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Axel/!AXEL/Manual/Page1
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| Filename: | Axel/!AXEL/Manual/Page1 |
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| File size: | 08BD bytes |
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File contents
AXEL ---- AXEL is a 3D game using the FREESCAPE II graphics system found in Domark's 3D Construction Kit (with which it was made). Loading ------- RISC OS 2 users should load as normal, RISC OS 3 users should install the !Run file in the root directory into the !AXEL directory before running, and should rename the original !Run file to another name in case it is needed in future. Note that under RISC OS 3, the screenblanker module in the OS is disabled since it causes bugs which will cause the machine to lock up if it is left active. Storyline --------- Whilst on a mission for the Galactic StarFleet, one starship was passing through a major star system where it encountered a large object from which a large assortment of weapons were launched straight towards the starship. The starship and its crew were able to send out a distress signal towards StarFleet HQ detailing an outline of the object. Analysis of the plans showed that the object was some sort of artificial moon, which had a nuclear core similar to the StarFleet's Axel cores used in starships, hence they named the moon Axel. It had 18 large square platforms placed around a core. The moon was covered in defences against both distant and nearby intruders. Careful analysis of each sector showed that one route was left open for incoming intruders. StarFleet launched a small fightercraft to the moon with a sole mission, to destroy the weapons systems entirely before they destroyed any other starships. The mission was felt vital since the moon lay between two major planets which had a large amount of trading between them, and this trading route brought vast amounts of funds into the Galactic Federation. StarFleet had also sent a starship towards this route. Communications with this ship had suddenly been cut off, and so it is in great danger of being destroyed. The mission is very important... Aim --- You must use the keyboard or mouse (by interacting with the icon display at the base of the screen) to control your movement on the moon. Your total aim is to destroy all of the guns (both standard and advanced), cannons and both of the large core section on the light and dark sides of the moon. You must then escape from the moon. Good luck!!!
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Note that unde| 00000190 72 20 52 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 33 2c 20 74 68 65 |r RISC OS 3, the| 000001a0 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 62 6c 61 6e 6b 65 72 20 6d | screenblanker m| 000001b0 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 4f 53 20 |odule in the OS | 000001c0 69 73 20 64 69 73 61 62 6c 65 64 20 73 69 6e 63 |is disabled sinc| 000001d0 65 20 69 74 20 63 61 75 73 65 73 20 62 75 67 73 |e it causes bugs| 000001e0 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 63 61 75 73 | which will caus| 000001f0 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 74 6f |e the machine to| 00000200 20 6c 6f 63 6b 20 75 70 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 69 | lock up if it i| 00000210 73 20 6c 65 66 74 20 61 63 74 69 76 65 2e 0a 0a |s left active...| 00000220 53 74 6f 72 79 6c 69 6e 65 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |Storyline.------| 00000230 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 57 68 69 6c 73 74 20 6f 6e 20 61 |---..Whilst on a| 00000240 20 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 | mission for the| 00000250 20 47 61 6c 61 63 74 69 63 20 53 74 61 72 46 6c | Galactic StarFl| 00000260 65 65 74 2c 20 6f 6e 65 20 73 74 61 72 73 68 69 |eet, one starshi| 00000270 70 20 77 61 73 20 70 61 73 73 69 6e 67 20 74 68 |p was passing th| 00000280 72 6f 75 67 68 20 61 20 6d 61 6a 6f 72 20 73 74 |rough a major st| 00000290 61 72 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 |ar system where | 000002a0 69 74 20 65 6e 63 6f 75 6e 74 65 72 65 64 20 61 |it encountered a| 000002b0 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 66 72 | large object fr| 000002c0 6f 6d 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 20 6c 61 72 67 65 |om which a large| 000002d0 20 61 73 73 6f 72 74 6d 65 