Burst a Marble  Version 6 28.1.98
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     David Ball
      56 Stoke Green
       Coventry
         CV3 1AN
	

               The Game
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    After playing "Bust a Move 2" on my friends Sega Saturn
I became hooked. We rented the game and kept returning to 
take it out again and again.
    While playing it I decided that the game was simple 
enough to be transfered to the Amiga without loosing many of 
the features.
    After a few days I had the bare bones of the game laid 
out and I began to work, with a lot of help from my brother 
Philip, on the more complex aspects of the game. 


    The language
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    About a year ago I bought Blitz Basic 2 from D Densley 
off the Internet I tried to produce a computer model of our 
solar system but failed becaue the numbers were too big. I 
gave up trying to program as my exams were approaching.
    The previous year I had written two different games 
using the Amiga Format Amos Pro coverdisk which unfortunatly 
didn`t allow you to create executables. I also dabbled in 
Amiga E for a whole weekend.


     Distribution
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    An earlier Version was posted off to Amiga Format and to 
different PD Libraries.
    I had hoped to compact the files with LHA and upload it 
to the internet Aminet site and stick the archive in the 
games/2ply directory. 
    Sadly I am no longer connected to the internet. 
If anyone wants to take the time and effort to upload it for 
me then I would be grateful. 
   
I also mantain, or maintained, an Internet site at:-

    http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5849/
 
    Take a look especially if you like Red Dwarf.

    If people want to get their hands on the source code 
then send a stamped self addressed envelope with your cheque 
for five pounds. The code is  easy to understand as there 
are lots of explanations.

    Any thing else?
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    The game contains most of the things I had hopes to 
include apart from more options and the high score table.  
 
    The game is also available for the PC under the name of 
Puzzle Bobble.
                                             
    Version 6 works on my 1 meg chip ram A2000 running OS 
2.0 and my unmodified A1200.



               Playing the Game
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     When the moving marble comes into contact with another 
marble it will become stuck in position.
     If there are three or more marbles of the same colour
adjacent then they will burst and disappear, as will others 
connected to the original.
     The Starball removes all the marbles the same colour as 
the one it strikes first.
     The bomb removes the six surrounding balls from the 
position it reaches.
     Any marbles that are not connected to the top of the 
screen by the others will disappear and, depending on the 
mode of play, will add two balls your opponents screen.
                     
     You win the game when your screen is clear or your 
opponent`s screen becomes full.

     If you find the random levels too difficult then press 
the help or delete key before beginning the game.	

     Their are thirty one player levels for the anti-social 
amongst you.  A level designer is avalable if you send a 
stamped addressed envelope with your cheque. 

                           
               Points system
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Each marble fired                      1
A marble bursting                     10
A marble vanishing off the screen    100
Clearing the screen                 1000

                          
               What to do after playing the game
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   Get a stamp, an envelope and a cheque book and follow the
 instructions below:

1) Copy the address, from this file or the game, onto the 
front of the envelope place the stamp on the top right of 
the envelope.
2) Fill in the cheque for five pounds made payable to 
David Ball, sign and date it.
3) Place the cheque, along with any comments ideas etc, in 
the envelope. 
4) Take the cheque/comment/envelope combination and place 
it in a post box.
  
    Thank you you have now made all the hard work worth 
while.

   I have a few more ideas for games if you think I should 
continue to write them then please signify this with money.


    What you need to make the game work
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BM2            (the game)

BM2_files/
          fire           (samples)
          metalting1
          metalting2
          bounce 
          pointer
          smash
          drop
          line
          win
          balls.iff      (graphics)
          bm2scrn.iff
          bm2scrn2.iff
          Lev01										(Level Data)
          ....(thirty files)
          Lev30

libs/
      diskfont.lib
      mathtrans.lib


     I think thats the lot.