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- - A strategic puzzle game -
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- ───────────────────────=≡ Let me say something first... ≡=──────────────────────
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- This program is the product of many hours of hard work. It can be copied
- freely, but it must not be changed in ANY way and no money must be taken
- for spreading or selling it. It is a complete version and no DEMO. For that,
- if you like it, you should send some money to the author to make him do
- these things again in the future!
-
-
- ───────────────────────────=≡ The required hardware ≡=──────────────────────────
-
- BrainStorm needs
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- - a PC XT/AT or compatible
- - about 250 KB diskspace
- - about 200 KB free memory
- - a VGA/MCGA graphics card
- - a mouse and a Microsoft-compatible driver
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- ──────────────────────────────────=≡ The Game ≡=────────────────────────────────
-
- * The idea *
-
- BrainStorm is a puzzle game for one player, and it's about tiles, colors
- and different gravities.
- Your job in each of the 120 (!) levels is to make all of the tiles
- disappear. Every tile has got a colored arrow that shows the direction
- the tile will fall if nothing stops it.
- These tiles can be moved, but not against there gravity direction. That
- means, you can push them either left and right, or up and down. You can
- not "lift" them up.
- Tiles will fall down until something (a wall, another tile etc.) stops
- them.
- Now, the tiles will disappear when ALL of them are connected. A tile is
- "connected" when it touches another tile of THE SAME COLOR.
- The level is completed when no tiles are left. After doing this you get
- a password to restart at this level the next time you play.
- Well, sounds easy? So we should tell you that more things will appear
- in the levels:
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- -colored arrows in the background will change the color of every tile that
- slides on them (and, of course, the GRAVITY is also changed!)
- -rotating arrows change the gravity of a tile by 90°
- -transporters push a tile into their direction, not recognizing the tile's
- gravity
- -doors move a tile to another door in the level
-
- There are LOADS of things to discover...so be prepared to face a new
- challenge in almost every new level!
-
- * The controls *
-
- click on a tile and pull it into the direction you want, while holding
- the left mouse button.
- You can cancel a level anytime by pressing <ESC> and retry it as often as
- you want.
- Click the right mouse button to PAUSE the game.
-
- * Title menu *
-
- F1: Start the current level (level 1 when the program just launched)
- F2: Enter a password to jump into a different level
- F3: Change scenery. The game is parted into 6 sceneries with 20 levels
- each. Every scenery has got its own graphical outfit.
- By pressing <F1>-<F6> you can choose the first level of the six
- sceneries, i.e. 1,21,41,61,81,101.
- In other words, if you're kind of a puzzle maniac, you can start
- with level 101 ("Mad World" scenery)
- ESC: Quit game (boohoo)
-
- ───────────────────────────────── Other stuff ───────────────────────────────────
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- If you have any questions, remarks etc. feel free
- to contact us:
-
- E L K W A R E
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- Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 7
- 25421 Pinneberg
- G E R M A N Y
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