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General Information
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Type of Guide: FAQ
Date of last update: 5th June 2002
E-mail: cgorman02@hotmail.com
GameFAQs username: CGorman
Real name: Ciarán Gorman
Game Platfrom: PC
Percentage complete: 99%
Version: 1.2
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Legal Disclaimer
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This FAQ is solely owned by Ciarán Gorman, also known as irishmillionaire.
All rights to PUBLISH, REPUBLISH, REWRITE, REPRODUCE, RETRANSMIT or SELL it
to in any form other sites or mediums, except Gamefaqs.com is my right Ciarán
Gorman, and nobody elses. All names, icons and websites are fully copyrighted
by there own producers and writers.
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Table of Contents
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I. Introduction
II. The Basics
III. FAQ
IV. Tips
V. Set List
VI. Cheats
VII. Sequel (NEW!)
VIII.Faults
X. Highscores
XI. Q&A
XII. The Last Word
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I. Introduction
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DX Ball 2! A turely great game, I first played a shareware version with a
few levels a few years ago, since then It has become available for free on
the net (the link is at the end).
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[E-mail Policy]
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As I have written several FAQs for several games, people tend to ask alot
of questions over and over again, so as I update my FAQs I add there
Questions aswell, so if you have a question it is almost certainly going to
be answered in a later version of this FAQ, but if not you may e-mail me, but
only for that reason.
If you wish to post this or any other FAQ written by me, I will refuse, I
have recently decided to base mywriting purly on gamefaqs.com, unless it is a
paid job/post which I still will not consider for some time as I am not old
enough.
If you have a correction or other valid contribution, please e-mail me about
it and enclose your Gamefaqs.com username. Thanks for your understanding in
these matters, as for each new FAQ wrote, 100s of people may request
information or posting rights, and when you have several FAQs, that adds up to
thousands.
Version 1.0 ~ 17th of March 2002 ~ Started FAQ
~ Added Basics
Version 1.1 ~ 18th of May 2002 ~ Minor Update
~ Faults
Version 1.2 ~ 5th of June 2002 ~ Information added
~ Q&A added
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II. The Basics
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[Descripition]
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DX Ball 2 is a great game, a more advanced version of DX Ball, with far more
levels to play in and far more options to choose from.
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[Options]
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You can choose from several options at the main menu, you can toggel through
each option by using its corresponding key as listed:
During the game after hitting a brick, a bonus will fall, they are as
follows:
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| Name | Icon | Benefit |
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| Thru Brick | Line Through | Instead of the ball reflecting off the brick |
| | Brick | it goes through it and through all the bricks |
| | | that follow, except for the special bricks |
| | | that require 3 hits to demolish. |
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| Set-Off | Sticks of | Blows up bricks. |
| Explosion | TNT | |
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| FireBall | Fireball | Each brick hit blows up itself and all |
| | | touching bricks. Quite Handy! |
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| Shooting | Two sticks | You can shoot the bricks with this, it is |
| Paddle | | proably one of the best bonuses as it only |
| | | takes seconds to clear a level with this bonus.|
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| Grab | Two Electric | This is very handy as each time the ball hits|
| Paddle | Sticks | your board it stops and you can choose where to|
| | | shoot it, but it can be annoying after a while.|
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| Extra Life | A plus one | I think this is obivious enough. |
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| Level Warp | A Level | Finishs level and transports you to next. |
|------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Zap Bricks | Lazer Through| Zaps Bricks. |
| | Brick | |
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| Slow Ball | Ball with | Slows down your ball to a certain speed. I |
| | Resistance | find it more of a problem more than a bonus. |
| | Image | |
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| Expanding | 5 Bricks | Expands exploding area to 5 bricks. |
| Expolding | | |
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| Expand | Paddle with | One of the most helpful items in the game, it|
| Paddle | < >arrows | makes the paddle grow bigger. |
|------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Split Ball | 3 Balls | Again helpful, think of it this way twice the|
| | | power, twice the speed! |
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| Mega Ball | Enlarged Ball| An extra big ball! |
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| Eight Ball | Balls | Turns your one ball into eight! |
|------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------|
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[Pitfall Items]
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Well its not all good, theres plenty of pitfalls as you will see now, they
are as follows
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| Name | Icon | Pitfall |
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| Kill Paddle | Skull and Bones | You lose. |
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| Shrink Ball | Tiny Ball | You Shrink. |
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| Fast Ball | Ball | Your ball starts going much faster, this |
| | | sometimes is OK as it helps if you are |
| | | impatinent. |
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| Super Shrink| Small Paddle | Your paddle shrinks to smallest size. |
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| Falling | Brick | Each time you hit a brick, all the bricks|
| Bricks | | come down one until they reach a certain |
| | | point. |
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| Shrink | Paddle with | Unlike Super Shrink, it only gets smaller|
| Paddle | < > Arrows | slightly, unless you have no expand paddles|
| | | on. |
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Since this is a small game it really doe's not need a nasa super computer
to work:
Windows 95, 98 2000, NT or any latter Windows operating system,
Microsoft DirectX (Included with most windows OS's)
