Author: Clive Whitear
Date: December 21st 1998
Version: ER5 release
BOMBS
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Bombs: Quick start
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Bombs is a game of speed and logical thinking. The object of the game is to discover and mark the position of "bombs" concealed in a grid of squares as quickly as possible. Do this by "stepping" on the squares (by tapping with the pen or moving to them and pressing the Spacebar), one at a time.
If a square conceals a bomb, you lose and the game is over.
If there isn't a bomb under the square, the number of bombs in the 8 surrounding squares is shown.
If you uncover a blank square there are no bombs in the surrounding 8 squares, and so all of the adjacent squares are revealed.
If you suspect that a square conceals a bomb you can mark it with a flag, by moving to it and pressing Enter.
To set the skill level (easy, medium or hard), use the Skill level button on the Toolbar. The harder the skill level, the more bombs are hidden in the grid.
The score is the time it takes to mark all the bombs with a flag. The time starts when you "step" on the first square. The top two scores for each level, together with the name of the player, are kept in the Best times list.
Keypresses (Bombs)
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The default keypresses are:
Highlight a square by tapping on it or by moving to it with the arrow keys.
To "step" on the highlighted square, tap on it, tap on the Bombs counter or press the Spacebar.
To mark a square with a flag, hold down the shift key and tap on the square, tap on the Flags counter or highlight the square and press Enter. Remove a flag in the same way.
When you think that all the bombs surrounding a numbered square have been marked with a flag, tap on the square or press the Spacebar to uncover all the surrounding squares.
Preferences (Bombs)
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Tap on Skill level to select the degree of difficulty and grid size. For the 'Custom' level you can specify how many bombs are hidden in the grid.
To change the position of the grid on the screen use Align play area on the View menu.
Set the following preferences from the Tools menu:
•	Remove the tick from Auto complete, if you want to have to mark all bombs with a flag, before the game is complete.
•	Remove the tick from Double tap to expose, to use a single tap to "step" on a square.