Before installing the game, make sure your system meet the following minimum requirements:
- Pentium 90 MHz processor, 8Mb RAM
- DirectX6 compatible video card capable of 800x600, 16bit color mode (2Mb reccomended)
- DirectX6 compatible sound card
- Win95 and DirectX 6 installed
- 4Mb HD space
1.2 Installing the game
Before you start the installation process, you MUST uninstall any old version of Arkanoid previously installed on your system. To do so, run the uninstallation program supplied with the old version, and remove any leftover files.
To install Arkanoid for Win32, simply run the self-extracting exe and specify an installation path.
2 RUNNING THE GAME
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2.1 The Options menu
In the Options menu, selected from the Main menu, you can set which graphic set you want to use (Stone/Funky) and which control type you want to use in the game (Keyboard/Mouse). Make your selection with the keyboard arrows, save changes and go back to the Main menu with Enter/Esc.
2.2 Controlling the ship
The ship can be controlled by either keyboard or mouse (set in the Options menu).
2.2.1 Keyboard
The following keys are used to control the ship during gameplay:
left arrow - Steer ship left
right arrow - Steer ship right
right/left Ctrl - Fire missile/release ball
Esc - End game
P - Pause (press P again to resume the game)
K - Kill current ball (useful if ball is stuck)
2.2.2 Mouse
The following controls are implemented with the mouse:
[move mouse left/right] - Moves the ship left/right
left button - Fires missiles/release ball
The keyboard keys Esc and P are also activated in mouse control mode.
2.3 Blocks
The following number of hits are required to destroy the blocks in the game:
Blue - 1 hit
Red - 1 hit
Yellow - 1 hit
White - 1 hit
Green - 2 hits
Grey - Unbreakable (can be destroyed with Ball Of Fire)
2.4 Power-ups
The following power-ups can be collected in the game:
A - Armageddon (MultiBall Of Fire)
B - MultiBall (6 balls)
C - Complete Control (Ball sticks to ship each bounce)
D - Degenerate (Ship size is decreased)
F - Ball Of Fire (Ball move through blocks without bouncing)
H - HyperBall (Always 3 balls. If one ball dies, a new is created)
M - Missiles (Equips the ships with missiles)
P - PlayerReSize (Ship size is increased)
R - Restore (All improvements are removed)
S - Score (Score is increased with 1000)
W - Level Warp (Move directly to next level)
X - X-tra life (Adds one life)
2.5 Hiscore table
When game over and your score is better than at least number 10 on the hiscore table (displayed if waiting duing main menu), you'll have the chance to write your initials for the hall of fame. Use the arrows to loop through the letter, selecting 3 letters by pressing enter. When finished, select the 'End' letter and press enter.
Please send us your best hiscores. Attach the file hiscore.dat located in the Data subdirectory and write your name, email address and Homepage URL (if any) in the body of the message and send to hiscore@chaossoft.com. The best 10 scores will be posted on our Arkanoid Hiscore Page. Any player who manages to complete the game by reaching and destroyng all the blocks on level 20, will be added to the Arkanoid Hall Of Fame.
3 UNINSTALLING THE GAME
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3.1 Removing files
To uninstall Arkanoid for Win32, you have to remove all the game files manually.
