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                  |By: Mallow                     |
                  |E-mail: mallow51@hotmail.com   |
                  |System: PC                     |
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Look, I'm doing this small FAQ in a hurry so, I don't have time to do
some fancy layout. Takes too damn long time if you ask me. So, in this
guide I may have some tips on some of the levels but for now I only
have some basic tips and the cheats. Oh, I have explanations on all of
the "special" things, if you're confused on what them all means, then
please check it out ok? In time, I believe this FAQ will grow larger
as I add more and more info. But this depends entirely on the reader.
This is my first FAQ, by the way. (Note: I have now improved the
layout slightly, I've for instance added an ASCII which I think looks
pretty cool... But that's pretty much it. And, unfortunately this
guide isn't very popular, cuz' I haven't received _any_ e-mail at all.


Contents

1. Revision history / Updates
2. Basic tips
3. The cheats and what they do
4. Explanation of all the specials
5. Contact info
6. Credits
7. Copyright stuff
8. End, goodbye


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1 . R E V I S I O N   H I S T O R Y   /   U P D A T E S

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2000-07-25

-  First release, so everything is obviously new.

2000-08-17

-  Minor update, I've fixed some errors but it is possible that I've missed 
some. For one, the date for the first version is incorrect, however I cannot 
change it because I don't know the exact date.

-  I added a rather cool (if you ask me) ASCII at the top instead of just the 
normal, boring text. I hope you like it!

-  I pretty much changed the entire layout of this document, just take a look! 
Do you have any idea how long that took me?!! About 5 min maybe...

-  Oh! I almost forgot, I spell-checked the _ENTIRE_ thing!!! I had a few typos 
here and there.....yeah....

2000-08-22

-  I corrected yet another error...How foolish of me to forget, it was so very 
obvious. Unfortunately, I noticed it when I saw it online... :(

-  I just noticed that there is something very wrong with my e-mail, so for now 
you're just going to have to e-mail it to my other, secondary e-mail which you 
can find at the top of this document.

-  I've searched through this file to look for other places where I may have put 
my screwed up e-mail, but I may have missed some so if you find it, you can e-
mail me at the new, WORKING e-mail.

2000-08-24

-  Whoops, I noticed a major error in the cheats section... But don't worry, 
it's all been fixed now. *sigh* I still haven't gotten any fan mail yet! :)

-  Spell-checked it, just to be sure! :)

-  It is very important that you read this, although its very embarrassing, but 
you should still read it to clear up any confusion that may occur. I've given 
permission to ANOTHER site then GameFAQs.com to use my FAQ, unfortunately I 
can't remember the URL! I have it in a mail I got from them, but I can't go to 
the Net just to see it!!! So, now you know that.

2000-08-25

-  Oops! I noticed some MAJOR typos which has been fixed now... And that's 
pretty much it actually...

2000-09-23

-  I slightly (actually a lot) changed the ENTIRE look of this FAQ. It now has a 
much more fresh layout, and it is much more cool. Whee, that sounded retarded...

-  Due to reasons that I am unsure of, I now have to change all the lines to 
about 4 or 5 chars more. That's not good!!

-  Once again, I spell-checked it.

Don't be surprised if this version is actually SMALLER then the last one -- I've 
removed some of the GARBAGE that really didn't have ANYTHING to do with the 
game. Mainly at the END of the document...you don't have to read all that crap 
anymore. I'm thinking about changing the main intro too, but I haven't decided 
yet. Maybe in the next version, or something. 


This Is An Official Apologize to Al Amaloo:

I'm sorry I forgot your URL...and I'm sorry to say that I still don't know!! At 
first, I thought it was vgstrategies.about.com (good site, by the way) but then 
I noticed in your e-mail that you were gonna have it SOMEWHERE else. Well, now 
y'all know that it's on Al Amaloo's page. SORRY!!!

2000-09-24

-  Normal layout is back. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we're once again STUCK with 
this boring looks... It just didn't work out, when I viewed it in my text 
editor, EVERYTHING was FINE. Then, I saw it online. OH MY GOD!!!! The cool 
things I had added (marshmallow has them in his PD FAQs, why does HE get to have 
them???) was replaced with some DAMNED question marks!!!! This same thing has 
happened to my Goldeneye FAQ, so I have to fix it too. That, however, will take 
WAY more time then this....mainly because of its size (compared to this one).





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2 . B A S I C   T I P S

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Here are some useful and not so useful tips in this game.

