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This document Copyright 2006,2017 Daniel Engel
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Breakout FAQ [2600]
October 25, 2017
Daniel (DEngel) Engel
dan.engel.2017 [AT] gmail [DOT] com
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(A) TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Table of Contents
(A) This Table of Contents
(B) Controls
(C) The Game
- (C-01) How To Play
- (C-02) Tips
(D) Experimental
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(B) CONTROLS
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The default controls for this game are as follows:
Left, Right - Move your paddle.
Fire - Launch the ball.
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(C) THE GAME
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Bricklayer J. Gastronomy
This game involves moving a small horizontal paddle left and right in order to
keep a ball bouncing and knocking out the bricks above you.
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(C-01) HOW TO PLAY
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You hit the "fire" button to launch the ball, then move your paddle left and
right. The idea is to get your paddle below the ball in order to knock it up.
If you miss the ball, then you lose a life. If you successfully bounce the
ball, it will hit one of the blocks above and cause it to disappear.
The goal is to get rid of all the blocks above you in this way, before you lose
all five of your lives.
The bottom two rows of blocks [blue and green] are worth one point per block.
The third and fourth rows of blocks [yellow and brown] are worth 4 points per
block.
The fifth and sixth rows of blocks [orange and red] are worth 7 points per
block.
After about every 10 blocks, the ball speeds up. So, you need to react a bit
faster at these points.
Once the ball touches the ceiling, your paddle shrinks down to about 2/3 it's
original size. This only happens once until you pass a stage or lose a life,
then your paddle is at normal size until you hit the ceiling again.
If you manage to completely clear away all the bricks, the stage fills with
another 6 rows and you keep going.
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(C-02) LAYOUT
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Each stage has the same layout, with 6 coloured rows above your paddle. Each
row is also made up of 18 blocks like so:
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|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|RD|
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|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|OR|
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|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|BR|
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|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|YL|
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|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|GR|
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|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|BL|
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(C-03) TIPS
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The ball flies at a different angle depending on whether it lands in the middle
area of your paddle or near the ends. Use these angles to your advantage
whenever possible.
Don't wait for the ball to come back down before you move the paddle, always
follow the ball with it.
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(D) EXPERIMENTAL
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