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! G.I JOE/EPYX SOFTDOCS !
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! TYPED UP BY: THE TRITON !
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! A FIVE STAR RELEASE! !
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personal combat in order to capture
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COBRA agents, or take on COBRA'S
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H.I.S.S. tanks with G.I. JOE Heavy
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Equipment Assault Vehicles.
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Study the Dossiers of both G.I. JOE and
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the COBRA personael. Making the best
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match-up is vital to the success of the
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mission-and to the Survial of the free
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world!
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GETTING STARTED
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While the program is loading, the G.I.
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JOE title screen and the music come on.
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When the red light on the disk drive
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goes out, press the SPACE BAR or move
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the JOYSTICK in order to continue.
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COMPUTERIZED WORLD HOT SPOT MAP
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When the Computerized Hot Spot Map
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apprears, there is not a moment to
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lose! The Flashing points on the map
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indicate areas of intensive COBRA
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activity.
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COBRA activity is of two types. The
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shape of the flashing hot spots on the
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map tell you which type of mission.
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G.I. JOE will face.
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*-ROUND flashing hot spots lead G.I.
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JOE into heavy Equipment Confronations
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G.I. JOE's assault vehicles go up
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against COBRA will face.
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*-Plus Sign flashing hit spots indicate
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Personal Combat-one-to-one warrior
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action!
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To select any flashing hot spot( move
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the JOYSTICK or press keys I,J,K, and
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M until the selector box covers the hot
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spot you want to tackle. Then press
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the FIRE button (Button 1) or the
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RETURN key.
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COBRA ENEMY SCREEN
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The COBRA Enemy Screen appears, showing
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you eight COBRA agents, and view of
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the terrain on which you'll be fighting.
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* Your COBRA enemy is selected by the
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computer. Move the JOYSTICK or press
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the SPACE BAR in order to continue.
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* In the Heavy Equipment Activity,
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press the Ctrl key to control the
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G.I. JOE heavy Equipment. Move the
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JOYSTICK or press the RETURN key in
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order to continue.
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Note: Anyone who appears behind bars
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has been captured and is not available
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for use at this time.
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These are the JOYSTICK and KEYBOARD
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controls that you will use throughtout
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the game.
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Keyboard Commands!
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I=Up
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K=Right
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M=Down
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L=Left
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HEAVY EQUIPMENT CONFRONTATION
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The G.I. JOU Heavy Equipment Arsenal
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and Personal screen shows four G.I.
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JOE's across from their assault
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vehicles.
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*-Ace pilots the Skystriker jet.
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*-Wild Bill files he Dragonfly
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helicopter.
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*-Steeler controls the Motorized Battle
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Tank (MOBAT).
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*-Clutch controls the Vamp jeep.
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To select any one of the available
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G.I. JOE's, move the star symbol by
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using the joystick in PORT #2, and then
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press the FIRE button or SPACE BAR.
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you will see the G.I. JOE Heavy
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equipment assault vehicles leaving
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the G.I. JOE top secret armory. When
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preperations are complete, you'll be
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transported to the battle scene.
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TAKE TO THE SKY!
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You fly the Jetstriker or the Dragonfly
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helicopter by using joystick in PORT #2
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Altitude
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Controls your altitude with your
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JOYSTICK or by pressing keys I,J,K,&,M.
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*-Push the JOYSTICK FOWARD or by
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pressing the Key [I] to desend and land
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*-Pull the JOYSTICK BACK or press the
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[M] key to climb
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*-Move the JOYSTICK LEFT or RIGHT or
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press keys [J] & [K] to turn or bank
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the aircraft.
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*-Watch your altitude! If the Aircraft
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Altitude Line starts to flash, you are
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flying too low and may crash into low-
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lying obstacles.
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WEAPONS!
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G.I. JOE aircrafts come equipped with
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an unlimted supply of air-to-land
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missles, To FIRE, press the fire
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button or SPACE BAR!
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Skystriker faces a special challenge!
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COBRA missile sites can launch
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ground-to-air heat-seeking missiles.
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When a heat-seeking missile is coming
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at you, your console begins to beep.
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Escape if you can!
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GROUND MANEUVERS
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Steering
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To control the MOBAT tank and the VAMP
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jeep.
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*-The JOYSTICK or keys I,J,K, and M
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drive the vehicle.
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*-Press the JOYSTICK FOWARD or press I
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key to move ahead.
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*-Pull the JOYSTICK BACK or press M key
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to go backwards.
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*-Move the JOYSTICK LEFT or RIGHT or
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press J and K keys to turn.
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ARTILLRY FIRE
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*-Button 2 on the JOYSTICK, or CTRL and
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I,J,K, and M keys control the direction
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of your shots.
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*-Press button 2 on the JOYSTICK and
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move the JOYSTICK LEFT or RIGHT or
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press and hold the CTRL key and press
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J and K +eys to rotate the launcher.
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*-Press button 2 on the JOYSTICK and
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pull the JOYSTICK BACK or press and
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hold CTRL key and press M key to
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raise the launcher elebation for
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distant targets.
