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JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD. KEYBOARD - EIGHT
DIRECTIONS, F TO FIRE.
KEYBOARD: Y/U/I/H/J/K/N/M/,/F=FIRE
CTRL T = TWO PLAYERS/RESTART
CTRL O = ONE PLAYER/RESTART
TIC TAC TOE BOARD:
SELECT A LEVEL TO PLAY USING THE CONTROL KEYS OR JOYSTICK. WHEN YOUR
SELECTION IS MADE, PRESS THE 'F' KEY TO START.
MOTHS:
CAN ONLY BE DESTROYED WHEN MOVING IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION.
FACES:
IT TAKES TWO SHOTS TO DESTROY A FACE. THE FIRST SHOT DRAWS IT TOWARDS
YOUR SHIP. IF YOU DON'T FIRE IN TIME, THE FACE WILL COLLIDE WITH YOUR
SPACECRAFT, AND YOU WILL LOSE THE SQUARE. THE FACE WILL ALSO DIVIDE
AND MULTIPLY WHEN HIT BY YOUR MISSILE.
BATS:
TO DESTROY A BAT, YOU NEED A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MINES ON THE
BATTLEFIELD. MINES ARE CREATED EACH TIME YOUR MISSILE STRIKES A BAT.
IF YOU HIT A MINE, YOU LOSE THE ROUND.
SAUCERS:
YOU CAN DESTROY A SAUCER ONLY BY FIRING YOUR MISSILE VERTICALLY OR
DIAGONALLY.
DEATH MASKS:
THEY CAN BE EXTERMINATED ONLY WHEN THEIR EYES ARE BLACK, AND YOU HAVE
TO MAKE THEM TURN BLACK BY HITTING BLINKING DOTS.
CHESSMEN:
THEY START AS PAWNS AND AS THEY ARE HIT, TURN INTO KNIGHTS, THEN
ROOKS, THEN QUEENS, THEN KINGS. HIT THE KING AND YOU WIN!
ARROWS:
CAN ONLY BE DESTROYED WHEN THEY MOVE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. TO CHANGE
THEIR DIRECTION, HIT AN ARROW WITH A MISSILE JUST AS IT EMERGES FROM
THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
SPIDERS:
ONLY CAN BE DESTROYED BY A SHOT TO THE HEAD.
KILLER BEES:
THE ONLY WORKABLE STRATEGY IS TO MEET THE BEES HEAD ON. SINCE THEY
MOVE ACROSS THE SCREEN, POSITION YOUR SPACECRAFT IN FRONT OF THEM AND
FIRE YOUR MISSILE BEFORE THEY COME TOO CLOSE.