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B L O C K H E A D S II
Program and Text by Kate and Ron Slaminko
Those pesky blockheads are back. 50 more time-wasting screens full
of the annoying little buggers. If you remember the original
Blockheads from LS128 #39, this will all look familiar and you can
jump right into playing, though you might want to read the "What's
New" section. Longer instructions are included for the uninitiated.
What's New:
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-> Blockheads II has 50 new screens, all generally more difficult
than the originals. Once you solve number 50, the random level
generator kicks in.
-> The graphics have been updated slightly. If you prefer the look
of the old game, just replace the file "BHCHARSET" on this disk with
the file of the same name from issue 39, or copy the file BHLEV.SET2
to your old Blockheads disk. Both versions of Blockheads will
automatically detect the presence of multiple level sets, and if
more than one set is found, a scrolling file requestor is presented.
-> The timing has been adjusted slightly, so the game should now
work fine with a SuperCPU. The old version disabled the SCPU.
BLOCKHEADS: THE GAME
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This is a "falling blocks" game, but it's not TETRIS. It's a lot more.
There are 50+ screens (or levels) in this game, each 16 spaces wide by 19
high. To finish a screen, eliminate all the blockheads. At the beginning of
each level, you are presented with a menu of options:
S - save current game to disk
L - load a saved game from disk
J - jump to any level
Q - quit
RETURN or joystick FIRE button - start current level
SAVE - saves the current game status (last level completed and score) to
disk. Filename is pre-pended with "bhsav." so the entered name is limited
to 10 characters.
LOAD - presents a list of saved games on the disk. Use the CRSR UP/DOWN
keys to highlight the desired file and press RETURN or use the joystick
UP/DOWN to highlight and press the FIRE button to load.
JUMP - lets you jump directly to any level for practice.
QUIT - ends the game after an "are you sure" prompt. If you've made a top
10 score, enter your initials at the prompt.
PLAYING A LEVEL
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Blockheads are the funny looking guys with the squarish heads and bad
hair. There are four blockhead colors: red, blue, green, and purple. To
eliminate a blockhead, drop 3 (or 4) squareblocks (outlined, solid squares)
of the same color on his head. Blocks of various types fall 2 at a time
from the top of the screen. When a block lands on something, its companion
immediately falls straight down as far as possible (except "sticky" blocks
-- see below).
Use these controls to maneuver the blocks:
KEYBOARD JOYSTICK PORT 2
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Move left cursor left left
Move right cursor right right
Move down cursor down down
Rotate cw cursor up up
Drop SPACE bar button
Pause p (use keyboard)
Press any key or the FIRE button to resume a paused game.
In addition to blockheads and square blocks, several other types of
blocks may appear on each screen: obstacles, weapons, and others.
Obstacles: you can't get rid of these by stacking them up.
Bricks - (look like the playing field outline except gray) the most common
obstacle.
Glass - (doesn't look like anything) just like bricks but invisible - you
won't know it's there until you land on it.
Steel - (in I-beam form) stronger than bricks - impervious to bombs.
Diamond - (shaped like, well, a diamond) harder than glass - impervious to
bombs and acid.
Kudzu - (ugly brown plant) a fast growing weed. Only a blockhead would
plant kudzu.
Weapons: use these to clear things out of the way.
Bombs - (round things with fuses) destroys whatever it lands on except
blockheads (They wear armor), steel, or diamonds.
Nukes - (red missile-like things) destroys a 3x3 area around itself, but
won't harm blockheads (It's really good armor).
Acid - (green stuff in a flask) eats through everything below it (down to
the bottom of the screen), even blockheads, but is stopped by diamonds.
Miscellaneous:
Transformer - (the question marks) these change into whatever they land
on. If one lands on a blockhead, it changes into a squareblock of the same
color.
Bonus - (the big yellow $ signs) score extra points or get other good
stuff by stacking 4 or 5 of these. The first bonus completed in a level
turns on the look-ahead feature. The second displays level parameters (how
many bombs, what speed, stuff like that). Subsequent bonuses could be any
of the following:
\ kill all kudzu
\ make the background visible
\ turn off sticky blocks
\ make next pair acid/nuke
\ make next pair 2 transformers
\ 400 points.
Other variables:
Background - may be visible or clear. A visible background makes it easier
to see where you are.
Sticky blocks - if turned on, blocks don't fall when their companion
lands. This can make space utilization tricky. In some levels, only some of
the blocks are stuck together.
Speed - falling speed of blocks is different from level to level and may
vary within a level.
Vanish - Sometimes, the falling blocks will disappear from the screen for
a brief period.
SCORING
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You get 100 points for eliminating a blockhead (without using acid),
400 (sometimes) for a bonus stack, and 200 for finishing a level. You also
get 1 point for each empty square in the brickyard when you finish a level,
so neatness counts. If you die on a level (there's no room for new blocks),
you lose all points earned that level and 200 more as a penalty.
BONUS LEVELS
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There are 50 designed levels in this game. All are solvable (some
require a bit of luck). If you complete all 50 levels, an infinite number
of extra levels will be randomly generated. Random levels may not be
solvable, and will be different each time you play the game.
PLAYING TIPS
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\ You can get rid of some unwanted blocks (like the wrong color on a
blockhead) by building a stack of 4 or 5 matching blocks, or with bombs,
nukes, or acid. Not every level will include weapons, however, so stash
junk wisely!
\ Acid will destroy blockheads, but you don't get points that way.
\ Destroy, or at least contain, kudzu as quickly as possible.