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- Scramble
- --------
- Watch out for that next mountain! Maneuver your ship over a rough terrain
- in an effort to destroy the enemy base. Careful piloting alone won't get you
- to your destination... you must brave rockets, UFOs, flamoids and some very
- tight tunnels. Few people have ever seen the enemy base, let alone destroy
- it. Will you be one of the select few?
-
- Controls
- --------
- Joystick: Moves ship up or down, faster or slower. Moves in 8 directions
- indicated on overlay.
- Button 1: Not used.
- Button 2: Not used.
- Button 3: Bomb. Drops bombs on objects below.
- Button 4: Laser. Shoots lasers at approaching objects.
-
- Difficulty Selection
- --------------------
- You can select any of 3 difficulty levels when beginning Scramble:
-
- Difficulty Fuel Missile UFO Maze
- Level Consumption Flight Speed Width
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Game 1 Slow Straight Slow Average
- Game 2 Medium Curves Medium Average
- toward you
- Game 3 Fast Curves Fast Tight
- toward you
-
- Game Play
- ---------
- Your ship will immediately come into view and the landscape of the first
- part of your journey will begin moving beneath you. Use the joystick to
- maneuver your ship across the terrain, avoiding the mountains and other
- obstacles. Press button 3 to drop bombs. Press button 4 to fire lasers at
- the obstacles. If you are successful in piloting through that section of the
- terrain, you will immediately fly to the next, more difficult part of the
- planet. If you successfully travel through all levels, you will eventually
- reach the enemy base.
-
- Joystick
- --------
- The joystick lets you control the ship's height and speed. Push the
- joystick up and down to control how high you are flying. By moving the
- joystick right and left, you can control the speed. You can also move
- diagonally. You cannot move any further back then the left side of the
- screen.
-
- Objects Found on Journey
- ------------------------
- The various obstacles you will encounter as you head toward the enemy base
- include:
-
- Missiles- [Obvious- they will launch up at you sometimes.]
- Fuel Tanks- [Boxes on two legs.]
- Mystery Bases- [Big box with an X in it.]
- UFOs- ["Bowl-shaped." Have vertical symmetry.]
- Flamoids- [Almost triangles. Have horizontal symmetry.]
-
- Levels
- ------
- There are five levels in Scramble which you must survive in an effort to
- get to the enemy base. The levels are as follows:
-
- LEVEL ONE: The Mountains.
- Fly over a mountainous terrain, destroying obstacles. Maneuver
- carefully... surface-to-air missiles will be constantly
- released.
-
- LEVEL TWO: The Cavern.
- Weave your way through a treacherous cavern. Be sure to avoid
- the floor and ceiling while also avoiding or destroying the
- UFOs.
-
- LEVEL THREE: The Flamoids.
- Careful piloting is required to survive this level. Flamoids
- are speeding toward you and your bullets and lasers have no
- effect on them -- you can only try to avoid this danger.
-
- LEVEL FOUR: The City.
- Climb high over the walls of the city. Watch carefully because
- missiles hidden in silos may take off and destroy you at any
- moment.
-
- LEVEL FIVE: The Maze.
- This tight maze requires absolute precision to survive. The
- fuel tanks at the beginning are your last chance to fuel up
- before tackling the enemy base.
-
- LEVEL SIX: The Enemy Base.
- Your only objective is to bomb the enemy base. This level will
- repeat until the base is successfully destroyed.
-
- Fuel
- ----
- The fuel gauge is at the bottom of the screen. Each of your ships will
- start with a full tank and you can add fuel by destroying the fuel tanks with
- bombs or lasers. Each fuel tank is worth 1/8 of your tank. If you start to
- run low, your fuel gauge will flash and a warning signal will sound. If you
- do run out of fuel, your ship will crash.
-
- Collisions
- ----------
- If you collide with the landscape or any obstacle, you will lose one ship.
- You will automatically return to the beginning of the level you were on.
-
- Bombing the Enemy Base
- ----------------------
- Once the enemy base is hit, the Scramble them is played and the difficulty
- of the game is increased further. You will get a full tank of fuel and will
- automatically advance to LEVEL ONE again.
-
- Number of Ships
- ---------------
- In each game you start with 5 ships. A bonus ship is awarded when you
- score 10,000 points.
-
- Scoring
- -------
- As long as you are flying you are awarded 10 points every second. You are
- also awarded points for destroying obstacles. The obstacles, their point
- values and the levels in which they appear are as follows:
-
- Obstacle Points Levels
- ---------------------------------------------------------
- Missile (on ground) 50 1,2,3,4
- Missile (in air) 80 1,4
- Fuel Tank 150 1,2,3,4,5
- Mystery Base 200 1,2,3,4
- UFO 100 2
- Enemy Base 850 6
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-
- z_morganrw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
-