Controls and Game Physics
While at the main screen the player can press F1 to see high scores, F2 to set game speed and F10 to exit to DOS. Selecting difficulty level is done by pressing any English letter (A-Z). Note that the four levels L through O are user definable. Pressing the space bar at the main screen will start the game at the selected level, or at the default level E if no level has been selected. When the game has started the player can control the diamond-shaped character by using the arrow keys or the numeric keypad to move around and/or push blocks. To push blocks, simply move into them. To pull blocks, the player must be adjacent to a block, then hold down the space bar while moving into an empty square. The ability to pull blocks is only available on the easier levels (A-I). Using the numeric keypad to move around allows for better movement, because it allows the player to move in all eight directions without combining the arrow keys. Pressing F10 while in game will immediately return to the main screen.
A two-player mode is available by pressing 2 at the start screen or while in the F10 menu. Hitting space starts the game in two-player mode, where the second player controls his character by the WASD keys.
In Beast there are two kinds of blocks; the normal green block and the yellow static block. While the normal block is movable, the yellow block cannot be pushed or pulled. These static blocks also become "explosive" from the advanced levels and forth. This means the player will lose a life by moving into one.
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