The pop-pop Unoffical Guide by: pop-popx ------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: Welcome to the pop-pop unoffical guide. This takes you through the entire game. The help advice in the game will help, too. With over 100 levels, excellent gameplay, and network capibility, pop-pop is 100% sure satisfing alright. -------------------------------------------------------------- Installing the game: 1.Download the game at Ambrosia Software's website: www.ambrosiasw.com To get the download: 1.Type in www.ambrosiasw.com and hit return. 2.Click on Games, select pop-pop under Action. 3.Click on More Info. 4.Click on Mac Download (if you have a Mac) or Windows Download (if you have a Windows). (You can click on the mirrors too.) 5.Wait until the download's done. 6.Find the installer and do all its steps. (Step 6 is for Windows only!) -------------------------------------------------------------- Note:This game is Shareware! Why register?: -It's only $25! -Get all 7 characters! -Unlimited game play! -You can do everything you wanted to do including host your game for an unlimited time, join a network game, and choose your favorite pop-pop! To buy this, go to the Ambrosia Software website at www.ambrosiasw.com and click on store. To register, Use the Ambrosia Software Registration Program listed as "Register pop-pop". -------------------------------------------------------------- How to play: The game's advice is in the game itself located in the menu with a question mark. There you'll find everything. But those who prefer better advice and strategies, you'll find it here. ------------------------------------------------------------ The controls: Moving the mouse- Move the mouse to move the paddle. Make sure the ball hits it or the bricks will down. Holding The Mouse button- It will activate your magnet. But in solo mode, use it very carefully or your score will drop down to 0. Clicking the mouse button- While your ball's still bouncing, use this to make your ball more powerful to hit the bricks easier. A perfect one costs five energy units. Each one costs one energy unit. Option(Mac) and Right Mouse button (Windows)- Although it costs four energy units and only can be used in versus mode, it will cause wrath on your opponent and make sure it works! If your ball hits the paddle while its charging up, it will cancel. But if your ball hits it after charging up, the attack will happen and use the magnet to attach it to the paddle before the glow wears off after a period of time. Each one has its own specialty. -------------------------------------------------------- About the energy units: Every time your ball hits a brick, the energy unit number will increase by one. Whenever you get a power charge, the energy unit number will increase by 5. Read the section above for more info. Note for the energy units:You can have a maximum of 50 energy units ----------------------------------------------------- The special brick types: Steel Brick:More common in solo (puzzle) mode's expert levels. This is indestructable, literally! Metal Brick:This needs two hits to make it vanish. Whenever a player (in versus mode) hits a hollow brick while its flashing, it turns into a metal brick. But it also can be found in solo (puzzle) mode. Red Metal Brick:This is found only in puzzle mode. This takes three hits to make it vanish and it can be found more likely in expert levels. Hollow Brick:This only is in versus mode. Whenever your opponent hits more than one brick, hit it before the black on it (that displays that brick is a hollow brick) dissapears, and metal bricks will appear on your opponent's screen, literally! ----------------------------------------------------- About the power-downs and power-ups: Power-downs have spikes around their bubbles while power-ups don't. Avoid power-downs if you can or will be in big trouble! The master of all the power-downs, is the V-Lock bubble, which cause your paddle to only move horizontally. The power-ups: Upper:Raises all bricks one to three rows. Grow:Makes paddle bigger and adds one power slot. Power Charge:Adds five energy units to your supply. Super Smash:The next time your ball hits the paddle, this will smash through all the bricks in one column. The power-downs: Downer:Drops all bricks one to three rows. Shrink:Makes your paddle smaller and removes one energy slot. V-Lock:Restricts your paddle to horizontal movement. --------------------------------------------------- Objectives in each game: Solo (Puzzle) Mode-Hit all the targets in the level to win. In the demo version, you only can play 6 out of all the levels in full version. Versus Computer (Versus Mode)-Win as many matches as you can. In the demo version, you can only play 2 matches or for 15 minutes. Network Mode (Versus Mode)-Whoever wins the required amount of rounds to get first is the winner of the match. In the demo version, you can only play 1 match or if play continues longer than 3 minutes, then a message pops up. ----------------------------------------------------- How to do a network game: Make sure you do these following steps: 1.Open your online program that's right for you. 2.Open up pop-pop. 3.Go to play. 4.Select Versus. 5.Click on Network. 6.Join or host a game. If you want to join, there's a 50/50 that you'll go to that game. For hosting, wait until a player comes and select: "Play Now!". ----------------------------------------------------- Losing: If you cross the line, you automatically lose the game. ----------------------------------------------------- About the network lounge: The person in front is the host. The person in the back is the person that joined the game. About Hosting:This only lasts for 30 days in the unregistered version. After that, you have to register. You're hosting games are colored in yellow. Games that are hosted under an NAT or Firewall are colored pink. If their's a game neither of these, it is colored white (if there's still room) or grey (if it's during its game time). About the game levels: N=Novice P=Pro M=Master N+=Novice Elite P+=Pro Elite M+=Master Elite ----------------------------------------------------- The Pop-Pop Characters Encyclopedia: B: Bombastic: Big, Bad and Loud. The heavyweight of the competition. He's gonna drop bombs. Super Power for Bombastic: Bombs- Death from above. Catch the bombs or watch your bricks fall. D: Ducky: Dim? Daft? A little off? Or the most cunning trickster you've ever met? Hmm... Super Power for Ducky:Ducks-Rubber Ducky you're the one! That bounces balls and never goes away! I: Ioni: Big head, bigger mouth. Opinionated, stubborn and a little full of herself. Super Power for Ioni:Flowers-A beatiful bouqet of flowers. Too bad you can't see the board any more. M: Mini-T: A little over the top. Makes a big deal out of everything. Including crushing all who oppose him. Super Power for Mini-T: Blow- Mini-T sends a little of his hot air your way, blowing your paddle away. Mr Man (Not availible in demo): The Don. Mess with him and you'll sleep with the fishes. Treat him right and you're family. Super Power for Mr Man: Brick Bot-The little bot spews bricks as it walks all over your board. T: Tex (Not availible in demo): A rootin-tootin cowboy and a gentleman too. Watch out for the six-shooters though. Super Power for Tex: Stun Gun- Spinning six-shooters fire off paddle stunning rounds. Z: Zap(Not availible in demo):Jackie? Neo? Old Ben? All punks. Zap's the man. His kung-foo is strong (or so he thinks). Super Power for Zap:Sparks- Glowing orbs of pure energy warp space time and the path of balls. ----------------------------------------------------- System Requirements: For Mac: Mac OS 8.6 or later (Mac OS X Native!) G3 or better For Windows: DirectX 7 or higher Quicktime 5.0 or higher Pentium 400mhz or higher Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, or XP 64 megs for Windows 95 and 98 128 megs for Windows 2000 and XP ---------------------------------- Credits: PopWrangler: Andrew Campbell Essential Support: Ambrosia Software Ambrosia Software Staff(uncredited): President-Andrew Welch Account and Office Manager-Bernard Cockhern Technical Support-David Dunham Bitwise Operator-Matt Slot Front Desk-Charlene Poletto Office Woozle-Tom Anthony Music: Jean Nine Henning Otsen In Tense Player Pro Music Library: Antoine Rosset Monkey Rancher: Ian Rickard Additional Level Design: Ty Hanna Mark Johns TimTaylor Windows Conversion: Trihedron LLC Programming:Nathan Frost Special Thanks to: Simone Flynn Soren McPhee Zuki Moon ------------------------------- The end. (That's all you need to know!)