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- #BOLO BALL DIRECTIONS
-
- The objective of Bolo Ball is quite simple. Starting from
- the top row you try to push your 29 balls down a maze so that
- they reach the bottom row. The farther down you can get them,
- the higher the score. You play against the computer who will
- play the RED balls and you will play the Blue.
-
- The game board is a 29x18 grid. In this grid there are several
- different obstacles that you will want to use to your advantage.
- They are:
-
- #Blue Arrow Tiles:
-
- These are ramps that will make the ball travel in the direction
- of the arrow. Once a ball has hit a ramp and moves off it, the
- arrow will flip itself to the opposite direction for the next
- player's turn.
-
- #Yellow Bonus Tiles:
-
- These will add ten points to your total score. They will not
- affect the path or direction of the ball.
-
- #Gray Tiles:
-
- These tiles will stop the ball if they obstruct the ball's path.
- When all the balls have been pushed by both players, these gray
- tiles will be removed and the balls that are above them will
- continue to gather points as they descend toward the bottom row.
- (The game is won or lost in most cases by the points gained once
- these gray tiles are removed!)
-
- #Purple Tiles:
-
- These purple tiles (ramps on level three of the long game version),
- rotate randomly. The ball will move in the direction of the arrow
- at the time of contact.
-
- #Black Holes:
-
- There are five tiles that are called Black Holes. If a ball hits
- one of these black and white tiles, it will disappear and resume
- its journey from another one of the four remaining Black Holes.
-
-
- #Long and Short Games
-
- There are two types of games you can play in Bolo Ball.
- One is the short version that ends after only one level, and
- the long version which has three levels. The computer is hard
- to beat playing the long version, but it's a lot more fun!
-
- #Scoring
-
- Point totals are located on the bottom row of the screen.
- A ball that reaches the bottom row will be awarded 60 points.
- Each ball that remains on the grid board, will show its value
- (2 points per row). This will automatically be added to your
- total score.
-
- #Key Definitions
-
- Arrow keys move your man right or left along the top of the
- game grid. The down arrow key will push a ball onto the game
- board.
-
- #<S>ound Toggle
- Turns sound on or off
-
- #<L>ook at opponents top row
- Used to view where your opponents balls are when its your turn.
- (Helps for strategy ...blocking...etc...)
-
- #<B>est Scores vs Computer
- Shows Top Ten High Scores for winners of both Long and Short games.
-
- #<K>ey Menu
- Shows Key Definitions
-
- #<H>elp
- Bolo Ball Directions
-
- #<ESC> New Game
- Allows you to give up present game and begin a new one.
-
- #<Q>uit Bolo Ball
- Quits Program
-
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