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Coleco's Original
Destructor
For use with Coleco's Expansion Module #2
For one player
Select from four skill levels
Your starcruiser lands in the hostile city of Araknid to collect precious
Crystals needed desperately on earth. Your equipment: the mighty Ram-car. Use
your Ram-car to bump Krystaloids, transforming them into precious Crystals!
But
watch out for the evil Destructor and deadly Insektoids, protectors of the
Krystaloids! Can you collect the invaluable jewel-like Crystals and fly home?
GETTING READY TO PLAY
MAKE SURE THE COLECOVISION UNIT OR ADAM IS OFF BEFORE INSERTING OR REMOVING A
CARTRIDGE.
Choose your challenge!
The Title Screen appears on your TV. Wait for the Game Option screen to
appear,
then use the controller keypad to choose the skill level you want to play:
Skill 1 is just right for beginners. You get five Ram-cars for survival.
Skill 2 isn't as easy. You face tougher opponents with only four Ram-cars.
Skill 3 presents professional arcade action on your home screen. You get four
Ram-cars to face the ruthless Insektoids.
Skill 4 is the ultimate challenge. How long will your four Ram-cars last?
Select a skill option by pressing the corresponding number button on the
controller keypad.
WRECK THE INSEKTOIDS!
Your starcruiser is millions of light years from home in search of precious
Crystals in Araknid, a city on the planet Arthros. Your purpose is to collect
Crystals and take them back to Earth. Your methods are many. Ram Krystaloids.
The impact creates a chain reaction causing them to form into Crystals. Ram
Crystals into or fire them at Insektoids to stop their fatal harm. Fire
Crystals
at the deadly Destructor to stun it momentarily. Then quickly take the
Crystals
to your starcruiser for safe keeping! Use Coleco's Expansion Module #2
driving
unit to guide the armored Ram-car through Araknid's maze. Search for the
Krystaloid insects. Ram them to form Crystals, then push the Crystals to the
starcruiser. Beware of the Insektoids. If they catch your Ram-car, they'll
feast
on it!
Keep an eye out for the appearance of Destructor, the ruthless Insektoid"
master
who threatens your survival! Destructor tracks your Ram-car to the ends of
the
city.
The road is choked with ravenous Insektoids. They can be eliminated, but
Destructor keeps on coming! In the end, it's either you or Destructor. Who
will
win?
USING YOUR CONTROLS
Assemble Expansion Module #2 as shown in its owner's manual. Connect the
module
to Port 1 of the ColecoVision console or ADAM. Connect a hand controller to
Port
2. Turn the power ON.
1. Keypad: Before the game, Keypad Buttons 1-4 allow you to select the Skill
Option you want to play.
During the game, press any number Keypad Button to fire the Crystal that
Ram-car
is pushing.
2. Steering Wheel: The Steering Wheel turns your Ram-car just like a car
steering wheel. Rotate the wheel clockwise to turn Ram-car to the right.
Rotate
the wheel counterclockwise to turn to the left.
3. Control Stick: Press the Control Stick up (away from you) to put the
Ram-car
in forward gear. Press the Control Stick down (toward you) to put the Ram-car
in
reverse gear. This also releases a Crystal that you are pushing. Pressing the
Control Stick in any other direction has no effect.
4. Foot Pedal: Press the Foot Pedal to increase your Ram-car's speed. Release
the pedal to decrease speed to a stop.
NOTE: The Side Buttons are not used in DESTRUCTOR.
HERE'S HOW TO PLAY
Speed away!
Your Ram-car stands on the starcruiser ramp, ready to collect precious
Crystals
for Earth. You begin each turn in forward gear. Press the Foot Pedal to move
the
Ram-car off the ramp and down to the business of collecting!
Crystali-zation.
The Crystals Needed indicator tells you how many Crystals to take back to the
starcruiser. Higher Skill Levels require you to gather more Crystals than
lower
Skill Levels. The more missions you complete at any Skill Level, the more
Crystals you'll have to gather as you continue playing. Better start moving
through the Araknid maze to find those Crystals!
Keep your eyes on the road.
