Adeel Hasan Akbari
8/15/2008 12:33:00 PM
Here's the entire article on Spaceball: (Source: Wikipedia)
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>>Levels
Each of the game's twenty levels grew progressively harder. The first
level simply contained an open field, of which the character could
leave one side and re-enter the screen immediately on the other. Later
levels introduced borders around the field to prevent such exit and re-
entry; walls, blocks, and other obstacles in the middle of the screen;
and finally all-out mazes with narrow paths that strictly limited the
animal's range of motion.
>>Rules
A level always began with three red segments attached to the
creature's head. Eating any red balls with only these segments
attached would not cause the animal to grow. Eating any other colored
ball caused it to attach as a segment to the tail end of the creature,
as did eating a red ball with segments of any other color already on
the animal.
A player could clear segments off the animal by attaching three balls
of the same color to its tail. This could be done by simply eating
three of the same color in a row, or by eating one or two of one
color, eating three of another (clearing them), then eating a third
(or a second and a third) of the original color. The importance of
shortening the body was twofold: a longer creature ran a more
dangerous risk of running into itself and dying immediately; also, if
a player cleared the board while the character's body was too long
(indicated by a number in the corner of the screen), the player failed
(lost a life) and had to restart the level.
>>Bonus balls
Occasionally, a flashing bonus ball appeared on the playing screen.
This ball was white with a red dot in the middle, and its appearance
was marked by the player's phone vibrating. If the animal ate the
bonus ball, one of four random effects would occur:
* The timer resetting to full
* The character's tail resetting to three red segments
* All remaining balls on the field changing to the color of the
last one eaten
* All balls changing color and position.
Two of these bonus balls appeared per life, per level.
_____________________COMMENT_______________
I don't want such a complex game - Just a single level game which
performs the basic function!