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Body Blows PC - Copyright 1993 Team17 Software Ltd.
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This short documentation contains information regarding to the correct
installation of the game and what hardware it supports. A list of game
additions is featured at the end of this document.

COMPATABILITY
Body Blows is VGA only and works fine on 286, 386 and 486 machines. 
Minimum memory requirement is 580K.

DISK USAGE
Body Blows requires around 2Mb of free hard-disk space to operate. Ensure
that you have enough space before attempting to install the game. It`s 
files are precompressed to ensure that as little space is used as is
required.

SOUND CARDS
This game will auto-detect if you have either Adlib or Soundblaster cards
attached to your machine. If not, it will default to PC Bleeper sounds.
In game Roland music/fx are not supported for technical reasons.
Please ensure that the correct Soundblaster env variable is set during 
your startup.

PAUSE KEY
Press PAUSE key to stall the game, press it once more to continue. If your
keyboard doesn`t have a PAUSE key, then press CTRL-NUM LOCK to activate
the pause mode.

CACHING
Using a hard-drive cache such as "Smartdrv" will make hard-disk access
much faster resulting in smoother game operation.

JOYSTICK CARD CONFLICTS
Having two different joystick/game-cards in your PC may cause problems
so disable all but one of them. Lowering the resistances of joysticks
improves the speed of all games!

LOW MEMORY PROBLEMS
If you are tight on memory, adjust your config.sys/autoexec.bat files 
to use fewer drivers (except for ones using high/extended memory) and
reboot.

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ADDITIONS/REVISIONS TO GAME DOCUMENTATION
We have taken the opportunity to tweak the game since writing the
manual and the following changes are listed here;

Additional Options;

Calibrate Joysticks - Set Joystick Responsiveness
Music Volume        - Set Adlib/Soundblaster Music Level
Mercy ON/OFF        - Toggle game feature which allows you to 
                      continue fighting while an opponent is down!
                      Show no mercy!
Tournament Players  - Set how many human players compete in the
                      tournament, CPU players fill in other places.
Set Defaults        - Returns game/keyboard layout to initial settings.
Define Keyboard     - Select your own key controls.
Exit to Dos         - Return to system, saves all high-scores and
                      options plus keyboard configurations.
                      Delete the file BB.CFG to re-new all high scores.

NEW GAME BONUS
In addition to the PERFECT bonus (awarded for a Knockout and suffering 
no damage yourself), a BRUTAL bonus is available to players who defeat 
their opponents without losing a round. BRUTAL bonus is higher for 
single round events.

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