E-Motion/The Game of Harmony

Manual

typed by Rob (http://cw3.theunderdogs.org)

LOADING INSTRUCTIONS

PC: Insert the game disk into drive A: Type A: and press
RETURN to set the drive then type EMOT at the prompt
followed by a space and one of the following options: C=
CGA, E=EGA, T=TGA, V=VGA.

You must specify one of these graphics modes when loading
the game. Additionally the following option keys are
available:
Q for no sound effects or music.
A for AdLib support (an AdLib card must be connected and
the AdLib drivers included with your AdLib card already
loaded before you start loading E-Motion).

GAME PLAY

E-Motion gives you control of a ship which can be rotated left
and right, and moved in the direction it is currently facing. The
ship is used to push coloured spheres around the screen and
each sphere may be one of three different colours (contain one
of three different shapes). At the start of a level, these
spheres pulsate slowly, but as the levels progress they pulsate
faster and faster until finally they explode. Every time a
sphere explodes, energy is lost (indicated by a bar at the top
of the screen). When the energy bar reduces to zero, a life is
lost, when all lives are lost the game is over. The strategy is to
avoid the exploding spheres by pushing two spheres of the
same colour (same shape) together, whereby they'll both
disappear harmlessly. If you should accidentally push two
differently coloured (shaped) spheres together, a small pod is
formed. Initially this can be picked up for an energy recharge,
but if left alone for too long it grows into a new full-sized
sphere, which must itself then be disposed of. The level
finishes when there are no spheres left on screen. If there is
only one sphere left on the screen then obviously it cannot be
disposed of by pushing it into another one, so it explodes
immediately, to finish the level.
To complicate your progress, there are pipes scattered around
the screens which both your ship and the spheres will bounce
off. On some levels spheres are joined by elastic bonds which
means that to push one around will result in it dragging other
spheres (or even your ship) with it. Most levels have all the
spheres that you need to finish, but a few higher levels leave
some of them out which forces you to make new spheres by
pushing different coloured ones together.
Every fourth level is a bonus level where you have the chance
to score bonus points but you cannot lose a life.
There are 5 secret bonuses to be discovered throughout the
game. When each one is found, a message flashes up at the
end of the level it was found on.

GETTING STARTED

When the game has loaded, the title screen is displayed,
followed by the high score page and then a demo mode.
Watching the demo mode will give you an idea of what to
expect when you start the game. Press the FIRE button to take
you to the opening menu, where you can preset all of your
options.

MODE: NORMAL, PRACTICE OR DEMO

NORMAL MODE: play the game. PRACTICE MODE: try the first
five levels but without the balls ever exploding. DEMO
MODE: runs the same demo sequence which is seen in the
attract mode.

PLAYERS: ONE OR TWO

E-Motion can be played by two players simultaneously, each
controlling their own ship. Both players must co-operate to
finish a level. The players share one joint score.

CONTROL MODE: NORMAL OR ALTERNATIVE

The mode that most people will recognise at once is the left-
right-thrust mode used as a default. As an alternative,
though, there is another mode where left and right work as
normal but up accelerates and down brakes.

ROTATION SPEED: FAST OR SLOW

If you find it difficult to control your ship, try adjusting your
rotation speed to slow. The ship will then rotate at half
speed.
After selecting your options, press FIRE to start the game.
Your preferences are remembered for the rest of the session,
so you can go straight past the menu by pressig FIRE twice in
succession from the title page.

CONTROLS

Player 1

UP	W
DOWN	X
LEFT	A
RIGHT	S
FIRE	Space

Player 2

UP	Arrow key or 8 on num-pad
DOWN	Arrow key or 2 on num-pad
LEFT	Arrow key or 4 on num-pad
RIGHT	Arrow key or 6 on num-pad

General

PAUSE	P
QUIT	ESC
SOUND	F9

SCORING

Points are awarded for pushing spheres together; either 200,
250 or 300 points depending on the colour of the spheres. At
the end of each level, a 500 point bonus is awarded if no
spheres explode during the level. An extra life is awarded for
every 20,000 points.