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* Chopper Attack V1.0 *
* By Neil Burlock *
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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Chopper Attack is copyright by Neil Burlock (All rights reserved).
This software is released as Shareware. If you find that you enjoy this
program then please register your copy.
This program may be distributed freely by any non-profit organisation or
individual (ie. Give your friends a copy). Any commercial organisations
who wish to distribute Chopper Attack (ie. Magazine cover disks) should
contact me before doing so. In any distribution the following files must
be included unaltered:
ChopperAttack
ChopperAttack.DOC
Data (Dir)
AMOS(C).Abk
CAIcons.Abk
CABackground.Abk
CASamples.Abk
CASprites.Abk
CATitle.Abk
Neil Burlock takes no resposibility for any problems arising from the
posession or use of this software.
Registration details are at the bottom of this file.
STARTING THE GAME
-----------------
To start Chopper Attack simply double click on the Chopper Attack icon.
or type "ChopperAttack" at the CLI prompt. After loading, the AMOS
Professional logo will be displayed, pause for a moment then fade, followed
by a little more loading and finally the Chopper Attack title screen (What
a lovely shade of pink!).
Chopper Attack uses the full PAL Amiga screen, however if it is run on
an NTSC machine, then the screen and graphics are repositioned and reduced
to remain visible.
PLAYING THE GAME
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Chopper Attack is a game for two players. The object is to shoot down
the enemy chopper 10 times. This is achieved through judicious use of a
machine gun mounted on the front of your craft.
To pilot your craft you only need to remember one rule : The chopper will
always accelerate towards it's rotor blades.
The game begins with a Yellow chopper to the left of the screen and
a Blue chopper on the right. Player 1 controls the Yellow, Player 2 the
Blue.
Pushing upward on the joystick opens the throttle which causes the
chopper to accelerate. If the joystick is not up then the throttle will
gradually close causing the helicopter to lose acceleration.
Pulling left and right alters helicopters angle of acceleration.
Pressing fire fires (of course!) the machine gun. To score a hit, the
black target that appears when you press fire must be in contact with the
enemy chopper.
When flying backwards (ie. tail pointing towards the ground and you have
some velocity) pulling downwards on the joystick will flip your chopper.
If the enemy chopper scores a hit on your craft or you collide with
either the pile of brown rocks in the center of the screen, or the wooden
buildings at either edge of the screen, your chopper will damage it's
shield. The shield level is the green bar at the top of the screen.
When all the green lights go out your chopper will explode.
If you land on either heli-pad your shields will slowly re-generate.
However, for every 4 points of shield you re-generate, you will lose 1
point from your score.
Every time your chopper is destroyed your enemy earns a point. When
either you or the enemy scores 10 points the game ends and the winning
scoreboard flashes.
The best way to learn how to play the game is to have a go.
One final word of warning : When your chopper is on the pad it must
always remain level. The chopper cannot land if it is not parallel to
the ground and once on the ground pulling left or right will destroy it.
CONTROLS
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Chopper Attack can be controlled by either joystick or keyboard.
PLAYER 1 : (Yellow chopper)
ACTION JOYSTICK PORT 0 KEYBOARD
open throttle up "E"
rotate right right "S"
rotate left left "D"
flip chopper down "X"
fire machine gun fire space bar
PLAYER 2 : (Blue chopper)
ACTION JOYSTICK PORT 1 KEYBOARD
open throttle up up cursor
rotate right right right cursor
rotate left left left cursor
flip chopper down down cursor
fire machine gun fire "/"
QUITTING
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To exit a game in progress at any time press the "q" key. This will
return you to the title screen.
To quit the game altogether press the "Escape" key. If a game is in
progress this option will not work.
REGISTERING, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
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Chopper Attack is written in AMOS Professional V2.01 and is fully multi-
tasking even on an A500 with half a meg of RAM (Has anyone actually got less
than 1 meg anymore?).
The registration fee is $10 Australian (about $10 US or 5 pounds sterling).
You could even send more if you feel like it!
Registered users will recieve a copy of the source code (fully commented!)
and the latest version of Chopper Attack.
This program was written over a period of several weeks. All code,
graphics and sound effects are entirely my own work, and as it is my work
I am constantly seeking ways to improve the quality of it.
If you have any comments, questions or bug reports (I really don't think
there are any bugs : Famous last words) then feel free to contact me.
Neil Burlock
14 Stevens Avenue
Salisbury Heights
South Australia 5109
Or contact Simon Barker at qaj@hal9000.apana.org.au via EMail.
Thanks to Simon Barker for all his wonderful and much needed help in bug
finding, playtesting and general ideas.