README for VolleyBalley (PocketPC)
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Play the Volley Balley game and you will have the everlasting summer 
in your Pocket! This game is a simulator of the outdoor game 
volley-ball, one of the most popular ball games worldwide. Smooth 
pseudo 3D animation, realistic physics and striking dynamism - these 
are the main features of this game. Besides, you can take part in the 
Online Web Tournament between all the players of Volley Balley 
regardless of the platform!

The information about new versions, upgrades, etc. can be found 
on the Web at http://absolutist.com/pocket/volleyball/ 

When you ask for support, please include as many details about your 
problem and as much information on your computer as possible. 

This software is copyright (c) Absolutist.com, Icestone Trustee Ltd, 2001-04.


Beach volleyball is always pleasant. Shining sun, emerald sea, summer 
vacations:The volleyballies that play this rather funny game will 
help the player to recollect the best moments of the summer vacations 
or to while away the time till the moment, when he will put his feet 
on the sea-coast and will play beach volleyball receiving a perfect 
suntan and ton of pleasure (including the one from recollecting our 
volleyballies).

The object of the game is for each player to send the ball regularly 
over the net to ground it on the opponent's court, and to prevent the 
ball from being grounded on its own court. A point is added to the 
player's score every time when the opponent drops the ball or hits it 
more then three times in a row.
 
In the game we used the sideout scoring system. A player wins a game 
by scoring 15 points with a two-point advantage - this is a classic 
scheme. We complicated it by the feature when the winner receives 
additional 1000 points for the points advantage, and if he won for 
less than 15 minutes, 10 points are added for every second left. 

Smooth pseudo 3D animation, realistic physics and striking dynamism - 
these are the main features of this game. Several levels of difficulty 
will not let you get bored waiting for the beach season to come. 
Moreover, you have a possibility to grow professionally here : move 
from Novice to Expert and Master of Volley Balley.

INSTALLATION

Volley Balley is distributed as a zip archive containing the files 
mentioned below or a self-installing program:

volleyballey_ce.zip - zip archive
README.txt   - this file
LICENSE.txt  - legal information

To install the VolleyBalley on your Pocket PC connect your mobile device
to your host PC, unpack "volleyballey_ce.zip" and run the 
"volleyballey_ce.exe" program on the host PC and follow the instructions. 
The trial copy of the program has the limited number of features. You 
can obtain a registration key any time during or after the trial period.


REGISTRATION

If you wish to use the full version of this game, with skill selection
and saving on disk enabled, after the trial period, please register it 
securely at

     http://absolutist.com/cgi-bin/wp_reg.pl?tick=acgVOLB

Registration cost is US $16.95. Please visit the site above to learn about 
currently available discounts.

All major credit cards are accepted, as well as checks and orders.
Other registration methods are possible, including fax and postal.
When your payment is completed, you will receive the registration number
and other information by e-mail. Please be careful when filling your 
address into the registration form.


DISTRIBUTION

VolleyBalley is a shareware ("try before you buy") game. 

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software, including commercial 
applications. Redistributing the program is only allowed if it is not yet 
registered, except for the following restrictions:

1. The authors and origin of this software must be clearly stated,
   you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
2. This copyright notice may not be removed from or altered in a 
   redistribution package.

Registered copies of VolleyBalley cannot be further redistributed.


DISCLAIMER

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. 
In no event will the Icestone Trustee Limited or Absolutist.com be held 
liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.


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Copyright (c) Absolutist.com, Icestone Trustee Limited, 2001-04
