GEMini Atari/GEMini_Atari_CD-ROM_Walnut_Creek_December_1993.iso/files/games/arcade/insecta/insect.doc

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I enclose a payment of five pounds
because I like Insecticide. Please
send me LORD OF THE ISLE free.

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INSECTICIDE
by Peter Hague

Have you ever wondered what insects
do in the winter when there's snow
on the ground? Well, now it can be
revealed....they play Insecticide.
This is an up to date version of
snowball fights using modest space
technology, big-band sounds, Latin
rhythms and a voice that shouts
"Nairobi!" every time the Speed Moth
gets hit. In short, all the things
you need for a good time. But the
real good news is that now you can
play along with them and also enter
a competition...

FIRST A FEW HINTS:

In this game you control a ladybird
and apart from the obvious vertical
and horizontal joystick movements to
get it up off it's backside, you can
coax it to fly by using the diagonal
settings. This is quite handy in an
emergency as it enables you to pass
unassailably over the hoards when
cornered.

The object of the game is simple:
Just amass as many points as you can
on your way to the end, which is
thrust upon you, like it or not,
when you have completed level 50. To
win points just blast everything in
sight with your Spit laser.

IMPORTANT MOMENTS BEFOREHAND:

1. Apart from hearing someone shout
"Nairobi!" when you hit the Speed
Moth, it will soon become apparent
that your ladybird can run faster
thereafter. It will remain quicker
for the rest of the level, so best
hit it early to make full use of it
rather than save it until last like
a friend of mine does.

2. The main problem you have is
being attacked by unfriendly insects
which try to mob your ladybird and
get it's autograph, or so they say.
Unfortunately, these creatures are
made of anti-matter and since your
ladybird is definitely positive in
both attitude and constitution, it
will fragment on impact (This is
embarrassing in the extreme -
especially at job interviews.)

WARNING: After level 4 the enemy
insects tend to shoot back so
perhaps they were lying about
wanting autographs after all? If hit
about eight times your ladybird will
be on its back and inconvenienced
for a few moments.

3. As well as the insects that chase
you there are also a variable number
of static insects just hanging about
and waiting for spring to arrive.
These are made of anti-matter too so
go around them or clobber them with
your Spit Laser for extra points.

4. Occasionally, on hitting a
resting insect you will trigger a
Bonus Flower and for a moment Spring
is in the air. This flower will then
start to idle it's way off the
screen to visit the dole office.
Blast it at once to gain the Bonus.
Bonuses, like all general scores,
increase as the game goes on. (A
very creative friend of mine
suggested it might be more original
to decrease them, but I poked him in
the eye and told him to shut up.)

5. Languishing among the static
insects you will often notice an odd
one out. This is known as the
bouncer. Hit it and you will soon
fire a bouncing egg which flys
around the screen. Since this is
made of your very own flesh and
blood (positive matter) it seriously
upsets the static insects, gaining
you points, and actually kills the
moving blighters - serves 'em right.

6. Every eigth level the parents
arrive - well one does, anyway. It
takes the not unusual form of a vile
and enormous beast and gives you a
serious telling off for blasting the
wee kids - of course, you've seen
parents like this before so it's no
sweat. Get it off your back by
hitting it more times than it hits
you. Failing that, agree to a
reduction in pocket money. If you do
kill it you get extra points, which
is more than most parents give you.
(Between you and me, these giant
insects are cowards anyway as they
never come down the screen very
far).

7. On later levels be careful when
shooting the last insect as you may
get a surprise. Also, there are
occasional errant insects which zig-
zag across the snow going nowhere.
If they hit you, however, you will
be going nowhere either, so watch
out for them.

8. To stop players cleaning up when
they have decimated their assailants
to a panic stricken rabble a time-
out system operates occasionally
after about level 9. This is not an
magazine for swatting insects with,
but a cut off point, which, after
tens seconds or so, considers you've
won the level and moves you on. If
you ignore it, then it's back to the
previous level and shame on you!

9. On some levels the insects you
shoot play tricks on you.
Occasionally they turn into flowers.
This is an attempt to fool you into
thinking Spring has arrived and so
lower your concentration - don't
believe them - it's a diversion.
Another diversion is when they turn
into what appear to be more static
insects. These are just time wasting
dummies. You can't shoot them for
points.

10. On other levels the insects do
not explode but are harmlessly boxed
and frozen into the ice.

11. Should you have an appropriate
amount of points when you have lost
all your lives you will be thrust
onto the high score table where you
will be able to type in your chosen
alias, dance a Samba and then save
the score table to disk, thus
enabling you to prove your scores
later and attempt to beat them.

12. WHY YOU CAN'T SCORE MILLIONS:
I personally do not believe in
labouring oneself with huge figures
that are hard to visualise. Even the
government have shown us time and
time again how easy they are to
accumulate but how difficult they
are to deal with. I think if you
score anything up to ten in a game,
then that's satisfaction enough.

PAUSE: If any bast...I mean
important client phones you while
you are mid-game, or the attractive
girl next door comes round to borrow
a cup of sugar. You can pause the
action by pressing the space bar.
Press it again to continue play.

Well, that's all there is to it
really. The rest is supposed to be
fun - but then again, that's what
they said about the 1960's,
conveniently forgetting about the
Vietnam war and the Cuban missile
crisis.

