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- BM.DOC - Break Machine Inline Documentation - English
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- Note : Excuse me for my poor French 2 English tranlation !!!
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- IO Design Presents
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- BREAK MACHINE
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- Version 1.0 Shareware
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- Code, Gfx, Sounds, Musics : Fred Pesch.
- Pov - Art : Benji Durin
- Additional Gfx, Sprite Editor Creation : Mickaël Bergue
- Levels design : Natacha
- Asm Optimisations (Vga Card) : Reza
- Bêta-Testers : Mickaël
- Anton
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- ATTENTION : This Program is a SHAREWARE
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- Software (C) 1995, IO DESIGN
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- Don't Modify any file provided with BM
- You're using this Program at your own risk but we inform you that
- some people have a condition that causes them to exeperience an
- epileptic.
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- This Software can be freely distributed, we invite you even to do it but
- you have to follow these rules :
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- - all the files provided with Break Machine have to be
- distributed (use Install.exe)
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- - If you like this program, you have to register
- (see conditions in REGISTRATION part)
- The Trial period is 15 days long.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- To play BM, you need
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- - a 100% IBM PC Compatible Computer with 80386,486 or Pentium processor
- - Miscrosoft Ms-DOS(tm) version 5.00 or better
- - 530Kb of Base Memory (see your Dos Manual)
- - a Vga card with at least 256Kb of Memory
- - a Microsoft(tm) compatible Mouse with Dos driver
- - a 3"1/4 disk drive.
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- for the sounds:
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- - 256kb XMS memory (Extended Memory - need HIMEM.SYS)
- - a Sound Blaster Compatible Sound Card
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- for the music:
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- - an Adlib compatible Sound Card
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- Note : You can run BM from Ms-Windows(tm) if you don't use the sounds
- & musics but this program is a DOS program !!!
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- But Break Machine is a 320*400 MODEX Vga Graphic Mode and we recommand
- the use of :
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- - a 486 or better Based Computer
- - a Local Bus (VLB or PCI) Graphic Card
- - a Hard Drive with 1.2Mb Free.
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- note : if you're not using a Local Bus VGA Card, some flicker can
- appear and sometimes, the program will run slower.
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- INTRODUCTION
- In an another dimension exists an incredible World: BRICKANIA
- The only thing we know today about this parallax World is his main component
- We use to call it : THE BRICK
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- Some Bad Monsters Came from this World to Make the Earth a big Wall !
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- So, We, the Earthlings, decided to Destroy this Atmospherical Wall.
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- The X-PAD 01 ship was especially designed for "Space Bricks Breaking"
- missions.
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- But this is too dangerous to put a human in the ship so we employed
- the Best Computer Player, You, to "Virtually" command the Ship.
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- The X-PAD 01 uses a new Weapon type called X-Ball but don't let the X-ball
- Bounding on earth, we have only 3 negate-X-Ball missiles to protect Earth !
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- We will send you some Ship-features to help you but be carreful,
- the Brickanians will send you Computer Viruses !
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- There will be ugly Brickanian's Monsters and be carefull when you will
- reach the outer space regions :
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- the very big & violent WormTro'll wait you !
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- GOOD LUCK !
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- INSTALLATION
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- To Install Break Machine : insert the Disk Labelled "Break Machine" in
- your disk drive then enter :
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- INSTALL
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- Choose the Destination directory pathname (default is C:\BM)
- then choose then Run Install Command.
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- note : The Directory choosed mustn't exist !
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- You can run the game from the disk but we recommand you to install it because
- it will run slower.
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- CD-ROM distribution Note :
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- You can execute BM from the CD but you won't hear anything.
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- SETUP INFORMATIONS
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- Before playing Break Machine for the First Time, enter
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- SETUP
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- on the Dos command Line in the Break Machine Directory.
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- see the SETUP.DOC files for more informations about SETUP.
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- RUNNING BM
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- To Execute Break Machine, enter
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- BM
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- on the Command Line in the Break Machine Directory
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- (see CREATING YOUR OWN LEVELS For more Informations)
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- USING THE GAME
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- Break Machine uses exclusively the Mouse.
- only some Keyboard Commands are available.
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- I) MAIN MENU
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- If all is OK, after the Game Introduction, you will see a Screen
- with 6 Menu Commands :
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- 1) Play Game
- 2) Game Options
- 3) Informations
- 4) History
- 5) High Scores
- 6) Quit Game
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- To Choose a Command : put the Center of the IO Logo mouse pointer
- (an i in an O) over the command choosed then click the left mouse button.
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- II) GAME OPTIONS
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- In this Screen, you can choose:
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- - The Digitized Sound reproduction (On/Off)
- - The Fm Music reproduction (On/Off)
- - The Mouse Speed (Low/Med/High)
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- then valid your choice by clicking the OK button.
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- III) MAIN GAME RULES
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- 1- newcomer Pilotes
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- To Move the X-PAD 01 : use the Mouse. Moving the mouse left will
- move the ship left, to the right : it will go Right !!! (all right !)
- (you can also use the left & right direction keys)
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- The X-Ball isn't directly commanded : you have to catch it before
- it disappear at the bottom of the screen and bound on earth !
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- The X-Pad 01 is a "directionnal" ship : you can modify the bounding
- angle of the X-Ball (you have to entertain a bit).
