POKE mission 97 GB

POKE mission 97
General
Author	Anders Granlund
Type	Card
Version	Final
License	Mixed
System	DMG
Last Updated	1997/12/21
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POKE Mission 97 is a game reminiscent of classic block-breaking games like Alleyway, Arkanoid, or Breakout. However, the game has a unique twist: instead of breaking blocks, the goal is to shoot a ball from the lower platform to the upper one.

Features

• Works on real Gameboy.
• 50 levels.
• Save-game option.
• Music and soundFX.

User guide

You control the paddle at the bottom of the screen, press the button and you fire a ball. If the ball hits the moving "catcher" at the top of the screen five times, you advances to the next level.

Between you and the catcher there are some enemies trying to hit you or bounce the ball back at you. Resulting in that you looses one life. When you get 3000 points you will be rewarded with an extra life.

Saving your game

Just hit Start during play, this will pause the game and bring you to a menu looking like this:

      PAUSED
  -> CONTINUE <-
       SAVE

The Continue option takes you right back to the action.

The Save option saves the current game, the arrows will point at continue afterwards so just press button one more time to return to action.

Loading an old game

If a saved game position is present, a menu will appear right after the title screen:

 -> START NEW GAME <-
    CONTINUE SAVED
      (LEVEL xx)

Choosing the Start New Game option will begin the game from level 1.

The Continue Save lets you continue from your last saving (at level xx).

Controls

D-Pad - Move

A/B - Fire a ball

Start - Pause game and bring up save menu

Select - Skip level

Menu:

Select/Up/Down - Navigate options

Start/A/B - Select options

Screenshots

Changelog

1997/11/19

• Added ten more levels, we are now at a total of 50 levels.
• Save-game now reported to work on real gameboy! (Thanks Jeff).
• Menus can be controlled with joypad, not only with SELECT.

1997/11/18

• Made the PAUSE menu look better.
• Added ten more levels... We now have 40 levels of action.
• Two more soundFX.

1997/11/17

• Added saveing options - thanks Jeff for the idea + help.

1997/11/12

• Made the real "Finish-game" screen with music.
• Added 14 more levels, now at a total of 30 levels.

1997/11/11

• Added titelscreen music.

1997/11/09

• Added two more enemy types.
• Fixed screen coordinate problems on real GB (Thank's Mike).
• There are now some preliminary sound FX.
• Added eight more levels, total levels = 16.
• Extra-life at 3000p.

v0.2 (demo) 1997/11/08

• Worked on real Gameboy, but sometimes it misplaced the bakground.

v0.1 (demo) 1997/11/06

• Didn't work on real Gameboy nor no$gmb emulator.
• No sound.
• Only two enemy-types.
• Only eight levels.

Credits

Thanks to:

• Dr. Pan of Anthrox.
• Harry Mulder.
• Jeff Frohwein.
• Michael J. Mika of Genetic Fantasia.
• Paul Robson.
• Everyone else related to developement on the Gameboy.

External links

• Author's website - http://w1.601.telia.com/~u60103677/gb.html (archived)