## How to configure and play the game

To start playing BOOM just double-click its icon and wait for the game to load.

Once in the title screen you can start configuring the game. When in full screen mode (see "Full Screen Mode"), menus are accessed by simply moving the cursor to the top of the screen. Choose “Preferences...” from the Edit menu (you can also click on the word PREFERENCES directly on the title screen). In the preferences dialog you can choose between one or two players game, choose among a number of options affecting game animations, set up the sound and music preferences and configure the controls for player one and two.

Controls in BOOM are very easy: four keys for the movement and an action key for dropping bombs.

On Mac OS 9.x, if you have InputSprocket 1.1 or later installed, you can also configure your joystick or game pad to work with BOOM. InputSprocket is part of Apple’s Game Sprockets, a group of system extensions providing a number of services to both game developers and players. Game Sprockets are freely downloadable from Apple's web site and are included in Mac OS 9 distribution.

For game pad support on Mac OS X see "GamePad support on Mac OS X".

The aim of the game is to eliminate all the enemies from each level. To do so you have to carefully use your bombs. Bombs are also used to break your way through the playing field, destroying special blocks.

For further info and tips please take a look at the built-in info screens. Choose “Info...” from the Game menu (or click on the word INFO on the title screen).

You can find additional info about BOOM on my Web site (see "Contact info").