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 77 | assortment of w| 000002e0 65 61 70 6f 6e 73 20 77 65 72 65 20 6c 61 75 6e |eapons were laun| 000002f0 63 68 65 64 20 73 74 72 61 69 67 68 74 20 74 6f |ched straight to| 00000300 77 61 72 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 73 68 |wards the starsh| 00000310 69 70 2e 20 54 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 73 68 69 70 |ip. The starship| 00000320 20 61 6e 64 20 69 74 73 20 63 72 65 77 20 77 65 | and its crew we| 00000330 72 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6e 64 20 |re able to send | 00000340 6f 75 74 20 61 20 64 69 73 74 72 65 73 73 20 73 |out a distress s| 00000350 69 67 6e 61 6c 20 74 6f 77 61 72 64 73 20 53 74 |ignal towards St| 00000360 61 72 46 6c 65 65 74 20 48 51 20 64 65 74 61 69 |arFleet HQ detai| 00000370 6c 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 20 6f 75 74 6c 69 6e 65 20 |ling an outline | 00000380 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 2e 20 41 |of the object. A| 00000390 6e 61 6c 79 73 69 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 |nalysis of the p| 000003a0 6c 61 6e 73 20 73 68 6f 77 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 |lans showed that| 000003b0 20 74 68 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 77 61 73 20 | the object was | 000003c0 73 6f 6d 65 20 73 6f 72 74 20 6f 66 20 61 72 74 |some sort of art| 000003d0 69 66 69 63 69 61 6c 20 6d 6f 6f 6e 2c 20 77 68 |ificial moon, wh| 000003e0 69 63 68 20 68 61 64 20 61 20 6e 75 63 6c 65 61 |ich had a nuclea| 000003f0 72 20 63 6f 72 65 20 73 69 6d 69 6c 61 72 20 74 |r core similar t| 00000400 6f 20 74 68 65 20 53 74 61 72 46 6c 65 65 74 27 |o the StarFleet'| 00000410 73 20 41 78 65 6c 20 63 6f 72 65 73 20 75 73 65 |s Axel cores use| 00000420 64 20 69 6e 20 73 74 61 72 73 68 69 70 73 2c 20 |d in starships, | 00000430 68 65 6e 63 65 20 74 68 65 79 20 6e 61 6d 65 64 |hence they named| 00000440 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 6f 6e 20 41 78 65 6c 2e 20 | the moon Axel. | 00000450 49 74 20 68 61 64 20 31 38 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 |It had 18 large | 00000460 73 71 75 61 72 65 20 70 6c 61 74 66 6f 72 6d 73 |square platforms| 00000470 20 70 6c 61 63 65 64 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 | placed around a| 00000480 20 63 6f 72 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6d 6f 6f 6e 20 | core. The moon | 00000490 77 61 73 20 63 6f 76 65 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 64 |was covered in d| 000004a0 65 66 65 6e 63 65 73 20 61 67 61 69 6e 73 74 20 |efences against | 000004b0 62 6f 74 68 20 64 69 73 74 61 6e 74 20 61 6e 64 |both distant and| 000004c0 20 6e 65 61 72 62 79 20 69 6e 74 72 75 64 65 72 | nearby intruder| 000004d0 73 2e 20 43 61 72 65 66 75 6c 20 61 6e 61 6c 79 |s. Careful analy| 000004e0 73 69 73 20 6f 66 20 65 61 63 68 20 73 65 63 74 |sis of each sect| 000004f0 6f 72 20 73 68 6f 77 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 6f |or showed that o| 00000500 6e 65 20 72 6f 75 74 65 20 77 61 73 20 6c 65 66 |ne route was lef| 00000510 74 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 69 6e 63 6f 6d |t open for incom| 00000520 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 74 72 75 64 65 72 73 2e 20 53 |ing intruders. S| 00000530 74 61 72 46 6c 65 65 74 20 6c 61 75 6e 63 68 65 |tarFleet launche| 00000540 64 20 61 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 66 69 67 68 74 65 |d a small fighte| 00000550 72 63 72 61 66 74 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f |rcraft to the mo| 00000560 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 73 6f 6c 65 20 6d |on with a sole m| 00000570 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 2c 20 74 6f 20 64 65 73 74 72 |ission, to destr| 00000580 6f 79 20 74 68 65 20 77 65 61 70 6f 6e 73 20 73 |oy the weapons s| 00000590 79 73 74 65 6d 73 20 65 6e 74 69 72 65 6c 79 20 |ystems entirely | 000005a0 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 74 68 65 79 20 64 65 73 74 |before they dest| 000005b0 72 6f 79 65 64 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 |royed any other | 000005c0 73 74 61 72 73 68 69 70 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6d |starships. The m| 000005d0 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 77 61 73 20 66 65 6c 74 20 |ission was felt | 000005e0 76 69 74 61 6c 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 