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||      By  James J.Saito                                           ||
||                                   Copyright (C) 1996 JJsoft      ||
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|| HARDWARE REQUIREMENT                                             ||
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- IBM PC and Compatibles
- 80386 or Higher Processor
- VGA Card
- Mouse
- Supports Sound Blaster

- This is a DOS game and does NOT run properly under Windows 3.1.

- It runs OK under Windows95 as long as DOS window is a full screen.

- To support Sound Blaster, a "BLASTER" environment variable must be 
  defined in your 'Autoexec.bat' file. The program attempts to detect
  Sound Blaster when executed. If it fails to detect Sound Blaster, 
  PC speaker sounds will be used instead.

  Example: SET BLASTER = A220 I5 D1

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|| WELCOME TO PADDLERS                                              ||
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PADDLERS is the ultimate multiplayer breakout game which up to 4 
people can play at a time. Control your paddle, bounce the ball and 
get special blocks. You can play against computer or your friends!

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|| KEY CONTROLS                                                     ||
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Player 1 (Pink)   - Arrow Keys
Player 2 (Cyan)   - [<], [>] Keys
Player 3 (Green)  - Mouse Buttons (Not mouse movement!)
Player 4 (Yellow) - [Q], [Z] Keys

[P] Key   - Pause game
[ESC] Key - Back to title screen

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|| HOW TO WIN!                                                      ||
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You can get 10 points for each block you hit, and you get bonus 
points at the end of each stage. But only survived players can 
receive bonus and also the amount of bonus increases as number of 
survivors decreases.

      4 survivors -  75 points for each survivor
      3 survivors - 100 points
      2 survivors - 150 points
      1 survivor  - 300 points!!

Players can only bounce the ball, how can they attempt to win the 
game? Is it purely depending on luck?
Although luck is very important, your paddling skill also helps to 
win the game as well. You can change the angle of moving ball if you 
hit the ball while your paddle is moving. This slight change of angle 
may help you to get a special block, to eliminate other players, or 
to avoid multiple balls coming towards you at the same time.

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|| REGISTRATION                                                     ||
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This is a FREEWARE. You are welcome to distribute it freely without 
modification to any of the files. 

Registration is free of charge. Please take a moment to fill in the 
registration form "Register.txt" and send me via E-mail. I would 
appreciate your response. Registered users will receive a free bonus 
JJsoft game "LED Buster" and the latest information on next JJsoft 
game release. What is "LED Buster" like?

    --- Free Bonus Game for Registered Users ---
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    ||         ---   LED Buster   ---         ||
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    - "LED Buster" is the first (and the last) game ever in the 
      world which uses 'LED' (located above the keypad) to play!
    - Requirement: PC and Keyboard
    - Very small! (17KB) It will be sent to you via E-mail.

--- Send E-mail to ---------------------------------------------------
               James J.Saito
               CompuServeID: 100232,420
               INTERNET: james@pcnet.co.nz

--- Send Letter to ---------------------------------------------------
               James J.Saito
               2A-469 Mt.Albert Rd,
               Three Kings, Auckland,
               New Zealand.

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||          'PADDLERS'   By James J.Saito  (C) JJsoft 1996          ||
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