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How to play
• Press to launch the ball from the paddle at the bottom of the
screen, and then press or and to move the paddle
and keep the ball in play.
• If you miss the ball, and it falls off the bottom of the screen, you lose
a life. The number of lives remaining is shown on the bar at the
bottom left of the screen. Once you have no lives remaining, the
game ends. (If a multi-player game is being played, when a player has
missed the ball and lost a life, they should pass the phone to the next
player for their turn.)
• You score points for every brick destroyed--the current score is
shown at the top right of the screen.
• There are different types of brick, denoted by different colors. Some
will be destroyed by a single strike from the ball. Others require
multiple strikes, will reappear after a period of time, or can only be
destroyed by certain power-ups.
• When you hit some types of brick, power-ups will be dropped. If you
catch these with the paddle, they can give you additional abilities
which will make the game easier. Usually, these only last for a short
period of time. Beware, however, some of the power-ups have a
negative effect which will make the game harder for a short time.
Some of the power-ups need to be activated once you have picked
them up--this is done by pressing .
• The different types of power-up can be identified by the colour of the
falling blocks--learn to recognize each type to maximise your score.