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Introduction
Warning: The Snurps is an addictive game! Your goal is to maneuver the Snurp spacecraft through multiple levels to collect as many fuel cells as possible while avoiding Asteroids and Black Holes. Levels become progressively more complex as the game advances. Clearing levels quickly will reward you with credits that may be used to purchase a new ship or use the credits towards your score. Can you clear all 100 levels and help your Snurp complete his mission?

The Story
A long time ago, in a galaxy four quasars to the left of us lived an alien species called "The Snurps".  Snurps are peaceful creatures but they are not very good at solving complex problems on their own.  Your hero, Poppa Snurp, is a well respected galactic lint ball miner in his community.  During a recent lint ball mining expedition, his spacecraft navigation system had failed causing his ship to drift off course.  Oblivious of the navigation system failure, Poppa Snurp fell asleep at the controls as his ship drifted towards a large black hole. 

The ship began to creek as it came closer to the massive space mass, waking Poppa Snurp just before entering the eye.  His ship spiraled through the black hole into an unusual labyrinth galaxy.  Within the galaxy are 100 levels, plenty of asteroids, worm holes and black holes too.  In order for Poppa Snurp to exit the labyrinth galaxy he must complete all 100 levels.

How To Play
The following table describes each of the elements of the game in detail.

Item	Description	Details
	Your Ship	This is your Snurp spacecraft. Use it to navigate each level and collect fuel cells.
	Fuel Cell	Use your ship to collect fuel cells. Clearing all fuel cells on the level will allow you to proceed to the next challenging level!
	Worm Hole	Worm holes will allow you to teleport from one area of the screen to another. No damage to your ship occurs as a result of entering a worm hole.
	Blocker	Blockers will block your ships movement.
	Asteroid	Asteroids will cause damage (loss) of one ship. Avoid running into an Asteroid belt.
	Black Hole	Incurs the most damage to the game. Causes loss of a ship, loss of 100 fuel cells (Maximum) and drops you back 5 levels in the game.

Scoring
• 1 Point for each fuel cell collected.
• Additional points for the best time reached on a given level. Collect .01-10 Credits per level for clearing levels quickly.
• A new ship may be purchased if you damage one of yours in an Asteroid or Black Hole collision but only if you have 50 or more credits accumulated.

Controls

Theme - If you prefer to vary the blockers in the game, try changing the Theme to something other than Galaxy. You'll find all kinds of interesting themes to use.

Enable Game Sounds - Checking this option will enable game sounds while playing. Un-checking will turn them off.

Buttons - The buttons can be configured a number of different ways. You may click the drop down beside the presets to select from a predefined list of button configurations. If one of the predefined configurations does not suit your taste, you may manually configure any of the buttons by clicking the down arrow beside (or to the right of) the appropriate image.

Default Button Configuration

Game Setup Screen Shot

Other Controls - Alternatively, you can also tap on the destination location where you would like the ship to move. Keep in mind, that the ship can move horizontally/vertically and not Diagonally. If you want to play by tapping the screen, it's important that you tap where you want the Snurp to arrive.

Requirements
Newer devices (i.e. All Handspring products, Sony, Palm m10x/m50x) are recommended. Some older PalmOS Devices with slow processors (i.e. PalmIII) will likely experience sluggish performance, slow startup and are not recommended.

Known Bugs
None Known. Please report any problems to support@wagware.com

Special Thanks: WAGWARE would like to thank Patrick Carroll, Mark Jackson, Richard Irvine, Ed Garbacz and many other nice folks at the CASLSoft support board for all of their assistance in Beta Testing The Snurps.

If you would like to create programs for the PalmOS, you owe it to yourself to consider CASL (http://www.caslsoft.com). CASL is a high-level programming lanuge similar to Visual Basic, yet generates c++ source code. CASL applications can also be deployed for Windows or the PalmOS. CASL/CASLPro is © 1996-2002 Feras Information Technologies All Rights Reserved.

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The Snurps is a Trademark of WAGWARE Systems, Inc. No use of the Snurp Name, graphic or any artwork herein may be reproduced either electronically or printed without prior written consent.