Video Games 1 - Revision history

Amycjgrace: /* Triton Catalog - Spring 1984 */

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‎Triton Catalog - Spring 1984

Amycjgrace: /* Downloads */

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‎Downloads

Amycjgrace: /* External Links */

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‎External Links

Amycjgrace: /* One or Two Players? */

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‎One or Two Players?

Amycjgrace: /* Doodle */

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‎Doodle

Amycjgrace: /* Black Box */

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‎Black Box

Amycjgrace: /* Scoring */

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‎Scoring

Amycjgrace: /* Scoring */

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‎Scoring

Amycjgrace: /* Flipper Target */

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‎Flipper Target

Amycjgrace: /* Pinball */

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‎Pinball

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	Press the '''1''' key if you want to play against the machine. You can play against a friend by pressing the '''2''' key. For this example, press the '''1''' key.		Press the '''1''' key if you want to play against the machine. You can play against a friend by pressing the '''2''' key. For this example, press the '''1''' key.

		+	=====Maze?=====

		+	After selecting the number of players, you are asked which type of maze you want. The maze is a series of obstacles that the spiders cannot cross. Press the key corresponding to the type of maze you want. For your first game, press '''1''' for no maze.
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		+	=====Border?=====
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		+	A new display now asks if you want a "fixed border" or an "open border." A fixed border means that your spider cannot go off the edge of the screen. If you hit the border, you lose. An open border means that if your spider goes off the edge of the screen it reappears on the opposite side of the screen! In other words, it ''wraps around" the screen. This feature can lead to some interesting tactical battles. Press '''2''' to choose an open border so that you can see how this works.
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		+	=====Speed?=====
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		+	Next, decide at what speed you want to play. Let's choose low speed for this game so that you can easily see what happens.
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		+	=====Level?=====
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		+	When you play against the computer, you get to select the level of difficulty for the game. (If you had selected Two Players earlier, you would not be asked this question.) The Home Computer is pretty tough to beat at its most difficult level, so let's start off with the easy level by pressing '''1'''.
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		+	=====Start=====
		+
		+	As soon as you've answered the last question, the game begins, so be prepared! With the options we've just selected the screen goes blank, the spiders appear, and the computer's blue spider starts to move. You should start moving your green spider immediately. If you don't move within a short time, you will lose the game by default. The default time gets shorter as you select faster speeds.
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		+	If you're playing the computer, use one Wired Remote Controller unit or the directional keys on the left side of the keyboard:
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		+	↖ ('''W'''), ↑ ('''E'''), ↗ ('''R'''), ← ('''S'''), → ('''D'''), ↙ ('''Z'''). ↓ ('''X'''), and ↘ ('''C'''). For two players, the second player needs to use the other handheld unit or the directional keys on the right side of the keyboard:
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		+	↖ ('''U'''), ↑ ('''I'''), ↗ ('''O'''), ← ('''J'''), → ('''K'''), ↙ ('''N'''), ↓ ('''M'''), and ↘ ('''.'''). If you hold down any of these keys, the spider continues to move in the same direction. If you have the handheld units connected, just push
		+	the lever in the direction you want to move.
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		+	As soon as one of the spiders wins, you hear the "dum-dum-dum" music, and the score flashes onto the screen for a few seconds. Then the next round of the game begins. The game continues in this way until one of the spiders scores 10 victories. The computer then congratulates the winner (or tells you that it has won). You are then asked if you want to play again. If you answer no, the game returns to the game selection list. If you answer yes, you are then asked if you want to use the same options as before. Press '''Y''' again and the game starts over with the same options. Press '''N''' to return to the Doodle option selection lists and set up a new Doodle game.
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		+	As your skill increases you can choose different options to keep the game challenging. With a complex maze, fixed border, high speed, and the most difficult level selected, you have to be very quick to beat the computer!

