# 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