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- SPACE INTRUDERS -- Video game for MS-DOS-Compatible computers
- Manual (short version)
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- Minimum System Requirements:
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- At least 520 kilobytes of free RAM, 32-bit CPU (386 or later),
- color VGA card and monitor.
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- Files
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- Space Intruders is composed of the following files:
- INTRUDER.COM Program code
- INTRUDER.TBL Table of hi-scores
- INTRUDER.DAT Data
- INTRUDER.GRX Graphics data
- INTRUDER.SND Sound data
- INTRUDER.DOC Documentation (ASCII text, this file)
- INTRUDER.TXT Summary of keyboard commands (ASCII text)
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- The Aliens Are Comming...
-
- Well, it's those pesky aliens again! But, hey, you know what
- to do, right? So...strap on your garter belts, set phasers
- on "disintegrate", gird up thy loins, and prepare thyself for
- total carnage! I love it! Yeah!
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- Starting The Game
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- Turn on your computer. Insert the disk in drive A or B.
- Log the drive which contains the disk. Type INTRUDER and
- press the <enter> key. The program should load within 60
- to 90 seconds.
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- Bonus
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- A bonus ship is awarded at 200K, 500K, 1M, 2M, 3M, 4M, etc.
- It is possible to play indefinitely, but I wouldn't count on
- this. My highest score is 3,601,725 points; I died on wave 57.
- Don't feel bad if you can't play indefinitely, the game is
- designed to ensure that no human can play indefinitely. By the
- way, the game can register a maximum score of 99,999,975 points.
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- Game Hints
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- Well, what can I tell ya? The object of the game is to score
- as much points as possible. So, obviously, it pays to go
- after as many saucers as possible during a given wave.
- Destroy aliens by columns, rather than by rows, this way the
- aliens take longer to move across the screen, giving you more
- time to go after saucers. You should eventually end up with
- one alien, preferably the top-most one. Try to keep that one
- alien alive while going after saucers, but don't let the alien
- get too low. If the aliens land then it's game over. Keep
- in mind that you can have only 16 missles on the screen at
- any given time, so use them wisely -- don't waste 'em.
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- Stress Reliever?
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- Space Intruders is designed to be a stress reliever -- you get
- to blast hordes of aliens with minimal risk to your own life.
- This game should pose no serious threat to experienced game
- players.
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- Optimizations
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- For best results unload all TSRs and don't use a memory
- manager. By the way, a TSR is a Terminate and Stay Resident
- program (a.k.a. Memory Resident programs).
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- Troubleshooting
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- If you get an error message or INTRUDER doesn't start, try
- this: format a floppy using FORMAT A:/S then re-boot your
- system using this newly formatted floppy. Now try starting
- INTRUDER. If this doesn't work then you probably have a bad
- copy of the program.
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- About The Author
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- Space Intruders was written by me, Sarwan Narine. You can
- reach me on CompuServe at user ID 76675,164 or via Internet
- at 76675.164@compuserve.com.
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