Ricochet

Ricochet© Ricochet is charityware. All proceeds from this game are donated to a national 501C3 not-for-profit organization. The charityware fee is: Single User...... $20.00 US. Site License ....$80.00 US. For your registration fee you will receive: • the ability to play beyond the 15th level. • access to the Ricochet editor which allows you to create and save your own levels of play or edit and save any of the built-in levels. Please visit http://www.boburschel.com/ricochet/ricochet.html for download and payment instructions. Copyright © 1996 - 1999 by Robert R. Urschel All Rights Reserved RicochetDoc Page 1 Die, 12. Mai 2009 Starting Ricochet Ricochet will run on any Macintosh with System 7.5.5 or higher with a monitor resolution of at least 640 x 480. Ricochet runs best with no other applications running in the background and file sharing turned off. Ricochet can be started by double clicking on the Ricochet icon, double clicking on a Ricochet User File or by dragging and dropping a Ricochet User File onto the Ricochet Icon. If Ricochet has not been registered, the registration dialog box will be presented. The user can either enter the registration code or continue playing on a limited basis. Unregistered users are limited to the 15th level of play and cannot use the editor to create their own levels. Click anywhere on the Ricochet splash screen to dismiss it. A dialog box is presented to allow the user to enter his/her name. This is the name that will be displayed in the High Score screen and saved in the High Score file. Next, the user will be presented with the high score screen. This screen lists the top fifteen players and the highest level each has reached. Click anywhere on the score screen to dismiss it. The user will then be presented with the Ricochet main screen. RicochetDoc Page 2 Die, 12. Mai 2009 Ricochet Main Screen The menu bar can be accessed from the main screen by moving the mouse cursor to the top of the screen. From the menu bar you can: Apple menu > About Ricochet... Information about Ricochet and contacting the author. File menu > Quit Quit the game and return to the finder. Same as clicking the Quit button explained below. High Scores > Show High Scores Show the current high score file, with a players name and the highest level reached. To clear the high score file, simply drag it to the trash. Ricochet will automatically create a new one when the game is restarted. Clicking on this button starts play at the current level. Pressing the up arrow key at the Main Screen will also start the current level. See the chapter on "Playing Ricochet". This button presents a help screen for a quick referral to many of the game functions. RicochetDoc Page 3 Die, 12. Mai 2009 The game preferences can be set here. The user is presented with a…