Desert Defenders must be run from windows 3.0 or higher. You must have VBRUN100.DLL on your machine to run Desert Defenders. The game runs best on 486 and above machines. If the game speed seems to be slow try increasing the speed from the options menu. Version 1.1 fixes a problem with resetting the number of planes missed when starting a new game. Copy all files into a directory and run from Windows 3.0 or higher. OBJECT: PROTECT BUNKERS FROM PLANES AND DESTROY ALL ENEMIES. WEAPONS FIRE: PLACE CROSS HAIRS ON TARGET AND PRESS LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. MISSILES: 1 MISSILE WILL DESTROY ANY THING IT HITS. EACH MISSILE LEFT AFTER A WAVE IS WORTH 50 POINTS. A MISSILE WILL DESTROY A BUNKER, BE CAREFUL. MISSILES COUNT IS KEPT AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN, IT TELLS HOW MANY MISSILES ARE LEFT GUNS: IT TAKES 2 GUN HITS TO DESTROY A GROUND TARGET AND 3 GUN HITS TO DESTROY A PLANE. 1 GUNHIT WILL DESTROY A BOMB. GUNS WILL NOT HURT YOUR BUNKERS. YOU GET 1 BONUS POINT FOR EACH BULLET LEFT AT END OF EACH WAVE. BULLET COUNT IS KEPT AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN. IT TELLS YOU HOW MANY BULLETS YOU HAVE LEFT. SWITCHING WEAPONS CLICKING POINTER ON PICTURE OF WEAPON AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN WILL SWITCH TO THAT WEAPON. OR YOU CAN PRESS RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON TO TOGGLE BETWEEN THE 2 WEAPONS. GAME STARTS WITH GUNS AS DEFAULT WEAPON. TARGETS: PLANES: PLANES FLY BY DROPPING BOMBS ON BUNKERS IT TAKES 3 GUN HITS OR 1 MISSILE HIT TO DESTROY PLANE. INDICATOR ON RIGHT SIDE TELLS HOW MANY PLANES ARE LEFT IN WAVE AND HOW MANY PLANES HAVE BEEN MISSED. THE INDICATOR IS RED WHEN THERE ARE STILL PLANES AND GREEN WHEN THEY ARE ALL GONE. EACH PLANE MISSED IS ADDED TO NEXT ATTACK WAVE. GROUND UNITS: GROUND UNITS MOVE HORIZONTALLY ACROSS SCREEN THEN TURN AND HEAD FOR A BUNKER, WHEN THEY REACH THE BUNKER THEY EXPLODE. IT TAKES 2 GUNHITS OR 1 MISSILE TO DESTROY A GROUND UNIT. THE INDICATOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN TELLS HOW MANY GROUND UNITS ARE LEFT. THE INDICATOR IS RED WHEN THERE ARE STILL GROUND UNITS LEFT AND IT TURNS GREEN WHEN ALL THE GROUND UNITS IN THE WAVE ARE DESTROYED. BOMBS: BOMBS FALL STRAIT DOWN ON BUNKERS THEY WILL DESTROY BUNKER IF THEY HIT IT. 1 SHOT FROM ANYTHING WILL DESTROY THEM, BUT THEY ARE HARDER TO HIT. THE BOMB INDICATOR IS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IT IS RED WHEN A BOMB IS IN THE AIR AND GREEN WHEN NO BOMBS ARE FALLING. BUNKERS: BUNKERS SET IN DESERT, YOU MUST PROTECT THEM. A BOMB WILL DESTROY THEM OR AN EXPLODING GROUND UNIT WILL DESTROY THEM. AFTER EACH WAVE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REBUILD BUNKERS IF YOU SCORE ENOUGH POINTS. PLACE POINTER ON THE DESTROYED BUNKER AND CLICK MOUSE TO REBUILD. 1 BONUS BUNKER WILL BE AWARDED AT 7500 AND FOR EACH 15000 POINTS SCORED AFTER THAT. If you like this game and would like to have the full working version you need to send registration in to recieve it. The cost is only $15 this is really not very much for a game that took many hours of hard work to complete. About $5 goes for postage and packaging. so it really only cost around $10. The complete version has many more waves and other types of enemies attacking. Also the high score record is operational and you can save and retrieve games. I will also send you the next version of this game when completed. If you have any questions or comments on this game or bug reports you can call (with modem): THE LEGEND BBS node 1 402-438-2433 2400-14.4 8N1 node 2 402-438-3583 2400 8N1 and leave me (Randall Williams) a message. Send Registration to: Randall Williams 1537 Juniper Crete, NE 68333 Tell what size disk you need. It's only $15