CURVE BALL
HOW TO PLAY

The object of the game is to score more runs than the other team. The rules are
the same as regular baseball. Three strikes for an out and four balls for a walk.
Each team gets three outs per inning. The game is over after three complete
innings. The game begins with the red team batting and the blue team pitching.
After three outs the teams will switch and the blue team will bat and the red
team will pitch. The batter has two buttons. The button on the left will bunt
the ball and the button on the right will take a full swing at the ball. To hit
the ball just press either button when the ball is near home plate.

If you hit the ball before it gets to home plate it will go to the left side of
the field. If you swing at the ball when it passes the batter then it will go to
the right side. After you hit the ball you must press either or both of the
buttons to run. The faster you press the buttons the faster the batter will run.
When you want to stop at a base quit pressing the buttons when you get to the
base and the batter will stop at the base. When you quit pressing the buttons
the batter will slow down. It is important to remember that if there are men on
base when the batter starts running, that all base runners will move at the same
speed as the batter.

The pitcher also has two buttons. The player may start pressing the pitcher
buttons as soon as the pitcher starts winding up. A two bar graph is displayed
in the lower right corner of the screen. The left bar corresponds to the left
pitch button and the right bar corresponds to the right pitch button. The amount
of curve on the ball is deter-mined by the difference of the two bars in the
graph. The pitcher can change the curve of the ball after the pitcher releases
the ball. The speed of the pitch is determined by the height of the bars, the
higher the bars the faster the pitch.