BRAINSTORM

(c)PETE COOKE



 

THE GAME

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Brainstorm is an arcade strategy game. At the beginning of the game you 

will see one or two balls bouncing around a coloured grid. The object of

the game is to trap the ball(s) on a red area of the grid, since your 

score will depend on the time the ball spends travelling over each 

particular coloured area of the screen. 



LOADING

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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 the cassette player. 



NOTE: Full loading instructions can be found in your Spectrum Manual.



 

PLAYING THE GAME

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Brainstorm is played over 26 screens, each presenting different problems

for trapping the ball. The lines which are used to trap the ball(s) can 

be selected by moving the pointer to one of the Cyan, Yellow or White 

bars of the control panel on the right and pressing fire. Once selected 

the bar will pulsate. Now move the pointer onto the playing area and 

press fire. The line you have selected will move across the grid to the 

position of the pointer. Each screen is played against a time limit, 

shown by the timer in the right hand panel. In order to complete a 

screen successfully your present finishing score must be greater than 

your score on finishing the previous screen. The screen displays two 

scores:- the top is your score upon finishing the previous screen, the 

one below is your present score. If your present score is better than 

the last it will show on red, otherwise it will be on magenta. If your 

score goes below zero or you fail to turn the second score red before 

the time runs out then the game will end. 



The Grid: BLACK and BLUE have no effect as the ball passes over them, 

RED increases your score; MAGENTA loses you points and GREEN will cause 

your ball to jump randomly to another part of the grid. 



The Bonus Icon: Selecting the bonus icon will DOUBLE your SPEED of 

scoring, whether it be positive or negative Whilst the bonus icon is 

selected lines cannot be drawn. Therefore this facility is best used 

after the ball has been trapped in a red area to double your score in 

the remaining time. 



Levels of Difficulty: 

1-3 lines to trap 1 ball 

2-2 lines to trap 1 ball 

3-3 lines to trap 2 balls (DIFFICULT!!!) 



CONTROLS

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Once a program has loaded, press SPACE or N (FIRE if you have a Kempston

joystick). If the Kempston joystick is not selected the keys are 

redefinable enabling you to use Sinclair/Proteck joysticks 



Start-up keys are: 



		  	O=Left P=Right S=Up X=Down 

		   	 SPACE/N=Fire BREAK=Abort 







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Look out for these exciting titles in the Firebird 199 Silver Range for 

your Spectrum computer* 



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*Correct at time of printing 

                     

