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Arcturus/!ArctDemo/!Help/Help

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\h1\u Arcturus - The Demonstration \H

\bA Game of Skill, Strategy, and Infuriating Addiction\B

by Thomas Alber, an Armaxess Production
�1994 Oregan Software Developments

This commercial demo is Freeware, and may be copied freely, but may not
be sold for commercial gain of any form.



\h2\uGameplay\H
              
Collect all the diamonds to complete each level.


\h2\uKey-Definition\H

[Ctrl]  +  [F1] - Switch map off
[Ctrl]  +  [F2] - Map zoom level 1
[Ctrl]  +  [F3] - Map zoom level 2
[Ctrl]  +   [P]  - Pause (press fire to resume)
              [Esc] - Restart level
[Ctrl]  + [Esc] - Back to main menu


\h2\uDefault control keys\H

[Cursor up]        |
[Cursor down]   |
[Cursor left]       |  Control gyroscope
[Cursor right]     |


\h2\uFeatures of the full version\H

- 104 challenging levels
- over 290k of music by Thomas Mohr
- over 140k of in-game sound effects
- up to 400 gourraud-shaded / texture-mapped polygons on screen
- up to 50 frames per second
- lots of different enemies
- transparent zoom sprites
- level password system
- Joystick support (Acorn compatible)
- can be installed on a hard disc
- runs on all Archimedes / Axxxx computers (including the new Risc PC) 

** Arcturus is supplied on 2 discs, requires 2 Mb RAM and RISC OS 3 **


Arcturus is available \bRight Now\B from all good Acorn software stockists or directly from:

\bOregan Software Developments\B
\b36 Grosvenor Avenue\B
\bStreetly : Sutton Coldfield\B
\bB74 3PE\B
\bTel : 0121 353 6044  (Access/Visa)\B

\bPrice : �24.95 inclusive


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In Deutschland m��te Arcturus bei Ihrem Archimedes-H�ndler verf�gbar sein.
Sollte Ihr Acorn-H�ndler diesen Titel nicht f�hren, so k�nnen Sie Arcturus auch direkt bestellen bei:

Uffenkamp Computer Systeme
Gartenstr. 3
32130 Enger
Deutschland

Telefon: 05224/2375
Telefax: 05224/7812







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