-  If you're going for a high score, then you should focus more on getting the 
ball to destroy the bricks, rather then using the gun or some other help thing. 
You get more points this way.

-  Extra lives are your friends, get as many of those as possible.

-  Here's a really neat way of getting high points, but it takes forever and 
isn't that pretty...but you can get TONS of points. Well, what you gotta do is: 
When you start the game and the main screen comes up, where it shows what all 
the special things looks like, press Ctrl-F1 to bring up the Level Editor. This 
neat little code allows you to re-make all the levels! So, just re-make all the 
levels with ONLY bricks and then play through them all scoring tons of points! 
Read my first tip for maximum score.

-  Avoid the red things as much as possible. They are not your friends, however, 
there is one I use every now and then, and it's the one where you speed up the 
ball slightly, because I find it very annoying when the ball is so damn slow. 
So, I sometimes take that when I want it to speed up. But it can be pretty hard, 
though, as it will start moving at an incredibly fast speed. So beware and 
remember I warned you.

-  Always have the ball as top priority. Always. No matter what you see, go for 
the ball. You may miss an extra life or two but, it's worth it. Rather save a 
life then getting one. Always have the ball as top priority. Unless you're 
positive of your skills and you _know_ that you're gonna make it. Just remember 
that I warned you.

-  If you're trying to complete a level, always try to go for the explosives. 
They can sometimes get rid of thousands of bricks, and it is very useful. It 
reduces the amount of points you get, but it clears out the levels way quicker. 
And besides, in most of the levels where they are, it's usually pretty much of a 
requirement to blow them up in order to finish the level.

-  Try to get the ball at the same place. Example: If you hit your ball at a 
place, try to hit it at the same place again. Repeat this and you should be able 
to get rid of all of them in no time. This requires some practice, though.

-  Learn what all the specials mean. The last thing you want is getting the one 
where you get twice as small, when you wanted the opposite. That isn't really 
encouraging. You can check out the "Explanation of all specials" section for 
further details of what all of them means.

-  Don't rely on the lightning that appears after a few minutes when you've got 
like 1 left and you can't hit it. Don't think like "Oh man!! I can't hit that 
thing! Oh, I know, the lightning will take care of it!". Don't think that way. 
Sure, it'll take care of the remaining pain in the *** but you'll lose many 
points for doing it -- you only get 1 point for the lightning.

-  Only use the thing which makes everything go down if you have under 5 bricks 
left which is spread all over. If you take that thing, they will go down, making 
it easier for you to hit them. This can be pretty useful.

That's all the tips I have for now. If you have any other or want to
complain on an existing, feel free to send me a mail and let me know.

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At the main screen: Ctrl-F1 - Level editor.

During the game:
Ctrl-F1 - Regular paddle.
Ctrl-F2 - Grab the paddle.
Ctrl-F3 - Guns added to the paddle.
Ctrl-F4 - A longer handle on the paddle (faster).
F5 - Change the music.

Remember that, when you use the level editor to change the levels, I'm
not so sure there is a way to get them back into their original state.
I changed the first level and I've still not been able to fix it
yet...:) So don't ask me OK?

I think the music change is really worth it, some tunes are actually
really good. This shouldn't have been a cheat, it should have been
implanted from the beginning! Shame on you whoever made the game!

All other cheats just suck because then you complete the levels while
cheating, if you're a man/woman, don't cheat. If you're a wuss, cheat.
Although, the cheat which makes it a regular paddle can be pretty
useful at times. So, use it if you want. I recommend using it after
screwing up the entire game play by making a cheat so that you get guns
and all.

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This section will explain most of the special things which you can see
here and there. This section is not complete.

EXPAND PADDLE: This will cause your paddle to be bigger. This can be
quite useful if you're having trouble hitting the ball. It can be as
big as the whole screen.

THRU BRICK: This will cause the balls to go through several bricks.
Say, you got 7 bricks in a row, the ball can now go through. This
includes yellow and black bricks as well.

SET-OFF EXPLODING: This pretty much explains itself. It makes all of
the exploding bricks blow up. Can be useful at times.

FIREBALL: This causes the ball to look like some sort of meteor. It
will blow up about 3 or 4 bricks at impact. I like this one, it's very
useful almost all the time.

SHOOTING PADDLE: This causes "guns" to appear on your paddle. Now you
can shoot using the left mouse button. You don't get as many points as
you would have with a ball but, it clears out the level faster. Get
this and a "Thru Brick" and you're level is complete! :) Just make
sure to keep an eye at the ball...

