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    ARKANOID FOR WIN32
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1 Installation
  1.1 System requirements
  1.2 Installing the game

2 Running the game
  2.1 The Options menu
  2.2 Controlling the ship
    2.2.1 Keyboard
    2.2.2 Mouse
  2.3 Blocks
  2.4 Power-ups

3 Uninstalling the game
  3.1 The uninstall program
  3.2 Removing leftover files

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1 INSTALLATION
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1.1 System requirements

Before installing the game, make sure your system meet the following minimum requirements:
 - Pentium90 processor, 8Mb RAM
 - DirectX compatible video card capable of 800x600, 16bit color mode (2Mb reccomended)
 - DirectX compatible sound card
 - Win95 and DirectX 5 installed


1.2 Installing the game

Before you start the installation process, you MUST uninstall any old version of Arkanoid previously installed on your system. To do so, run the uninstallation program supplied with the old version, and remove any leftover files.

To install Arkanoid for Win32, run the install program and specify a path where the game should be installed (if the directory you specify doesn't exist, the installation program will create the directory). Please don't specify a two-level directory creation, like specifying the directory C:\Games\ChaosSoft\Arkanoid where both the directories ChaosSoft AND Arkanoid doesn't exist. The installation program can only create one directory. If you encounter any problems during install, please send the error message, your system configuration and the file install.log to lordchs@hem.passagen.se


2 RUNNING THE GAME
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2.1 The Options menu

In the Options menu, selected from the Main menu, you can set which graphic set you want to use (Stone/Funky) and which control type you want to use in the game (Keyboard/Mouse). Make your selection with the keyboard arrows, save changes and go back to the Main menu with Enter/Esc.

2.2 Controlling the ship

The ship can be controlled by either keyboard or mouse (set in the Options menu).

2.2.1 Keyboard

The following keys are used to control the ship during gameplay:

   left arrow          - Steer ship left
   right arrow         - Steer ship right
   right/left Ctrl     - Fire missile/release ball
   Esc                 - End game
   P                   - Pause (press P again to resume the game)

2.2.2 Mouse

The following controls are implemented with the mouse:

   [move mouse left/right]  - Moves the ship left/right
   left button              - Fires missiles/release ball

The keyboard keys Esc and P are also activated in mouse control mode.

2.3 Blocks

The following number of hits are required to destroy the blocks in the game:

   Blue   - 1 hit
   Red    - 1 hit
   Yellow - 1 hit
   Green  - 2 hits
   Grey   - Unbreakable (can be destroyed with Ball Of Fire)

2.4 Power-ups

The following power-ups can be collected in the game:

   A  - Armageddon (MultiBall Of Fire)
   B  - MultiBall (6 balls)
   C  - Complete Control (Ball sticks to ship each bounce)
   D  - Degenerate (Ship size is decreased)
   F  - Ball Of Fire (Ball move through blocks without bouncing)
   H  - HyperBall (Always 3 balls. If one ball dies, a new is created)
   M  - Missiles (Equips the ships with missiles)
   P  - PlayerReSize (Ship size is increased)
   R  - Restore (All improvements are removed)
   S  - Score (Score is increased with 1000)
   W  - Level Warp (Move directly to next level)
   X  - X-tra life (Adds one life)


3 UNINSTALLING THE GAME
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3.1 The uninstall program

To uninstall Arkanoid for Win32, run the uninstall program located in the game directory. This program removes all the game files and registry keys added during installation.


3.2 Removing leftover files

If the uninstall program is unable to remove all the files, but no error message was displayed during the uninstall process, you need to remove all leftover files (and directories) manually.



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Arkanoid for Win32 v1.06

ChaosSoft - Your source for freeware games on the net
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/9886
lordchs@hem.passagen.se
