.SOKOBAN

1984 Spectrum Holobyte

Soko-ban (Storeman) is a Brain-Teaser game.  The object is to push the blocks
onto the diamond-marked places on the board.  Boards 1 (easy) to 50 (hard)
cannot be altered, however boards 51-100 are user-programmable by using the
built-in editor.

To start enter SOKOBAN.EXE and press enter.  The time will be reset to 0:00.
You will now either have a question to answer, or be walking outside a
building, depending on what version you have.

VERSION 1:
You will be asked for IBM-CGA or TANDY. Press C then press enter. Then you
will be asked if you want to use the keyboard or joystick. Press K or J and
enter. You will be see the outside of a building.  Press space and enter
every so often until you see 3 doors.

VERSION 2:
You will see the outside of a building.  Press space and enter every so
often until the game starts.  You will be asked for IBM-CGA or TANDY. Press
C then press enter.   Then you will be asked if you want to use the keyboard
or joystick. Press K or J and enter, and now you see a room with 3 doors.

ALL VERSIONS:
You are now in the lobby. To choose, move the man to the wanted door and
press enter.

The next screen has a picture of 4 men plus choice of exit, play, number of
minutes. The cursor is next to player 1.

Your choices are:

1. Press enter. You can choose Single, Tournament or Cancel. Cancel and
   Tournament restart this screen. Single starts you at the last level
   you were at last time you played. (See the note below about the un-named player.)

2. Enter your name and press enter twice. This will place you at the
   level selector. This is a wall with buttons, rather like the buttons
   in an elevator. To select floor 1, press 1A. If you made a mistake
   press C. To get to the lobby, press 0A or L.

3. Enter your name, press enter, enter another name, enter (optionally
   enter up to 4 players). This is Tournament mode. Choose 'Play Game'.
   (Cancel restarts this screen, Exit takes you to the lobby.)
   Use the arrows to select the number of minutes (1-20), press enter.
   The next screen contains a matrix of all levels available. Use the arrows to
   select the levels you wish to play. Press enter to select each one. You can
   only select levels which have been defined. Press Esc. Select OK, Cancel, or
   Play all levels.
   The next screen has a list of players, levels, points etc. Use the arrows to
   select OK, Quit, Save.  Press enter, the game will begin.

Now, the game begins.  You then get a board.  The keys are:

Arrow keys to move and push one block about.
Esc to get back to the elevator.
P to show stats. Press enter to get back.
U to undo your last footstep.  If you were pushing a block, it will move too.
F1 to restart the level (in case you got stuck).

When you successfully complete a level, you will automatically start the next.

Editing = Menu "inside" the door enables you to make your own layout,
          test it and save it. You can only save it as a level in the range
          of 51-100.

To reset the un-named player's last level, do this:

DEBUG SINGLE
E 10A
1           <--- enter the level number in hex that you want to start at
W
Q

This example resets it to level 1.


82 files/255134 bytes

FILES:

ED99100, STAT, ELEV.BIN
EDT5152,EDT5354 ... EDT9798
ICONS1,ICONS2,ICON_DAT,INTRO1,INTRO2
LOBBY11,LOBBY12,LOBBY_DA
MOVE,NAMES,PAUSE1,PAUSEIA,PL1,PL2,PL3,PL4
PLAYERS1,PLAYERS2,PUSH,SCORE
SELECT1 ... SELECT4
SINGLE,TAB1112,TAB1314 ... TAB4950
TABL012,TABL034,TABL910,TABLE56,TABLE78
TIME,TOUR1,TOUR2,JMYANG.EXE,SOKOBAN.EXE