Description.
To install this game you should synchronize the
"Billiards-xxx.prc"application to your device.
Files can be installed by using the Desktop S/W or just any other application.
Note! You should selectonly one appropriate file which is suitable for your device.
- Billiards-Palm-HR-65K.prc
For color device (320x320, Palm OS 4.0 and greater, 16 Bits): Palm Tungsten T/C, Zire 71, ...
- Billiards-Sony-HR-65K.prc
For color device (320x320, Palm OS 4.0 and greater, 16 Bits): Sony Clie` PEG-TG50/N760/N610/T615/T625/T655, SJ22/30/33, ...
- Billiards-Sony-HRplus-65K.prc
For color device (320x480, Palm OS 4.0 and greater, 16 Bits): Sony Clie` PEG-NR70/NR70V, NX60/70/73/80, NZ90, ...
- Billiards-HR-256Color.prc
For color device (320x320, Palm OS 3.5 and greater, 8 Bits): Sony Clie` PEG-N700/710, Palm Tungsten W,Acer s50/s60 ...
- Billiards-HR-Gray.prc
For mono device (320x320, Palm OS 4.0 and greater, 4 Bits) - Sony Clie` PEG-T415/T425/SL10/SJ20, ...
- Billiards-4Gray.prc
For B/W device (160x160, Palm OS 3.0/3.1, 2 Bits ) - Palm III/IIIx/VII/m100, Zire, ...
- Billiards-16Gray.prc
For mono device (160x160, Palm OS 3.3 and greater, 4 Bits) - Palm IIIx/V/Vx/m105/m125/m500, Zire, Sony Clie` PEG-S360, Visor Treo 180, ...
- Billiards-256Color.prc
For color device (160x160, Palm OS 3.5 and greater, 8 Bits) - Palm IIIc, ...
- Billiards-65K.prc
For color device (160x160, Palm OS 3.5 and greater, 16 Bits) - Palm m130/m505/m515, Visor Prism, Visor Treo 90/270/300/600, Kyocera 7135,...
- Billiards-HandEra-Gray.prc
For mono device (240x320, QVGA, Palm OS 3.5.3, 4 Bits) - HandEra 330, ...
Warning! If you failed to install the desired
version to your device you are sure to see the following message: 
"You should install Billiards-xxx.prc for this handheld."
Delete the previous file (prc) and install the file recommended. 
Game instructions.
When you press the "Menu Icon"button
there appears the menu, which you can use to perform the desired adjustments of the game, scroll through
the results of your previous games and study the manual, and also to register
this game or transfer it to the other device. 
Menu Game
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New Game- Start the new game
Demo - Demonstration game without a player showing all the
variants of the game
Option - Game control mode setting 
Statistics - Statistics of the already played  games 
Registration - Information and menu for Billiards program    registration
About - Information about game developers. 
Exit - Exit game. |
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New Game
Game -Choosing  the game variant
Players - Choosing the opponent
Name - Enter player`s name
Table - Setting the table and sizes 
Ball Size - Setting balls size
Table Prefs... - See below.
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Table Preferences
Table Speed- The speed the ball stops
Rail Speed - The speed the ball reflects from the rail
Pocket Size - Setting pocket size 
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Options
Cloth Color- Choosing the cloth color
Replay Rate - Setting the speed when the stroke is replayed
Tips &Tricks- Pre-shot ball movement trajectory depiction.
This option is available only for: New Game/Players/Practice
Phantom Ball-  When this option is active a silhouette of the ball that makes the game easier, appears at the end of the cue.
Sound Effects - Switching on/off the sound
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Registration
To register this game you are to purchase it at:
http://www.megasoft2000.com/
palm_division/billiards.htm
Once
you have purchased the Billiards application, you`ll get the
registration code, which is necessary to enter in the registration field
to complete the registration of the program. 
Note: All the subsequent versions of this
application are free for the registered customers!
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Menu "Command"
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Move Ball -  InPractice
mode, select this command to move the ball after the Foul or before
Breakshot. This command is available at any time.
Undo Shot -  Undo the last shot
Replay Shot -  Replay the last shot.
Rotate Table - 180 degrees table rotation.
Call Shot... -  Call shot dialog in8-Ballgame (BCA,
Bar rules) to select intended balls and pocket.
Safety Shot -  Safety shot in8-Ball game (BCA, Bar
rules), this shot is performed from tactical considerations after safety
shot turn switches to another player. 
Push Out - Push out shot in9-Ball game, available right
after legal breakshot. 
Change Turn - Switching lead to another player (for all game
modes)
Hints - Hint for all games but1-Cushion and3-Cushion
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Billiards Control
You can place the cue ball before the break shot and after the foul. To do this, select `Move Ball` menu item or tap `m` on graffiti area then tap with the stylus in any
place of the table and drag to the needed position. After that toggle `Move Ball` menu item again.
