Supervision: handheld of the less fortunate

- Level select
* Beginner
* Average
* Expert
- Prizes
- Price A : Increase crystball by one.
- Price B : slow down the crystball movement.
- Price C : Bat becomes larger.
- Price D : Opening of the well is wider.
- Price E : Opening of the well becomes normal.
- Price F : By-pass the current stage.
- Price G : Crystball becomes larger, more powerful.
- Price H : Stone block - cannot be destroyed.

CRYSTBALL
GAME OBJECTIVE
This is an action game and it demands sharp observation and quick response from you at all times. The objective is to hit the crystball with the bat to make the obstacle blocks disappear as quickly as possible. You must try to pass as many stages as possible with your three crystball lifes.

Press key A to release the crystball from the bat. You will lose a Crystball life it it falls into the well at the bottom of the screen. You can block the entrance to the well by the bat to catch the crystball. Game Start - You can select one of three game modes
                      a) Beginner
                      b) Average
                      c) Expert

- In any case, the game difficulty will be increased automatically as you knock off more obstacle blocks.

Game end - When all three crystballs are lost in the well. The game is over.

GAME SCORE
- Block A : 50 points
- Block B : 60 points
- Block C : 70 points - needs 3 hits before it breaks.
- Block D : 50 points, as well as a special prize.
- Block E : Cannot be broken. Releases a bird when hit.
- Block F : Cannot be broken. Releases a rabbit when hit.
- Block G : Cannot be broken. Releases a turtle when hit.

A Rabbit - 30 points when caught.
A Bird - 40 points when caught.
A Turtle - Cannot be killed. 80 points when hit.

TO SIGN YOUR NAME
When the "SIGN YOUR NAME" image appears, press LEFT/RIGHT control button to select the position of the letter.
Press UP/DOWN control button to select your letter.

KEY ASSIGNMENTS

KEY

FUNCTIONS

KEY A	Release out ball
KEY B	No use
SELECT	No use
START	1) Start a game. 2) Pause/continue the game.
UP	1) Up one field of the Game Select Menu. 2) Select letter to sign name.
DOWN	1) Down one field of the Game Select Menu. 2. Select next letter to sign name.
LEFT	1) Moving bat left. 2) Change position of signature.
RIGHT	1) Moving bat right. 2) Change position of signature.

L E V E L S

Layouts for all 30 levels are displayed below. The top row displays levels 1 through 3, and each additional row continues in order all the way through to the final level, 30.

Level 4 and level 16 are nearly identical.

If a bonus block is broken while another block is underneath it, the bonus will not appear and thus be wasted.

Level 21 is the last to feature bonus blocks. After that, you're on your own.

The turtle hazard is actually necessary to complete certain levels and indeed, finish the game. This is because there are a limited number of trajectories possible for when the ball bounces off the paddle, a block, or a wall. In certain levels, unbreakable barriers are positioned in areas where, due to these limits, the levels are unfinishable under normal circumstances. Only when turtles are introduced, which offer unpredictable trajectories, can the ball get to any of the otherwise unreachable blocks.

On level 20 and level 30, and possibly other levels as well, it is possible to get the ball caught in an endless loop of bouncing. The only way to avoid this is to have at least one turtle on the screen. A turtle should eventually walk into the ball's path, changing its trajectory and freeing it from its prison.

When level 30 is completed, and the game won, the player is unceremoniously dropped back to the title screen with no option to enter his or her signature. Signature entry is only possible after all lives are lost.

V A R I A N T

An alternate version of the game, with an early Travellmate logo, exists. The startup chime is also unique, and quite crude.

E N D I N G