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- The Objective of the game is to destroy the Wall you see on the screen
- by hitting all the bricks with your X-BALL.
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- Many Monsters will come to stop you. their names are:
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- - TENTACLE BOB (the Green Tentacle)
- - THE BLUB (the blue monsters with long teeth)
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- and in the registered version only :
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- - GLOBULA (the awfull liquid E.T. (ha!ha!ha!))
- - Mr SNOW (the carbonic snowman)
- - ROBOCUBE (the connex Robot (Student Joke !))
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- You can Destroy the monsters by hitting them with the X-Ball.
- attention : the Ball will go Faster sooner.
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- The Final Objective is to Stop the Brickanian's attack based on
- 50 easy to "AAARRRRGGGGHHH" Levels. (5 levels in Shareware version)
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- Every 5 Levels you will Meet Worm-TRO : the Brickanian Dicator :
- be carefull : every loose will make him more POWERFULL !
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- 2- Brick Types
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- There is 3 different types of brick :
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- - The Normal Bricks (blue, orange, green, purple, white, black & red)
- one Single Hit will destroy them.
- - The Tri-Flex Bricks ( gray )
- Three Hits will destroy them.
- - the Transparent Bricks : UnDestroyables !
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- note : if you've got the XTra-Ball, you will pass thru all the
- bricks and you will even destroy them (except the transparent one)
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- 3- Ship Features
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- The X-PAD 01 accepts many options :
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- the "friend" options:
- - the Laser (L letter) : you will get the famous
- super-protonic Gamme-Ultra Laser class Z :
- "with the S.P.GUL.C.Z. : no more trouble"
- hit the left mouse button to launch a set of 2 torpedoes.
- (the Space Bar will do the same Stuff).
- - the Multi-Ball (M letter) : this will add 2 balls on the
- screen with up to 5 X-balls (this software is a multitasking
- one !!!)
- - the XTra-Ball (X letter) : Powerfull Option : all the X-Balls
- on screen will be featured with an astaunishing protect shield
- that will allow the ball to pass thru the bricks.
- - The AutoPilot (A letter) : 20 seconds of "Do what you want"
- game but you can take the ship control by hitting the right
- mouse button (or Alt Key).
- - The Enlarge Option (E letter) : this Morphs the X-Pad 01 in
- Super X-Pad 01.
- - The Slow Option (S letter) : For Slow people !
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- Some Other Features are in Developpement and can appear in the
- game : it's up to you to discover them !
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- The "Enemy" Options:
- We don't have any information on this subject !
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- 4- Keyboard Fonctions
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- During the game, you can
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- - Pause the Game : Hit the "P" key
- To Continue : Hit the "P" key one more time
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- - Quit the Game : Hit the "ESC" Key and confirm by
- hitting the "Y" key.
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- - Move the Paddle with Left and Right Arrows.
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- - Left Mouse Button = SPACE BAR
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- - Right Mouse Button = ALT KEY
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- IV) WORM-TRO DUEL
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- When you will meet Worm-Tro, the X-Pad 10 will be Laser - Ready.
- To Succeed : Hit Worm-Tro many times while don't touch his
- Laser Ball.
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- V) GAME FEATURES
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- Registered Version :
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- To reach the End of the Game : you will have to pass 50 levels
- and destroy Worm-Tro 10 times ----- GOOD LUCK !!!
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- Shareware Version : only the 5 starting levels are available.
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- CREATING YOUR OWN LEVELS - Registered Version Only
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- You can use your own levels to play with Break Machine, you just have
- to precise the name of the game in command line parameter :
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- for example : enter BM MONJEU.GME
- to play MONJEU.GME
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- For More Informations : See the BMEDIT.DOC Text File.
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- Note : If you play with your own levels : your score won't be recorded
- and 10 levels are only available.
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- REGISTRATION
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- We are looking for Outside & Inside C.E.E. distributors but you
- can already buy Break Machine by sending
- French Check or international payment at
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- PESCHANSKI Frédéric
- 1 bis boulevard de la PAIX
- 91300 MASSY
- FRANCE
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- >>>>> Compuserve User ID : 100625.632 <<<<<
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- prix : 70 F.F. (15$ U.S.) for the Game
- + 10 F.F. (2$ U.S.) shipping & handling (Only FRANCE)
- + 20 F.F. (4$ U.S.) shipping & handling (C.E.E.)
- + 40 F.F. (8$ U.S.) other countries
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- other countries : Contact us, we will do whatever exists and even more
- to send you a BM version.
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- Note : We are looking for distributors ! <<< CONTACT US >>>
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- See the Order.FRM file to see what? what? (the ORDER FORM !)
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- We have a lot of projects !
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- But We are student : The Money isn't the first Objective !!!
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- ( it can be fun to make games !!! Yes, it is !!!)
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- HELLO TO
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- Brother Nico, and "IRIS" Nico, Benji & Manu, Reza & Reza, Izard the Fraggle
- Fouad and also my favorite NATACHA !
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- THANKS TO
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- DP Tool Club Making Shareware (a bit) alive in FRANCE !
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- Georges LUCAS, ILM, Lucas Arts, ... for STAR WARS(tm) and all the
- derivated products --- I am personnaly looking for U.S.A. Star Wars Fans
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