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┌─────╖┌──────╖┌─╖ ┌─╖┌──────╖┌──────╖┌─╖ ┌─╖ \ │ ╔═╕ ║│ ╔══╕ ║│ ║┌─╖│ ║╘╕ ╔═╕ ║│ ╔══╕ ║│ ║ │ ║ \ o │ ╙─┘ ║│ ║ │ ║│ ║│ ║│ ║ │ ╟─┤ ║│ ╙──┘ ║│ ║ │ ║ ____\/_ │ ╔═══╝│ ╙──┘ ║│ ╙┘ ╙┘ ║┌┘ ╙─┘ ║│ ╔══╕ ║│ ╙──╖│ ╙──╖ ( ( ( (_______) ╘═╝ ╘══════╝╘═══════╝╘══════╝╘═╝ ╘═╝╘════╝╘════╝ 2.01 Copyright (C) 1995-97 by Anthony P. Hamilton Published by Spectrum Pacific Publishing ──┐ CONTENTS └── ■ Introduction ■ Minimum Requirements ■ Recommended Set-up ■ Command-Line Options ■ Trouble-Shooting ■ Ordering Information ■ Other Products From Spectrum Pacific Publishing ■ Contacting POW Productions ■ Development Team ──┐ INTRODUCTION └── Powball is based on an old game concept which has been re-created many times before. You'll find this incarnation to have much better playability, action, strategy, sound and graphics than any other. The basic idea is to hit a ball with your paddle and knock away bricks until the screen is cleared, whilst trying to keep at least one ball on the screen. But what better introduction can there be other than to dive right in and start playing. So, whadya waitin' for? ──┐ MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS └── ■ 80386. ■ DOS 5. ■ 640K RAM (with about 523K free). ■ VGA adaptor with minimum 256K RAM. ■ 3 Megabytes of free disk space. ──┐ RECOMMENDED SET-UP └── ■ 486 or better. ■ Mouse or trackball. ■ Lots of free conventional RAM. ■ Disk cache. ■ Local-bus video. ■ Gravis Ultrasound. ──┐ COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS └── The following options may be used when you run this game from the DOS prompt: ■ -setSound Executes the set-up menu. Same as running SETUP.BAT. ■ -nopause Doesn't wait for a key at initialisation if no errors occur. ■ -config FILESPEC Specifies an alternate path and filename for the configuration file. Use the -setSound option with this option to change the sound settings. This is useful if you wanted to run Black Shrapnel from CD-ROM. Example: POWBALL -config C:\POWCFG\POWBALL.CFG -setSound ──┐ TROUBLE-SHOOTING └── Before you do anything else, read the initilisation screen carefully. Then read the following points. It is most likely that a problem you are having is a result of your computer being incorrectly configured. Contact us only if you think there is a problem with this game and supply as much information as you can. ■ Not enough memory: Insert a blank floppy disk into your floppy disk drive and run MAKEBOOT.BAT. This utility will create a boot disk that will free up memory so that you can run Powball properly. ■ No sound under Windows: In order for Powball to run smoothly under Windows, run POWBALL.PIF. ■ Some keys don't work when others are pressed: This is a hardware problem with some keyboards that can only handle a limited number of keys at the same time. Either redefine the keys (use shift, ctrl and alt preferably) or use a keyboard that doesn't have this limitation. ■ Poor sound quality: The Gravis Ultrasound is by far the best quality sound card for this game. If you don't have this hardware and experience poor quality sound, try using the high quality sound options and reducing the number of sound fx channels within the set-up. ■ Erratic animation and disk access: If you're not using disk caching software, it is highly recommended that you DO! Without it, your system is not taking advantage of advanced software that will improve the performance of your machine and will improve the life of your hard-drive. ──┐ ORDERING INFORMATION └── USA and Canada -------------- Webfoot Technologies, Inc. P.O. Box 15 Lemont, IL 60439 USA Toll Free (ORDERS ONLY!): 1-800-4WEBTEC (1-800-493-2832) Fax Orders to: 1-630-257-0942 Questions: 1-630-257-1224 Tech support is available ONLY for registered users of this game! E-mail: info@WebfootGames.com Home site: www.WebfootGames.com Anonymous FTP: ftp.WebfootGames.com Price: $19.95 Add Shipping and Handling: $4.00 Pay by check, cashiers check, money order, Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express Australia and New Zealand ------------------------- Spectrum Pacific Publishing P.O.Box 190 Cherrybrook NSW 2126 Australia Tel: 02-9980-8900 (orders only) Fax: 02-9980-9723 E-mail: sales@SpectrumPacific.com.au Home site: www.SpectrumPacific.com.au Price: $24.95 (AUD) + $4 postage Pay by cheque, money order, Visa, MasterCard or Bankcard. United Kingdom -------------- Springsoft Springfield House Llanfynydd Wrexham LL11 5HW UK Tel: (+44) 01352 770049 Fax: (+44) 01352 770816 E-mail: sales@springsoft.com Web site: www.springsoft.com CIS: GO SPRINGSOFT AOL: KEYWORD SPRINGSOFT Germany, Austria and Switzerland -------------------------------- Juergen Egeling Computer c/o Ticsoft Waldstr. 49 76133 Karlsruhe Germany Tel: 0721 9109 520 Fax: 0721 9109 599 E-mail: info@ticsoft.de Hilfe: help@ticsoft.de Powball: 39.90 zzgl. Porto und Verpackung 8.05 Nachnahme plus 6.45 Direktbestellung via Internet http://www.ticsoft.de/ France ------ Pour recevoir la version finale de Powball, il vous suffit de nous faire parvenir un cheque de 99 Francs a l'adresse suivante: TLK Games BP 24 81150 Florentin France Tel: 0563532637 Fax: 0563532011 E-mail: TLKGAMES@compuserve.com Ou de nous passer commande par telephone muni de votre carte bleu. Vous recevrez en cadeau TECNOBALL Z ainsi que la derniere version de TLKTRON. Czechia and Slovakia -------------------- JIMAZ Ltd. Hermanova 37 170 00 Praha 7 Czech Republic Tel: +42-2-379498, +42-2-379870, +42-2-379871 Fax: +42-2-378103 E-mail: jimaz@jimaz.cz Home site: www.jimaz.cz Call for prices! Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland) ---------------------------------------------------------- Scandinavian Software Agency Box 11 SE-124 21 Bandhagen Sweden Phone/Fax +46 8 99 70 37 E-mail: scand@softagency.se Recieve orders using the Postal Giro Services, Postgirot: Denmark: pay 149DKK to account no: 1-649-6472 Finland: pay 125FIM to account no: 800057-1090161 Iceland: pay 1590ISK to account no: 602604 Norway: pay 159NOK to account no: 0806 1907581 Sweden: pay 159SEK to account no: 163 24 51 - 9 Credit Card customers using: American Express, Diners Club, Eurocard, MasterCard or VISA are welcome. Nederland en Belgie ------------------- JeKa Software Postbus 40 1440 AA Purmerend Tel/Fax : 0299 - 423217 (vanuit Belgie : +31.299.423217) E-mail : jkreitse@inter.nl.net Giro : 72.32.978 ABN-AMRO : 44.08.43.308 Prijs : F 40.00 (inclusief btw) Betaling vanuit Belgie : - Eurocheque in guldens (voorkeur) -of- - overschrijving naar onze giro of bank (Let op : bijkomende kosten voor uw eigen rekening !) Betaling vanuit Nederland : - Overschrijving op giro/bank -of- - cheque aan ons opsturen -of- - verzending onder rembours (F 15.00 verzendkosten extra) Spain and Portugal ------------------ Cataleg Creatius, S.L. Poeta Maragall, 1 08100 Mollet (Barcelona) Spain Phone: + 343 570 64 58 Fax: + 343 570 65 17 E-mail: Cataleg@SpainMail.com Spain: Price: 2,995 Ptas Postage and handling: 125 Ptas Portugal: Price: 3,395 Escudos Escudos Postage and handling: 150 Escudos Pay by cheque, money order, Visa or Mastercard. ──┐ OTHER PRODUCTS FROM SPECTRUM PACIFIC PUBLISHING └── Visit our web site at http://www.SpectrumPacific.com.au for more great games, including: ■ Inner Worlds ■ Yendorian Tales Chapter 2 and Yendorian Tales - The Tyrants of Thaine ■ Slicks'N'Slide ■ Fatal Fumes ■ Subhunt ■ Bubble Pop ■ Delta Hydra And more! ──┐ CONTACTING POW PRODUCTIONS └── ■ Post: POW Productions 43 Holcombe Crescent Ipswich IP2 9QL England ■ e-mail: conan@enterprise.net ──┐ DEVELOPMENT TEAM └── ┌── ── ─ │ Anthony Hamilton : Code / Design / Sound FX / Graphics / Levels │ Roger Wong : Music / Graphics / Sound FX │ Matthew Berry : Levels / Play Testing └── ── ─ ■ Additional support: ┌── ── ─ │ Simon Booth : Unchained Graphics Toolkit │ Otto Chrons : Digital Sound and Music Interface └── ── ─ Powball v2.01 Copyright (C) 1995-97 by Anthony P. Hamilton Published by Spectrum Pacific Publishing