I, BALL
Firebird Silver Range
(c) 1987 TIMOTHY CLOSS

THE GAME

The totally evil Terry Ball has captured your Spherical pals:- Lover
Ball, Eddy Ball, Glow Ball and No Ball. Armed with only a bubble gun,
you must enter Terry Ball's domain and struggle through the sixteen
defence zones. You will find a pal to rescue at the end of every
fourth defence zone. Each zone will offer a constant barrage of
obstacles - glowing ones are electrified and will electrocute your
ball on contact. Terry Ball has also populated these zones with such
nasties as doughnuts, microwave ovens and roulette wheels, which are
harmless when they first appear but become highly dangerous when they
stop flashing. However, do not despair, for as you negotiate these
deadly zones, POWER DISCS will be created. If your ball picks one up,
he will receive either a piece of weaponry or a bonus of some kind.
Weaponry is shown as a series of icons to the right of the screen.
These are: TURBO BOOST, HORIZONTAL LASER, SMART MISSILE, BULLET SPRAY
(Front and Rear Bubble Gun), ELECTRO SHIELD, LASER SPRAY (Left and
Right Lasers), MOLECULE BOMB (Nullifies Electrical Obstacles), SUPER
BRAKES, LASER COOLING UNIT, RAINBOW RIPPLE LASER.

When you start the game a POWER DISC will instantly appear on the
screen. Pick this up for TURBO BOOST. Now progress upwards through the
first zone. If you let your bubble gun fire for too long then it will
overheat and you will have to wait for it to cool down. Every time you
die, you will lose a piece of weaponry. As you progress through the
levels, some FAULTY DISCS will start to appear. These discs make
movement even harder. Finally, on the twenty-seventh POWER DISC, you
will get the ultimate weapon - PICK IT UP FOR RAINBOW RIPPLE LASER.

LOADING
1. Connect a suitable cassette player to your Spectrum according to
   the User Manual. THEN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 3, 4 AND 5 BELOW.
SPECTRUM 48/128 and PLUS 2 OWNERS
2. Put the 48/128 and Plus 2 systems into 48K mode.
3. Place the rewound cassette into the cassette player.
4. Type LOAD "" on your Spectrum and press ENTER.
5. Press PLAY on your cassette player.
NOTE: Full loading instructions can be found in your Spectrum manual.

PLAYING THE GAME
Use the following keys to play the game:-
	Z=Left  X=Right  O=Up  K=Down  P=Fire
These keys may only be used if you have collected the relevant piece
of weaponry:-
	Space=Smart Missile  M=Molecule Bomb
Alternatively, use Kempston, Cursor or Interface II joysticks.
