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TOMMY'S TURKEYS (C) COPYRIGHT 1986 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CATALOG #86-012-1A
*NOTE: TO EXIT TOMMY'S TURKEYS, HIT FUNCTION KEY F6, THE ESC KEY, OR THE "Q"
KEY.
INSTRUCTIONS:
DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE YOU JUST WANT TO SHOOT TURKEYS?
TOMMY'S TURKEYS IS A GOOD OLD FASHIONED TURKEY SHOOT ... ALTHOUGH AN OBSERVER
MAY SOON HAVE REASON TO WONDER WHO THE TURKEY IS!
YOUR GUN IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. YOU CAN MOVE IT BY USING
THE ARROW KEYS LOCATED ON THE NUMERIC KEY PAD; TO FIRE, PRESS EITHER FUNCTION
KEY F1 OR F9 OR F10 (THEY ARE INTERCHANGEABLE), OR HIT THE SPACE BAR.
THE SCREEN IS DIVIDED INTO 10 HORIZONTAL 'RUNS', NUMBERED FROM 1 STARTING AT
THE TOP. YOUR SCORE FOR SHOOTING A TURKEY IS EQUAL TO THE RUN NUMBER.
THERE ARE 8 GAME TYPES:
1. TURKEY RUNS. EVERY TURKEY IS CONSTRAINED TO STAY IN A PARTICULAR RUN
AND RUN IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION (R-L OR L-R) UNTIL IT HAS SUCCESSFULLY
CROSSED THE RUN, WHEREUPON IT WILL DROP DOWN TO THE NEXT LOWER RUN,
WHICH ALWAYS MAKES IT RUN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ACROSS THE SCREEN.
IF A TURKEY SUCCESSFULLY RUNS ACROSS RUN NUMBER 10 THEN 100 POINTS ARE
DEDUCTED FROM YOUR SCORE.
2. MAD TURKEYS. THE TURKEYS COME STRAIGHT AT YOU FROM THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
IF A TURKEY CATCHES YOU, YOU ARE GOBBLED UP AND THE GAME ENDS.
3. TURKEY INVADERS. THE TURKEYS HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY ALIENS TO ATTACK IN
FORMATION AND FIRE BACK.
4. TURKEY TORO. YOU MUST FACE A GALLOPING BULL TURKEY AND ITS GORY BEAK.
5. TURKEY WAVES. THE TURKEYS MOUNT AN ATTACK THROUGH SHEER NUMBERS AND
CHARGE YOU AS A HERD, TRYING TO TRAMPLE YOU.
6. INVISIBLE TURKEYS. SAME AS TURKEY WAVES EXCEPT THE TURKEYS HAVE PERFECTED
THE TURKEY CLOAKING DEVICE AND ARE INVISIBLE MOST OF THE TIME.
7. TURKEY TORPEDOES. SAME AS TURKEY RUNS EXCEPT THE TURKEYS NOW FIGHT BACK
BY FLINGING THE ONLY NATURAL OFFENSIVE MISSILES THEY HAVE AT YOU.
8. TURKEY CORRAL. LIKE TURKEY RUNS EXCEPT THE TURKEYS HAVE THEIR OWN GUNS
LIKE YOURS.
DIFFICULTY LEVELS:
THE DIFFICULTY LEVELS ARE 1..9, WITH 9 THE MOST DIFFICULT. IN TYPE 1 GAMES,
WITH DIFFICULTY LEVELS GREATER THAN 1, THE TURKEYS ARE RELEASED IN HIGHER
NUMBERED RUNS THAN JUST THE FIRST.
TIME LIMIT (GAME TYPES 1 AND 7 ONLY):
YOU CAN SELECT A TIME LIMIT FROM 60 TO 9999 TURKEY-SECONDS. IF YOU SIMPLY
HIT <ENTER>, YOU GET A TIME LIMIT OF 300 TURKEY-SECONDS. THE HIGH SCORES
ARE KEPT ON DISK ONLY FOR GAMES PLAYED WITH A TIME LIMIT OF 300 T-SECS.
GUN MAGAZINE:
YOUR GUN HAS A 6-SHOT MAGAZINE. WHEN IT IS EMPTY, YOU CANNOT FIRE FOR 3 GAME
CLOCK TICKS SO IT CAN BE RELOADED.
FUNCTION KEYS:
FN KEY # FUNCTION
F1 FIRE THE GUN (YOU CAN ALSO USE F9 AND F10).
F2 SOUND EFFECTS TOGGLE SWITCH (TURNS SOUND ON AND OFF).
F3 DEMO/MANUAL GUN MOVING MODE SWITCH (THE PROGRAM ALWAYS STARTS
IN MANUAL MODE). *WARNING* PRESSING THIS KEY ZEROES THE SCORE!
F4 TRIGGERED/CONTINUOUS GUN FIRE (THE PROGRAM ALWAYS STARTS IN
CONTINUOUS MODE). IN CONTINUOUS MODE, THE GUN FIRES
AUTOMATICALLY; IN TRIGGERED MODE, YOU MUST PRESS F1, F9, OR F10
TO FIRE. BE SURE TO HAVE IT IN CONTINUOUS MODE IF YOU WANT A
HANDS-OFF DEMO OF THE PROGRAM (WITH F3 SET TO DEMO MODE).
F5 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
F6 QUIT THE GAME (YOU CAN ALSO HIT THE ESC KEY OR THE "Q" KEY).
F7 ABORT CURRENT GAME AND PROMPT FOR A NEW TYPE (YOU CAN ALSO
RESET THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL AND THE TIME LIMIT THIS WAY).
F8 ABORT CURRENT GAME AND RESTART GAME OF SAME TYPE, LEVEL,AND
TIME LIMIT.
F9,F10 FIRE THE GUN (SEE FN KEY F4). YOU CAN ALSO USE F1 OR THE SPACE
BAR TO FIRE.
DISPLAYS:
THE BOTTOM LINE DISPLAYS THE CURRENT DIFFICULTY LEVEL, SCORE, SHOTS FIRED,
ROUNDS LEFT IN MAGAZINE, HIGH SCORE ON PREVIOUS GAMES, AND CLOCK TIME.
TO BYPASS THE STARTUP SHOW:
HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE WHEN RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS.
COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
S START UP WITH SOUND OFF
M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
* SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW
EXAMPLE: >TURKEYS MS
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TOMMY'S TOYS, P.O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA.
GOOD LUCK!