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- STUN RUNNER DOCS
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- TYPED BY THE BOSS MAN OF XCESS
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- THE ULTIMATE HIGH SPEED CHALLENGE....
- GUIDE YOUR STUN SHIP TRHOUGH A MAZE OF TWISTING TUNNELS AVOIDING OBSTACLES
- AND ENEMY CRAFT,AS YOU BLAST YOUR WAY THROUGH THE 24 LEVELS TO THE ULTIMATE
- CHALLENGE.
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- FEATURES
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- GUIDE YOUR STUN SHIP USING LEFT AND RIGHT CONTROLS THROUGH THE TUNNELS.
- *AS IN A BOBSLEIGH RUN YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THE OUTSIDE CURVE OF THE TUNNEL
- WALL AS THIS IS THE FASTEST PATH.
- *ONCE ARMED USE YOUR LASERS TO DESTROY THE ENEMY CRAFT-WATCH OUT SOME OF
- THEM ARE INDESTRUCTABLE BY LASER FIRE.
- *FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE GREEN STARS WHICH SHOW YOU THE FASTEST ROUTE THROUGH
- THE BENDS.
- *SHOCKWAVES CAN BE COLLECTED BY DRIVING OVER ENOUGH GREEN STARS-HANDY IN
- STICKY SITUATIONS AS THEY ANNHALIATE EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH.
- *TURBO BOOST PADS LAUNCH THE STUN SHIP TO NEAR LIGHT SPEEDS-SO FAST THAT
- YOUR SHIP BECOMES TRANSPARENT AND PASSES THROUGH ALL OBJECTS UNHARMED,
- INCLUDING ENEMY CRAFT.
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- ENEMIES
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- THE TRAIN...THIS IS A RELITAVELY HARMLESS OBJECT BUT IT CAN GET IN YOUR WAY
- AND IT TAKES SEVERAL SHOTS TO DESTROY IT.TRAINS ALWAYS TRAVEL ALONG THE
- BOTTOM OF THE TUNNELS
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- MAG CYCLES...THESE ZOOM ALONG THE TUNNELS AT HIGH SPEEDS BUT ARE PRONE TO
- SUDDEN BRAKING.THEIR SMALL SIZE CAN MAKE THEM DIFFICULT TO SHOOT.
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- DRONES...THESE ARE USUALLY FOUND IN GROUPS OF THREE AND ARE SLOW MOVING.THEY
- ARE INTELLEGENT AND WILL ATTEMPT TO BLOCK YOUR PATH.
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- ARMED DRONES...THESE BEHAVE LIKE THE OTHER DRONES BUT THEIR ARMOUR MAKES
- THEM INDISTRUCTABLE TO LASER FIRE
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- FLIERS...THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH AS THEY ZOOM PAST DROPPING
- BOMBS OR MISSILES ONTO THE TRACK.SHOOT THEM FOR HIGH POINTS.
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- INSTRUMENTS
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- YOUR PANEL SHOWS THE NUMBER OF ENEMY CRAFT KILLED,STARS COLLECTED,SHOCKWAVES
- AND BOOSTS AS WELL AS YOUR SPEED AND THE TIME REMAINING TO FINISH THE LEVEL.
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- CONTROLS
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- JOYSTICK-ALL VERSIONS: LEFT=MOVE LEFT RIGHT=MOVE RIGHT
- UP=AIM UP DOWN=AIM DOWN
- FIRE=FIRE LASER SPACE=FIRE SHOCKWAVE
- KEYBOARD-FOLLOW ON SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS
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- HINTS/TIPS
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- COLLECT STARS FOR BONUS SHOCKWAVE.
- THE OUTSIDE OF TURNS ARE FASTER
- BOOST PADS INCREASE SPEED
- WATCH OUT FOR INDESTRUCTABLE DRONES
- STAY OFF THE RAILS.