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| File size: | 055F bytes |
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File contents
Cycloidz
The plot....(yes, we always did care about having
particularly silly plots!)
The Earth faces the most terrifying invasion of
all, a vast army of - wait for it - balloons (!) is
decending to take over the planet and enslave human
kind! Our only hope is that a unicycling clown with
a cheesy grin can stop the balloons in their tracks.
There are only two levels at the moment. The second
has a nice balloon telling you that its the hard
level (the first one was supposed to be easy - oh
well, such is life!). The second level is
impossible to finish at the moment. There is no
way to go after the flying bird bit, just a large
gap. If you can get that far!
There's no titlepage at the moment so it goes
straight into the game and quits when you lose all
your lives. The keys are simple:
Z Left
X Right
RETURN Fire You need the yellow nose upgrade,
and can only hit things on the
ground
' Jump The longer you hold it the higher
you go (to a limit), if you have
the red nose upgrade!
The game is also simple. Jump over gaps, and avoid
the meanies. Hit question mark blocks from
underneath to reveal bonuses, flags are restart
points and the circular nose upgrades are special
tools to help you (see above). Other bonuses just
give extra score.
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Our | 00000100 6f 6e 6c 79 20 68 6f 70 65 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 |only hope is tha| 00000110 74 20 61 20 75 6e 69 63 79 63 6c 69 6e 67 20 63 |t a unicycling c| 00000120 6c 6f 77 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 0a 61 20 63 68 65 |lown with .a che| 00000130 65 73 79 20 67 72 69 6e 20 63 61 6e 20 73 74 6f |esy grin can sto| 00000140 70 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 6c 6c 6f 6f 6e 73 20 69 |p the balloons i| 00000150 6e 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 74 72 61 63 6b 73 2e 0a |n their tracks..| 00000160 0a 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 |.There are only | 00000170 74 77 6f 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 |two levels at th| 00000180 65 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 2e 20 54 68 65 20 73 65 |e moment. The se| 00000190 63 6f 6e 64 20 0a 68 61 73 20 61 20 6e 69 63 65 |cond .has a nice| 000001a0 20 62 61 6c 6c 6f 6f 6e 20 74 65 6c 6c 69 6e 67 | balloon telling| 000001b0 20 79 6f 75 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 73 20 74 68 | you that its th| 000001c0 65 20 68 61 72 64 20 0a 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 28 74 |e hard .level (t| 000001d0 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 77 61 73 |he first one was| 000001e0 20 73 75 70 70 6f 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 | supposed to be | 000001f0 65 61 73 79 20 2d 20 6f 68 20 0a 77 65 6c 6c 2c |easy - oh .well,| 00000200 20 73 75 63 68 20 69 73 20 6c 69 66 65 21 29 2e | such is life!).| 00000210 20 54 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 6c 65 76 65 | The second leve| 00000220 6c 20 69 73 20 0a 69 6d 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 |l is .impossible| 00000230 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 20 61 74 20 74 68 | to finish at th| 00000240 65 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 2e 20 20 54 68 65 72 65 |e moment. There| 00000250 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 20 0a 77 61 79 20 74 6f 20 67 | is no .way to g| 00000260 6f 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 66 6c 79 69 |o after the flyi| 00000270 6e 67 20 62 69 72 64 20 62 69 74 2c 20 6a 75 73 |ng bird bit, jus| 00000280 74 20 61 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 0a 67 61 70 2e 20 |t a large .gap. | 00000290 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 67 65 74 20 74 |If you can get t| 000002a0 68 61 74 20 66 61 72 21 0a 0a 54 68 65 72 65 27 |hat far!..There'| 000002b0 73 20 6e 6f 20 74 69 74 6c 65 70 61 67 65 20 61 |s no titlepage a| 000002c0 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 20 73 6f 20 |t the moment so | 000002d0 69 74 20 67 6f 65 73 20 0a 73 74 72 61 69 67 68 |it goes .straigh| 000002e0 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 |t into the game | 000002f0 61 6e 64 20 71 75 69 74 73 20 77 68 65 6e 20 79 |and quits when y| 00000300 6f 75 20 6c 6f 73 65 20 61 6c 6c 20 0a 79 6f 75 |ou lose all .you| 00000310 72 20 6c 69 76 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6b 65 79 |r lives. The key| 00000320 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 3a 0a 0a 5a |s are simple:..Z| 00000330 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 4c 65 66 74 0a 58 20 | Left.X | 00000340 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 69 67 68 74 0a 52 45 | Right.RE| 00000350 54 55 52 4e 20 20 20 20 46 69 72 65 20 20 20 59 |TURN Fire Y| 00000360 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 79 65 6c 6c |ou need the yell| 00000370 6f 77 20 6e 6f 73 65 20 75 70 67 72 61 64 65 2c |ow nose upgrade,| 00000380 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | . | 00000390 20 20 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 | and can only | 000003a0 68 69 74 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |hit things on th| 000003b0 65 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |e . | 000003c0 20 20 20 20 67 72 6f 75 6e 64 0a 27 20 20 20 20 | ground.' | 000003d0 20 20 20 20 20 4a 75 6d 70 20 20 20 54 68 65 20 | Jump The | 000003e0 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 20 79 6f 75 20 68 6f 6c 64 20 |longer you hold | 000003f0 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 68 69 67 68 65 72 20 0a 20 |it the higher . | 00000400 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000410 79 6f 75 20 67 6f 20 28 74 6f 20 61 20 6c 69 6d |you go (to a lim| 00000420 69 74 29 2c 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 |it), if you have| 00000430 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | . | 00000440 20 20 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 64 20 6e 6f 73 65 20 | the red nose | 00000450 75 70 67 72 61 64 65 21 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 67 61 |upgrade!..The ga| 00000460 6d 65 20 69 73 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 69 6d 70 6c |me is also simpl| 00000470 65 2e 20 4a 75 6d 70 20 6f 76 65 72 20 67 61 70 |e. Jump over gap| 00000480 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 76 6f 69 64 0a 74 68 65 |s, and avoid.the| 00000490 20 6d 65 61 6e 69 65 73 2e 20 48 69 74 20 71 75 | meanies. Hit qu| 000004a0 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 20 6d 61 72 6b 20 62 6c 6f 63 |estion mark bloc| 000004b0 6b 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 0a 75 6e 64 65 72 6e 65 |ks from .underne| 000004c0 61 74 68 20 74 6f 20 72 65 76 65 61 6c 20 62 6f |ath to reveal bo| 000004d0 6e 75 73 65 73 2c 20 66 6c 61 67 73 20 61 72 65 |nuses, flags are| 000004e0 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 0a 70 6f 69 6e 74 73 20 | restart.points | 000004f0 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 69 72 63 75 6c 61 72 |and the circular| 00000500 20 6e 6f 73 65 20 75 70 67 72 61 64 65 73 20 61 | nose upgrades a| 00000510 72 65 20 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c 0a 74 6f 6f 6c 73 |re special.tools| 00000520 20 74 6f 20 68 65 6c 70 20 79 6f 75 20 28 73 65 | to help you (se| 00000530 65 20 61 62 6f 76 65 29 2e 20 4f 74 68 65 72 20 |e above). Other | 00000540 62 6f 6e 75 73 65 73 20 6a 75 73 74 0a 67 69 76 |bonuses just.giv| 00000550 65 20 65 78 74 72 61 20 73 63 6f 72 65 2e 0a |e extra score..| 0000055f
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