The Ram-car is a hardy machine. It can bump the border or starcruiser without
the slightest damage. But the Arthros acid river is another story. If the
Ram-
car runs off the road into the acid river, it sinks and disintegrates!
Danger.
At first, the streets of Araknid appear empty, even safe. Look at the radar
screen. Nothing appears to threaten, but don't trust the calm. At any moment,
Insektoids can attack. Beware! Insektoids eat metal and synthetics. They
feast
on Ram-cars!
Crack a Krystaloid.
So where are the Crystals? They're inside the Krystaloids. Ram one and the
impact creates a chain reaction that causes it to form a Crystal. Drive your
Ram-car against the Crystal to grab hold of it. Now push your prize to the
starcruiser.
Remember, you can't pull a Crystal. Going in reverse releases it. You can
push
one Crystal at a time while going forward or turning.
Caution: Acid and Crystals don't mix! If a Crystal touches the acid river, it
disintegrates. So be careful not to lose your precious cargo!
More is less.
Each sector of the city has a finite number of Krystaloids roaming its
corridors. You may not always have swarms of Krystaloids around you.
As you ram Krystaloids into Crystals, they seem to send out signals to others
as
a warning. The more Krystaloids you ram, the fewer and fewer show up looking
to
become your catch! What do you do? You'll have to search in other sectors of
Araknid for more catch. But whatever you do, grab hold of a nearby Crystal
and
push it to your starcruiser. There's no time to lose!
Up the ramp.
When you get to the starcruiser, push the Crystal up the ramp. When the
Crystal
reaches the starcruiser's hold, it drops in, freeing you for another trek
through the maze in search of more Krystaloids.
Battling the Insektoids.
Insektoids crowd your Ram-car. What now? Ram more Krystaloids and build a
wall
of Crystals to temporarily stop the enemy from getting to you. Insektoids
cannot
move Crystals, but they can move around them!
Here's a hint: Ravenous Insektoids like to eat isolated Crystals--those
standing
alone. And they sometimes like to eat Crystals that are touching
others--those
linked as Crystal walls. But usually they just turn away from the walls. The
walls of Crystals can protect not only your Ram-car, but also the Crystals
themselves!
Shooting Back.
Crystals have many uses. The energized (flashing) Crystals pushed by the
Ram-car
are deadly to Insektoids. If an Insektoid comes into contact with an
energized
Crystal, both the Insektoid and the valuable Crystal are eliminated in an
explosion. A small price to pay for survival!
Your Ram-car has two attack options. You can ram an energized Crystal into an
Insektoid or shoot the Crystal. To shoot, aim the Ram-car at the Insektoid
and
press any number Keypad Button to fire the Crystal. If the Crystal makes
contact, both are eliminated.
Enter Destructor!
Just when you have the feel of this alien world, Destructor appears. Now you
realize that the king of enemies has arrived. You can first see Destructor
when
it appears as a black square on your Ram-car's radar screen. It's sniffing
the
streets of Araknid looking for you. Destructor stops to eat Crystals as it
moves
through Araknid's maze--even when it's out of sight (you can hear it
munching).
Destructor on the move.
Soon enough, Destructor shows up. It's on the move and you need protection.
Quickly build walls of Crystals. These walls delay Destructor for a bit,
giving
you a chance to grab another Crystal and push it to the starcruiser!
Destructor can never be eliminated, and continues pursuing you. Now you can
be
clever. If you ram Destructor with an energized Crystal, it stops to eat. But
if
you fire a Crystal at it, Destructor stops in its tracks, stunned for a few
seconds. You've sacrificed another Crystal for survival. Use your costly time
wisely.
Destructor Eggs.
See the harmless-looking, yellow-and-black form sitting in the road and
motionless? It's a Destructor egg. Drive by if you must, but be careful.
Sometimes the egg hatches a new Destructor to chase you! Perhaps just to be
safe, fire a Crystal at it. That'll take care of matters--for now.
Here one minute, gone the next.