Any Video Card capable of High-Colour (65535 colours) graphics,
A Pentium 100 or better processer,
16 Megabytes or more RAM.
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III. FAQ
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Q: What is the Paddle?
A: The Paddle is the board you use to reflect the balls.
Q: Is there anywhere I can get new boards?
A: Try, www.longbowdigitalarts.com/dxball2.html, where you can buy extra
boards.
Q: Why is it not working on my PC?
A: A: You do not have a PC with the System Requirments, they are listed in the
"Basics," Section.
B: You downloaded or bought a pirated copy from someware else other than
the offical site.
C: You did not install it correctly.
Q: Which do you use to play, mouse or keyboard?
A: To play simply move the mouse in the appropite direction.
Q: Where can I get DX Ball 2?
A: First place to look is the website where you can download it plus 24 demo
boards, if you do not have the internet you can get it on softkeys "Game
Zone: 1000+Games," this retails for about £5.
Q: I would like to learn more and talk to other players, where can I do this?
A: www.longbowdigitalarts.com/ubb-cgi/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number=1&
start=here
Q: Is there any tech support?
A: Yes it is located at, www.longbowdigitalarts.com/support.html
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IV. Tips
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1) By playing with an extra small paddle or a fast ball, you get more points
for each brick, e.g. instead of 20 points you get 20x2 = 40 points!
Using both fast ball and small paddle at once can result in 4x the amount
of points recieved.
2) If you are new to the game, try Kid-Mode first to get used to the game, it
sounds babish, but don't let the name fool you.
3) Try to resist bonuses if you are good at the game, e.g. for a brick shot
with a lazer you only get 8 points.
4) Don't play for over 2 hours, its not healthy!
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V. Set List
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Here is a full list of sets, note that this is including the extra sets
you can purchase online at the DX Ball 2 homepage.
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[The Demo]
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Here are the sets that come with the game when you download it, they are as
follows:
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| Name | Author | No. Boards |
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| Hide and Seek | Jim McNally | 4 |
| Equalizeral | Philippe McNally | 4 |
| Variations on a Dream | Seumas McNally | 4 |
| Journey to the Sun | Wendy McNally | 4 |
| Expedition: Corufed | Wendy McNally | 4 |
| Searching for Bucephalas | Wendy McNally | 4 |
|---------------------------|------------------|------------|
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[Board-Pack 1#]
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If you have'nt had enough you can buy this hugh pack of 150 boards from the
offical website, these are just continuations of the demo, so I won't list
them, they each have 24 boards.
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[Board-Pack 2#]
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A hugh set of 150 boards with more artistic disign and backgrounds than
before, they are as follows:
The Classic Pack has the 50 original boards from DX-Ball, plus 50 Tribute
boards and 50 Challenge boards in the same style as the original game, they
are only 3 sets, those mentioned in this paragraph.
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VI. Cheats
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Now personal I don't agree with cheating in any game, unless its a game,
where you are not obliged to do missions or levels, like in GTA 3, but I still
only use cheats for enjoyment not advancement. I do not suggest you use the
following cheats as they where only created so that the game writer could
quickly check for defualts in the game.
To use any of the following cheats, you most enter the following code
during gameplay, music signals correct entry, "eureka." Then enter the
following keys to use a cheat.
I. To advance to the next board press the [Right] key.
II. To return to the previous board press the [Left] key.
III. To advance to the final board in a set, press the [Down] key.
IV. To return to the first board in the set, press the [Up] key.
Any drawbacks, glichs, pitfalls, software deletion, hareware malfunction
that may result is no resposibility of mine, and you use these cheats at your
own risk.
