                                BEACH VOLLEY

Typed in by PHANTOM LORD (MEDWAY BOYS). Edited by PARASITE.


The sun's beating down, Rock 'n' Roll music's playing, it's time for Beach
Volley - let's take on the world! Your team travels the globe from london
to Sydney challenging all corners in the latest craze that's sweeping the
beaches.
Fantastic action with variable service and play controls as you lob the
defences, try a lightning reflex short smash to win back your service...
you may even catch a tan!

CONTROLS
The game may be played by one or two players and is controlled by joystick
only.

KEYBOARD
P       = Pause
F1      = ONE PLAYER
F2      = TWO PLAYERS
Press fire on joystick to start match.

GAMEPLAY

THE CURSOR
                       _____
                       \   /
                     |\ \ / /|
                     | \   / |
                     | /   \ |
                     |/ / \ \|
                       /___\

The cursor indicates the point where the ball will land. When the ball is
near the cursor press the fire button on the joystick to play the ball. It
is not necessary for you to be exactly on the cursor to hit the ball. The
computer controlled man will pass the ball in the direction you are
standing.
In all cases you play ball on the first touch, and it will automatically go
directly to the second player and after the second hit the ball will go to
the opposing side.

THE TIMER
                        +-+
                    +-+ | | +-+
                    | | +-+ | |
                    +-+     +-+
                   +-+       +-+
                   | |       | |
                   +-+       +-+
                    +-+     +-+
                    | | +-+ | |
                    +-+ | | +-+
                        +-+

You have a limited amount of time in which to win the match. When the 3/4
time period has passed, you will hear a "Rock and Roll" tune which will
indicate the time is running out.

THE HAND

                     |      |
                     |      |
                     |       \
                    /       | |
                    | | | | |/
                    | | | | |
                     \| | | |
                       \|_| |
                          |-|
                          +-+

This indicates which man is in play to be controlled.

THE SERVICE
There are two kinds of service which can be used :-
1.      Normal service - Press the fire button on the joystick to throw the
        ball into the air. Press again when the ball is near your hand to
        hit it.
2.      Smash service - Press the fire button on the joystick to throw the
        ball into the air. Press again with the joystick in the up position
        to jump. Press a third time when the ball is near your hand to hit
        it.

WITH THE FIRE BUTTON PRESSED
                        Jump
            Short Serve   |   Long Serve
                       \  |  /
                        \ | /
           Short Serve----+----Long Serve
                        / | \
                       /  |  \
            Short Serve   |   Long Serve
                      NOT USED
               -------------------------->
               DIRECTION OF THE SERVE

Moving the joystick without the fire button pressed will move the player in
the appropriate direction as shown below :-

                      Move North
               Move N/W   |   Move N/E
                       \  |  /
                        \ | /
                Move W----+----Move E
                        / | \
                       /  |  \
               Move S/W   |   Move S/E
                      Move South

Serve Directions    --__________________________
                  o/ __--  ------|--------->  \
                  /--           -|_  ---->     \
                o/_-             | -_           \
                /-               |   ->          \
              o/_________________|________________\

The direction in which the service lands will be dependant upon the
position of the service player :-

ATTACK
To smash the ball by pressing the fire button pushing up on the joystick.
When you are in the air wait a few seconds and press the button again to
smash the ball.
The direction of the joystick will allow you to do either a short or long
smash in the required direction. If the opposing team smashes the ball you
can jump in defence by pressing the fire button and moving the joystick
upwards at the same time.

MOVES DURING THE SMASH
WITH THE FIRE BUTTON PRESSED

                        Short Smash
                         North East
                Short Ball   |   Long Smash
              Over Defence\  |  /North East
                           \ |
  Short Ball Over Defence----+----Long Smash East
                           / | \
                Short Ball/  |  \Long Smash
              Over Defence   |   South West
                        Short Smash
                         South West

THE BLOCK
If a player from the opposing team tries to smash the ball you can jump and
block the ball by pressing the fire button and pushing the joystick up (as
for the smash).
If the ball goes past the block you can play again with your second player
pressing the fire button again.

SCORING
The winner will be the first to reach 7 points or the team with the higher
score at the end of the time limit.

HINTS AND TIPS
There are two ways of scoring
A)      By attacking when you have the ball.
B)      By defending when the opposition have the ball.

DURING THE ATTACK
Change your smash poistion as much as possible.
The closer you are the second player and the lower the ball, the less time
your adversary will have to block you.
It is possible to smash a serve - keep trying!

DURING THE SERVE
During the length and direction of your serve as much as possible.
Smashing a service is much faster so use it.

DURING DEFENCE
The block has to jump later than the player smashing the ball.
If your opposition smashes the ball a long way from the net then you must
anticipate the correct time to jump.
During the first few levels the computer will not serve too far away from
you.
