Brainstorm

BRAINSTORM


(c)PETE COOKE








THE GAME


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Brainstorm is an arcade strategy game. At the beginning of the game you


will see one or two balls bouncing around a coloured grid. The object of


the game is to trap the ball(s) on a red area of the grid, since your


score will depend on the time the ball spends travelling over each


particular coloured area of the screen.





LOADING


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1. Connect a suitable cassette player to your Spectrum according to the


User Manual. THEN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 3, 4 AND 5 BELOW.





SPECTRUM 48/128 and PLUS 2 OWNERS





2. Put the 48/128 and Plus 2 systems into 48K mode.





3. Place the rewound cassette into the cassette player.





4. Type LOAD "" on your Spectrum and press ENTER.





5. Press PLAY on the cassette player.





NOTE: Full loading instructions can be found in your Spectrum Manual.








PLAYING THE GAME


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Brainstorm is played over 26 screens, each presenting different problems


for trapping the ball. The lines which are used to trap the ball(s) can


be selected by moving the pointer to one of the Cyan, Yellow or White


bars of the control panel on the right and pressing fire. Once selected


the bar will pulsate. Now move the pointer onto the playing area and


press fire. The line you have selected will move across the grid to the


position of the pointer. Each screen is played against a time limit,


shown by the timer in the right hand panel. In order to complete a


screen successfully your present finishing score must be greater than


your score on finishing the previous screen. The screen displays two


scores:- the top is your score upon finishing the previous screen, the


one below is your present score. If your present score is better than


the last it will show on red, otherwise it will be on magenta. If your


score goes below zero or you fail to turn the second score red before


the time runs out then the game will end.





The Grid: BLACK and BLUE have no effect as the ball passes over them,


RED increases your score; MAGENTA loses you points and GREEN will cause


your ball to jump randomly to another part of the grid.





The Bonus Icon: Selecting the bonus icon will DOUBLE your SPEED of


scoring, whether it be positive or negative Whilst the bonus icon is


selected lines cannot be drawn. Therefore this facility is best used


after the ball has been trapped in a red area to double your score in


the remaining time.





Levels of Difficulty:


1-3 lines to trap 1 ball


2-2 lines to trap 1 ball


3-3 lines to trap 2 balls (DIFFICULT!!!)





CONTROLS


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Once a program has loaded, press SPACE or N (FIRE if you have a Kempston


joystick). If the Kempston joystick is not selected the keys are


redefinable enabling you to use Sinclair/Proteck joysticks





Start-up keys are:





O=Left P=Right S=Up X=Down


SPACE/N=Fire BREAK=Abort











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artwork. All rights reserved. No part of this software may be copied,


transmitted in any form, or by any means, hired or lent without the


express permission of the publisher.





If this program is faulty, or fails to load, please return it to the


address below CLEARLY MARKED 'RETURNS' and it will be replaced free of


charge. This offer does not affect your statutory consumer rights.





Firebird Software, First Floor, 64-76 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1PS





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Telecommunications plc.











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