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Flipdis v1.1
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Welcome to Flipdis
  
Created by one of the longest established and respected games companies in the UK.  IG 
Ltd brings you Flipdis, the most hyper addictive, fruit flipping festival of fun, ever to 
grace the screen of your Palm!

Flipdis is a fast paced, addictive puzzle game.  The objective is to clear the level within 
the time limit. You will see that each level shows a board with a grid of mixed fruit, 
Strawberries and Limes. You must clear the level by making sure only 1 fruit type is 
shown (either Strawberries OR Limes, the choice is yours!).  To change the fruit you 
need to flip them by placing the different 'Flip-block' shaped pieces that get dispensed.

Sounds easy?  Well with over 100 levels which increase in size and difficulty, and an 
absolutely insane plethora of block shapes to discover.  Things are about to get seriously 
fruity.

Are you ready to Flip?



Features:
Fantastic Fruity Graphics and Animation, in Color and Greyscale.

Full game features over 100+ fresh levels of fruit filled mayhem!

Two modes of hyper addictive game play:
      Easy  just watch the clock and flip as fast you can!
      Hard  Play fast and smart, if your points are rotten it's game over!

High Score table.

Instructions.

Auto Save feature, lets you leave Flipdis and then pick up where you left off.

Fruit Rankings, find out if you're the Top Banana or just a Big Plum!

Sound FX and volume control (handy for a sneaky go at your desk).

3 Control modes, play with just keys, stylus or a mix of both.



If you have any comments or feedback on how we can improve our game for you, please 
e-mail flipdis@igl.co.uk  

Users that have purchased Flipdis will receive FREE upgrades in the future.

We hope you enjoy playing Flipdis.

Team Flipdis
July 2002



Installation
You will require 283K free RAM on your palm in order to install and run the game.

Double click on the Flipdis.prc file.  This should set your "Palm Install Tool" to install 
Flipdis.

Push the "HotSync" button to install Flipdis onto you hand held.

Select the Flipdis game icon from the Application launcher screen to run Flipdis.

If you are installing a new version of Flipdis, please delete the existing Flipdis.prc from 
your hand held first.



Device compatibility
Device:
Flipdis should work on any device running the Palm Operating System 3.0 or higher.  
It has been tested on and is compatible with the following devices:

	Palm III
        Palm IIIc
        Palm IIIe
        Palm IIIx
        Palm IIIxe
        Palm M100
        Palm M130
        Palm M500
        Palm M505
        Palm V
        Palm Vx
        Handspring Visor
        Handspring Visor Edge
        Handspring Platinum
        Handspring Prism
        TRGpro 


Color:
The game will run in color on devices that support this mode.  The game also fully 
supports greyscale devices.
 


Version information

Version 1.1 01/08/02.
	-Initial public release.



How to Play

THE BASICS

The objective is to clear the level within the time limit. You will see that each level 
shows a board with a grid of mixed fruit, Strawberries and Limes. You must clear the 
level by making sure only 1 fruit type is shown (either Strawberries OR Limes, the choice 
is yours!). Different shapes made out of square blocks are used to flip the fruit (which 
will then show the other type) these are called 'Flip blocks'.

The player only controls the Flip blocks.  Move the Flip blocks around the screen using 
the stylus, you can either press the screen and drag, or tap the point on the screen where 
you would like the block to move.

To rotate and place Flip blocks, there are two arrows in the bottom left hand corner of the 
screen.  The circular arrow rotates the block once 90 degrees, the down arrow next to it, 
places the block.

Flip blocks can be placed ANYWHERE in the level, they do not have to be touching or 
on top of any fruit.  Any fruit that is under the Flip block when it is placed will be 
flipped.  Fruit can be flipped as many times as you like.

Once you have placed a Flip block another one will appear for you to use on the left hand 
side of the screen.

At the bottom of the screen, in the middle, you will see a Flip block preview; this shows 
the next Flip block that will appear once you have placed the current block.

It is your choice what fruit type to aim for on each level, as long as all the fruit pieces are 
the same you will complete the level.

