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Games/!ShootEmUp/!Help
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| Filename: | Games/!ShootEmUp/!Help |
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| File size: | 05A0 bytes |
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File contents
!Help file for ShootEmUp By Lee McGinty (c) May 1991 This is a game that runs entirely on the icon bar. It is very useful if you are working in an environment where you shouldn't be playing games (such as at school) as it is not immediately apparent what you are doing. Many thanks to the Lord of Entropy, whose Icon Bar Ball game gave me the inspiration for this and also to William Gould for reinforcing the idea. Click on the icon bar icon to start a new game. Once playing, moving the pointer moves the spaceship and clicking with select fires a missile as in that classic game Space Invaders. This can have the side effect that you may end up loading files etc. because clicking with the mouse may have two effects. I know that technically I shouldn't use the mouse buttons in this way, but I have and there's nothing you can do about it, ha! ha! The number at the side of the invaders display gives the level you are currently on. In the tradition of such games the game gets progressively harder as you progress. I can get to about level 17 or 18, try and beat that. If you wish to write to me: Lee McGinty, 41, Alpine Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 1BX P.S. I have discovered that it is possible to have automatic fire by holding the mouse button down. This will get around the problem of the mouse button having two effects but it makes the game easier. Not that my top score was achived without using automatic fire.
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