REBOUND
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Welcome to Rebound, a game for one player. I won't go into too much detail
about how to play the game as it is fairly straight forward. If you have
played pong on the old Binatone video machines, you'll reconize this. Those
that do remember it probably also remember the blocky black and white
graphics and naff sound! You should find this version somewhat better (I
hope!).

The game is played in a large court, which takes up most of the screen.
Bouncing around the screen is a fast moving ball. Bearing a striking
resemblance to tennis, you have a bat on the left of the screen which you
use to to keep the ball in play. On the right hand side of the screen is
your opponent, the computer! The computer plays a tough game, but it can be
beaten!

You score points by deflecting the ball off your bat and you also pick up a
few points each time the ball hits one of the boundaries. A bonus of 25
points is awarded if you defeat the computer. Finally, if you're finding
this a bit on the slow side, you can use the fire button when you hit the
ball to turbo charge it! This can prove useful in catching the computer out,
but the computer will often hit it back at the same pace, so beware.

That's about everything. By the time you've mastered it, you should easily
be able to get to the top of the high score table. There's a handy keypress
cheat too, if you can find it!

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Rebound was written in Amos Basic by Tony Kingsmill in February 1992, as
were the sprites. Music and samples featured were imported from the Amos
data discs.

This game is Public Domain and can be freely distributed between any public
domain libraries, disc magazines etc providing they do not make a profit
from this software. A small charge may be made for the distribution costs.

Feel free to examine the program code for ideas etc (although I don't
suppose you'll pick many up!). Ideas etc are always welcome - please don't
hesitate to get in contact. Anyone who can write good tunes (using
Soundtracker etc) suitable for Amos I am particularly interested in. I have
lots of public domain discs and am willing to swap.

 Tony Kingsmill,
 202 Park Street Lane,
 Park Street,
 St.Albans,
 Hertfordshire AL2 2AQ.



AMOS (c)1990 Mandarin/Jawx