IMPACTOR

Use the bat, knock out the bricks, get the pickups, and avoid the nasties. Destroy all the destroyable bricks to advance to the next level You start with 3 lives, and get an extra one every 50,000 points There are 32 levels in this release.

Please review this game at http://www.eurocool.com

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IMPACTOR by Seimitsu Software

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NOTE: Unregistered version has only one level.

Installation

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Just install as normal.

This game tries to allocate itself a fair sized chunk of memory

If you have problems running this game, try the following:

* De-frag your pilot

* temporarily uninstall other apps

* remove Hackmaster extensions

This game should work on all Pilots, PalmPilots, and Palm 3s

Please report any bugs to the address at the end of this document

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Title Screen

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up select

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Ý () () /\ () () Ý

Ý \/ Ý

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down

Control the cursor up / down and select the required option

You may also use the stylus to select an option

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Controls

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left action right pause

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Ý () () /\ () () Ý

Ý \/ Ý

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Controls are remappable from the options screen

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Stylus

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You you may use the stylus to control the bat.

Just drag the stylus to where you want the bat to go, and it will follow.

Don't drag into the Graffiti area, as this can currently slow down or stop the game

Pause

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Press one of the pause buttons to pause the game.

During pause mode, press left and right simultaniously to return to the

title screen

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The Game

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Use the bat, knock out the bricks, get the pickups, and avoid the nasties.

Destroy all the destroyable bricks to advance to the next level

You start with 3 lives, and get an extra one every 50,000 points

There are 32 levels in this release.

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The Nasties

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The nasties come out of holes in the top of the arena.

They try to get down past the bottom row of bricks, where they

do their best to get in the way.

If the ball hits them, they are destroyed, but the ball will

ricochet off unpredictably. Beware, this can be very annoying!

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The Pickups

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C - Catch

Your bat becomes magnetic, and keeps hold of the ball(s).

Press the action button to release the ball. The ball will

release itself after a short time.

S - Slow

Slows down the pace of all balls

X - Extra Life

This rare pickups awards you with an extra life

3 - Multiball

Splits the ball up into 3

L - Laser

Press the action button to shoot the nasties and the tiles.

(or the laser will fire automatically if Autofire option is on)

E - Extended bat

Your bat grows long. This can be extremely useful

N - Next level.

This opens up a portal in the right of the play area.

Enter this to skip the current level.

X - SuperBall

The ball grows to gigantic proportions, and smashes

it's way through even indestructible bricks!

T - Tiny

This shrinks your bat

R - Random bat surface

This makes your bat wholly unpredictable. The ball will

bounce off it in random directions.

F - Fast

This increases the speed of the balls

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Options

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There are many options to help you play.

Bat speed / Bat acceleration

- adjust these to your play technique

Ball Size / Ball trails.

- These dont actually change the size of the ball in relation

to the bricks. They are purely there to help you see the ball

more clearly on the Pilot screen

Difficulty

This alters the speed and increase in speed of the balls over time.

Level Set:

This allows you to choose Standard levels or User levels

Laser Autofire: (yes/no)

Setting this will make you shoot lasers continuously when

you have the laser pickup.

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Level Editor

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Select level editor, then use the stylus to design your own levels.

It's straightforward. Using the stylus, just click on the tile you want,

and draw with it.

You can design up to 32 levels.

Select User level set from the options to use these levels.

When playing through the levels, if the game comes upon a level that is

empty, or has no killable tiles, it will act as if the game is over.

The levels will be saved between sessions.

When progressing through the user levels, the 'maximum level you have reached'

counter doesn't increment. It only does so with the standard levels.

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but only if there is adequate interest! Please support shareware authors.

-updates-

v0.99 : Better memory allocation routines

: Laser autofire option

: Small graphical changes

: Fixed auto-off bug

: Smaller size and optimizations

: Title screen stylus support

v0.95 : 12 new levels! Fixed memory allocation bug in version 0.94

v0.94 : Included level editor

v0.92 : much smaller memory requirement. Should work on more machines now.

v0.91 : bugfix involving finishing the level before all the bricks are gone!

v0.9 : initial release

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THE UNREGISTERED VERSION IS LIMITED TO ONE LEVEL

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Comments to :

[email protected]

Please review this game at http://www.eurocool.com

Registration fee is 10 US dollars

for this you will get the full game and future updates.

Register online at PilotGear HQ

http://www.pilotgear.com

or from my web page

http://www.seimitsu.demon.co.uk/pilotprogs.htm

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(c) Julian Scott 1998

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