Paraball v1.0 (2005-12-03)
Enhanced Slime Volleyball port for Fenix / GP32 (compatible with Windows)
by Ahuh

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DESCRIPTION
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This Slime Volleyball-like game was ported to Fenix from the Java version. This game
is optimized for GP32 BLU, but it also works under Windows.

The original game has been modified :
- New matrix-like graphics
- Bullet-time mode which slows down the ball and the opponent
- 3 difficulty levels
- 3 game types : classic, advantage, rebound
- Sets : 1, 2 or 3 sets to win

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GAME TYPES
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- Classic : to mark a point, the ball must fall in the opponent's playground. To win,
            10 points are required.
- Advantage : to mark a point, the ball must fall in the opponent's playground, and
              the player must have the service. To win, 6 points are required.
- Rebound : to mark a point, the ball must fall 3 times in the opponent's playground.
            To win, 3 points are required.

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BULLET-TIME
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At the beginning of a game, each player has a bullet-time gauge at 100%. When a player
activates its bullet-time, time and the opponent slow down. The gauge decreases until
the player deactivates its bullet-time. When bullet-time is deactivated, the gauge
slowly increases. After having pushed the bullet-time button, the button is disabled
during a few seconds : the gauge becomes gray ; the bullet-time button is enabled when
the gauge becomes white again. When both players activate their bullet-time at the
same time, only the ball slows down. The gauge are reset to 100% at the beginning of
each set.

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COMMANDS
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PC :
- Menu
	- Settings : up, down, left and right arrows
	- To begin a game : enter on any menu item, except exit
	- Quit: enter after having selected exit
- 1 player game :
	- Right : right arrow
	- left : left arrow
	- Jump : up arrow or alt
	- Bullet-time : space
- 2 players game :
	- Player 1 :
		- Right : D
		- Left : Q (azerty) or A (qwerty)
		- Jump : Z (azerty) orW (qwerty)
		- Bullet-time : space
	- Player 2 :
		- Right : 6
		- Left : 4
		- Jump: 8
		- Bullet-time : 0
- Miscellaneous :
	- Pause : P
	- Full-screen : F11

GP32 :
- Menu
	- Settings : joystick up, down, left and right arrows
	- To begin a game : start on any menu item, except exit
	- Quit: start after having selected exit
- 1 player game :
	- Right : joystick right
	- left : joystick left
	- Jump : A or B
	- Bullet-time : select
- 2 players game :
	- Player 1 :
		- Right : joystick right
		- Left : joystick left
		- Jump : joystick up
		- Bullet-time : start
	- Player 2 :
		- Right : A
		- Left : B
		- Jump: select
		- Bullet-time : R
- Miscellaneous :
	- Pause : R and L (press R first, then press L while R is still pressed)

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INSTALL
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PC AZERTY / QWERTY :
- Uncompress paraball_pc.zip in a folder
- Launch start_paraball_pc_azerty.bat or start_paraball_pc_qwerty.bat depending your
  keyboard type

GP32 :
- Uncompress paraball_gp32.zip in a folder on your computer
- If you have already installed the fenix run-time : copy the GPMM folder in your GP32
  SMC card root directory
- If you haven't already installed the fenix run-time : copy the GPMM and GPSYS folders
  in your GP32 SMC card root directory

SOURCE :
- Uncompress paraball_source.zip in a folder
- Lauch compile_paraball.bat to compile paraball.prg and to create paraball.dcb
- Replace paraball.prg by one of the files in the prg folder in order to compile the
  version you want (GP32, PC AZERTY or PC QWERTY)




                                   ahuh - 2005
