Contents

Pressure Drop Help Contents

Welcome to the Pressure Drop help file.

Choose one of the items in the list below for help on that subject.

Game Objectives

Player Controls

Passwords

Level Progression

Tip and Tactics

Power Ups and Brick Types

Menaces

Credits


Menaces

Sinister Spheres -match the color of the spheres before shooting them. If they reach the Chromatube, they will deplete the power of the Chromagun.

Walls -appear at any time and in any position on the Chromatube. You must destroy them by constantly battering them.


Level Progression

If you successfully complete a level you will automatically progress to the next level. You are given three tries to complete the game. After three tries the game is over and you will have to start again at Level 1. When you complete each Zone, made up of 5 levels, you will be given a password.


Passwords

Upon completion of a Zone you will be given the password for the Zone you are about to enter. You can the use these passwords to jump to the later Zones in the game. The passwords are entered through the Enter Password option in the menu.


Player Controls

Listed below are the default keys configurations for Pressure Drop in one and two player modes. You can change these keys by selecting the Redefine Keys tab in Options in the menu. Redefined keys are stored with the player’s name, therefore if you reload a previous player, your key setting will also be loaded.

1 - Player Keys

Up Cursor Key	Rotates the Chromagun one color clockwise

Down Cursor Key	Rotates the Chromagun one color counter-clockwise

Left Cursor Key	Moves Chromagun to the left

Right Cursor Key	Moves Chromagun to the right

Spacebar	Shoots the Chroma ray

Right Shift	Allows you to toggle through the Power-ups you have collected

Enter	Activates the currently selected Power-up

2-Player keys

Q	Rotates the Chromagun one color clockwise

A	Rotates the Chromagun one color counter-clockwise

C	Moves Chromagun to the left

V	Moves Chromagun to the right

B	Shoots the Chroma ray

Left Shift	Allows you to toggle through the Power-ups you have collected

Tab	Activates the currently selected Power-up

Sound Options

You can turn the sound effects and music on and off independently by going to the menu, selecting the Options item, and clicking on the Sound tab.


Game Objectives

Use your Chromagun to beat the twenty Zones by destroying the descending bricks. To destroy the bricks you must alter the color and tone of each brick in the block so that they all match. To change the color of the bricks, rotate the Chromagun to the color of your choice then shoot them by pressing the Spacebar.

If the bricks hit the Pressure Ray it will rise higher. For every brick destroyed, it will move down. If nine bricks hit the ray, you lose the level.


Tips and Tactics

Practice your control of the Chromagun.

Learn how to utilize the Wind Cannons.

Carefully choose the color you will fire to avoid running out.

Try to destroy as many bricks as possible. It is better to destroy more small bricks than fewer larger ones.

Learn to use the Power-ups you have collected at the most appropriate time.

In two-player mode, make sure you communicate with each other to help other overcome problems.


Power Ups and Brick Types

Power-ups and Brick Types

Power-ups:

Destroyer -Destroys all bricks on the screen

Joker -Allows you to destroy the next five bricks with one shot each

Stop Bricks -Stops all bricks from dropping for a brief period of time

Strength -Increases the strength of your Chromagun for a limited period of time

Green for Go -Turns all the bricks on the screen to green

500 Points -Increases your score by 500 points

Brick Types:

Regular Bricks -- blocks of bricks can only be destroyed once all the individual bricks are the same color and tone.

Two-tone Bricks -- you can only change the color of the base of each brick; by matching the color of the base to the top you will destroy it.

Kaleidoscope Bricks  -- the colors in this row constantly rotate from right to left.

Traffic Light Bricks -- bricks with different colored circles in the middle. Destroy them by changing the color of the traffic light to match the rest of the brick, or change the brick color to match the color of the traffic light.

Mirror Bricks -- their two sides are constantly switching. Hitting the mirror side will cause the Chromagun ray to weaken. Destroy it by changing the regular side to the same color as the rest of the brick.

Connecting Bricks -- these bricks connect with other Connecting Bricks as they fall down the screen. They must all be the same color before they can be destroyed.


Credits

Credits:

Windows 95 Version:

Mark Stamps, Barry A. Gear, Paul Young

Producer:

Scott Baynes Fordham

Executive Producer:

Ian Saunter

Product Manager:

Tom Crosby

Original Version:

Efecto Caos

Compression Code:

Paul Blyth

Quality Assurance Lead:

John A.S. Conklin II

Quality Assurance Team:

Jamal Jennings, Josh Viers, Eric Liu, Eric Beachum, Dean “Bosh” Miller, Tom Oswald DDS, Jim Archer, Ben Simpson, Stuart Saunders, Richard Edwards

Quality Assurance Manager:

Tony Ciarrocchi

Design:

Enrique Morera & Daniel Mauro

Adapted by:

Miguel A. Tartaj “Mig”

Graphics & Animation:

Greg Butler, Wade Childress, Brian Flora, Scott Baynes Fordham, Julie Jaros, Richard McBride, Lee Montgomery, Dave Nakabayashi, J. Manuel Fernandez Oli, Jay Shuster

FX & Music:

Andrew Barnabas, Enrique Morera, Daniel Mauro, Brian Walker

Special Thanks:

Kim Hilquist

Li Kramer

Kris Olson

Jack Perez