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| Filename: | !AWJune92/Goodies/Drop/!Drop/!Help |
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| File size: | 0DF5 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Welcome to DDD RRR OO PPP D D R R O O P P D D RRR O O PPP D D R R O O P DDD R R OO P Instructions ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The object of the game is to fill the eight holes at the bottom of the screen with balls that are dropped from the top. Along the top of the screen is a row of sliding doors. Move the ball left and right over them using the arrow keys until you reach the door you wish to drop the ball through. Then push the down arrow key and the ball will begin to fall. When it hits a yellow spinner it will be deflected and the spinner will rotate. If a ball ends up in a hole which already contains one, both balls will disintegrate. To make it more difficult you must always have more holes filled than the number of balls shown in the box at the top of the screen. For instance: at the start the box is empty so with the first ball you must end up with at least one hole filled (which is inevitable). However, the next ball must fall in a different hole, or else they will disintegrate and no holes will be filled - game over. The number of balls in the box increases as you play so be careful where you drop! Further Help ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note: The following is included to clarify and add to the above. Rotation of the spinners: The spinners always rotate when hit by the ball. However, they don't always rotate the same amount. When a ball lands on a spinner from above, the spinner will rotate and end up facing in the opposite direction to what it was originally. However, if a ball rolls past a spinner the spinner will rotate and finish in exactly the same position as before. Initial position of the spinners: The spinners always start in a completely random configuration so you'll find that sometimes a particular level is easy and other times difficult. Levels: There are four levels, each with a slightly different layout and graphics. They're not arranged in any order of difficulty though, since that mainly depends on the initial spinner positions. The ball box at the top of the screen: Initially this is empty. Therefore, if after dropping a ball you are left with all empty spaces at the bottom the game will be over. When you have filled two spaces the ball box will contain one ball. This means that your next drop must end up with more than one ball remaining. The ball box will contain two balls when you have filled four spaces, so ensure you keep at least three balls at the bottom. All three spaces in the ball box will be filled when you have filled six spaces, meaning you must always have at least four balls at any time. The ball machine: A commonly asked question is: Why does the ball machine go 'Bloop'? The answer of course is that the machine creates the balls from a mixture of various bloopy liquids and when the ball is 'spat' out that is the noise it makes. Another one is: Why does it look it does? The answer: Why not? General strategies: That's a tricky one! During the course of writing the game I've become quite an expert at it and can complete it from most positions, but it's become mainly instinct - the only help I can give is: keep playing, don't give up, if a solution isn't immediately visible disintegrate a safe number of balls and see if it helps. The quick way out: If you find you're halfway through a screen and you need a quick exit from the game without resorting to Reset, just push Esc twice which should return you to the desktop. The author: Henry 'Wolf' Burrows Student at the University of Manchester
00000000 57 65 6c 63 6f 6d 65 20 74 6f 0a 0a 44 44 44 20 |Welcome to..DDD | 00000010 20 52 52 52 20 20 20 4f 4f 20 20 50 50 50 20 0a | RRR OO PPP .| 00000020 44 20 20 44 20 52 20 20 52 20 4f 20 20 4f 20 50 |D D R R O O P| 00000030 20 20 50 0a 44 20 20 44 20 52 52 52 20 20 4f 20 | P.D D RRR O | 00000040 20 4f 20 50 50 50 20 0a 44 20 20 44 20 52 20 52 | O PPP .D D R R| 00000050 20 20 4f 20 20 4f 20 50 20 20 20 0a 44 44 44 20 | O O P .DDD | 00000060 20 52 20 20 52 20 20 4f 4f 20 20 50 20 20 20 0a | R R OO P .| 00000070 0a 0a 49 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 0a 7e |..Instructions.