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Spy Hunter

You are a world-class spy, driving for your life in your ultra-equipped
turbo-charged spy mobile. The road is crawling with enemy agents bent on
your destruction. They'll stop at nothing...so neither can you !

Maneuver your car with all the speed and skill you can, always watching
for the Road Lord, the Switch Blade, the Enforcer and other enemy agents
as they try to stop you cold on land and water. You must destroy them
before they destroy you!

ASSEMBLING SPY HUNTER'S DUAL CONTROL MODULE
To play Spy Hunter on your game system, you must use the Dual Control Module
which enables you to join your two joysticks together in one unit.
This is necessary because Fire Buttons on both joysticks are needed to
play Spy Hunter.

1. Holding the Dual Control Module with the cable openings in the position
   shown in diagram #1, guide joystick cable A through the opening closest
   to you. (Bottom right)
2. Peel back the paper covering on the Velcro attachment and as you pull
   up the cable slack, press the #1 joystick firmly into place with the
   joy stick's Fire Button in the upper left hand corner as shown in
   the diagram.
3. Now guide cable (B), the second joystick, through the cable opening
   at the upper left hand corner of the Dual Control Module. Make sure
   Fire Button is in the lower left position. Peel the paper covering
   the Velcro attachment. Again, as you guide the cable all the way
   through the opening, press the #2 joystick firmly into place inside
   the Dual Control Module. Make sure that the Fire Buttons on the
   joysticks are side-by-side toward the front, according to the diagram.
4. Plug the cable for joystick #1 into joyport #1. (Left)
   Plug the cable for joystick #2 into joyport #2. (Right)
5. When playing Spy Hunter, you use only joystick #1 to maneuver your
   Spy Car. Both Fire Buttons are used for activating your Spy Weapons.

SET UP AND GAME CONTROL

1. Insert the game cartridge while power is OFF.

2. Turn the power ON and select either Game #1, the more challenging game,
   or Game #2, the easier game, by using the left difficulty switch.
   Position "A" --------------- Game #1
   Position "B" --------------- Game #2
   Game #2 runs on a timer that gives you 90 seconds to complete the
   first leg of the course. You have an unlimited number of Spy
   lives (cars) during this time. During the 90 second time period,
   although you have an unlimited number of cars, you earn extra cars
   that will be applied to your game after the 90 second period. You
   earn one car at 7,000 points and another at 10,000 points and one
   for each 20,000 after that. Game #1 also starts with an initial 90
   second run. However, game difficulty is increased.
   Press the Fire Button to start game.

3. You'll hear the Spy Hunter theme as the Weapons Van pulls onto the
   side of the road, letting your Spy Hunter car roll out the back and
   onto the road.

4. Use your left joystick control to maneuver your Spy Car through the
   dangers of the road and waterways of Spy Hunter in the following way:

   UP: Increase Speed
   DOWN: Decrease Speed
   Left: Turn Left
   Right: Turn Right

5. Spy Hunter's special Dual Control Module enables the player to activate
   both Fire Buttons easily. Only the left joystick effects the maneuver
   of your Spy Car. However, both the bottom and top Fire Buttons are
   used to activate weapons. (See Weapons Section.) The bottom Fire Button
   activates forward firing weapons. The top Fire Button activates rear
   firing weapons. (See Weapons Section.)


SCREEN AND GAMEPLAY

Your Spy Hunter adventure starts as the Weapons Van rolls up from the
bottom of the screen and pulls over to the shoulder of the road.
The van stops and your Spy Car rolls out the back, armed with machine
guns. You then maneuver your car onto the road as the action begins.

The road will branch and fork as you go. You must be careful as you
dodge and chase enemy agents not to swerve off the road. If you do,
you'll lose one of your Spy Cars. When you lose a Spy Car and you still
have Spy Cars in reserve, a Weapons Van appears from the bottom of the
screen and pulls onto the road shoulder to let the new Spy Car roll out
the back and onto the road for more action. If you have no remaining
Spy Cars, the game is over.

The terrain will change as you traverse the course. Screen backgrounds
will change color as indication of a new terrain. As the course continues,
you'll come to a waterway. Here your Spy Car enters a boathouse and
automatically becomes a Spy Boat and skims along the surface of the
water Don't think you're safe. The water is teaming with other Enemy
Agents. You can pause the game by stopping your Spy Car when 2 trees
are on the screen at the same time.

WEAPONS
Each time you enter a new terrain, the Weapons Van appears on the road
ready to supply your Spy Car with the appropriate new weapon. Here's
how to activate your various weapons:

Bottom Fire Button activates Machine Gun and Missiles
Fire Button activates Smoke Screen and Oil Slick
You can also use your Spy Car to ram some enemy agents off of the road to
destroy them for points.

ENEMY AGENTS
The Spy Car faces various Enemy Agents along the course.
Each Enemy Agent except the Road Lord, has its own unique weaponry.
They are:

The Road Lord (Bullet Proof)... Must be rammed off road by Spy Car
Switch Blade...  extended buzz-saw hubcaps to s ash tires
The Enforcer... fires a shot gun
The Copter (Mad Bomber)...drops bombs onto Spy Car
Barre Dumper...dumps oil barrels in water ahead of SpyBoat
Doctor Torpedo...fires torpedos at Spy Boat

On land, Enemy Agents are blue.
On water, all are the Enemy.

This manual typed by Steve Reed, [e-mail].