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Tronic Instructions
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Within this file:
Cursor up / down
to scroll
or
Page Up / Page Down
to scroll fast
ESCape, Enter, or Space
returns to DOS.
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System Requirements
- 80486 or higher recommended
- 1 Meg of memory
- 2 Megs free hard drive space
- VGA graphics card
- MS-DOS (or DOS shell in Windows)
Optional
- mouse
- SoundBlaster, SB 16, SB Pro, PAS 16,
Gravis Ultrasound, Ensoniq Soundscape,
Windows Sound System, GUSMAX CODEC,
or Aria sound cards
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Tronic GAME PLAY (Finally!)
Goal
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Use the racket, controlled by the arrow
keys or mouse, to hit the balls. The
balls will destroy the bricks. When all
the bricks for a level have been
cleared, the player will advance to the
next level.
Special Keyboard Controls
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ESCape key: Go back to the main menu
m: Toggles music on/off
p: Pause the game in progress
Racket
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Use the left and right arrow keys or
the mouse to move the racket. When the
vertical racket is in play, the up and
down arrow keys may also be used.
There are 6 different kinds of rackets,
all with different properties. The
rackets will change when the appropriate
'gadget' is caught. In addition, the
racket will grow longer or shorter,
depending on the gadgets caught.
Some of the racket types are:
Normal Racket:
Use left and right arrow keys or the
mouse to control
Vertical Racket:
Move up and down with the arrow up/down
keys or the mouse
Glue Racket:
Ball will stick to racket until space
or mouse button is pressed
Fire Racket:
Will allow player to 'shoot' bricks with
the spacebar or mouse button
Robot Racket:
Works by itself to automatically hit
balls
Balls
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The racket is used to hit the balls.
The balls will become larger if the
appropriate 'good' gadgets are collected
with the racket. There are 3 types of
balls:
Yellow:
The normal ball
Purple:
Use the spacebar to control direction of
these balls
Green:
Will destroy everything in their path
Bricks
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The bricks are destroyed when hit by a
ball. All bricks must be cleared before
advancing to the next level. Bricks can
also be destroyed by using the fire
racket or using Gigablitz. There are
3 different types of bricks
Destructible:
Will disappear immediately when hit by
a ball
Semi-Destructible:
Must be hit several times before they
are destroyed, depending on the size or
'strength' of the ball
Indestructible:
Can not be destroyed by a yellow or
purple ball. However, can be destroyed
with the 'Gigablitz' weapon (see below).
Gigablitz
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The racket can fire rockets at any time
by using the special Gigablitz weapon.
To activate Gigablitz, hold down the
'ALT' key and wait for the red Gigablitz
indicator to reach the top. The trick
is, in order to use Gigablitz, NO balls
must hit the racket, or the Gigablitz
sequence will be aborted!
Scorebar
--------
The scorebar will display the number of
gems collected so far, the current
player's name and current score,
the current level and remaining lives,
as well as the high scorer's name and
high-score on the right-hand side of the
Tronic screen. The Gigablitz indicator
is located on the very bottom of the
scorebar.
Aliens
------
Aliens will appear and fly around the
playfield. The aliens can be destroyed
with the balls, rockets, or Gigablitz.
Sometimes when an alien is destroyed, it
will release a special 'gadget' piece
(see below).
Gadgets
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Gadgets fall when a brick or alien is
destroyed and may be caught with the
racket to activate that gadget.
BEWARE! There are good and bad gadgets.
If an indestructible brick is hit,
sometimes it will release a bad gadget,
so try to minimize the number of hits
to this type of brick.
Good Gadgets:
B: More balls
R: Activate robot racket
T: Enlarge racket (tall racket)
A: Anti-brick gun (fires rockets)
P: Power balls (enlarge balls)
V: Vertical racket (use up/down arrows)
G: Glue on racket (spacebar to release)
S: Slow down racket
M: Mega racket (actived for 30 seconds)
Bad Gadgets:
S: Subtract points
I: Invert racket movement
F: Fast racket
T: Shrink racket
Special Gadgets:
N: Next level
L: Last level
X: Surprise!
Level Editor
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To make your own Tronic levels, use the
level editor. The level editor only
works with the mouse, not the arrow
keys!
Hit the spacebar to toggle between the
level and the brick selection screen.
Use the left mouse button on the brick
selection screen to select a brick color
and style.
On the level screen, use the left mouse
button to stamp down the piece selected
and use the right mouse button to erase
a piece.
When you are satisfied with your level,
hit the 's' key to save it to disk.
Hit the ESCape key to try the level out!
Then hit ESCape again to return to the
main menu.