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	Now let's look at the options you have in selecting the kind of game you want to play. As soon as you select Doodle from the main selection list, this display appears:		Now let's look at the options you have in selecting the kind of game you want to play. As soon as you select Doodle from the main selection list, this display appears:
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		+	[[File:Video Games 1 - Doodle Options Screenshot.png\|center\|500px]]
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		+	=====One or Two Players?=====
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		+	If you press '''1''', a game is automatically set up for you to play against the computer. If you press '''2''', the computer generates a game for two players. For now, let's press '''3''' so that we can design our own game. These are the options that appear:
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		+	[[File:Video Games 1 - Doodle Options 2 Screenshot.png\|center\|500px]]
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		+	Press the '''1''' key if you want to play against the machine. You can play against a friend by pressing the '''2''' key. For this example, press the '''1''' key.
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	The black box at the top of the screen shows the number of the ball in play. The ball moves out of the box with a random direction and speed. If the ball rolls completely back into the black box after you have removed some of the triangle targets, you get a new ball. Your score increases and you hear the "new ball" music. After a pause the new ball automatically appears with a new speed and direction. The pause can be either long or short, so don't relax! This new ball will not affect the ball count, so it's in effect a free ball.		The black box at the top of the screen shows the number of the ball in play. The ball moves out of the box with a random direction and speed. If the ball rolls completely back into the black box after you have removed some of the triangle targets, you get a new ball. Your score increases and you hear the "new ball" music. After a pause the new ball automatically appears with a new speed and direction. The pause can be either long or short, so don't relax! This new ball will not affect the ball count, so it's in effect a free ball.
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		+	=====Start the Game=====
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		+	To start the game, press the FIRE button on the Wired Remote Controllers, or press the '''ENTER''' key on the keyboard. The ball count is shown in the black box and the ball appears from this box with a random speed and direction. When each ball is lost, the next ball is started in the same way. The game is over after five balls. The scores on the screen are then altered to show the score in the last game and the highest score so far. To play another game of Pinball, press the FIRE button or the '''ENTER''' key. The score is reset to zero, and you are ready to start the first ball as described above. To go back to the game selection screen after a game of Pinball, hold down the '''SHIFT''' key and press the '''Z''' key.
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		+	====Doodle====
		+
		+	Press the '''3''' key to select Doodle from the game selection list. Doodle is a game of strategy and skill with several variations. After you have chosen the type of game you want to play, two spiders, one green and one blue, appear on the screen. By moving your spider, you can lay a trail or "web" of the same color as your spider. The object of the game is to corner your opponent's spider so that it can't move without hitting a wall, an obstacle, or either of the webs. When a spider collides with any of these barriers, it loses the game. Be careful not to back up into your own web!
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		+	Now let's look at the options you have in selecting the kind of game you want to play. As soon as you select Doodle from the main selection list, this display appears:

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	+	Note that a hit is not registered unless you hit the target completely. Hitting just the edge of a target is not recognized as a hit.
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	+	=====Gravity=====
	+
	+	To make the game as realistic as possible, a "gravity effect" has been added. While a ball is in play, gravity affects it. This is most noticeable as the ball moves across the screen. Instead of moving in a straight line, it gradually moves down as well as across the screen. To counter the effect of gravity, the ball's speed increases slightly every time it bounces.
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	+	=====Black Box=====
	+
	+	The black box at the top of the screen shows the number of the ball in play. The ball moves out of the box with a random direction and speed. If the ball rolls completely back into the black box after you have removed some of the triangle targets, you get a new ball. Your score increases and you hear the "new ball" music. After a pause the new ball automatically appears with a new speed and direction. The pause can be either long or short, so don't relax! This new ball will not affect the ball count, so it's in effect a free ball.

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	The white horizontal line which joins the two sets of triangle targets is a flipper target. If you hit this, the flipper gets bigger, making it easier to keep the ball in play. At the same time, a black line appears above the flipper and follows its		The white horizontal line which joins the two sets of triangle targets is a flipper target. If you hit this, the flipper gets bigger, making it easier to keep the ball in play. At the same time, a black line appears above the flipper and follows its
	movements across the screen. If the ball hits this line, the flipper shrinks back to its normal size.		movements across the screen. If the ball hits this line, the flipper shrinks back to its normal size.
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		+	=====Scoring=====
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		+	The various objects the ball hits score as follows:
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		+	[[File:Video Games 1 - Pinball Scoring.png\|center\|500px]]
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	Return to the game selection list by pressing '''SHIFT Z'''. Then press the '''2''' key to choose the Pinball game. This display then appears:		Return to the game selection list by pressing '''SHIFT Z'''. Then press the '''2''' key to choose the Pinball game. This display then appears:
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	[[File:Video Games 1 - Pinball Screen.png\|center\|500px]]		[[File:Video Games 1 - Pinball Screen.png\|center\|500px]]