You must finish the level before the timer in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, 
runs out.  If you run out of time you lose a life and the level restarts.

Your bonus score and fruit ranking will vary depending on how many Flip blocks you 
have used to complete the level.  The smarter you play, the fewer blocks you have to use, 
the better your fruit ranking and bonus score will be.

If you lose three lives, your game will be over.  You will be presented with the Lose 
screen and then, depending on how well you played, the High Score Table. 


EASY AND HARD MODE
Two modes of game play are selectable from the main menu.  

Easy mode lets you play each level against the clock.  

Hard mode has score checkpoint screens every 10 levels, if you are using too many Flip 
blocks to complete levels you will not score very highly.  If your score is not high enough 
to pass the checkpoint, you will fail and your game will end.

(If you are playing the 10 level trial version, the check point is at the end of level 9)


PAUSING
To pause the game, just tap the menu button on your palm.  To un-pause tap the screen 
and the game will start again.


END CURRENT GAME
If you wish to end your current game and return to the Flipdis main menu, tap the menu 
button on your palm and choose END GAME from the menu.


QUITING OUT OF FLIPDIS
If you wish to go to another application, tap the menu button on your palm and choose 
QUIT GAME from the menu.  If you are currently in a game, the game will be paused 
and you can continue playing when you run Flipdis again.


CONTROL METHOD
Tap the menu button and select options to change your controls; you have the following 
choices:


Stylus + Keys

Use the stylus to move the block around the screen.

Use the Rotate Icon (the circular image) in the bottom left of the screen to rotate the 
block

Use the Place icon (the arrow image) in the bottom left of the screen to place the block

Or

Use Date Book and To-Do List buttons to rotate the block clockwise

Use Address Book and Note Pad Buttons to rotate the block anticlockwise

Use Scroll up/down to place the block


Keys Only

Use Date Book and Address Book buttons to move blocks left and right

Use Scroll up/down to move blocks up and down

Use To-Do list Button to Place to block

Use Note Pad Button to rotate the block


VOLUME CONTROL
From the in game options menu, you can select volume high, low or off.


Support / Feedback
If you have any technical problems, questions about the game or feedback you would like 
to share with us, please e-mail flipdis@igl.co.uk


FAQ
Why is it called Flipdis?

Because you Flip things, so it's "Flip this!" or "dis", as we like to say!


Why Fruit?

We were feeling hungry during a design meeting.  It's a good job we're healthy otherwise 
it could have been burgers and fries.  Would you like a drink with that?


You say IG has been around for a long time, what else have you done?

We've been up and running for over 9 years and have produced many high profile titles 
on PC, Console and next generation platforms.  Visit www.igl.co.uk to take a look at 
some of them.


I've got some suggestions for the game?

We are always ready to listen to ways that the game can be improved, we will try and 
incorporate as many new ideas as possible in the FREE updates that will go out to people 
who have purchased the full game.  E-mail flipdis@igl.co.uk with your ideas!


I have a ten level Trial version, how do I get the full 100+ level version?

Easy just go to www.handango.com and purchase the full version of Flipdis!


Can I mail the Trial version to a friend?

Yes, don't say it with flowers, say it with fruit!  If you want to share the joys of Flipdis 
with a friend, mail them the Trial version .Prc and the licence agreement. 

You cannot however do this with the Full version of the game, see the licence agreement 
for more information.



CREDITS
Executive Producer
Steve Cuss

Team Leader
James Wright

Programmer
Idries Hamadi

Artists
Richard Evans
Dee Jarvis
Jason Redway

Design
Darren Esp
Neil Marsden

Management
Neil Jones-Cubley
Lee Morse
Kevin Shrapnell
Philip Veale

Thanks To
Pete Gartside
James Steer
Saty Mann
Marc D'Souza
Gary Mason
Kevin Duffy
Ian Masters
James Nicholas
Kees Gajentaan
Jamie Ferguson
Graeme Puttock
Dmitri Kesselev
Stephen Lindley
Danielle Noakes
Lesley Roberts

 2002 Intelligent Games Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
