F1 Sprint

Arcade Racing for Palm OS

Written by Tom Kollmeier

http://users.erols.com/thomasmk

Software/Hardware Requirements

This program was written for Palm OS 3.1 and later versions.

It has been tested on the following hardware:
Palm III, Palm V, Handspring Visor, Visor Deluxe, Visor Prism.

It has also been tested with the following emulators:
Palm III, Palm IIIc, Palm Vx, Palm m100

Game Rules

1. All races go for 8 laps.
2. You must place 1st in each race, otherwise lose a car. Lose all cars and the game is over.
3. For shareware version, the game begins with 1 life and no bonus cars awarded. In the registered version, the game begins with 3 lives and a bonus car awarded every 15000 points.
4. Bonus items appear every two laps at a random location. Bonus items include 100 points, 250 points, and bonus wrench.
5. Collect 3 bonus wrenches to get a bonus of speed, turbo, tires or brakes.
6. Computer cars get a random bonus after collecting 2 wrenches.
7. After every 4 races, the number and variety of obstacles will increase as follows:

  • 1 - 4 races: 0 obstacles
  • 5 - 8 races: 1 obstacle, oil slick
  • 8 -12 races: 2 obstacles, oil slicks
  • 12-16 races: 3 obstacles, oil slicks or water puddles
  • 17 or more: 4 obstacles, oil slicks or water puddles

    8. For tracks with intersections, drivers must complete the entire course for a lap to be counted. You cannot cheat!
    9. For tracks with bridges, no obstacles or bonuses will appear under a bridge. All track objects appear in plain sight, however, it is possible for a bonus object to appear directly under a car and therefore the bonus is immediately awarded to that car.


    Game Controls

    Control keys can be configured with the "Settings..." dialog box from the menu. However, the default setting are as follows:

    Steer Left : Calendar button
    Steer Right : Phonebook button
    Brake Pedal : To Do button
    Gas Pedal : Memo button

    To pause the game during play, press either the Page Up button or the Page Down button.
    To resume play press any of the car controls.

    Software History


    1/11/01 Version 1.0 : Initial Release