74 68 65 20 |vital since the | 000005f0 6d 6f 6f 6e 20 6c 61 79 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e |moon lay between| 00000600 20 74 77 6f 20 6d 61 6a 6f 72 20 70 6c 61 6e 65 | two major plane| 00000610 74 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 68 61 64 20 61 20 6c |ts which had a l| 00000620 61 72 67 65 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 20 6f 66 20 74 |arge amount of t| 00000630 72 61 64 69 6e 67 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 74 |rading between t| 00000640 68 65 6d 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 72 |hem, and this tr| 00000650 61 64 69 6e 67 20 72 6f 75 74 65 20 62 72 6f 75 |ading route brou| 00000660 67 68 74 20 76 61 73 74 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 73 |ght vast amounts| 00000670 20 6f 66 20 66 75 6e 64 73 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 | of funds into t| 00000680 68 65 20 47 61 6c 61 63 74 69 63 20 46 65 64 65 |he Galactic Fede| 00000690 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 53 74 61 72 46 6c 65 65 |ration. StarFlee| 000006a0 74 20 68 61 64 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 73 65 6e 74 20 |t had also sent | 000006b0 61 20 73 74 61 72 73 68 69 70 20 74 6f 77 61 72 |a starship towar| 000006c0 64 73 20 74 68 69 73 20 72 6f 75 74 65 2e 20 43 |ds this route. C| 000006d0 6f 6d 6d 75 6e 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 |ommunications wi| 000006e0 74 68 20 74 68 69 73 20 73 68 69 70 20 68 61 64 |th this ship had| 000006f0 20 73 75 64 64 65 6e 6c 79 20 62 65 65 6e 20 63 | suddenly been c| 00000700 75 74 20 6f 66 66 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 20 69 |ut off, and so i| 00000710 74 20 69 73 20 69 6e 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 64 61 |t is in great da| 00000720 6e 67 65 72 20 6f 66 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 64 65 |nger of being de| 00000730 73 74 72 6f 79 65 64 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6d 69 73 |stroyed. The mis| 00000740 73 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 69 6d 70 |sion is very imp| 00000750 6f 72 74 61 6e 74 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 41 69 6d 0a 2d |ortant.....Aim.-| 00000760 2d 2d 0a 0a 59 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 74 20 75 73 65 |--..You must use| 00000770 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 62 6f 61 72 64 20 6f 72 | the keyboard or| 00000780 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 20 28 62 79 20 69 6e 74 65 72 | mouse (by inter| 00000790 61 63 74 69 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 |acting with the | 000007a0 69 63 6f 6e 20 64 69 73 70 6c 61 79 20 61 74 20 |icon display at | 000007b0 74 68 65 20 62 61 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |the base of the | 000007c0 73 63 72 65 65 6e 29 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 |screen) to contr| 000007d0 6f 6c 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6d 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 |ol your movement| 000007e0 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 6f 6e 2e 20 59 6f | on the moon. Yo| 000007f0 75 72 20 74 6f 74 61 6c 20 61 69 6d 20 69 73 20 |ur total aim is | 00000800 74 6f 20 64 65 73 74 72 6f 79 20 61 6c 6c 20 6f |to destroy all o| 00000810 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 75 6e 73 20 28 62 6f 74 68 |f the guns (both| 00000820 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 20 61 6e 64 20 61 64 | standard and ad| 00000830 76 61 6e 63 65 64 29 2c 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 6e 73 |vanced), cannons| 00000840 20 61 6e 64 20 62 6f 74 68 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | and both of the| 00000850 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 63 6f 72 65 20 73 65 63 74 | large core sect| 00000860 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 67 68 74 |ion on the light| 00000870 20 61 6e 64 20 64 61 72 6b 20 73 69 64 65 73 20 | and dark sides | 00000880 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 6f 6e 2e 20 59 6f 75 |of the moon. You| 00000890 20 6d 75 73 74 20 74 68 65 6e 20 65 73 63 61 70 | must then escap| 000008a0 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 6f 6e 2e |e from the moon.| 000008b0 20 47 6f 6f 64 20 6c 75 63 6b 21 21 21 | Good luck!!!| 000008bd
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