~| 00000080 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0a 20 54 68 65 |~~~~~~~~~~~. The| 00000090 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 | object of the g| 000000a0 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6c 6c 20 74 |ame is to fill t| 000000b0 68 65 20 65 69 67 68 74 20 68 6f 6c 65 73 20 61 |he eight holes a| 000000c0 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 6f 66 20 |t the bottom of | 000000d0 74 68 65 0a 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 |the.screen with | 000000e0 62 61 6c 6c 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 72 65 20 64 |balls that are d| 000000f0 72 6f 70 70 65 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 |ropped from the | 00000100 74 6f 70 2e 20 41 6c 6f 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 74 |top. Along the t| 00000110 6f 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0a 73 63 72 65 65 6e |op of the.screen| 00000120 20 69 73 20 61 20 72 6f 77 20 6f 66 20 73 6c 69 | is a row of sli| 00000130 64 69 6e 67 20 64 6f 6f 72 73 2e 20 4d 6f 76 65 |ding doors. 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When it hits | 00000200 61 20 79 65 6c 6c 6f 77 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 65 72 |a yellow spinner| 00000210 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 64 65 66 6c | it will be defl| 00000220 65 63 74 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 |ected and the sp| 00000230 69 6e 6e 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 0a 72 6f 74 61 74 |inner will.rotat| 00000240 65 2e 20 49 66 20 61 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 65 6e 64 |e. If a ball end| 00000250 73 20 75 70 20 69 6e 20 61 20 68 6f 6c 65 20 77 |s up in a hole w| 00000260 68 69 63 68 20 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 63 6f 6e |hich already con| 00000270 74 61 69 6e 73 20 6f 6e 65 2c 20 62 6f 74 68 0a |tains one, both.| 00000280 62 61 6c 6c 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 64 69 73 69 6e |balls will disin| 00000290 74 65 67 72 61 74 65 2e 0a 20 54 6f 20 6d 61 6b |tegrate.. To mak| 000002a0 65 20 69 74 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 |e it more diffic| 000002b0 75 6c 74 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 61 6c 77 |ult you must alw| 000002c0 61 79 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 68 6f |ays have more ho| 000002d0 6c 65 73 20 66 69 6c 6c 65 64 20 74 68 61 6e 0a |les filled than.| 000002e0 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 62 61 |the number of ba| 000002f0 6c 6c 73 20 73 68 6f 77 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |lls shown in the| 00000300 20 62 6f 78 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 20 | box at the top | 00000310 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 0a 20 |of the screen.. | 00000320 46 6f 72 20 69 6e 73 74 61 6e 63 65 3a 20 61 74 |For instance: at| 00000330 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 | the start the b| 00000340 6f 78 20 69 73 20 65 6d 70 74 79 20 73 6f 20 77 |ox is empty so w| 00000350 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 62 61 |ith the first ba| 00000360 6c 6c 20 79 6f 75 0a 6d 75 73 74 20 65 6e 64 20 |ll you.must end | 00000370 75 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 74 20 6c 65 61 73 74 |up with at least| 00000380 20 6f 6e 65 20 68 6f 6c 65 20 66 69 6c 6c 65 64 | one hole filled| 00000390 20 28 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 69 6e 65 76 69 | (which is inevi| 000003a0 74 61 62 6c 65 29 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c |table). However,| 000003b0 0a 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 6d |.the next ball m| 000003c0 75 73 74 20 66 61 6c 6c 20 69 6e 20 61 20 64 69 |ust fall in a di| 000003d0 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 68 6f 6c 65 2c 20 6f 72 |fferent hole, or| 000003e0 20 65 6c 73 65 20 74 68 65 79 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 | else they will | 000003f0 64 69 73 69 6e 74 65 67 72 61 74 65 0a 61 6e 64 |disintegrate.and| 00000400 20 6e 6f 20 68 6f 6c 65 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 | no holes will b| 00000410 65 20 66 69 6c 6c 65 64 20 2d 20 67 61 6d 65 20 |e filled - game | 00000420 6f 76 65 72 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 |over. The number| 00000430 20 6f 66 20 62 61 6c 6c 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 | of balls in the| 00000440 20 62 6f 78 0a 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 73 20 61 | box.increases a| 00000450 73 20 79 6f 75 20 70 6c 61 79 20 73 6f 20 62 65 |s you play so be| 00000460 20 63 61 72 65 66 75 6c 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 79 | careful where y| 00000470 6f 75 20 64 72 6f 70 21 0a 0a 46 75 72 74 68 65 |ou drop!..Furthe| 00000480 72 20 48 65 6c 70 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |r Help.