LEADERBOARD GOLF

BY: MISTER "X"

Okay, in this doc, I will attempt to explain three things:

1.)  How to make the 'key' so you
     can play Leader Board 'til
     someone cracks it.
2.)  Explain how to play Leader
     Board.
3.)  Tell how to load the Tourney
     disk.

Okay, so you've unshrunk Leader Board okay, but it won't load. We need 
to make a 'key' out of an old Atari only type joystick and keep it in 
joystick port two the whole game.

Take an old, non-working Atari joystick if possible (otherwise you'll 
have to ruin a good one) and get some wire cutters and strippers ready.

NOTE:  make sure it is an Atari
       joystick!

All set?  Good, now cut the black wire of the joystick (the part that 
goes from the joystick to the male connector).  Cut it all the  way 
thru, leaving 4 inches from the male connector.  Now strip an inch of 
the black wire away (this should reveal six colored wires).  Spread the 
six wires apart.  Cut off all of those little wires except for white, 
blue, and black.  Now strip those three.  Connect the black, blue, and 
white ones together and then twist.  Voila!  Now insert your key into 
port two and boot the game.  If you get the title screen then it worked.  
If it did not work, TRY AGAIN, strip some more wire and try again or 
check your connections.  If it did work, take some black electrical tape 
and wrap up the exposed white, black, and blue wires.  Remember to keep 
the key in the duration of the game

Playing Leader Board is rather difficult at first.  You only need one 
joystick in port one to play.  Use these few commands at the title 
screen:

'T'  allows you to enter the time.
'D'  shows a demo of the game.
'R'  not sure, appears to start a
     game.
'P'  once again, not sure.

Hit the esc key during the game to return to the title screen.

At the title screen is obvious, I won't be a schmuck and explain it, 
that would only make this doc longer.

Tips on playing:

Under the time is a wind reading. This is a poor way of Leader Board 
showing us which way it blows and how hard, but we have to cope with it.  
There is usually a vertical line pointing north, the other line is 
pointing the direction of the wind (tricky at first). When reading the 
greens, the same readings for the wind appears to the left of the pin, 
except it stands for the slope of the green (let's not be stupid folks, 
if you are putting uphill, hit the ball an extra 5-15 feet!).  So far, I 
think the putting distance chart's bars indicate 10 feet.

Hmmm....other tips might include holding the button down and keeping it 
down to get the maximum power out of a shot, then when the bar on the 
left comes down, try to press the button when it arrives in the middle 
to get the straightest shot off.  I myself find it easier to play a draw 
(hook it a little).

Club distances:  if you're a golfer you should already have a good 
general idea, but.....

I tried to put the maximum yardage.

1W - 260+
3W - 250
5W - 230
PW - 90
9I - 120
8I - 130
7I - 150
6I - 165
5I - 180
4I - 190
3I - 200
2I - 210
1I - 220

You get a one stroke penalty for hitting the ball out of bounds or in 
the water.  Sometimes the ball will land on the red/brown part (between 
the fairway and water) and since the computer can not do this shot (due 
to a lack of programming, hehehe) you get to retake your shot.

Leader Board Tournament Disk #1

Contains four new 18 hole courses for use with your Leader Board Golf

To use the tournament disk, do the following:

1.  Load and run Leader Board in
    normal manner.
2.  When the "Select number of
    players" screen is displayed,
    remove the Leader Board game
    disk.
3.  Insert the Tournament disk into
    the drive.
4.  While holding down the shift
    key, press (RETURN).  The new
    courses will be loaded into
    memory, overwriting the exist-
    ing courses.

NOTE:  To reload the original
       courses, repeat the pro-
       cedure from step 3 using the
       game disk instead of the
       tournament disk.

This doc provided by the one, the only, Mister X