GRAB PADDLE: This is only recommended if you're having several balls.
This makes the balls get stuck on your paddle so that you have to fire
it off again every time the ball impacts with the paddle. Quite
annoying sometimes. Useful too...

SHRINK PADDLE: This is something you want to avoid unless you've
gotten tons of Expand paddles. This makes the paddle twice as small as
it originally was. I hate this one...

EXTRA LIFE: This is indeed the best you can get. This gives you an
extra life. Unfortunately, this one is very, very rare. But it's well
worth it if you get one.

LEVEL WARP: This will transport you directly to the next level. Useful
if you're really ,really tired at the current level. I don't use it
much, though.

ZAP BRICKS: This makes all the "special" bricks appear as normal. For
example, we all know that yellow bricks are indestructible and white
ones requires several hits. Not to mention all the annoying invisible
ones. This one makes them all normal. White turns black, one hit and
they're gone. Same thing with yellow only it turns to another color.
And, the invisible ones becomes visible and destructible. I like this
one.

SLOW BALL: Avoid this. Even if you're ball is at lightning speed. It
becomes really, REALLY slow. Too slow for it's own good.

MULTIPLY EXPLODING: This is sort of a "level clearer". If I'm right,
this one multiplies the exploding bricks with 4. Pretty
useful...especially at the first level... :) Well, this neat thing
isn't that useful at all times, mainly because you lose several points
by doing this. But it can be pretty good if you want to move on to the
next level. But if you're going for points, you should avoid this. But
I usually take it.      :)

SPLIT BALL: This doubles the amount of ball you have with two. I'm not
sure how many balls you can have at the same time but, I could *swear*
that I have had 9 balls at a time...

KILL BALL: Avoid this at all cost. This will kill your ball instantly,
causing you to lose a life. It's the same thing as missing the ball,
both are deadly.

SHRINK BALL: I hate this one too. It makes the ball VERY small. Avoid
this one.

FAST BALL: Can be pretty useful at times. It makes the ball speed up
slightly...actually pretty much. Make sure you have good reflexes.

SUPER SHRINK: This one, it doesn't need an explanation, it explains
itself. Stay away of it. Stay away. Caution. Danger. Beware. You get
it. Don't take it...you'll surely regret it.

FALLING BRICKS: This can be used for your advantage. This causes all
the bricks fall down one step every time the ball hits the paddle. If
you only have 1 or 2 left, you can take this one if you're lucky and
they will close up to you. They can never go all the way down, but
close enough.

Hmm...I guess it was completed after all. At the top of the section, I
said it wasn't complete. However, once I started writing, I couldn't
stop. I was like a "Typerator" or something. I spat out 200 words/min
(exaggeration) and there was no stopping me. Actually, I average about
7 or 8 characters per second. And that is pretty much all I need to
write a small section like this.

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Feel free to contact me, at if you find any typos, errors or anything
like that.

And, if you do something "special", contribute something or whatever,
I will give you my ICQ number as a "reward". You may contact me, and
probably get an answer, as long as you:

?	Make sure you make it clear what the mail is all about. In other words, a 
good subject has a better chance of being read, and answered.

?	DO NOT; under any circumstances mail me a chain letter. I will delete it 
immediately. I don't give a damn about those so you'd better not fill my 
mailbox with that sort of crap.

?	Make it readable! Write in English, proper English. I want to be able to 
UNDERSTAND what you're writing! Also, if you're contributing a strategy of 
some sort, make it DETAILED, very, very detailed. And what I mean by "proper" 
English is that, use capital letters, and write NORMAL English. Don't shorten 
the words when you're not supposed to. Like, some people shorten entire words 
with only letters. Don't do that, it's annoying to read. Maybe one or two, 
but don't push it.

?	Only mail me ONCE. Some people mail their mails several times. I find that 
disturbing... Well, it gives me unnecessary much e-mail which will make it 
take longer for me to answer all my e-mails.

?	Remember that, I will answer as soon as I can. Many people mail me at once so 
I have to spend like all my free time answering mail. That, is something I 
don't want to do. So, I can't be bothered with a mail with the subject 
"Answer my mail!" or anything like that. I'll try to answer to the best of my 
ability. But if you don't get an answer after a week, you can pretty sure say 
that it was a stupid question, poorly written or something like that. Look 
above.

?	Don't send me porno, or some commercial garbage about some new camera. I 
don't care. And I'll delete it as well. Just don't send them to me ok?

But hey, feel FREE, very free to e-mail me, I WANT MAILS! Remember,
I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability (I check my mail
everyday).

