VECTORBALL
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Played between two droids on a specially constructed pitch. Vectorball is an exciting 
blend of many different traditional games. 

Using all your skill guide the droid around the pitch in an attempt to score more goals 
than your opponent.

Five different pitch types to choose from each with its own characteristics. 

Each pitch will require a different skill and combining all the various skills will 
enable you to master the game.

-EXCITING GAMEPLAY 
-ONE OR TWO PLAYER OPTION


A complex blend of speed of Ice-hockey, the precision of Netball and the complex curves 
of Crown Green Bowls. Played between two droids on a specially constructed pitch.

Unlike almost every other sport the pitch is not flat, instead it has bumps, ridges, 
ditches and waves. At the starting level there is a single hill in the centre of the 
pitch, as the player's handicap increases he gets to play on every more convoluted 
pitches.

The object of the game is to outscore your opponent. Goals are scored by manoeuvering 
the ball into the goal that is set in the middle of the end wall. As in netball, a player 
is not allowed to move with the ball. Instead he must remain stationary and shoot. Like 
basketball the time that a droid can hold the ball is limited, at the end of the time 
period the automatic systems cut in and the droid fires in whatever direction and speed 
is currently selected.

The pitch is bounded by a fence, so it is possible to bounce the ball off this to get 
past the opposing droid, and of course by using the contours of the pitch it is possible 
to set up quite complex curve shots. The power of shot selected is indicated by the 
length of the droid's 'neck'. The higher the droid's head is hovering above its body 
the more powerful the shot set up. This enables you to work out where your opponent 
will fire the ball, enabling you to set up the best defence.

The on screen view is centred on the ball, it is not possible to show the entire pitch at 
once, so the view will scroll to follow movement of the ball, if your droid is out of the 
action he may end up off screen, and you will have to play by instinct. Just don't say 
we did not warn you. 


CONTROLS

Without Fire Button pressed 

Up	Move North East
Down	Move South West
Left	Move North West
Right	Move South East

Pressing Fire stops movement.

With Fire Button

Up	Extend Neck (increase power of shot) 
Down	Retract Neck (decrease power of shot)
Left	Rotate anticlockwise
Right	Rotate clockwise
Fire	Shoot


OPTIONS

At the start of the game you will be given an opportunity to select the following 
parameters for the tournament you are about to play.

Pitch style	1 to 4
Timeout 	The time allowed in possession of the ball before shooting.
Game length 
Mass of ball 
Mass of robots 
Acceleration 
Breaking 
Friction 


PITCH STYLES

1. Hills

This is the simplest pitch design. The pitch consists of a central plain, on which there 
are one to seven hills, depending on the handicapping level, arranged in standard 
‘playing card' patterns. At either end of the pitch there is a bank stretching across 
the whole of the pitch, rising up to the flat goal area.

2. Ditches

This is in effect the opposite of the hills pitch. The central area is raised up, with 
banks down to the two goal areas. In the central plain there are depressions, again 
arranged as playing cards.

3. Waves

In this style of pitch the whole surface is level, except there are troughs that run both 
across and along the pitch.

4. Mixed

Exactly what it says, a mix of all the styles mentioned above, this is the surface 
favoured by experts as it allows for the greatest use of skill in positioning the ball 
and selecting the shots.


LOADING INSTRUCTIONS 
SPECTRUM
Type LOAD"" and press ENTER.

Controls
You have a choice between using a joystick or the keyboard.
The keys are initially set to Q, A, 0, P. SPACE, but you can define your own keys.

AMSTRAD 464 
Amstrad 464
Press CNTRL and small ENTER.

AMSTRAD 6128
Type |TAPE and press RETURN.
Press CNTRL and small ENTER.

Controls
You have a choice between using a joystick or the keyboard.
The keys are initially set to Q, A, 0, P. SPACE, but you can define your own keys.



DESIGNED AND PROGRAMMED BY BINARY DESIGN

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