| | | GBA Championship Basketball | | Two-on-Two | |__________________________________________________________________________| Player's Guide for Apple IIgs Computers Documentation by: The Doc Released by Surfer Bill King of the Court ----------------- Basketball. The lightning-paced sport for super-athletes. The game of strategy, guts, stamina, and--most of all--teamwork. It's all here, in GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two. Two-on-Two helps you develop the strategies and skills to make you play like a pro. You can play with a teammate and learn teamwork. You can can pick your offensive alignment while your opponent sets his defense. And when your opponent has the ball, you can choose among several defensive strategies. Two-on-Two gives you lots of ways to compete: one player against the computer, two players against a computer team, two players against each other, practice sessions, and even a 24-team league competition climaxing in the GBA Championship Game. This Player's Guide includes all the information you'll need to play Two-on-Two. The first section, "Getting Started," tells you how to load the program into your computer. "The Chalkboard Menus" describes all your options for playing the game, from the two practice modes to the four game modes. There's also a DEMO mode that lets you watch two computer-controlled teams go head-to-head against each other. This section also tells you how to use the joystick and command keys. "The Scouting Report" shows you how to rate your playing skills for inside and outside shooting, dribbling, stealing, quickness, and jumping. In addition, you'll get your first look at your computer opponents--all the teams you'll have to beat to make it to the GBA Championship game. In "How to Pass and Shoot," you'll find all the information you need to develop your passing game and become a team player. And you'll learn all about jump shots, hook shots, slam dunks, tip-ins, and rebounds. "The Player Draft" tells you all about your superstar computer teammates-- 10 players in all, each one patterned after a real professional basketball star. "Calling Plays" describes the offensive and defensive strategies you'll need to outsmart and outplay your opponents. The "Penalties" section explains fouls and other violations and describes how you can use the clock to your advantage by calling time-outs. "After the Game" tells you how to read the box scores from the game you just played and how to start a new game. Getting Started --------------- You must have version 2.0 ROM chips in your Apple IIgs to play GBA Championship Basketball. If your computer is not so equipped, see your Apple dealer. To load GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two into your computer, follow these steps: (Note: Do not write-protect your GBA Championship Basketball diskette.) You may use a joystick or the keyboard to play a one-player game of GBA Championship Basketball. During a two-player game, player one uses the joystick and player two uses the keyboard. See "Joystick and Keyboard Controls". If your computer is off: 1. Insert the GBA Championship Basketball diskette in your disk drive, label side up. 2. Turn on your computer and monitor. (Press the key to skip the title and credit screens.) After the title and credit screens appear, the PLAY OPTIONS chalkboard appears. If your computer is already on: 1. Insert the GBA Championship Basketball diskette in your disk drive, label side up. 2. Hold down the command and control keys and press the reset button at the top left of the keyboard. Sound If you like, you may press and at the same time to turn the sound on and off. You can also press the up and down arrow keys to gradually raise and lower the sound level. The Chalkboard Menus -------------------- Following the introductory music and credit screens, a green chalkboard appears on your screen with three choices: DEMO, GAME, and PRACTICE. You'll notice the GAME option is highlighted in white. If you're using a joystick, pull back or push forward on it to highlight the option you want, then press the button. If you're using the keyboard, use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the option you want, then press to make your selection. (Note: Both players can use the up and down arrow keys to highlight selections and the key to make selections while at any of the chalkboard menus.) A new chalkboard then appears. What you see depends on which type of action you've selected. If you selected PRACTICE or GAME you are prompted to select between ONE-PLAYER or TWO-PLAYER action. You should now skip to "Practice Options" to practice or "Game Options" to play a real game. If you selected DEMO, the computer controls all players, and you're allowed to choose between SELECTED PLAYERS or RANDOM PLAYERS. When you select RANDOM PLAYERS, the computer picks both players for both teams, then displays a chalkboard showing who was drafted. Press to start the game. When you select SELECTED PLAYERS, a chalkboard displaying the name of 10 players appears, and you're allowed to pick both players of both teams. You're prompted to first pick TEAM ONE PLAYER ONE and TEAM ONE PLAYER TWO, the repeat to process for TEAM TWO PLAYER ONE and TEAM TWO PLAYER TWO. To make your selections, use the joystick or appropriate up or down key to highlight the player you want. Then press the button (with the joystick) or to make your selection. After you've selected a player, highlight CONTINUE and press or the joystick button to move to the next chalkboard. You'll