~~~~~~~~~| 00000490 7e 7e 7e 0a 4e 6f 74 65 3a 20 54 68 65 20 66 6f |~~~.Note: The fo| 000004a0 6c 6c 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 |llowing is inclu| 000004b0 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 63 6c 61 72 69 66 79 20 61 |ded to clarify a| 000004c0 6e 64 20 61 64 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 61 62 |nd add to the ab| 000004d0 6f 76 65 2e 0a 0a 52 6f 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f |ove...Rotation o| 000004e0 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 65 72 73 3a 0a |f the spinners:.| 000004f0 20 20 54 68 65 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 65 72 73 20 61 | The spinners a| 00000500 6c 77 61 79 73 20 72 6f 74 61 74 65 20 77 68 65 |lways rotate whe| 00000510 6e 20 68 69 74 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 6c |n hit by the bal| 00000520 6c 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 74 68 65 79 |l. 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However, i| 000005f0 66 20 61 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 72 6f 6c 6c 73 20 70 |f a ball rolls p| 00000600 61 73 74 20 61 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 65 72 20 74 68 |ast a spinner th| 00000610 65 0a 20 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c |e. spinner will| 00000620 20 72 6f 74 61 74 65 20 61 6e 64 20 66 69 6e 69 | rotate and fini| 00000630 73 68 20 69 6e 20 65 78 61 63 74 6c 79 20 74 68 |sh in exactly th| 00000640 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 |e same position | 00000650 61 73 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 2e 0a 0a 49 6e 69 74 |as before...Init| 00000660 69 61 6c 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 |ial position of | 00000670 74 68 65 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 65 72 73 3a 0a 20 20 |the spinners:. | 00000680 54 68 65 20 73 70 69 6e 6e 65 72 73 20 61 6c 77 |The spinners alw| 00000690 61 79 73 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 69 6e 20 61 20 63 |ays start in a c| 000006a0 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 6c 79 20 72 61 6e 64 6f 6d |ompletely random| 000006b0 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 67 75 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 73 | configuration s| 000006c0 6f 20 79 6f 75 27 6c 6c 0a 20 20 66 69 6e 64 20 |o you'll. find | 000006d0 74 68 61 74 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 69 6d 65 73 20 61 |that sometimes a| 000006e0 20 70 61 72 74 69 63 75 6c 61 72 20 6c 65 76 65 | particular leve| 000006f0 6c 20 69 73 20 65 61 73 79 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 74 |l is easy and ot| 00000700 68 65 72 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 |her times diffic| 00000710 75 6c 74 2e 0a 0a 4c 65 76 65 6c 73 3a 0a 20 20 |ult...Levels:. | 00000720 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 66 6f 75 72 20 6c |There are four l| 00000730 65 76 65 6c 73 2c 20 65 61 63 68 20 77 69 74 68 |evels, each with| 00000740 20 61 20 73 6c 69 67 68 74 6c 79 20 64 69 66 66 | a slightly diff| 00000750 65 72 65 6e 74 20 6c 61 79 6f 75 74 20 61 6e 64 |erent layout and| 00000760 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 2e 0a 20 20 54 68 65 | graphics.. The| 00000770 79 27 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 72 72 61 6e 67 65 |y're not arrange| 00000780 64 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 72 64 65 72 20 6f |d in any order o| 00000790 66 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 79 20 74 68 6f |f difficulty tho| 000007a0 75 67 68 2c 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 |ugh, since that | 000007b0 6d 61 69 6e 6c 79 0a 20 20 64 65 70 65 6e 64 73 |mainly. depends| 000007c0 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 69 74 69 61 6c 20 | on the initial | 000007d0 73 70 69 6e 6e 65 72 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e |spinner position| 000007e0 73 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 62 6f 78 |s...The ball box| 000007f0 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 20 6f 66 20 74 | at the top of t| 00000800 