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!AWNov92/Goodies/CHAOS/!Help
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| Filename: | !AWNov92/Goodies/CHAOS/!Help |
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| File size: | 073C bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Help file for CHAOS Demo This playable demo lets you play just three levels of the finished game. To run the demo simply double click on the !CHAOSDemo icon. To select a menu item use the mouse to move the spaceship pointer over an item. It will turn white when it is active. Click on the menu item to either change the current menu or change a setting. On the controls menu, when 'keyboard' is selected, the keys used for control can be changed by highlighting a key setting and pressing a new key on the keyboard. The keyboard controls are: Rotate anti-clockwise, Rotate clockwise, fire, thrust and hyperspace in that order. When using the mouse, moving it left and right causes the spaceship to rotate anti-clockwise and clockwise respectively. Mouse buttons are: select - fire, menu - thrust, adjust - hyperspace. All fire buttons auto-repeat. Extra keyboard controls: (1) Pause, (2) Restart, (3) Single step while paused Playing Instructions: To start the game either press SPACE or click on 'start'. Shoot at everything. Extra life every 10000 points. The final version of the game will include: - Original sound effects - Up to 4 simultaneous players - Player vs player or team-up games - Various joystick options (including Acorn's new joystick system on A3010, A3020 and 4 player interface from Magnetic Image) - New types of enemy ships - Collectable power-ups to boost firepower - Game environment customisation including: Objects wrap-around at screen edge Objects bounce at screen edge Gravity with varying strength Different effects of shooting other players And more ... Designed and programmed and by: Iain McLeod � 1992 Full version published by MATT BLACK in association with Archimedes World. To order your copy of the full game look for the advert in the pages of Archimedes World magazine.
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To run the d| 00000070 65 6d 6f 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 79 20 64 6f 75 62 6c |emo simply doubl| 00000080 65 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 21 |e click on the !| 00000090 43 48 41 4f 53 44 65 6d 6f 20 69 63 6f 6e 2e 0a |CHAOSDemo icon..| 000000a0 0a 54 6f 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 61 20 6d 65 6e |.To select a men| 000000b0 75 20 69 74 65 6d 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d |u item use the m| 000000c0 6f 75 73 65 20 74 6f 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 |ouse to move the| 000000d0 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 68 69 70 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 | spaceship point| 000000e0 65 72 20 6f 76 65 72 20 61 6e 20 69 74 65 6d 2e |er over an item.| 000000f0 20 49 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 74 75 72 6e 20 77 68 | It will turn wh| 00000100 69 74 65 20 77 68 65 6e 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 61 |ite when it is a| 00000110 63 74 69 76 65 2e 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 |ctive. 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000001f0 65 77 20 6b 65 79 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 |ew key on the ke| 00000200 79 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 6b 65 79 |yboard...The key| 00000210 62 6f 61 72 64 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 73 20 61 |board controls a| 00000220 72 65 3a 20 52 6f 74 61 74 65 20 61 6e 74 69 2d |re: Rotate anti-| 00000230 63 6c 6f 63 6b 77 69 73 65 2c 20 52 6f 74 61 74 |clockwise, Rotat| 00000240 65 20 63 6c 6f 63 6b 77 69 73 65 2c 20 66 69 72 |e clockwise, fir| 00000250 65 2c 20 74 68 72 75 73 74 20 61 6e 64 20 68 79 |e, thrust and hy| 00000260 70 65 72 73 70 61 63 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 61 74 |perspace in that| 00000270 20 6f 72 64 65 72 2e 0a 0a 57 68 65 6e 20 75 73 | order...When us| 00000280 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 75 73 65 2c 20 6d |ing the mouse, m| 00000290 6f 76 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 6c 65 66 74 20 61 6e |oving it left an| 000002a0 64 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 63 61 75 73 65 73 20 74 |d right causes t| 000002b0 68 65 20 73 70 61 63 65 73 68 69 70 20 74 6f 20 |he spaceship to | 000002c0 72 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72 20 79 6f 75 72 20 63 6f 70 79 20 6f 66 20 |er your copy of | 000006f0 74 68 65 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 67 61 6d 65 20 6c 6f |the full game lo| 00000700 6f 6b 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 61 64 76 65 72 |ok for the adver| 00000710 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 67 65 73 20 6f |t in the pages o| 00000720 66 20 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 65 73 20 57 6f 72 |f Archimedes Wor| 00000730 6c 64 20 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 2e |ld magazine.| 0000073c
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