That's about it, for now. It's going to be interesting what kind of
mailbox I'll have in the next few weeks... I know I may seem (and I
am...) harsh but, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS! I wrote this FAQ so I have the
right to control!   :p

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5 . C R E D I T S

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Nintendo: For being the lovely company that they are. (I love
Nintendo, even if this is a game for the PC)

Whoever came up with PC: For coming up the great idea to make a PC.
You gotta love that guy! Or maybe there were several?

Whoever made the game: For doing this, thanks man! Maybe I'll make a
FAQ for the sequel to, it's much better. Although it will probably be
short, like this one.

CJayC: For being such a lovely guy, mainly for accepting everyone's
FAQs, and because he's got the best web site known to man kind... And,
he updates his page even when he's got the flu... Now THAT'S what I
call cool... He puts a lot of work to his site, he updates several
times a day, I wonder if he gets paid for it?  ;p Although, I'm
starting to get a little annoyed at him, because I've sent tons and
tons of FAQs to him (including another version of this one) but none
has been posted... Are they really THAT bad? I mean, I've sent an
almost complete FAQ for Goldeneye but it never got posted! Etc, etc.
Ok, I know it's not so polite and nice (etc.) to flame a guy when he's
in "Credits". So I'll stop now.

Me: I wrote all of this garbage. Even if it only took me like half an
hour, you should be thankful. You really should because as far as I
know, this is the first FAQ for this game... :)

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I *borrowed* this from Kao Megura, I hope he doesn't mind...

This FAQ is for private and personal use only. It can only be
reproduced electronically, and if placed on a web page or site, may be
altered as long as this disclaimer and the below Copyright notice
appear in full. This FAQ is not to be used for profitable/promotional
purposes; this includes being used by publishers of magazines, guides,
books, etc. or being incorporated into magazines, etc. in ANY way.
This FAQ was created and is owned by me, Kao Megura (Mallow, not Kao).
All copyrights and trademarks are acknowledged that are not
specifically mentioned in this FAQ. Please give credit where it is
due.

Hey, I didn't write all this but the same goes for me. ALL OF IT!
Though, if you want to use this FAQ (why would you want to do that?)
on your web site, you need to ask my permission first. And, the
condition is that you do NOT change or alter it in ANY way. Not the
name, or _anything_ AT ALL. And, you _cannot_ ask me to send you the
update of this FAQ, you'll just have to look at www.gamefaqs.com. I
can't be bothered with that sort of e- mail. I'll just delete it. And,
Kao, I'm sorry that I had to use this, which I found at your web site.
I am just a rookie FAQ writer, don't blame me!

This guide may only, _only_ appear at the following site:

www.gamefaqs.com

vgstrategies.about.com        (I think...)    

(Look in the revision history/updates section to find a small note
regarding this)

Why? Because that's the only site I sent it too. I MIGHT let
GameSages.com use it too because they seem to be sister sites. So, you
don't have to tell me if you see it there. However, if you find it at
another site, then please let me know so that I can take legal actions
against them... or something like that... And, if you find it in a
magazine, do the same thing.

This guide is Copyright 2000 Mallow 
All rights reserved

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7 . E N D ,   G O O D B Y E

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Before I say goodbye, here's a list of things I need.

I need inspiration of making a little "Walkthrough". There I may present some 
tips for each and every level. I need inspiration. If I get over 100 mails (from 
different peoples of course) I will do it. I know a 100 is a little rough but 
it's tough to write it. I haven't even gone to all of them yet. Too damn many, 
50 to be exact. I don't think many people has ever played through all the levels 
because it is nearly impossible to play like 20+ hours straight just to get a 
peek at level 50. You have to be a real nut to do that, although, maybe there's 
some hidden away way to save your score and level and then be able to continue 
playing it the next day? If you know anything about how to do this, you know 
what to do. In case you don't know what to do, e-mail me at the usual address. 
If you don't know what e-mail address I have, look at the top of this document 
and all over this FAQ. You can find it almost anywhere. So it shouldn't be much 
of a problem.

I need lots of mails. That's what I want, yeah, mails...Ahhhhhh...

Well that's about it, for now. I can't think of anything else at the moment... 
So I guess this is goodbye now. Have fun playing this game that no one knows or 
cares about. Just as long as you're having fun, then everything is in order. I 
hope you enjoyed this FAQ and that it was of SOME use for you. C-ya in the next 
FAQ!! Hopefully, anyway. :)

                                 -Mallow-

                             ~End of Document~