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 3a 0a 20 20 49 6e 69 |he screen:. Ini| 00000810 74 69 61 6c 6c 79 20 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 65 |tially this is e| 00000820 6d 70 74 79 2e 20 54 68 65 72 65 66 6f 72 65 2c |mpty. Therefore,| 00000830 20 69 66 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 64 72 6f 70 70 69 | if after droppi| 00000840 6e 67 20 61 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 |ng a ball you ar| 00000850 65 20 6c 65 66 74 0a 20 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6c |e left. with al| 00000860 6c 20 65 6d 70 74 79 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 20 61 |l empty spaces a| 00000870 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 |t the bottom the| 00000880 20 67 61 6d 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 6f 76 | game will be ov| 00000890 65 72 2e 0a 20 20 57 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 68 |er.. When you h| 000008a0 61 76 65 20 66 69 6c 6c 65 64 20 74 77 6f 20 73 |ave filled two s| 000008b0 70 61 63 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 62 |paces the ball b| 000008c0 6f 78 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 |ox will contain | 000008d0 6f 6e 65 20 62 61 6c 6c 2e 20 54 68 69 73 0a 20 |one ball. This. | 000008e0 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 72 | means that your| 000008f0 20 6e 65 78 74 20 64 72 6f 70 20 6d 75 73 74 20 | next drop must | 00000900 65 6e 64 20 75 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 6d 6f 72 65 |end up with more| 00000910 20 74 68 61 6e 20 6f 6e 65 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 72 | than one ball r| 00000920 65 6d 61 69 6e 69 6e 67 2e 0a 20 20 54 68 65 20 |emaining.. The | 00000930 62 61 6c 6c 20 62 6f 78 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 6f |ball box will co| 00000940 6e 74 61 69 6e 20 74 77 6f 20 62 61 6c 6c 73 20 |ntain two balls | 00000950 77 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 66 69 |when you have fi| 00000960 6c 6c 65 64 20 66 6f 75 72 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 |lled four spaces| 00000970 2c 20 73 6f 0a 20 20 65 6e 73 75 72 65 20 79 6f |, so. ensure yo| 00000980 75 20 6b 65 65 70 20 61 74 20 6c 65 61 73 74 20 |u keep at least | 00000990 74 68 72 65 65 20 62 61 6c 6c 73 20 61 74 20 74 |three balls at t| 000009a0 68 65 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 2e 0a 20 20 41 6c 6c |he bottom.. All| 000009b0 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 20 69 6e | three spaces in| 000009c0 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 62 6f 78 20 77 69 | the ball box wi| 000009d0 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 66 69 6c 6c 65 64 20 77 68 65 |ll be filled whe| 000009e0 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 66 69 6c 6c 65 |n you have fille| 000009f0 64 20 73 69 78 0a 20 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 2c 20 |d six. spaces, | 00000a00 6d 65 61 6e 69 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 |meaning you must| 00000a10 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 74 20 | always have at | 00000a20 6c 65 61 73 74 20 66 6f 75 72 20 62 61 6c 6c 73 |least four balls| 00000a30 20 61 74 20 61 6e 79 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 0a 0a 54 | at any time...T| 00000a40 68 65 20 62 61 6c 6c 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 3a |he ball machine:| 00000a50 0a 20 20 41 20 63 6f 6d 6d 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 73 |. A commonly as| 00000a60 6b 65 64 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 3a |ked question is:| 00000a70 20 57 68 79 20 64 6f 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 | Why does the ba| 00000a80 6c 6c 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 67 6f 20 27 42 |ll machine go 'B| 00000a90 6c 6f 6f 70 27 3f 0a 20 20 54 68 65 20 61 6e 73 |loop'?. The ans| 00000aa0 77 65 72 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 20 69 73 |wer of course is| 00000ab0 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e | that the machin| 00000ac0 65 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 |e creates the ba| 00000ad0 6c 6c 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 20 6d 69 78 74 75 |lls from a mixtu| 00000ae0 72 65 0a 20 20 6f 66 20 76 61 72 69 6f 75 73 20 |re. of various | 00000af0 62 6c 6f 6f 70 79 20 6c 69 71 75 69 64 73 20 61 |bloopy liquids a| 00000b00 6e 