If you like this game, or even the
doc file, please send five pounds
sterling to the address below. On
receipt of this I will send you a
free game that is packed with great
graphics and sampled sounds called
LORD OF THE ISLE. Remember to tell
me if you have more than half a
megabyte of memory though because
there are two versions. They are not
much different but there is less
disk accessing with the one meg
version. If you have a 520 but have
a one megabyte disk drive and can
take double sided disks, tell me and
I'll send you some other bits too -
I believe they call these 'goodies',
although I thought that was a comedy
show from the early seventies?
Still, if he fits onto the disk I
may send you Bill Oddie, who knows?

* NB. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE UK,
PLEASE ADD RETURN POSTAGE. (and
please feel free to question me on
who Bill Oddie is).

Please send your remittance to:

Peter Hague
Concept Design Art Direction
32, Chancet Wood Drive
Meadowhead
Sheffield S8 7TR, England

USE THE COUPON AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS FILE IF YOU HAVE EITHER A
PRINTER OR A REALLY GOOD PAIR OF
SCISSORS. (Don't try that at home).
Otherwise just send me a quick note
stating your address and a mention
of how much you love Insecticide.

The program and artwork on this disk
are the copyright of PETER HAGUE
1992 but please feel free to copy it
and distribute it to your friends.
If you have flu, sneeze on it and
send it to your enemies too. That's
the friendliest computer virus
you'll ever give them. But whatever
you do, please make sure this
document file goes with it.

COMPETITION TIME!

WHY NAIROBI? That's the question on
everyone's lips, I know, but there
is a completely logical reason for
it and if the answer is on anyone's
lips they can enter a competition to
win twenty-five pounds! Yes, twenty-
five pounds! (repeat in a horrible
furniture warehouse advertisement
voice).

RULES:

The first person to send in their
five pounds registration fee and
tell me the correct solution to why
they hear the call: "Nairobi!" when
they shoot the Speed Moth will be
sent a cheque for twenty-five pounds
and their own payment returned. The
solution must, of course, agree with
my own, otherwise their would be
chaos, wouldn't there?

When someone has guessed the correct
solution (and it will be a guess) I
will see if I can get the various ST
magazines to print a small mention
in the PD columns (Please Mr Editor,
sir!). I will also contact the PD
libraries and let them know and
mention it on forthcoming software
releases of my own - don't worry, I
won't let you miss it.

N.B. I'm afraid no correspondence
whatsoever can be entered into on
the subject though.

Members of my close family, living
or dead, may not enter this
competition. Neither can my friends
(not that I have any, but it sounds
good doesn't it?)

CLOSING DATE: In case no one comes
up with the correct solution I think
we'll call it a day on the 6th June
1993 - and why not? If it's good
enough for Churchill it's good
enough for me.

FREEPLAY!:

DEREK: "So, what's this LORD OF THE
ISLE game all about then, Ron?"

RON: "Well, it's a board-like
strategy game, actually, with great
graphics and sampled sound."

DEREK: "Bit like LUDO then, eh?"

RON: "No, not really."

DEREK (anxiously): "What then, tell
me at once."

RON: "Well, you choose an old sea
captain to control and then you have
to do battle against this insane
chappie who's into voodoo and thinks
he owns the island you're on."

DEREK: "Who? John Major?"

RON: "Nah! He's not insane - that's
his problem. It's a chap named
Quimby you've got to worry about."

DEREK: "Does he own it?"

RON: "He does if you don't win.
Anyway, you thrown your dice and
cast spells and summon things to
help you. Meanwhile, you try to get
a bottle to float round the island
before his does."

DEREK: "Sounds fun!"

RON: "It is. I bought two copies!"

DEREK: "I thought is was FREE when
you paid for insecticide?"

RON (looking embarrassed) "Er...it
is."


NEWS!

If you are interested in adventure
games, I have recently put a
humourous text and graphic adventure
into the PD too. It's called THE
OBSCURE NATURALIST. The main object
of the game is to become a famous
naturalist by getting to an island
in the middle of a lake and
photographing some rare Baby Herons.
This program is very unusual, very
original and very massive - there's
not a troll or a dwarf in sight, but
it has a certain magic all of it's
own. It is divided into two parts,
the second part being available via
registration complete with a four
page hints and tips sheet. Having
said that, part one is bigger than
most full adventure games anyway and
you can play that for free - wow! If
you feel really adventurous you can
get the full game, plus the tips
sheet direct from me for five
pounds.

WHAT THE MAGAZINES SAID ABOUT THE
OBSCURE NATURALIST:

"It's well-crafted and free from the
obvious grammatical and spelling
errors - the writing is fairly rich
too, and liberally sprinkled with
dry humour - appealing graphics -
worth a ramble."

                   ST FORMAT
                   (issue 39)

"Excellent Graphics and some very
well-written text."

                   ATARI ST REVIEW
                   (issue 5)

MORE NEWS!!!

If you are interested in astronomy
(and I know you all are) you might
like to purchase another program
from me called THE NORTHERN AND
EQUATORIAL STAR ATLAS. This details
the forty-three constellations that
make up the northern and equatorial
sky and contains info for all levels
of amateur astronomy. Demos for 1040
and 520 machines are in the public
domain now but please note that the
full program only runs on a minimum
of 1040K and in medium res. You can
obtain the full program from me for
only five pounds. But if you tell me
you have a Double-sided drive when
paying for Insecticide I will
include the 520 demo version along
with Lord of the ISLE.

WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE NORTHERN
AND EQUATORIAL STAR ATLAS

"A must for the budding astronomer
and is a great learning aid in
recognising the constellations as
well as gaining an insight into
their history and composition."

               ATARI ST USER
               (issue 81)





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