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99 lines
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Bilestoad Help File : by Moose
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Bilestoad for the Apple ][ / + / e.
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I have tested this game on Apple Win and it works fine, except
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for the sound.
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Unfortunately, the sound is not as good as the original Apple ]['s.
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This is the case (at least) on my "El cheapo" 8 bit mono Orchid Sound
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Producer sound card. The PC Speaker is far worse, and it sounds
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like a "duck farting under water" !!
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This is the only game that Apple Win has not done justice to, IMHO.
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The game is a top down view of a huge arena where 2 gladiators fight.
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The game involves you controlling :
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- a human controlled gladiator against a computer controlled gladiator, or,
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- a human controlled gladiator against another human controlled gladiator.
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The controls are :
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Player 1 Player 2 Description :
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Q W E I O P Swing axe outwards / stop / inwards
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Z X C , . / Bring shield outwards / stop / inwards
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A S D K L ; Turn whole body anti-clockwise / stop / clockwise
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Left ALT Right ALT Walk forwards
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If you chop the arm regions of the other gladiator enough, you can cut their
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sword arm off or shield arm off completely, effectively rendering them
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defenceless / attackless.
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Hitting your opponents body with an axe will quickly kill them.
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So, go for the arms first, so you score more points, and have more
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fun !! ;-)
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Starting the game :
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Enter a name for a robot (such as your own name) to get a "human"
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controlled robot. Otherwise press enter for a Computer Controlled
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gladiator.
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As you play the game, keep note of your "class" codes. I think that
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these are in effect the level. If you are a good / successful fighter
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then the matches will get harder to keep up the chalenge.
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In Game Objects :
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Scattered around the "arena" are various round objects with pictures inside
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them.
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Stars Teleport to another disk in the same arena
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Yin / Yang Is a special hovering disk. When you stand on it, it
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lets you move much faster and gain a big advantage
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over your opponent.
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Faces These are "next level" teleports.
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If you step on one of these you are effectively
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"throwing in the towel" for this level, and your opponent
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gains a big points score (5,000 points) as a result.
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Computer players don't seem to get a penalty for quitting !
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Screen Maps, etc :
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The Maps on the right hand side of the screen show the current playing
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arena in high, medium, and low ZOOM magnifications.
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At the end of say 10 rounds or so, the winner is the gladiator with
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the highest score.
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Bilestoad for the MAC / PC :
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The man who wrote the original Bilestoad is now developing a new
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version for the Macintosh and hopefully the PC. It features
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incredible graphics and looks fantastic so far !
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Check out the Bilestoad Home Page for full information, screen shots,
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details, etc :
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http://www.continuumsi.com/~marc/bilestoad.html
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Bilestoad is a classic Apple ][ game !
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It looks set to become a classic PC / MAC game in the future.
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Moose
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October 23, 1995.
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