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Hi freak, welcome to SPOTS!
This program is SHAREWARE. If you like it and if you play this game, then
send a shareware-charge of 10.-DM to:
Patrick Hinrichs
Lathusenstr. 1
30625 Hannover
Germany
(Tel.: 0511 / 55 42 97)
You can also contact me for inspirations or other improvement-suggestions.
About the game:
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Game:
The aim of the game is to get as many SPOTS (=Smilies) as possible. There
are two possibilies to move:
a) Choose one of your SPOTS (by using the mouse) and move within a range
of one square (all directions possible). You will get one new SPOT and
the old one will stay on its position.
b) Choose one of your SPOTS and move within a range of two squares in any
direction. The old one will move to the new square. In this way it is
possible to move within a range of two squares, but you won't win a
further SPOT.
At the end of the move all the neighbour-SPOTS will change into your colour
(all directions, too).
The game will end, if all squares are filled up with SPOTS.
If one player is able to make the other players not able to move, he will
get the rest of the board.
Menu:
You can change the function of the four SPOTS by clicking the left mouse-
button. Possibities are: PLAYER-controlled, COMPUTER-controlled or by no
one controlled (OFF).
By clicking the middle mouse-button on a PLAYER-controlled SPOT you can
change the difficult level for each player. Please note, that this possibity
is dependent on the selecting of the others SPOTS.
By clicking the SOUND-icon you can change between sound-effects (SFX), MUSIC and no sounds (OFF) during the game.
By clicking on GAME OPTIONS you can change the game-graphics (die=random),
the game-area and the game-modes:
-SINGLE GAME: you will play one single game.
-UP TO 3 : you will play more games. The winner is the one, who first
has won three games. If there is a draw, a new game will be
played.
-LEAGUE : You will play a special number of games (it is possible to
change it by clicking the OTHERS-icon: left mouse-button: in-
crease number of games, right button to decrease number of
games).
The winner will get three points, the second one will get two
points and the third one will get one point (it is possible
to change the winning-points by clicking the OTHERS-icon. If
you select 'SPOTS', you won't get winning-points, only the
number of SPOTS are counted).
-ARCADE : You will play against the green computer-enemy in 32 various
levels. Every three levels you will get a password. If you
enter that password later, you will start at that level with
that lives and that score you have had when you got the pass-
word.
Your highscores and level-highscores will be saved on disc.
By clicking OPTIONS you can also switch between the JUMP-LIMITs (OFF, 0, 1,
2, 3 and 4 jumps).If this option is selected, you will only have a special
number of jumps. If you get more than four SPOTS within one move, you will
get one extra jump.
By clicking FAST-THINKING-COMPUTER you can switch the computer-indicator
(jumping SPOT) ON or OFF.
By clicking the START GAME-icon you can start the game if there are enough
SPOTS (a minimum of two) controlled by a PLAYER or by the COMPUTER or if the
ARCADE-mode is selected.
During the game press ESC to quit the game. If you press ESC in the menu,
you will leave the whole game.
CREDITS:
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Main-code and graphics............................. Patrick Hinrichs
Music and sound-effects............................ Sven Schroeder
(Mainmelody stolen
from CyberCat's
'Synth Jam Breakfast')
Original CPC Versions (SPOTS and SPOTS'94),
arcade-levels and various game-ideas.............. Julian Marek
I wish you a lot of fun with my first production on this nice computer,
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