Atarimania

Atari ST - 1996

Grinders

Grinders — screenshot 11 / 5
Genre
Arcade - Snake
Year
1996
Language
STOS BASIC
Publisher
[no publisher]
Controls
Joystick / Keyboard
Distributor
-
Players
1 vs. 2
Developer
Cunning & Devious Games
Resolution
Low
Licensed from
-
Programmer(s)
Gower, Andrew
Country
United Kingdom
Graphic Artist(s)
[unknown]
Software
English
Game design
Gower, Andrew
Box/Instructions
English
Musician(s)
[n/a]
License
PD / Freeware / Shareware
Sound FX
[n/a]
Serial
Cover Artist(s)
ST Type
ST, STe / 0.5MB
MIDI
Version
Dump
Download
Number of Disks
1 / Single Sided
Dump format
MSA
Protection

INSTRUCTIONS

To load grinders double click on 'grinders.prg'
To run under PaCifiST I recommend version 0.45 and Tos 1.62

After loading the program you will be presented with the options screen.
Use the joystick to select different boxes, and press the fire button to toggle an option.
By moving the joystick over the player names, and you can use the keyboard to enter your name.

The optional extras do the following things:

Obstacles - Select how many obstacles you want per match.
Crushers - Use this to enable crushers, cycling through a crusher safely earns 1 bonus point.
Spinners - Like crushers, but harder to get through.
Flames - When this is enabled flame turret will be randomly placed along the walls making the game harder.
Cleaner Robot - This is a little robot which runs around the level wiping out the deadly trails your bikes leave behind.
Risk Bonus - When this is on you get extra points for going through crushers, and spinners.
Length Bonus - When this is on you get an extra points if your manage to get your trail long enough on a level.
Player 1..4 - Use these the keyboard to change these to the players names
2 Human Players - Currently only 2 player games are supported
Control - Select whether you want tradition staright controls, or curvy mode! Curvy is harder to master, but more fun!
Shieldblocks - Makes green blocks appear randomly - collecting one of these allows you to cross your trail once without dieing.
Switchblock - Moving over these switches the 2 players positions
Clearblock - Collecting this wipes everything from the screen.
Playgame - Once you've selected all your options press this to start.

Each player must use the joystick to steer around the screen, 
avoiding crashing into the obstacles or the trails the cycles leave behind.
If you crash your opponent gains 2 points.

The current score can be seen at the top of the screen.