BALLY 500
By Bob Hensel
Arcadian 3, no. 5 (March 7, 1981): 56-57.


BALLY 500 is a game of driving skill for 2 or 3 players. One player controls 
the turns in the road with KN(4). The other players control the cars with KN(1) 
and KN(2). Road blocks, accidents, and other cars are randomly placed in your 
path. If you hit one, then your car is destroyed. The object is to see how long 
you can stay on the road, and beat your opponent. An elapsed time is indicated 
at the top-left of the screen.

Skill Level: 3 (hard) - 10(easy)


Archiving Notes:

This program was archived from a tape in the Richard Houser collection called:

"INPUT 1 - Golf, INPUT 3 - Bally 500 (raw, 300 baud).wav"

The instructions say that the game can be played with 2 or 3 players, but
for practical reasons three players are required.  This is because there
are always two cars racing, even if one isn't controlled by a player.  When a
car crashes by driving off the road, then the game ends for everyone.  So,
while technically the game can be played with as little as two people-- the
game will last for only a few seconds before the other car crashes.

These instructions appear at the end of the load on the tape:

BALLY 500 - Bob Hensel
KN(1) to move big car left or right
KN(2) to move small car left or right
KN(4) to move road
Watch out for hazards!
Skill Level 3 to 15
To start push key 1

