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Instruct/Laser
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File contents
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LASER DARTS INSTRUCTIONS
Laser Darts is a new version of darts which is played not by
throwing darts, but by firing lasers. The main aim of the game,
though, is the same as darts: to get your score down to precisely
zero (but not below it) before your opponent.
The two players fire their lasers from opposite sides of the
screen. In the centre of the screen, between the two players,
there are reflectors which reflect your laser beams. You must try
to work out a course through the reflectors to get as many points
as possible. Each time your laser beam hits one of the
reflectors, the energy in the beam causes that reflector to burn
up and disappear. The number of points that you are awarded
depends upon where your laser leaves the screen. This table shows
the scoring system:
Hitting your opponent 500
Hitting the back wall behind your opponent 100
Hitting the back wall behind yourself -9
Hitting the top 25
Hitting the bottom 50
If you hit the top there is also a 1 in 3 chance that the
reflectors will be changed. If you hit your opponent you will
also get a new set of reflectors, to avoid a situation where the
two players are continually hitting each other. When you hit your
opponent, not only do you receive 500 points, but your opponent
loses a life. This means that if you hit your opponent four
times, you automatically win, even if you do not get your score
down to zero. If your score goes below zero, you will hear an
alarm, and your score will return to its original value before it
went below zero.
On the title screen you may select one of two playing modes:
one player, or "Human/Elk", if you want to play against the
computer, or 2 player, where you play against another person. In
both modes, the keys A and Z are used to move the players up and
down, with RETURN to fire a laser.
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Las| 00000070 65 72 20 44 61 72 74 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 6e 65 |er Darts is a ne| 00000080 77 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 64 61 72 |w version of dar| 00000090 74 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 70 6c 61 79 |ts which is play| 000000a0 65 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 79 20 0a 74 68 72 6f 77 |ed not by .throw| 000000b0 69 6e 67 20 64 61 72 74 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 62 |ing darts, but b| 000000c0 79 20 66 69 72 69 6e 67 20 6c 61 73 65 72 73 2e |y firing lasers.| 000000d0 20 54 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 61 69 6d 20 6f 66 | The main aim of| 000000e0 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 0a 74 68 6f 75 | the game, .thou| 000000f0 67 68 2c 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 |gh, is the same | 00000100 61 73 20 64 61 72 74 73 3a 20 74 6f 20 67 65 74 |as darts: to get| 00000110 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 63 6f 72 65 20 64 6f 77 6e | your score down| 00000120 20 74 6f 20 70 72 65 63 69 73 65 6c 79 20 0a 7a | to precisely .z| 00000130 65 72 6f 20 28 62 75 74 20 6e 6f 74 20 62 65 6c |ero (but not bel| 00000140 6f 77 20 69 74 29 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 79 6f |ow it) before yo| 00000150 75 72 20 6f 70 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 2e 0a 20 20 20 |ur opponent.. | 00000160 20 20 54 68 65 20 74 77 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 | The two player| 00000170 73 20 66 69 72 65 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6c 61 73 |s fire their las| 00000180 65 72 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 6f 70 70 6f 73 69 74 |ers from opposit| 00000190 65 20 73 69 64 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 0a |e sides of the .| 000001a0 73 63 72 65 65 6e 2e 20 49 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 |screen. 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This means th| 000005c0 61 74 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 69 74 20 79 6f |at if you hit yo| 000005d0 75 72 20 6f 70 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 20 66 6f 75 72 |ur opponent four| 000005e0 20 0a 74 69 6d 65 73 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 61 75 74 | .times, you aut| 000005f0 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 77 69 6e 2c 20 |omatically win, | 00000600 65 76 65 6e 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 64 6f 20 6e |even if you do n| 00000610 6f 74 20 67 65 74 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 63 6f 72 |ot get your scor| 00000620 65 20 0a 64 6f 77 6e 20 74 6f 20 7a 65 72 6f 2e |e .down to zero.| 00000630 20 49 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 63 6f 72 65 20 67 | If your score g| 00000640 6f 65 73 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 7a 65 72 6f 2c 20 |oes below zero, | 00000650 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 68 65 61 72 20 61 6e |you will hear an| 00000660 20 0a 61 6c 61 72 6d 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 | .alarm, and you| 00000670 72 20 73 63 6f 72 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 65 74 |r score will ret| 00000680 75 72 6e 20 74 6f 20 69 74 73 20 6f 72 69 67 69 |urn to its origi| 00000690 6e 61 6c 20 76 61 6c 75 65 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 |nal value before| 000006a0 20 69 74 20 0a 77 65 6e 74 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 | it .went below | 000006b0 7a 65 72 6f 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 4f 6e 20 74 68 |zero.. On th| 000006c0 65 20 74 69 74 6c 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 79 |e title screen y| 000006d0 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 6f 6e |ou may select on| 000006e0 65 20 6f 66 20 74 77 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 |e of two playing| 000006f0 20 6d 6f 64 65 73 3a 20 0a 6f 6e 65 20 70 6c 61 | modes: .one pla| 00000700 79 65 72 2c 20 6f 72 20 22 48 75 6d 61 6e 2f 45 |yer, or "Human/E| 00000710 6c 6b 22 2c 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 |lk", if you want| 00000720 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 20 61 67 61 69 6e 73 74 | to play against| 00000730 20 74 68 65 20 0a 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 2c 20 | the .computer, | 00000740 6f 72 20 32 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 2c 20 77 68 65 |or 2 player, whe| 00000750 72 65 20 79 6f 75 20 70 6c 61 79 20 61 67 61 69 |re you play agai| 00000760 6e 73 74 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 65 72 73 |nst another pers| 00000770 6f 6e 2e 20 49 6e 20 0a 62 6f 74 68 20 6d 6f 64 |on. In .both mod| 00000780 65 73 2c 20 74 68 65 20 6b 65 79 73 20 41 20 61 |es, the keys A a| 00000790 6e 64 20 5a 20 61 72 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 6f |nd Z are used to| 000007a0 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 | move the player| 000007b0 73 20 75 70 20 61 6e 64 20 0a 64 6f 77 6e 2c 20 |s up and .down, | 000007c0 77 69 74 68 20 52 45 54 55 52 4e 20 74 6f 20 66 |with RETURN to f| 000007d0 69 72 65 20 61 20 6c 61 73 65 72 2e 0a 0a |ire a laser...| 000007de
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