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From: debri@dds.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis)
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Subject: Re: "DOWN"
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 15:08:18 +0200
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George Bain <george_bain@playstation.sony.com> wrote:

> I can't stand that when that happens.  People send me zip
> files all the time!  I'm always left wondering ..who made
> this game? how do I play?  Contact info? Homepage..etc...ARGH!!
> 
> George
> 
> 
>

Sorry, a first-timer error..
Won't happen again.

To make it easy, under here is the text that should go wit the game:

---  DOWN  ---
- by Team Parc -
September 1999


> WHAT IS IT ABOUT?:
You represent a bloke in a shaft. on the screen the shaft scrolls down.
You must keep your bloke on the screen. When you fall of the screen, you
loose. When you get squased at the top, you loose. When you are out of
energy, you loose. The longer you stay on screen, the more you score. A
nice extra is the fact that it can be played with up to 4 players.

> CONTROLS:
The cotrols are simple, but here is an explenation. In the main screen
you can center the game-screen by holding [select] down and using the
D-pad.
At start-up, the number of players is set to 1. By pressing [circle],
you can increase the number of players. The game supports up to 4
players. By pressing [square] you can reduce the number of players.
By pressing [triangle], you see a screen with the game-controls.
By pressing [cross], you'll start the game.
During the game you use left and right on the D-pad to control your
bloke. In a 2 player game, the second player will need to use the joypad
in port 2.
In a 3 or 4 player game, the controls are different. To support 3 or 4
players, we used the split-joypad technique. In that case on joypad 1;
player 1 uses [up] and [down] (D-pad), player 2 uses [triangle] and
[cross]. And this is similar for player 3 and 4 but now with joypad 2.

> HISTORY:
The concept for this game is rather old, it's possible that you've seen
a game on platforms like the Spectrum similar to this. DOWN is only half
the game. The other half is called UP and is temporarely hidden. In
future versions, we might bring back the UP part. And otherwise make a
seperate game called UP.

>TEAM:
This game was coded by Andy Weissl and all designing was done by DEnnis
(me)..
We also used idea's and code from others in our team like the
jumping-code from Paul..


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http://go.to/teamparc