then see a screen that confirms your choices and tells you what color jersey each player will wear when play begins. Press to start the game. The computer-controlled cagers will play four six-minute quarters, moving up and down court automatically each time the ball changes hands. You can pause play by pressing (this does NOT stop action if a player is shooting). To return to the initial chalkboard menu and select another game before the demo contest is complete, press and the key together. Practice Options No one wants to hit the courts cold. Just as in real basketball, it's a good idea to warm up a little before playing a game, so you may want to select PRACTICE from the opening chalkboard menu. Two-on-Two offers you two practice modes: ONE- and TWO-PLAYER. Use the joystick or the up and down arrow keys to highlight the option you want, then press the joystick button or . ONE-PLAYER (one player on the court by himself) You can practice with either the keyboard or the joystick; use the up and down arrow keys to highlight your choice-- JOYSTICK or KEYBOARD-- then press to practice. See "Joystick and Keyboard controls" for instructions on controlling your player. If you selected JOYSTICK, make sure your joystick is plugged into your computer's joystick port. You can practice shooting inside and outside and work on your hook shots, jump shots, slam dunks, tip-ins, and rebounds. The scoreboard shows you how many points you've run up during this practice session. When you hit a basket or toss the ball out of bounds, the ball is automatically returned to you. Press to return to the chalkboard menus when you're through practicing. TWO-PLAYER (two players on the court) Player One uses the joystick, Player Two the keyboard in two-player practice games. Notice that Player One is always in the blue jersey, Player Two in light red. You can practice different shots, from hooks to dunks, as well as dribbling, rebounding, and tip-ins. (All tip-ins are scored to the shooter.) You can play straight one-on-one or other "pick-up" games such as "Around the World" and "HORSE" How to Play "Around the World." Player One tries a shot from the baseline-- say, at the edge of the key (the key is the area between the inner white line and the basket). Every time the player makes a basket, he or she moves further along the edge of the key, working around the key to the baseline on the other side of the basket. If Player One misses a shot, Player Two gets a turn. When a player misses a shot, he must shoot again from the same spot on his or her next turn, and stay in that spot until he or she makes a basket. The first player to go "Around the World" wins. How to Play "HORSE." Player One makes a shot from anywhere on the court. Player Two must then make the same shot or he will get an "H." When Player One misses, Player Two can make a shot from wherever he or she wants, and Player One has to make the same shot. Everytime a player misses, he gets another letter until the word HORSE is spelled. Whoever gets all the letters first, loses. (Note: The letters in HORSE do not appear on the screen. You must keep track of the "score" yourself). As with the ONE PLAYER option, each basket you hit is recorded on the scoreboard, and there are no fouls or time clock. To leave the practice game and return to the chalkboard menus, press . The Scouting Report Once you're warmed up and ready to play ball, you still have to rate your playing abilities on a screen called The Scouting Report. It might look like this: INSIDE.............2 OUTSIDE...........6 DRIBBLING..........3 QUICKNESS.........5 STEALING...........5 JUMPING...........3 RACE: BLACK/(WHITE) INSIDE refers to your shooting accuracy inside the key. OUTSIDE refers to your shooting accuracy outside the key. DRIBBLING rates your maneuverability with the ball. QUICKNESS rates your maneuverability both on defense and when you're not handling the ball on offense. STEALING rates your ability to outmaneuver the ball handler and steal the ball. JUMPING rates your ability to block shots and come down with rebounds. The highest rating you can give yourself is 6 (very skilled), and the lowest is 2 (minimally skilled). Notice that INSIDE and OUTSIDE are grouped together, as are DRIBBLING and QUICKNESS and STEALING and JUMPING. Within each of these groupings, the total skill level always equals 8. So if you choose to rate yourself 3 as an outside shooter, you must be a 5 inside. If you choose a 6 rating at stealing, you'll only be a 2 at jumping. After all, you can't be great at everything. Remember, too, that in a game situation you'll want to select your offensive and defensive strategies according to your strengths and weaknesses. Game Options TWO-PLAYER HEAD-TO-HEAD Each player has a computer teammate. Each player names his team, then types in his own name and rates himself when the Scouting Report screen appears (see page 7). (When entering your name or a team name, you may use up to 12 letters.) Player One uses the joystick to highlight the choices and the joystick button to change the ratings and move between BLACK and WHITE. Player Two then uses teh arrow keys to highlight CONTINUE and presses to make the selection. Each player also picks a computer teammate from the Player Draft, which includes ten pros, each one patterned after a real-life basketball superstar. (For details of the Player Draft, see the appropriate section). A STARTING LINEUP SUMMARY screen lists player names, with corresponding uniform colors, and shows which team is "home" and which is "visitor". TWO PLAYER TEAMMATES When you select this option, you and a friend team up against a hard-driving computer team. You first type in a TEAM NAME of 12 letters or less, then pick a DIVISION to play in. The division you choose determines the caliber of your computer opponents. NORTH is the easiest division, SOUTH is tougher, EAST is tougher still, and WEST is the toughest of all. Take a look at the chart. It gives you a breakdown of all the teams in every division. Notice that the rating totals are higher in the tougher divisions. For example, in the easy North, the INSIDE and OUTSIDE ratings total 7; but in the tough West, they total 10. Since the players in the West are better, the West teams have higher ratings. When Player One types in his name (12 letters or less) and presses , the Player One Scouting Report allows Player One to rate his abilities. Then Player Two types in his name and rates himself. In this mode, Player One has the light blue jersey, Player Two the dark blue one. ONE PLAYER EXHIBITION GAME You and your computer-controlled teammate challenge a computer team. Type in your TEAM NAME and YOUR NAME and pick a DIVISION. Again, the division you select determines how tough your opponents will be. Next, rate yourself on inside and outside shooting, dribbling, stealing, quickness, and jumping. Finally, you select your computer-controlled teammate from the Player Draft. Do you want the great outside shooting of Larry Berg or the dynamite inside moves of Kareem Ugrin? Strategy is important, because you'll want a player whose talents will complement your own, someone who's going to be effective against your opponents. (Again, use the chart "Your Computer Opponents" to scope out your opponents' strengths and weaknesses). Your team will always be the HOME team, with the player you control in the light blue uniform. ONE PLAYER LEAGUE PLAY This game mode allows you and a computer teammate to play in league competition that can take you all the way to the GBA Championship. You first choose a division to play in (North, South, East, or West), then play a five-game season against the other five teams in that division. Once you've selected League Play, the computer screen will ask if you want to GET TEAM or assemble a NEW TEAM. If you select GET TEAM, you'll continue to play with a team you've already created--that is, your current team. Select NEW TEAM to create a new team; your old team (if you had one) and its league record will be ERASED from the game disk. In other words, you can have only one team at a time. (If you try to create a new team and there's already a team on the disk, the screen will display the message "Warning: Selecting new team will erase your current team.") However, you can go from League Play to Exhibition Play without erasing your League Team from the game disk. You'll play a five-game schedule. The computer will select your opponents within your chosen division until you've played all five. Playing in the easier divisions will of course mean easier games-- until you get to the playoffs. At the end of the season, the computer will compare your win/loss record with the records of the other teams in your division. If you have the best divisional record, or if you're tied for the division lead and have beaten your co-leader, you'll advance to the playoffs. The playoff schedule is set up so that the easiest division (North) plays the hardest division (West) in Game 1; in Game 2, South meets East. The winners from Game 1 and Game 2 then meet in the GBA Championship Game. Your Computer Opponents OUTSIDE INSIDE STEALING JUMPING Divisions Teams Player #: 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Cougars 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 Unicorns 2 5 5 2 2 5 5 2 Wildcats 5 2 2 5 5 2 2 5 Sharks 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 Generals 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 South D - deletes last line entered. if followed by a number, the corresponding line is deleted. you can also enter a range of lines. (ex: .Dx,y) .E - allows you to edit last line entered. also can be followed by a number. .H - displays help file for the editor. .I - inserts a line of text, must be followed by a number. .L - lists current content of editor. .N - clears contents of editor and starts over. .O - saves the file directly, does not give chance to edit. .S - same as .O (saves file, skMarvels 4 4 4 5 3 5 5 3 Hawks 4 5 5 3 3 5 5 3 Wizards 5 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 West Stars 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Dragons 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 Cosmics 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 Waves 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 Lazers 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 How to Pass, Shoot, and Move Around ----------------------------------- Joystick and Keyboard Controls In one-player games against a computer-controlled team, you may use either a joystick or the keyboard to move your player around. In two-player games, the home team player uses the joystick and the visiting team player uses the keyboard. The joystick works as described in "Passing" and "Shooting." The keyboard works as shown below; you may use either cluster of keys shown. ^ ^ \ | / \ | / Q W E 7 8 9 <- A S D -> <- 4 5 6 -> Z X C 1 2 3 / | \ / | \ v v To move your on-court player in a particular direction, tap and release the key corresponding to that direction. Press the or <5> key to stop the player. Use the