PALLO

A game created by Edd Biddulph for MSX2
Note: Requires FM-PAC or compatible.
ROM size: 48K, RAM requirement: 16K

The objective of this game is to get the
red ball to the goal in as few strokes
as you can. The goal is marked by a
chequered flag. You can use as many
strokes as you want.

There are fifteen levels in the game.


Controls:

* At the title screen, press spacebar to
  start the game or F1 to enter a password.
  The password for a level is the name of the
  level, displayed on the status bar at the
  bottom of the screen.

* During the game, use the left or right
  arrow keys to set a direction to kick the
  ball in. You can also use the down arrow
  key to turn the direction upwards.

* To kick the ball press and hold spacebar
  and then release it. The length of time that
  you hold down the spacebar for determines
  the strength with which the ball is kicked.

* Hold ctrl and press left or right to nudge
  the kick direction by one unit.

* Hold shift and press up or down to take a
  look around the level.

* You can also press F3 to restart a level,
  or F2 to go back to the title screen.


Changelog:

   03/09/2024  * First release

   08/09/2024  * Reduced appearance of garbage frames
               * Added backspace support to password screen
               * Improved the rotation of the rotating cube
               * Made automatic scrolling go faster
               * Added down arrow key control for kick direction

Credits:

* Game designed and programmed, and graphics created, by Edd Biddulph - https://fizzer.neocities.org/
* mig68000 font created by Zingot Games - https://opengameart.org/content/bitmap-font-pack
* Broadway Rag, Pineapple Rag, and Peacherine Rag composed by Scott Joplin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin
* Assembled with the Glass Z80 assembler by Laurens Holst - https://www.grauw.nl/projects/glass/
* Tested and debugged in the openMSX emulator - https://openmsx.org/
* Tested on SX|2 MSX FPGA and FM-PAK from 8bits4ever - https://www.8bits4ever.net/