S O L E A U S O F T W A R E
Presents
BALLOON CHALLENGE v1.1
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Program by William Soleau
Requires: EGA/VGA
Requires Files: Balloonc.ov0 Balloonc.ov1
Balloonc.ov2 Balloonc.ov3
Balloon1.jft Balloon2.jft
OBJECTIVE
The objective of Balloon Challenge is to get your 25 colored
balloons as high as you can on the game board. The higher the
balloon goes, the higher the points awarded. The player with
the highest score at the end of the game is the winner.
GAME PLAY
At the start of a new game, the computer will decide who goes
first. The computer always plays the Yellow balloons. At the
bottom of the screen you will see your 25 balloons ready to be
launched. There will be a white square drawn around the first
balloon. Using your <Arrow Keys> move the marker to select the
balloon you want to launch into the sky. To release the balloon,
press the <Spacebar> key.
GAME OBJECTS
There are many different objects in the sky that you will have to
either utilize or avoid, in your quest to get the balloon as high
into the sky maze as possible. There are Airplanes, Dark Clouds,
Bonus Clouds, Directional Clouds and Hurricanes.
Airplanes: will destroy your balloon if you hit one. They
continue to move one space at a time across the sky
for each turn.
Dark Clouds: will stop the balloons from going higher.
Directional: will send the balloons in the direction of their
Clouds arrow. Once a balloon has hit one of these
clouds, the arrow will change to the other direction.
Hurricanes: will move your balloon to a random place on game
board, and it will continue to climb higher if it
is able to do so.
Bonus Points: If you can get your balloon to go through one of
these clouds marked with a '10', then you will get
an extra 10 points added to your score. These bonus
clouds can only be captured once per game.
SCORING
Points are awarded for all the balloons which are located on the
game board. Every row higher is worth 5 points. Since there
are 15 rows, a balloon that reaches the very top will have a
value of 75 points.
Once all the balloons have been released by both players, the
game will be over. The player with the highest score will be
the winner.
All balloons that are stuck on their launching pad because of an
object directly above them, will be considered a grounded balloon
because they will not be able to reach the first row. They will
be automatically removed by the computer.
KEYS / OPTIONS
All key definitions are shown below the game board at all times.
<D>irections <O>ptions <N>ew Game <Q>uit
The <O>ption key brings up a menu which allows you to toggle the
Sound on or off. There is also some information about Soleau
Software and our EGA/VGA games.
* NOTE WINDOWS USERS *
Running Balloon Challenge from Windows may cause unexpected results.
The game should be played by loading it directly from the Dos prompt.
S O L E A U S O F T W A R E
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REGISTERED VERSION
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SOLEAU SOFTWARE MEMBERSHIP
Soleau Software's main focus is to produce the finest logic and
strategy games for the software marketplace. Balloon Challenge
is just one of over thirty other challenging Soleau Software
Games. If you like Balloon Challenge and find it worthy of your
game collection then please show your support of our work and
register the game with us. Soleau Software depends on your
registrations in order to continue providing an alternative
software source.
The registered version of Balloon Challenge greatly speeds up the
loading and exiting of the game, plus allows for two human
players. See the closing screen within the game for details, or
read the Balc_reg.doc file provided with this copy of Balloon
Challenge.
Your $12.00 registration of Balloon Challenge will instantly make
you a Soleau Software Member. All members receive special
discounts on our other games through special bonus package offers
sent with your disk. Members also have the option to include an
extra $6.00 dollars for our Member Game Pack which has EIGHT of
our most popular Shareware EGA/VGA games on a High Density Floppy
Disk.
This offer is for Members Only, so please register Balloon
Challenge today !
We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you will
continue to enjoy this as well as our other software products.
Sincerely,
William Soleau
President
Soleau Software
163 Amsterdam Avenue
Suite 213
New York, NY 10023
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