IR Pong 2 by Till Harbaum (palm@harbaum.org)
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IR Pong 2 is a two player action game for the Palm Pilot. You'll need a
palm with infrared or bluetooth capabilities and a second person with
a similar machine to play this game in two player mode.

Game facts:
- Color and grayscale support
- Infrared or Bluetooth (still beta) communication
- ability to shoot at bricks and opponent
- destructable bricks
- up to three balls in game
- game keeps track of all opponents you've ever played against 
- built-in beam capability
- practice mode

Run the two player game

Start the game on both machines, place the machines that the infrared
interfaces can 'see' each other and tap the 'Start two player game'
button on one machine to start the game. The machine that was used to
start the game will be the 'master' machine which is controlling the
game.

It is your turn to prevent the ball from leaving the screen to the
bottom. The other player will try this at the opposite side of the
screen. Once the ball leaves the screen on your side, the score of the
other player is increased. At the top of the screen the score for the
current match is displayed.  If there is no game in progress, the
overall lost and won games are displayed in the main window.

Stopping the game
You can stop the game in several ways: 

- Select 'disconnect' from the menu will stop the game and
  return to the start screen.

- Quiting the game on one machine will cause the game to stop
  on the other machine, too (that machine will complain about
  a lost connection).

- Interrupting the IR connection (by removing the machines)
  will cause the IR connection to fail and end the current 
  game.

The Setup

Use the setup menu to change the game settings. It is recommended to
stop a running game before going to the setup.

You may configure the game using the 'setup' menu. There are two
kind of settings, local settings and global settings. Local settings
only affect the local machine and have no effect on the
opponent. Global settings are set by the master and are valid for both
machines. The setup allows you to:
  
- Switch sound on/off
- Select your paddle speed,
- Select the board layout to play on (random selects a new
  layout for each new match)
- Select the ball speed
- Select the speed increase of the ball.






