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Assassins 2 - Ultimate Games No. 2 (1995)(Weird Science)[!][Amiga-CD32-CDTV].iso
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INSTRUCTIONS
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Because this game is far more advanced than Ant Wars 1 , I`ve had to re-do the
whole interface to the game . These instructions tell you what the different
buttons do . Read on ...
N.B The best way to use these instructions is to load the game , play until
you find something you don`t understand and press A + Left Amiga key
to jump back to workbench , where you can look it up here !
Pressing A + Left Amiga Key will bring you back to where you left off.
If you don`t have much memory this could cause the game to crash !
Alternativly , if you have a printer , these text files are ASCII so
you could print them out with any print program !
controls :
Player 1 - Cursor keys = Up/Down/Left/Right
SPACE = Fire
Player 2 - Joystick = Up/Down/Left/Right
Fire button = Fire
The mouse is used in the pre-game selection but not in the game .
If you have difficulties getting the program to work , it`s probably because
you`re low on memory . Try running the game without sound effects or music
to get a few more Kilobytes , and close any extra programs which might be
running . If you still have problems , contact me with a detailed description
of your problem and I`ll see what I can do .
*** This game will only run from Df0:(the internal drive) ! ***
The Selection screen is pretty simple to figure out ;
There are 5 working levels of the 10 available , these are Level numbers 1-4
and the Random level ( In case you get sick of the other 4 ) . The rest of the
levels will only work in the registered version .
The Credits bar limits the amount of vehicles each player can buy in the
Armoury . It probably looks useless at first , but if you limit your credits
the armoury screen takes on a very tactical element .
In this version of the game only 2 of the vehicles can be selected in the
armoury , therefore only 2 can be used in the game ! Subscribe and you get the
other three ! ( Hint , hint .. )
*** In General ***
The screen is split into 2 halves , with player one on the left , player 2
on the right .
The 2 green bars in the middle represent the lives each base has left .
The objective of the game is still to blow up the other chaps base , but this
time each player has 5 lives . ( note : Plane bullets and Anti Aircraft bullets
do not damage the bases ! )
*** Control ***
The control system might seem a bit daunting at first , but spend a little time
getting used to it and it will soon become second nature !
When the game starts , you are in SELECT mode , and a red arrow should appear
above each players nest .
Pushing down will bring you to the deploy screen ...
- Deploy -
Move Left / Right to select Ant / Vehicle
Press Fire to deploy your choice.
You will now automatically be put in control of your deployed vehicle / ant .
Pushing up while in select mode brings you to SCROLL mode ...
- Scroll -
Move Left / Right to select direction of scroll
Press Fire to scroll
Push down to go back into Select mode ...
- Select -
If you have anything deployed , you select it by moving
Left / Right until the icon for that vehicle / ant appears and a red
arrow appears just above it .
Move down to go into the CONTROL mode for it .
- Control -
From control mode , press up to get back to select mode .
*** Ants - ***
All the original options are available plus a few more .
Select which you want to do by using up / down / left / right and press fire.
The bridges build themselves ( you no longer sacrifice an ant ) in the
direction the ant is facing .
Use mining by pressing fire on the button , then moving in a direction .
Upwards mining is now possible !
Bazookas ! - The bazooka interface is one I`m very proud of . On the left are
four buttons . Use these to alter angle / force . An arc at the bottom shows
the path of your shot . Once you have the direction set up , move onto the
bomb you wish to use . These are ;
Heat : Explodes with no crater ( unlimited )
Nuke : Self destruct ( useful in close proximity )
Hi-Explosive : Explodes leaving a crater ( 5 per ant )
Guided : Once launched , left / right steers this missile . ( 5 per ant )
Pressing fire again cause the missile to self destruct in mid air .
* Helis - ( Not available this version ! )
Slightly different from the original .
The move button must be clicked first to move the heli . Press fire again to
access the buttons to collect / drop your ants .
To stop controlling your heli either ;
(a) Fly it off the side of the screen and press fire . ( Goes back into your
stock of vehicles )
(b) Crash it into something ! ( They explode now , use them as kamakazis ! )
*** Planes - ***
These are probably the most fun , great for dogfights and such .
Once a plane has been launched it can`t land again so use them wisely
( conversely , kill them wisely ! Crash `em into your opponents base if you
can . )
Left / Right alters the path of your plane , fire shoots a bullet .
* Tanks - ( Not available this version ! )
Up to five tanks may be out at a time .
The left / right buttons move the tank when you press fire on them .
The Shoot button brings up a requestor similar to the ant bazooka one .
There are 2 extra types of missile available with tanks ;
Anti Aircraft - A stream of bullets which you can steer using Left / Right .
These have a massive range ( press fire again to blow them up
in mid air . )
Cluster - Drops 3 bombs half way half way along it`s flight path .
These are great for "blanketing" an area .
There is a limit of 5 hi-ex bombs and 5 cluster bombs to each tank .
* Bikes - ( Not available this version ! )
Only one bike may be deployed at a time .
These vehicles are very manouverable , which gives them the advantage over
the other vehicles and ants .
Anyway , the control is practically identical to the tanks , except they use
the same bombs as the ants .
*** Jeeps - ***
These can carry up to 5 ants at a time , but only one can be out at a time .
Use the UP / DOWN buttons to pick up / drop the nearest ant .
The left and right buttons move the jeep .
*** About Ant Wars II ****
I tried to make all the different types of vehicles have certain pros and cons
to them to add depth to the gameplay and I think I fairly well succeeded .
For example the bikes are great because they can travel practically anywhere ,
but only one can be out at a time .
Tanks are less manouverable , but up to five can be out at a time and the
Anti Aircraft gun is a killer against planes , much more effective than the
bike`s guided missile .
I think this game`s playability is roughly a billion times that of the
original ( myself and my friends would be playtesting to remove a bug and we`d
end up playing for hours ! With the last game I had to playtest it myself ! )
, a lot of this is down to the simultaneous playing . It made the programming
dead hard but it was worth it !
I honestly hope you enjoy playing this demo , but for 5 and a bit quid ,
the full version is certainly good value for money ! If you can subscribe ,
please do !