Your Ram-car is trapped: Insektoids are closing in, Destructor is breathing
down
your neck and the starcruiser is clear on the other side of Araknid. What can
you do? How can you escape? Quickly roam sectors of the city to find a remote
Teleporter to get back to the ship. Drive into the Teleporter. Moments later
the
Ram-car appears in the Master Teleporter on the starcruiser. You're
temporarily
safe from Insektoid enemies.
Every time you use a remote Teleporter/ you always teleport to the
starcruiser.
When you re-enter the Master Teleporter, you always return to the remote
Teleporter you originally came from.
Whenever you start a new round, or whenever your Ram-car is eaten by an enemy
and you restart the same round, the Master Teleporter is deactivated. You
must
use a remote Teleporter to get back to the ship and activate the Master
Teleporter.
By the way, if your Ram-car pushes a Crystal into a Teleporter, both the
Ram-car
and the Crystal return to the starcruiser's Master Teleporter. Drive around
the
ship, go up the ramp and push the Crystal into the ship's hold. Safe!
The Final Crystal.
The Crystals Needed indicator reads one Crystal to go. Your Ram-car places
this
final Crystal in the starcruiser and your first mission is now complete.
Fasten
your seatbelt--the starcruiser is ready to blast off to return to Earth!
Second chance.
If you've survived your first go-round on Araknid, you return from Earth to
land
in a new location of a transformed city. What's different this time? Road
connections may have changed. Bridges may no longer cross canals. Teleporters
are located in different sectors. And Araknid's residents are riled. You now
must face more Insektoids and a mean, mean Destructor.
Nighttime means plight-time.
Depending on your Skill Level, your next round might take place at night.
Unfortunately, you won't be able to see everything you saw during the
daytime.
Some things are identifiable, though. You can see the acid river. And you can
see roaming Krystaloids plain enough. You can even spot Destructor. But
borders?
Sorry. You'll have to bump your way around them. And Insektoids? Forget it!
They
can sneak around in the dark to set ambushes for you!
Help in the dark.
There are some things that can help you in the darkness. Sounds, of course,
continue to clue you in on activity. And you get a momentary flash of
daylight
when your ram-car bumps a Krystaloid, border or the starcruiser, fires a
Crystal, or teleports. Now's your chance to take a quick look around and get
your bearings. And lucky for you, Insektoids glow with excitement as they get
near you.
But your plight at night is the same as during the day. Keep collecting
Crystals
as fast as you can. And don't forget you're safe on the ramp of your
starcruiser!
Sounding it out.
Your ears are as important as your eyes. Get to know the sounds you hear. Day
or
night, they warn you of danger, help you keep on your toes, and reinforce
your
actions. For example, when you're pushing a Crystal, it's "energized" and
emits
a pulsating sound. That's good. But when you hear a warning sound, it means
that
Destructor is near. That's bad! There are other sounds to listen for, but
you'll
hear them soon enough!
Round and round.
Survive your nighttime experience and you move on to further adventures. The
farther you go, the tougher the job. Your commission is finally over when
you've
lost your last Ram -car.
Starting over.
Press * after a game to replay the DESTRUCTOR game option that you have just
played. Press # to return to the Game Option screen.
Reset
Pressing the Reset Button stops the game and returns you to the Title Screen.
Reset can be used to start a new game at any time, and can also be used in
the event of a game malfunction.
SCORING
ACTION: POINTS
------- ------
Ram a Krystaloid .....................20
Eliminate with a Crystal:
Insektoid............................100
Destructor Egg......................1000
Stun Destructor.....................1000
In each round:
Take first Crystal to starcruiser....100
Second Crystal.......................200
Third Crystal .......................300
and so on!
Multiply!
Multiply each of the above scores by the number of the round you're playing.
Bonus Points.
Each time you complete a round, you earn Bonus Points: multiply the number of
Crystals you took to the starcruiser by 1000 points. For example, if you
gathered 10 Crystals, you earn 10,000 Bonus Points at the end of the round!
Bonus Ram-cars.
If you earn 20,000 points, you win one bonus Ram-car. From that point on, you
earn one bonus Ram-car for each additional 40,000 points earned, up to a
total maximum of five bonus Ram-cars.