home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Game Zone - 1,000+ Games
/
GAMEZONE.BIN
/
Programs
/
CEPALM
/
LineUp
/
LineUp_PPC.exe
/
LineUp.MIPS.cab
/
LINEUP~3.008
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1999-03-23
|
4KB
|
95 lines
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=refer content="LineUp.htc">
</head>
<body>
<H2>Playing the Game</H2>
<hr>
Line Up is played on a 9 x 9 grid. The playing pieces that can be placed on this grid consist of
7 regular playing pieces, a wild piece and a bomb piece. These pieces each have a different color
on a color Windows CE device or a different shape on a Grayscale Windows CE device.
<p>
<p>
<br>
<b><u>Object</u></b>
<p>
The object of Line Up is to move matching pieces on the grid so that they form horizontal,
vertical, or diagonal lines. </p>
<p>
When 5 or more pieces of the same color or shape are in a line, that line is removed from the
playing grid and points are awarded. The more pieces in a line the more points awarded.
</p>
<br><b><u>Starting the game</u></b>
<p>
A new game can be started at any time by selecting <b>Game|New</b> from the menu or by pressing the New Game
button on the toolbar.
</p>
<p>
When a new game is started, the game board is cleared and 3 pieces are placed randomly on the board.
</p>
<br><b><u>Play</u></b>
<p>
To move a piece, you
select the piece and then tap on the new location. There must be
a path on the board from the starting postion to the final
position of the piece. If other pieces block the path then the
move is cancelled and you may move another piece.
</p>
<p>
After every move one of two things will happen.
<ul>
<li>If the piece caused a line of 5 or more matching pieces then the line
will be removed, you will be awarded points based upon
the number of pieces removed. You may then move another
piece.
<li>If no line
resulted from the move, then new pieces are added to the
board. The number of pieces added is dependent upon the
current score. For a score under 500, 3 pieces are added.
For a score of 500 to 999 four pieces are added. This
progression continues, for each multiple of 500 points.
If the piece being added results in a line of 5 or more
matching pieces then the line will be removed and the
appropriate score added to the total score.
</ul></p>
<br><b><u>Wild Piece</u></b>
<p>
A wild piece is denoted by a rainbow colored circle on color screens <img src="LineUpColorWild.bmp"> or a smiley face <img src="LineUpGrayWild.bmp">
on grayscale screens.
A wild piece can represent any color in a line. For example if a wild piece is placed in a line of 4 blue
pieces then the wild piece will be treated as a blue piece and the line will be removed (because there are
5 in a row).
</p>
<p>
A wild piece can represent more than one color at a time. For example if a wild piece is in a horizontal
line of blue pieces and in a vertical line of red pieces, it will count as a blue piece in the horizontal line
and as a red piece in the vertical line.
</p>
<br><b><u>Bomb Piece</u></b>
<p>
Like a wild piece a bomb piece can represent any color in a line. When a line is removed (because there are
5 or more matching pieces in the line) which contains a bomb, then every piece on the board that matches
that line color (or shape in a grayscale device) is removed from the board.
</p>
<p>
Example : There is a line that contains 4 blue pieces and a bomb piece. The line is removed and in addition
every blue piece on the board is also removed.
</p>
<p>
The <A HREF="LineUp_Scoring.htp" >score</a> is only calculated based upon the number of pieces in a
line and not the number of pieces removed because they matched the bomb color.
</p>
<br><b><u>End of the game</u></b>
<p>
The game ends when no more pieces can be added to the board. If your score is higher than previous scores
then you will be prompted to enter your name for the High Score list.
</p>