Product:     Turtle Bridge - Wide Screen (Nintendo) Simulator
Version:     1.00
Started:     May   6th, 2000
Released:    June 10th, 2000
Last update: not updated yet...
Author:      _MADrigal_ (email: lucantignano@rocketmail.com)
                        (write in Italian or English only please!)
Website:     http://madrigal.retrogames.com


                         INFOS and COPYRIGHT NOTICES
                         ---------------------------
This program is a handeld simulator, and it's been completely coded with
Borland Delphi 4.0.
This program is freeware. If you paid for it, you've been ripped; if so,
please contact the author immediately. You are allowed and encouraged to
redistribute it freely, but just in case the ZIP package comes in as follows:

 TURTLEBR.EXE main program
 MANUAL.EXE   instructions program
 README.TXT   this file
 VERSIONI.TXT history file in Italian
 SOUND        folder containing six .WAV files

If you do not agree with these terms DELETE THIS SOFTWARE NOW!

The author is in no way affiliated with Nintendo Inc.
"Turtle Bridge" (TL-28) (C) Nintendo Co. Ltd., 1982
"Game & Watch" , "Wide Screen" (C) Nintendo Co. Ltd.


                           WHAT IS THIS SIMULATOR?
                           -----------------------
It is a program which reproduces the behaviour of an electronic handheld game.
But if you want more infos on handheld simulators, or if you're looking for
similar products, visit my website:
http://madrigal.retrogames.com
There you'll also find eleven more _MADrigal_'s simulators:
- "Motor Cross" Simulator
- "Grab Man" (Casio/Inno-Hit PacMan) Simulator
- "Las Vegas" (Bandai) Simulator
- "PuckMan" (Tomy tabletop) Simulator
- "Donkey Kong Circus" (Nintendo - Panorama Screen Series) Simulator
- "Banana/Banana Sbang" (VTL/Polistil) Simulator
- "Lifeboat" (Nintendo - Multi Screen Series) Simulator
- "Penguin Land" (Bandai tabletop) Simulator
- "Sub Chase" (Mattel Electronics) Simulator
- "Armor Battle" (Mattel electronics) Simulator
- "Donkey Kong" (Nintendo - Multi Screen Series) Simulator


                              WHAT IS SIMULATED
                              -----------------
All features of the original handheld game, except:
1) time/alarm setting mode: not simulated due to lack of interest;
2) demo mode: same as above


                                 HOW TO PLAY
                                 -----------
*Hold "Time" button to view alarm time (set to 12:00 PM)
 Press and release "Time" button to view current time
*Hold "Game A" or "Game B" to view highscores for games A and B
 Press and release "Game A" (easy) or "Game B" (hard) buttons to play
*Instructions:
 - tourists attempt to cross a lake from left bank to right bank with their
   luggage by stepping on the backs of turtles
 - when tourist reaches other side he hands his baggage to other tourist then
   crosses back again
 - when turtle sees a fish rising to the surface, it dives down into the water
 - when the tourist is on a turtle that dives, score one miss; miss mark
   appears on screen; three misses and game ends
 - once tourist leaves the left bank, he can not climb back without his
   baggage to other tourist
 - fishes do not rise from the center of screen in Game A. If tourist remains
   in center area for more than 2 minutes, fish begins rising from center also
*Score: 3 points each time tourist hand over a piece of baggage.
        Extra points are scored each time tourist returns to left bank. The
        faster the tourist makes the round trip, the higher the score (Max.
        points: 12. Min. points: 2) 
*When player reaches a bonus score (successive units of 200 or 500), any miss
 marks indicated at the time are erased with a fanfare and game continues. If
 a bonus score is reached with no misses, game goes into CHANCE TIME for 20 to
 40 seconds. Turtles do not move and fishes do not appear.
*Maximum display score is 9999 points
*Highest scores will be saved in the System Registry


                                   CONTROLS
                                   --------
A) by MOUSE
   Right-click anywhere to activate the popup menu
   TIME: hold to view alarm time (set to 12:00 PM)
         press to view current time
   GAME A/B: hold to view highscores for games A and B
             press to play game A (easy) or game B (hard)
   ACL: press to reset game
B) by KEYBOARD
   Left  arrow key move tourists left
   Right arrow key move tourists right
   ESC             quits program


                                   THANKS TO
                                   ---------
Daniele Pinna   (for providing hardware)
The Guru        (for providing the original game, infos and graphics)
Harry Yiannakis (for providing scans from the original booklet)
Simone Congiu   (for additional Delphi programming)


ALL YOUR OLD OR MALFUNCTIONING HANDHELDS WANTED. EMAIL ME!!!

_MADrigal_, June 10th, 2000

