GUESS BALLS IN THE GRID.
YOU CAN CLEAR THE WHOLE FIELD AT ONCE WITH FUNCTION KEY F4.
SOLUTION KEY:
WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT SOLVED, PRESS F5 AND THE COMPUTER WILL SHOW YOU
THE RESULT. BAD GUESSES ARE MARKED BY HILITED GORILLA BALLS, GOOD GUESSES BY
REGULAR WHITE GORILLA BALLS, AND BALLS YOU MISSED BY HIGH-INTENSITY BLINKING
GORILLA BALLS. IF YOU ARE PLAYING A COLOR VERSION, THE GUESSES ARE IN
YELLOW BEFORE SCORING, AND TURN GREEN IF THEY ARE CORRECT; WRONG GUESSES ARE
RED INVERTED GORILLA BALLS AND MISSED BALLS ARE RED BLINKING GORILLA BALLS.
BALL CAPACITY:
YOU MAY CHOOSE TO HIDE FROM ONE TO NINE GORILLA BALLS: MORE THAN FIVE USUALLY
RESULTS IN AMBIGUITY, THAT IS, BALLS HIDDEN BEHIND OTHER BALLS SO THAT THEIR
LOCATION CANNOT BE DEDUCED FROM THE RAYS.
OTHER FUNCTION KEYS:
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F7 QUIT
F8 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS
F9 SOUND TOGGLE
F10 (COLOR MONITORS ONLY) CHANGE SCREEN BORDER COLOR
TO SKIP THE STARTUP MUSIC: HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE WHEN
RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS.
COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
EXAMPLE: >BLACKBOX MS
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