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VII. Sequel (NEW!)
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It has just been anounced that a sequel to DX Ball 2 has been launched, it
will include a 1-on-1 split screen network competition, and many new boards,
also all your old DX Ball boards will work with it. "Gameplay," have given the
new game a perfect 10/10.
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VIII. Faults
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Recently I was contacted on the gamefaqs message boards, by "Sweet
Vengeance," who gave me the following information. While on the point it is
nice to receive feedback on a small FAQ like this, for a low-profile game.
Anyways heres the message:
"Be careful of DXBall 2. Check to see if the Uninstall file works or not.
If an error message pops up, it means it has a Trojan virus attached on
it. It allows the programmer to access your hard drive, but it doesn't
do any real damage (At least I don't think it does). If your CD-ROM case
starts opening and closing without you doing anything, it's the
programmer's doing.
I deleted the whole thing right away. Just a little warning to ya."
Sadly he did not specify wheather the CD version or downloadable version
was effected. Anyways please send any further information to irishmillionaire@
hotmail.com
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X. Highscores
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To send in your high scores simple do as follows:
Go to Program Files..Dxball...Scores..and right click the appropriate
file...send to scores at Longbow
E-mail Address(es):
scores@LongbowDigitalArts.com
To view the high scores go to:
http://www.longbowdigitalarts.com/scores.html
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XI. Q&A
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The following are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ!) for
DZ Ball 2. Credit has been given to those derserving at the end. Most of these
Q&A's are from the official DX Ball 2 Fourm, at its website.
Q: I recently tried to download DX Ball 2, upon open or save. I get an error
message stating invalid data. Is there a problem with the website download
server or a problem with the game? I had the game on another computer a few
years ago and purchased one of the game boards. I recently purchased
another computer and would like to install the game, but without success.
What could be the problem here?
A: If you tried to use your old program, it won't work. The programmer put
in a code so you can't give it to anyone else, even if it's your new
computer. If you downloaded from the website, try again. It may be that the
site was down when you first tried.
Q: I have the first DX Ball installed and today downloaded the new DXBall 2
Demo and the graphics are really bad - fuzzy, one dimensional, difficult to
see. I see from your website that the new version looks nothing like what I
seem to have. What have I done wrong?
A: Go to your control panel in settings click the setting tab and where it say
color instead of 256 try 16 high bit color and I think your screen area
should be 800 by 600 that should work.
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XII. The Last Word
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[Farewell]
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Thanks for reading this FAQ as I appriciate any attention my FAQs get,
please take the time to view my website, it is listed below.
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[Links]
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I. www.geocities.com/irishmillionaire2002 ~ my website.
II. www.gamefaqs.com ~ the home of the entire FAQ world.
III. www.longbowdigitalarts.com/dxball2.html ~ the homepage of DX Ball 2.
IV. www.longbowdigitalarts.com/dxb2game125.exe ~ download DX Ball 2.
V. www.longbowdigitalarts.com/RBFree.exe ~ download Rivial Ball, (PC)
VI. www.longbowdigitalarts.com/RivalBallMac.sit.bin ~ download Rivial Ball,
(MAC)
VII. www.longbowdigitalarts.com/scores.html ~ Highscores.
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[Credits]
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After writing this FAQ it is my job to thank the people who made this
possible, they are as follows:
1. Gamefaqs.com for posting this FAQ.
2. The McNally's for writing such a fun and addictive game.
3. Longbow Digital Arts for publishing such a great game.
4. Softkey for publishing a great shareware version.
5. All who took the time to read this game FAQ.
6. "Sweet Vengeance," for the warning of the fault.
7. Myself for writing it.
8. The question and answer for the first Q&A were supplied by patfb1 (Q)
and Lady.Jet. (A)
9. The question and answer for the second Q&A were supplied by katyptaty (Q)
and Tinkatoy2000. (A)
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[Comments]
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"GET IT! There is no equivalent; this is the BEST "Breakout" type game out
there." ~ Chris Pirillo, Lockergnome.
"DX Ball 2 ... is an awesome breakout style game." ~ Zonia Heath,
SharewareJunkies.
"An addictive game, well made bursting with gameplay and graphics." ~ Me