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*-Press button 2 on the JOYSTICK and
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push the JOYSTICK FOWARD or press and
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hold the Ctrl key and press I key to
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lowgr the launcher for close targets.
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*-Press the FIRE button or SPACE BAR
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to shoot.
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Learn to judge the correct angle of
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your shots by using the long bar next
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to the Graduated Elevation Gauage. But
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Beware! If the long bar begings to
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flash, you are too close to an object.
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If you fire, you will be blown up
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and taken prisoner, or your missiles
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will not fire.
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Special Feature!
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Unknown to COBRA, the VAMP jeep
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equipped with guided missiles. Once
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launched, use the JOYSTICK or KEYBOARD
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while pressing and holding button 2
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on the JOYSTICK or the Ctrl key to
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steer the missle.
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BATTLE'S END
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If G.I. JOE's heavy equipment vehicle
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crashes or is destroyed by COBRA
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artillery three times, COBRA or G.I.
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JOE headquaters will appear. The Next
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time you see the G.I. JOE heavy
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Equipment Arsenal and Personnel Screen,
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that fighter's face will be behind
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bars. It's up uo the others-for now,
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at least!
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If you succeed in destroying all eight
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COBRA H.I.S.S. tanks, stop your vehicle
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or land your aircraft. ALL the
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captured G.I. JOE team members will be
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freed, ready to return to action.
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Press the JOYSTICK button or the
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SPACE BAR to return to the Computerized
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World Hot Spot Map/
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PERSONAL COMBAT
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*-Select your G.I. JOE team member with
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the JOYSTICK or KEYBOARD and press the
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FIRE button or SPACE BAR. Get the COBRA
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agent before they can get you!
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*-You are the G.I. JOE team member of
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your choice, opposing a computer-
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selected COBRA agent.
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*-Move the JOYSTICK or press I,J,K, and
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M keys to move your G.I. JOE team
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member in any direction. Press the
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FIRE button or SPACE BAR to shoot. Be
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quick and aim carefully!
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Known your G.I. JOE team and COBRA
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agents. Consult their dossiers. Watch
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them in action. Learn their strengths
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and weakness. It can make the
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difference between capturing A Cobra
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agent and being a prisoner.
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NOTE: IF you selected a PLUS SIGN
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flashing hot spot from the Computerized
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Hot Spot Map, Duke will now appear
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onscreen and order you to turn the
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disk over.
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*-Wait for the RED light on the disk
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drive to go OFF!.
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*-Remove the disk from the disk drive.
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*-Turn the disk over and reinsert it
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into disk drive.
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*-Move the JOYSTICK or press the
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SPACE BAR to continue.
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STATUS BARS, TROOP NAMES, & TARGETS!
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a status bar, target and the initals
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of both G.I. JOE(G) and COBRA(C) appear
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in the upper left corner of the battle
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screen. G.I. JOE's is on the left;
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COBRA'S is on the right.
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BARS
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The longer a bar, the better that
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fighter is doing physically. As G.I.
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JOE (indicated bvy the blue bar) or
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the Cobra agent (indacted by the red
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bar) is injurned, their bar shortens.
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The Number of hits a fights can take
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depends on how strong he or she is and
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how powerful their opponent's weapon
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is.
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TROOP NAMES
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The Troop names of G.I. ZOE(G) and
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COBRA(C) also change color each time
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one of them is deafted. The names
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begin white on a black background.
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When one of them is deafted, the
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backround will turn Vilot. If the smae
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trooper loses a second time, the
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background will turn green when they
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are captured.
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TARGETS
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The Target underneath each stauts bar
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tells you wheather or not that fighters
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weapon is ready for use. BLUE or RED
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means ready for use; black is
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reloading. You'll hear a high-pitched
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tone for G.I. JOE and a lower-pitched
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tone for COBRA when that fighters
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weapon is reloaded.
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Know your weapon! Light weapons (A
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laser pistol, for example) reload
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very quickly and do not cause much
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damage.
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Heavy weapons (A flamethrower, ect)
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reload slowly, but do a lot of damage.
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PERSONAL COMABT RESULTS
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If you G.I. JOE team members defeats
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his enemy twice, or if he's captured
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you'll s{e G.I. JOE or Cobra
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headquters.
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Rember: G.I. JOE and their COBRA
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counterparts are clver, and no jail
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can hold them for long!. When you've
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completed one assignment there's
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alaways anthor COBRA agent out there
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somewhere causing trouble. The Struggle
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goes on!
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Note: Duke will appear on screen again
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and instruct you to turn the disk
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over. Repeat the same step as before.
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Then press the FIRE button or SPACE
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BAR to return to the Computerized
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World Hot Spot Map. AS long as there
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is a flashing trouble spot on that Map
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G.I. JOE has work to do!
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Dox Typed By: The Triton
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G.I. JOE A FYVE STAR RELEASE!
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Cracked By: Gadget Master!
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