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- Sewer Software and DR.J present.....
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- STAR RAY
- by Logotron Ltd
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- The story so far ...
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- Since the first time you saw a Star Warrior on some TV space-opera,
- battling valiantly against the evil Citron and Tauran empires, you have
- nurtured a dream... to become a StarRay pilot! Now, you've sailed past the
- acceptance tests, you've survived the trainer-sims, you've done the dummy
- runs on the ice planet Charon - at last, you've made it!
-
- The first mission is on the planet Gorbaxa. It's a place where the used
- Kryptium - Energy Cells from the mammoth Star Cruisers are stored. Since
- one of the surviving robotships from the Kryx Wars dumped unused Kryptium-
- Cells there 2 years ago, the place has needed a 24 hour guard- the cells
- are priceless and dangerous. The Watch at Gorbaxa is just your kind of
- mission.
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- A few months later, you'll be on your way to Sirion. It's a holiday planet
- where dense impenetrable jungle is growing at such a frenzied rate, it
- could overgrow the hi-speed rail tracks within hours. Here, your mission
- is to protect the forest exterminator robots against the vicious wildlife.
-
- If you're still alive after that, the next mission is Sharlon, where the
- ozone layer requires your protection. And then...
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- LOADING
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- 1. Turn off the computer and disconnect all peripherals except monitor and
- joystick (and, if you have it, ST Replay).
- 2. Place the disk in drive A and switch on.
- 3. StarRay will now autoboot and enter demo mode.
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- Note: leave write-protect tab closed if you wish to save high scores.
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- THE GAME
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- To commence game, press fire button. Control is by Joystick or Keyboard.
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- Movement - Cursor (Arrow) Keys or Joystick.
- Fire - Alternate or Right Mouse Button.
- Vaporizers - Caps Lock or Left Mouse Button.
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- Special Functions
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- F2 - Music on/off
- F3 - Sound FX on/off
- F4 - Switches between 50 Hz and 60 Hz. Note: StarRay defaults to
- operating at monitor frequency 60 Hz, but some televisions may
- require 50 Hz - do not adjust your set, just toggle with F4.
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- StarRay Sampled Song will play on Atari 1040 STs only. If you own an ST
- Replay cartridge, then; R channels song through ST Replay, M channels song
- through Monitor.
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- SCREEN LAYOUT
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- Below the play area,t you will find the Radar Scan. You are the whit dot
- near the center, the installations you are protecting are the off-white
- dots on the bottom. When these are perverted by the alien Landers, they
- become red. Any other objects on the radar are active and hostile.
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- Shield Bar - signifying the energy supply to your shielding.
- Vaporizers Store - indicating how many are left.
- The Score.
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- WHAT YOU MUST DO
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- Your mission is always to protect the Installations on the ground. When
- these have gone, the game is over. Installations are different on each
- level - energy cells, forest robots, antigravity generators, etc.
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- The most common aliens are the Landers, which not only fly around, they
- shoot at you as well, and land on the installations which they pervert.
- For example, in the jungles of Sirion, Landers turn the installations into
- Gun Emplacements. Perverted installations should be attacked.
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- Some Landers leave a Bonus Ball when you shoot them. These should be
- collected (touch them). The StarRay fighter is enhanced according to the
- letter on the ball.
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- A - Improved acceleration
- V - Maximum speed is increased
- T - You can fire more rapidly
- P - Your laser gets greater penetrating power
- C - Continuous fire for 100 shots
- I - Invulnerability for 10 seconds
- B - Bonus points
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- If you hand around doing little, the vicious Blue Hunters will come for
- you. If you are good, you get bonus Air Buses. Shoot them down and
- collect the bonus objects.
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- On your first mission at Gorbaxa, you'll encounter Krellian mother ships.
- These seem harmless, but when shot they break up into many small UFOs,
- which chase behind you in your exhaust stream.
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- There are 7 missions in all, increasing in difficulty. Look forward to the
- living crystals, radar interference satellites, the silicon worms,
- collapsing cave passages, blood-thirsty plants, deadly guided missiles,
- etc., etc...
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- THE OPTIONS SCREEN
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- This is activated by pressing any key on the keyboard. This offers you:
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- Resume Game - from exactly where you left it.
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- View Game Screen - enabling screen photos and position analysis.
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- Sound On/Off - without sound StarRay is 1.8% faster and 23% more difficult.
- Restart at Level - This enables you to start on any of the first 4 levels,
- but only on level 1 is your energy maximised.
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- Last Game Option - Test have shown that StarRay gives pleasure to certain
- persons. For these there is the following problem: Those who have to get
- out of bed early in the morning, must actually stop playing at some time -
- but how, when their fingers are itching for the High Score? For these we
- have invented this option. Activate Last Game Option, lose, and nothing
- works anymore. To continue playing, one must load again - and thus there
- is time enough to glance at the clock and jump disgusted into bed.
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