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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.
=====Start the Game=====
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.
====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!
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:
