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** SPECTRA IS LICENSED TO F1 LICENCEWARE AND IS NOT
FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE. IT IS NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN.
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SPECTRA is a highly addictive puzzle game that forces you to think ahead and
predict what will happen should you make a certain move.
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MAIN MENU
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PLAY GAME - Play SPECTRA
LEVEL CODE - Allows you to enter a level code and start at that level
PRACTICE GAME - Play SPECTRA without a time limit , so that you can get
used to the game.
INSTRUCTIONS - Some handy instructions
CREDITS - Game credits.
* If you stay on the main menu for approxiamately 8 seconds you will be
shown the high score table.
GAME INSTRUCTIONS
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The idea of SPECTRA is to change the coloured circles on the left of the
screen to match those on the right of the screen ( it`s as simple as that ,
or is it ?)
You begin with three lives and each level has a strict time limit.
When you click the left mouse button (LMB) on a circle it changes the colour
of the circle you click on through two colours in a range , and all adjacent
circles move on just one colour in the range.
The range of colours are : Red , Green , Blue , Magenta , Yellow.
e.g
Imagine the letters below are Blue coloured circles.
B Clicking on the centre circle , would have the
effect of moving the centre colour on two colours
B B B , to Yellow and the adjacent surrounding circles
on just one colour to Magenta in this case.
B
CHANGES TO ...
M If you continue to click in the centre of these
imaginary circles the centre circle would go past
M Y M the last colour in the range and so changes to
the first colour in the range , Red.
M
This may sound a little complicated , but the easiest way to get used to
the game is to load it and read the instructions in the game and then have
a practice for a while until you have the hang of it.
The idea of the game is to change the coloured circles on the left of the
screen to match the circles on the right withing the diminishing time limit!
The faster you complete a level the greater the number of points you will
receive.
You only have three lives in which to complete all of the brain testing
levels , denoted by rainbows at the top of the screen.
BONUS CIRCLES
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If you complete a level or lose a life and you have a score over 250 points
you will go to a bonus screen that allows you to trade in points for extra
bonuses. The bonuses must be used in the order in which you buy them , ie
the most recently bought bonus must be used first.
The bonuses are shown down the centre of the playing screen and stack upwards
until you can no longer obtain any more bonuses.
The bonus circles are as follows :-
N - single Nudge : Moves only the circle you click on onto the next colour
in the range without affecting surrounding circles.
M - single Match : Changes only the circle you click on to exactly the
required colour on the right of the screen , without
affecting surrounding circles.
S - Super change : Changes the circle you click on and adjacent circles
to exactly match the required colours of those circles
on the right of the screen.
L - skip Level : You must click on a circle to operate this. It skips
to the next level.
E - Extra life : You must click on a circle to operate this. Gives you
an extra life.
* To use any of the bonus circles , click the RIGHT mouse button on any
circle on the left hand side of the screen.
* Pressing `P` while playing PAUSES the game. Press `P` again to un-PAUSE.
* Pressing ~ESCape~ quits the game you are playing.
LEVEL COMPLETE
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When you have completed a level you will be notified and given a code , that
allows you to always return to this level without replaying the previous
levels.
You are not given the level codes in PRACTICE MODE.
GAME OVER
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If you use up your three lives and have a high score you will get the
opportunity to enter your name onto the high score table.
* High scores are saved to disk so leave the original disk on write enable
and make sure SPECTRA is the first program you have loaded when you turn
your AMIGA on , to avoid getting a possible virus off another disk.
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