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 6c 6c |nd when the ball| 00000b10 20 69 73 20 27 73 70 61 74 27 20 6f 75 74 20 74 | is 'spat' out t| 00000b20 68 61 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 0a 20 20 6e 6f 69 |hat is the. noi| 00000b30 73 65 20 69 74 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 2e 0a 20 20 41 |se it makes.. A| 00000b40 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 73 3a 20 57 |nother one is: W| 00000b50 68 79 20 64 6f 65 73 20 69 74 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 20 |hy does it look | 00000b60 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 3f 0a 20 20 54 68 65 20 61 |it does?. The a| 00000b70 6e 73 77 65 72 3a 20 57 68 79 20 6e 6f 74 3f 0a |nswer: Why not?.| 00000b80 0a 47 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 73 74 72 61 74 65 67 |.General strateg| 00000b90 69 65 73 3a 0a 20 20 54 68 61 74 27 73 20 61 20 |ies:. That's a | 00000ba0 74 72 69 63 6b 79 20 6f 6e 65 21 20 44 75 72 69 |tricky one! Duri| 00000bb0 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 20 6f 66 |ng the course of| 00000bc0 20 77 72 69 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d | writing the gam| 00000bd0 65 20 49 27 76 65 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 0a 20 20 |e I've become. | 00000be0 71 75 69 74 65 20 61 6e 20 65 78 70 65 72 74 20 |quite an expert | 00000bf0 61 74 20 69 74 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 20 63 6f |at it and can co| 00000c00 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 69 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 6d |mplete it from m| 00000c10 6f 73 74 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 62 |ost positions, b| 00000c20 75 74 20 69 74 27 73 0a 20 20 62 65 63 6f 6d 65 |ut it's. become| 00000c30 20 6d 61 69 6e 6c 79 20 69 6e 73 74 69 6e 63 74 | mainly instinct| 00000c40 20 2d 20 74 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 68 65 6c 70 | - the only help| 00000c50 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 67 69 76 65 20 69 73 3a 20 | I can give is: | 00000c60 6b 65 65 70 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 2c 20 64 6f |keep playing, do| 00000c70 6e 27 74 0a 20 20 67 69 76 65 20 75 70 2c 20 69 |n't. give up, i| 00000c80 66 20 61 20 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 6e |f a solution isn| 00000c90 27 74 20 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 61 74 65 6c 79 20 76 |'t immediately v| 00000ca0 69 73 69 62 6c 65 20 64 69 73 69 6e 74 65 67 72 |isible disintegr| 00000cb0 61 74 65 20 61 20 73 61 66 65 0a 20 20 6e 75 6d |ate a safe. num| 00000cc0 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 62 61 6c 6c 73 20 61 6e 64 |ber of balls and| 00000cd0 20 73 65 65 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 68 65 6c 70 73 | see if it helps| 00000ce0 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 71 75 69 63 6b 20 77 61 79 |...The quick way| 00000cf0 20 6f 75 74 3a 0a 20 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 66 | out:. If you f| 00000d00 69 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 27 72 65 20 68 61 6c 66 77 |ind you're halfw| 00000d10 61 79 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 68 20 61 20 73 63 72 |ay through a scr| 00000d20 65 65 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 64 |een and you need| 00000d30 20 61 20 71 75 69 63 6b 20 65 78 69 74 20 66 72 | a quick exit fr| 00000d40 6f 6d 0a 20 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 77 69 |om. the game wi| 00000d50 74 68 6f 75 74 20 72 65 73 6f 72 74 69 6e 67 20 |thout resorting | 00000d60 74 6f 20 52 65 73 65 74 2c 20 6a 75 73 74 20 70 |to Reset, just p| 00000d70 75 73 68 20 45 73 63 20 74 77 69 63 65 20 77 68 |ush Esc twice wh| 00000d80 69 63 68 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 0a 20 20 72 65 74 |ich should. ret| 00000d90 75 72 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 64 |urn you to the d| 00000da0 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 61 75 74 |esktop...The aut| 00000db0 68 6f 72 3a 0a 20 20 48 65 6e 72 79 20 27 57 6f |hor:. Henry 'Wo| 00000dc0 6c 66 27 20 42 75 72 72 6f 77 73 0a 20 20 53 74 |lf' Burrows. St| 00000dd0 75 64 65 6e 74 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 55 6e 69 |udent at the Uni| 00000de0 76 65 72 73 69 74 79 20 6f 66 20 4d 61 6e 63 68 |versity of Manch| 00000df0 65 73 74 65 72 |ester| 00000df5
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