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SpaceFox
for 1.25MB IIgs from Seven Hills
joystick required; stereo board and two 3.5" drives or hard disk recommended
Mission is to destroy The Brain at level 10. Features 16-voice stereo music
and effects. (Over 1MB of background music is included).
Ship
You begin with a basic craft fitted with a forward-shooting cannon (two slow
shots), a medium shield, and a medium fuel tank. When tank is empty, the
ship explodes and you lose all equipment gained since last docking at a
space station. You are allowed 5 ships; and you can gain additional ships
by collecting "ship bonuses" (5 SB's = another ship).
Controls
Joystick controls movement and speed. Button 0 is FIRE current weapon.
Button 1 activates the shield.
Keyboard controls are ...
ESC ... Pause
1 .... Select weapon #1 (at start this is your only weapon)
2 ... Sel W2 Parallel Shots
3 ... Sel W3 Split Shots
4 ... Sel W4 Reverse Shots
5 ... Sel W5 Laser
6 ... Sel W6 Auto Aim
CTRL-M Music ON/OFF
CTRL-R Restart game
CTRL-Q Quit
CTRL-T Switch between 50Hz & 60HZ (Warning use only if you
have 50/60 monitor)
Bonus Objects (to collect a bonus item your ship must touch it)
Fuel inc fuel
Tank inc tank capacity
Shield bonus inc shield energy
Shield extend inc shield capacity
Extra Shot inc number of shots weapon can fire
Shotspeed inc shot speed
New Weapon adds a new weapon
Ship Bonus catch 5 of these to obtain an extra ship
others ???
Space Stations
At end of each level you can dock at a station. A station recharges
your shields and reports your weapons to your commanders (i.e. acts
like a 'game save' for your ship). If your ship gets zapped in the
next level, the replacement ship will have the same features.
Bad Guys
Smarty 10 points easy to kill
Scooby 20 points cannon & radar (can only shoot once)
Meteors 100 points takes 10 shots to kill (sometimes contain neat items)
Valchy 300 points well-armored & has powerful reloading weapon (often
carries a bonus)
Note: You will usually get a bonus for wiping out all baddies in
a group or "wave".
Scores: the Top 100 are saved to disk.
Levels
1 Start
2 Meteors
3 The Enemy Base
4 Worms
5 Hyperspace
6 The Slimer
7 Technology
8 Fire Planet
9 Ice Cave
10 The Brain (to WIN you must defeat The Brain in the final duel)
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