To make a shot, tap the center of the ball with the stylus and drag it back (drag-and-drop). When you release the stylus the shot power will be proportionate to the
distance dragged from the ball. You can also control the stroke strength using the power indicator. This method defaults to 30% of the maximum force.
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- The ball intended for a stroke with the cue is in the center.The black
cross sets the ball`s spin  (Spin). All the strokes  in the
initial position are made in the center .You can change this by mere
taping any point of the ball.
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Left button enables you to spin the table a full 180 degrees ( you can
also use this function with the help of "Page Up"and 
"Page Down"buttons) that can make the performing of the
stroke easier in some positions. Middle button enables  you to
replay the last stroke made by you or your opponent. Right button - game
menu.
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Another way to make a stroke: tap the ball intended for the stroke, then
tap the cue and spin in the desired direction. You can choose the
strength of the stroke by tapping the point on the graphic strength
indicator . Press the "GO"button.  This variant is
recommended for more accurate strokes, because you can set the trace of
the stroke with the help of two buttons. Left button enables you to spin
the table a full 180 degrees ( you can also use this function with the
help of "Page Up"and  "Page Down"buttons)
that can make the performing of the stroke easier in some positions.
Right button enables  you to replay the last stroke made by you or
your opponent.
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Stroke strength graphic indicator 
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Note:
You can use drag-and-drop function
when choosing the stroke strength parameters, cue elevation angle and spin.
5 - Way Navigator functions (for Tungsten T):
- Press and release Select (middle) button : Shot
- Long press on Select button: Exit Game
- Up: Power up
- Down: Power down
- Left: Move cue left
- Right: Move cue right.
Jog Dial Navigator functions (for any Sony devices):
- Push and release the Jog Dial: Shot
- Push and rotate the Jog Dial up: Power up
- Push and rotate the Jog Dial down: Power down
- Rotate the Jog Dial up: Move cue right
- Rotate the Jog Dial down: Move cue left
The instructions and rules for the built-in programs.
8 - Ball(Bar Rules)
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While developing this game we
had had to study the rules of the different variants of the game. So we thought: why shouldn`t we write the game for people, who don`t know the
basic rules and have no time to study them? In any case we should say,
that it is our favorite game because of the minimum amount of
restrictions. Play as you wish to play.
You have only one objective:
to pocket the 8-ball into the chosen pocket after all the balls of the
chosen color were pocketed.
We set limited restrictions for this game: no restrictions for breaks
shot, no demands for the stroke, after scratching cue ball in hand
behind headstring, player loses the game if 8-Ball was illegally
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8 - Ball (BCA Rules)
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This game is based on the
original BCA Rules :http://www.bca-pool.com/
Note:
After FOUL the incoming player may drag the cue ball anywhere on the
table (with the help of stylus).
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8 - Ball (UK Rules)
9 - Ball
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This game is based on the
original BCA Rules :http://www.bca-pool.com/
Note:
After FOUL the incoming player may drag the cue ball anywhere on the
table (with the help of stylus).
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1 Cushion Billiards
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For more detailed information, please address to the
reference:http://www.uscarom.org/
In a one-cushion game, the cue-ball must touch at least one of the
cushions before the carom occurs.
- A carom occurs if the player`s cue-ball touches the two other
balls.
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3 Cushion Billiards
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For more detailed information, please address to the
reference:http://www.uscarom.org/
In a three-cushion game, the cue-ball must touch the cushion at least
three times before the carom occurs. These three cushions can be three
different cushions, but the cue-ball also can touch the same cushion
twice or more times.
- A carom occurs if the player`s cue-ball touches the two other
balls.
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Pyramid
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Purpose of Game
Whoever is first in scoring 8 pocketed balls - wins.
Used Balls
The game is played with 16 balls;each of these can be used as a cue
ball or as an object ball.
Playing Game
A player may pocket any object ball with a cue ball or may pocket a cue
ball after it hits one or several object balls. Balls and pockets do not
have to be indicated or called. If a stroke is legal, i.e. performed
correctly, each pocketed ball is considered to be won by the player.
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Players: Practice mode
This mode is designed for your individual trainings to get the skills in all
games that are presented in "Billiards". Selecting "Full
Tracks"inOptions you can figure all the shots with filigree
accuracy. 
Billiards Theory
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Collisions between balls.  
After collision of balls, object ball (red) rebounds by the line, which
connects the centers of the balls at the moment of contacting (blue line).
After collision cue ball rebounds perpendicularly to the line, which
connects the centers of the balls at the moment of contacting and then
for Topspin shot (Follow) it moves forward, for Backspin shot (Draw) it
moves back.
Cushions.
For center ball hit the rebound angle of cushion is approximately equal
to the strike angle. After Right English hit (Right side spin) cue ball
moves right. After Left English hit (Left side spin) cue ball moves left.
Backspin shot (Draw) decreases rebound angle of cushion. Topspin shot (Follow)
increases rebound angle.
Change the angle of cue elevation allows you to curve path of cue ball (the
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