DRONE DUSTERS¢BY BOB AYIK¢¢ Drone Dusters is a fast and¢furious machine language game based¢on the tank-action arcade hit Targ.¢To complete one of the game's 15¢screens, you must run over all 13¢pulsating dots or shoot all nine¢pursuing drones that are trying to¢run over you.¢¢ You can play Drone Dusters with a¢joystick or from the keyboard. Plug¢the joystick into port 1. First,¢copy DRONE.EXE to another disk which¢has the DOS.SYS and DUP.SYS files on¢it.¢XXX¢ Next, rename DRONE.EXE to¢AUTORUN.SYS. Now turn off your Atari¢and place this disk in your drive.¢Remove any cartridges (XL/XE owners¢hold down the [OPTION] key) and turn¢on your Atari. Drone Dusters will¢load and run automatically.¢¢ Each of the first eight screens¢adds a pre-set group of blocks to the¢grid. But the last seven screens add¢blocks randomly. Display colors also¢change at each new screen, so it's¢rare that you'll see the same screen¢twice during a game.¢XXX¢ If you prefer not to play with the¢joystick, keyboard moves are as¢follows. To go left, press [S]]. To¢go right, press [D]. Up is [U] and¢down is [N]. Pressing [CONTROL] [Q]¢aborts the game and takes you back to¢the title screen. Pressing [ESC]¢takes you back to DOS. To play¢another game, press the joystick¢button or any key and then press¢[START].¢¢ Your tank consists of two¢superimposed players, with a¢different design for each of the four¢directions it can face. You can move¢in reverse at any time, and you can¢"turn a corner" before reaching it¢XXX¢simply by pushing the joystick or a¢key for the turn. When the tank¢reaches the first corner in that¢direction, it will turn toward it.¢Be aware, however, that the tank¢likes to keep moving -- YOU must find¢out how to stop it.¢¢ The nine drones are bit-mapped¢Graphics 1 characters requiring 15¢redefined characters for each¢direction a drone can face. Drone¢speed increases with every fourth¢screen, as well as when five or one¢drones are left on a screen (after¢the first two screens). Maximum¢drone speed is never faster than the¢tank.¢XXX¢ When you get to the fourth screen,¢you'll start seeing a UFO -- a¢rotating triangular object. As the¢UFO movement speeds up, so does its¢spin rate. It will appear in a¢corner of the grid and flash briefly,¢taunting you to shoot it. And when¢you do blast it apart, it will¢reappear shortly thereafter and move¢faster. But it will never get faster¢than your tank. The UFO chases the¢tank with a "smarter" algorithm than¢the drones, and it constantly fires¢bullets at the tank, so keep on your¢toes.¢XXX¢ Each drone you shoot is worth 35¢points. Running over a dot gets you¢25. Shooting down a UFO is worth 95¢points. You'll earn 1,000 points for¢each screen you complete, up to 9,000¢points. At 20,000 points you'll get¢an extra tank.¢əəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəəə
