                         PHAT PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR
                                Version 1.0
                            (C) 2001 PHAT GAMES

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| CONTENTS                                                                   |
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| Section 1 - Story                                                          |
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| Section 2 - How to play the game                                           |
|                2.1 Installing the game                                     |
|                2.2 Objectives                                              |
|                2.3 How to play                                             |
|                2.4 Tools and Obstacles                                     |
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| Section 3 - Game Controls                                                  |
|                3.1 Title screen controls                                   |
|                3.2 Tool placement controls                                 |
|                3.3 In game controls                                        |
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| Section 4 - Hints and Tips                                                 |
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| Section 5 - Known bugs                                                     | 
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| Section 6 - Credits and Acknowledgements                                   |
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| Section 1 - Story                                                          |
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        You are Burgals, the Phat Professional Burglar!  Your mission is to
infiltrate the mazes created by the PHAT TEAM and steal all the money bags 
before the time runs out and the PHAT TEAM finds out what you are doing!  Be
careful though, in each maze you will have to overcome tremendous obstacles,
such as rotating arrows, locked doors and walls of spikes!  Do you have what
it takes to get Burgals through all 50 mazes and become the worlds best
Professional Burglar?

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| Section 2 - How to play the game                                           |
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| 2.1 Installing the game |
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        If you are using WINZIP to unzip the file be sure to unzip all the
sub directories that are in the zip.  If you are using PKUNZIP use the -d
option when you are unzipping the files.  This game should extract to the
Phat\Burglar sub directory.  Once you have done that, run SETUP.EXE and
configure your sound card so you can listen to the game's sound effects and
then run BURGLAR.EXE.

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| 2.2 Objectives |
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        Phat Professional Burglar is made up of 50 levels with varying
difficulies.  On each level you take control of Burgals and help him try to
get all the money bags in each maze.  The first 10 levels are tutorial levels
to ease you into game play.

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| 2.3 How to play |
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        At the beginning of each level, you have to set up the tools that you
will be using.  Your tools consist of up, down, left and right arrows, as
well as bombs.  Arrows are important because they will change the direction
that Burgals is moving in.  Bombs are used to blow up obstacles such as
cracked walls and orange arrows (see section 2.3 for more information).  On
some levels you will be required to find keys to open locked doors, on these
levels be sure to set the arrows up properly so you get the key before going
through the door(s).  Once you have placed all your tools pressing SPACE
BAR when your cursor is on the tool list the game will begin and you start
Burgals off by pressing the arrow key in which direction you would like him
to go.  If Burgals hits a spike he will die and have to restart the level, and
if he just into a wall, he will just have to restart the level.  Once you
have collected all the money bags on each level the level will end and it
will tally up your score.

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| 2.4 Tools and Obstacles |
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        Below are a list of tools and onstacles and what they do to Burgals.

PLAYER ARROWS: These arrows are the purple ones on Burgals' tool list.  If
               these arrows are touched 3 times they will disappear.

PERMANENT ARROWS: These arrows are the light blue coloured ones which are
                  already placed and will not disappear no matter what.

EXPLODING ARROWS: These arrows are the orange coloured ones which will
                  disappear when blown up by a bomb only.

ROTATING ARROWS: These arrows are the green ones which will not disappear but
                 will rotate 90 degrees every time Burgals moves 1 and a half
                 tiles.

BOMBS: These will blow up orange arrows and cracked walls.  They detonate in
       3 second intervals in order that they are placed.

MIRRORS: When Burgals runs into these he will be reflected off of it at a 90
         degree angle.

SPIKES: These will kill Burgals if he runs into them.

RAISING/LOWERING SPIKES: These will raise and lower when a button is pushed.
                         Burgals can walk over them when they are down,
                         however he will die if they are up.

CRACKED WALLS: These will cause Burgals to restart the level if he runs into
               them.  They can be blown up with a bomb.

LOCKED DOORS: If not opened by a key, Burgals will be forced to restart the
              level if he runs into it.

KEYS: Once gotten, all locked doors will open.

BUTTONS: Once pressed, all spikes of the raising and lowering kind will be
         either raised or lowered.

SPEED UP TILES: These are red floor tiles which will double Burgals speed

CLOCKS: These will freeze the game time for 5 seconds.

1-UP: These will give Burgals an extra life.

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| Section 3 - Game Controls                                                  |
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| 3.1 Title screen controls |
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        Here is a list of the title screen controls.

UP ARROW: Moves the cursor up on the title screen menu.

DOWN ARROW: Moves the cursor down on the title screen menu.

ENTER: If the cursor is on INSTRUCTIONS it will display the in game
       instructions.  If the cursor is on QUIT GAME the game will quit
       back to DOS or WINDOWS.  If the cursor is on START GAME the level
       selection screen will come up.

       Here is a list of level select controls.

LEFT ARROW: Moves the cursor to another level.

RIGHT ARROW: Moves the cursor to another level.

ENTER: Starts the game at the level the cursor is on.

SPACE BAR: Returns to the title screen menu.

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| 3.2 Tool placement controls |
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        Here is a list of the tool selection controls.

LEFT ARROW: Moves the cursor to the left onto another tool.

RIGHT ARROW: Moves the cursor to the right onto another tool.

ENTER: Selects the tool that the cursor is on.

SPACE BAR: Starts the level.

        Here is a list of the tool placement controls when placing the arrows
        and bombs on the maze.

UP ARROW: Moves the cursor up on the maze.

DOWN ARROW: Moves the cursor down on the maze.

LEFT ARROW: Moves the cursor left on the maze.

RIGHT ARROW: Moves the cursor right on the maze.

ENTER: Places the tool on the maze if it is not on a wall, spike, or any other
       obstacle.

SPACE BAR: Returns to the tool selection menu.

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| 3.3 In game controls |
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        Here is a list of the in game controls.

LEFT ARROW: Causes Burgals to start moving left.

RIGHT ARROW: Causes Burgals to start moving right.

UP ARROW: Causes Burgals to start moving up.

DOWN ARROW: Causes Burgals to start moving down.

ESCAPE: Kills Burgals and will make him restart the level.
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| Section 4 - Hints and Tips                                                 |
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1. When the Level name scrolls across the screen, take a look at the level
   before you proceed.  You won't know where Burgals starts, but you will get
   a good grasp of the maze is like.

2. When the map's obsacles flash at the start of each level, pay close
   attention to what is underneath certain obstacles.

3. Think before you place, most levels only give you enough arrows to pass
   them.

4. Think fast too, most levels do not give you anymore time then 500 seconds.

5. If you do not pass a level on your first try, don't worry you can set back
   to it from the title screen.

6. Good luck.

7. Don't eat yellow snow.

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| Section 5 - Known bugs                                                     |
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1. If you are playing and a bomb goes off and you go back into Windows while
   the game is running, the bomb's explosion will not disappear.

2. The clock keeps running in mid game if you go back to Windows.

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| Section 6 - Credits and Acknoledgements                                    |
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Programmed by
        Blair Pyle (Big Nose)

Graphics by
        Brad Pyle (Smelly)

Level Design by
        Philip Brockmeyer (Fat Phil)
        Brad Pyle (Smelly)
        Blair Pyle (Big Nose)
        Sean Targett (Seantos)

BWSB Library by
        Edward Schlunder

Blast! Library by
        Andrew L. Ayers

Phat Games contact: phatk98@hotmail.com
Blair's contact: bignose48@hotmail.com
