GETTING STARTED
1. Make sure your Game Boy® Advance System power switch is set to OFF, then insert the SUPER COLLAPSE! II Game Pak into the Game Boy® Advance System.
2. Turn on the Game Boy® Advance System. In a few moments, the Main Menu Screen should appear.
Important Note: If nothing appears on the screen, turn the power switch to OFF and check that the Game Pak is inserted correctly. Then try again. Always set the power switch to OFF before inserting or removing the Game Pak.
THE MAIN MENU
On this menu, you can select the following game modes or options:
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Classic: Select this mode to play the classic exploding block sensation.
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Relapse: This mode gives you twice the thrill by having blocks coming from both the top and bottom of the screen.
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Strategy: This mode only adds a new line of blocks every time you remove a set of three or more blocks from the playfield.
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Puzzle: Use all your powers of deduction to solve these mind-bending puzzles that test your brain, not your fingers. THE GAME MENU
When selecting a mode of play, the Game Menu Screen appears. On this screen, you may choose from the following options:
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Easy: Selects an easy version of the current mode.
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Hard: Selects a hard version of the current mode.
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Continue Code: Use this to enter a password. Press the Control Pad Right and Left to select each character position, and Up and Down to set each character. Highlight “ENTER” to input your password, or press the B Button to exit the screen and return to the Main Menu Screen.
GAME RULES
SUPER COLLAPSE! II consists of a grid of fifteen rows and twelve columns of multicolored blocks. There are five different colored blocks: red, green, blue, white, and yellow.
The basic gameplay consists of selecting a block that is adjacent to two or more blocks of the same color. This block group must be horizontally or vertically adjacent; diagonal connections are not recognized. If two or more blocks are adjacent to the selected block, it and its similarly colored neighbors are eliminated from the playfield. After blocks are eliminated, any blocks stacked upon them fall down as if influenced by gravity.
To aid the player, a colored bomb will occasionally appear instead of a block. When selected, this bomb will eliminate all blocks of the same color from the grid. A special super bomb, displayed as a black bomb, will eliminate any colored block in its local vicinity.
GAME MODES
In SUPER COLLAPSE! II there are four modes of play, each accessible from the Main Menu Screen.
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Classic Mode: The bottom of the game grid starts partially filled with random colored blocks. The initial number of rows filled and the number of different colored blocks depend on your starting level and difficulty setting. As play progresses, a bottom line serves as a timer and a display of the next line's pieces. Play continues until a certain amount of lines are eliminated or you fail to stop a block from reaching the top.
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Relapse Mode: The bottom and top start partially filled with random colored blocks, determined by your level and difficulty settings. In this mode, the top and bottom rows grow toward each other, and play ends once they meet. Added to this mode is a gravity block, displayed as a double arrow, which when selected will move all the top-half or bottom-half blocks to the other end of the grid.
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Strategy Mode: This mode is similar to Classic Mode with the exception that it is turn-based, not time-based. A new row of bricks will be added every time a valid block group is selected and eliminated from the grid.
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Puzzle Mode: Your goal is to complete a pre-designed arrangement of blocks. This mode is not timed and ends when you successfully eliminate all blocks or leave any blocks remaining once all legal moves have been completed. If you fail to complete the puzzle, you will be offered to restart the same puzzle or quit Puzzle Mode. COMPLETING A LEVEL
If all the lines for a given level have been displayed without any of the blocks reaching the top of the screen in Classic Mode or the middle of the screen in Relapse Mode, then the current level will be completed.
BONUS LEVELS
Occasionally, Bonus Levels will appear. When they do, you will have a certain amount of time to eliminate all the blocks from the screen. If you do so within the time allotted, you will receive bonus points.