| Genre: | Arcade; Pinball Style Game |
| Publisher: | Alternative |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | BBC Model B, BBC Model B+, BBC Master 128, Acorn Electron |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | BBC/Electron |
| Compatible Emulators: | BeebEm (PC (Windows)) PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)) Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
| Original Release Date: | 1st August 1988 |
| Original Release Price: | £1.99 |
| Market Valuation: | £4.27 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | Simon Guest & John Hamblett |
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Round Ones
A&B Computing
1st November 1988
If only there were more budget games like this! Read Review
Electron User
1st September 1988
The quality of Alternative's games has certainly improved recently and Round Ones will make a worthy addition to your collection. Read Review
The Micro User
1st October 1988
I feel that the game would have been better with simple plain colours behind the balls. Read Review
Full Instructions
Introduction
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...oops, wrong story!
You control a Block Assault Transport (B.A.T.) at the bottom of the screen. With this, you must deflect a Block Assault Laser Launch (B.A.L.L.) towards a series of blocks at the top. This ain't as easy as it sounds!
A collision between a block and a B.A.L.L. will usually destroy a block but some blocks have stronger shielding and will take more hits to destroy.
Also roaming around some sectors will be conflictors (these are not very nice to know) and laser whose fire will destroy you.
To make life a little easier, you are equipped with a Force Shield which will protect you from these. It also has a useful side effect of deflecting the B.A.L.L. back up the screen and also catches Driblets. (You mean I didn't tell you about these!?!)
Driblets are released by mystery blocks when hit. Catching one will cause an effect which may be good (such as giving you an Annihilator) or bad (trial and error time again, folks!)
All blocks are colour coded like this:
| Normal block | - | white |
| Tough block | - | yellow |
| Speed block | - | red |
| Mystery block | - | black |
Game Controls
Z - Left, X - Right, SPACE - Release B.A.L.L./Fire Annihilator
P - Pause ESCAPE - Restart, RETURN - Force Field
Note: A cassette remote control is desirable for this program as higher levels are loaded from tape in blocks of eight screens, i.e. 1-8, 9-16, etc.
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Cheats
A cheat for this game was included on the Cheat It Again Joe 3 compilation, released by Impact (Refer to the specific instructions on that compilation and match the cheat to the specific version. Note that emulated versions of the game may not work with this cheat).
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| Download | What It Contains |
|---|---|
 | A digital version of Round Ones suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)), Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
 | A digital version of Round Ones suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)), Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
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