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Front Line
For use with ColecoVision or the ADAM
Family Computer System!
* Select from four skill levels
* Play against the computer or another player
* For one or two players
Use your SUPER ACTION CONTROLLERS for this game.
It will take all the skill you've got to fight the battle
that wins the war!
Plays like the FRONT LINE arcade game!
GAME DESCRIPTION
March into action against the enemy in Coleco's FRONT
LINE, a game of battle. Your mission? Invade enemy territory
and knock out their fortress. To do it, you'll have to fight
your way across constantly changing terrain. By vehicle or
on foot, you'll charge through dense underbrush, over burning
desert sands, and across treacherous river bridges. If
you succeed in demolishing the enemy fort, your reward will
be a new battle against an even more experienced army!
GETTING READY TO PLAY
ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE COLECOVISION UNIT IS OFF
BEFORE INSERTING OR REMOVING A CARTRIDGE.
One-Player Game
Use the Port 1 Controller.
Two-Player Game (Alternating Players)
Player 1 uses the Port 1 Controller. Player 2 uses the Port 2
Controller.
Choose your challenge
Press the Reset Button. The Title screen appears on your
TV. Wait for the first Game Option screen to appear, then
use Keypad Button 1 or 2 to choose between a one- or two-
player game.
Skill selection
When the Skill Selection screen appears, each player selects
a Skill Option by pressing the corresponding number
button on that player's controller keypad. Because FRONT
LINE features Individual Skill Selection, each player can
select a different skill level. For a one- or a two-player game,
skill levels are as follows:
Skill 1 is the easiest and is suitable for play by beginners.
Skill 2 is a little harder. Enemies are more dangerous.
Skill 3 plays at the difficulty and timing of a professional
arcade machine.
Skill 4 is more difficult than an arcade machine.
NOTE: If you select a two-player game, players take turns.
Player 1 begins. Each turn lasts until a player's soldier is
eliminated, or the enemy fort is destroyed.
USING YOUR CONTROLS
1. Control Stick: Pushing the Control Stick in any direction,
makes your soldier or friendly tank move in that direction.
Returning the Control Stick to neutral makes the movement stop.
2. Keypad: Keypad Buttons 1-4 allow you to select the
Game Options you want to play. Press only one Keypad
Button at a time for most accurate results.
3. Action Buttons: The color-coded boxes on the left side
of the Keypad Overlay indicate which Action Buttons you
should use for specific functions.
Yellow Action Button: fires your weapon.
Orange Action Button: rotates your weapon clock-wise.
(A brief press rotates the weapon one position.)
Purple Action Button: rotates your weapon counter-
clockwise. (A brief press rotates the weapon one position.)
Blue Action Button: throws a hand grenade or allows
your soldier to jump into and out of a blue tank.
NOTE: The Speed Roller is not used in this game.
HERE'S HOW TO PLAY!
On the road.
Your goal is to invade the enemy's territory and destroy their
fort. When the action begins, you're a humble foot soldier
out on the road, armed only with a loaded rifle and hand
grenades. Use the Control Stick to move up the road and closer
to the enemy's fort.
The battle begins.
As you dash up the roadway, the enemy is close at hand.
Use the appropriate Action Button to direct your aim --
then fire!
Mind those mines!
Avoid those land mines planted along the road. If you run
over one, it's curtains!
Tricky terrain
Those clumps of trees supply plenty of shade, but sometimes
they only get in your way. You can't shoot through
them, but you can toss a hand grenade into or over the
branches .
Into the brush
Whew! You made it to the end of the road--but your enemies
won't give up that easily. See what new tactics they
have in store as you fight your way through the Brush.
Fight fire with fire.
Once you reach the Brush, the enemy soldiers retreat and
their tanks appear. Lumbering, heavy tanks shoot powerful
shells, but move very slowly. Light tanks are faster, but their
machine gun bursts have a shorter range.
Tanks, I needed that!
You locate an abandoned tank just in time! Press the blue
Action Button to jump inside. Now you'll have better
weapons to use on the enemy.
Bail out!
If your light tank is hit, press the blue button to jump out and
run away before it explodes. (Note: If a light tank fires at
your heavy tank, the first hit only damages the engine. If
you're quick you can jump out to fix it, then hop back in.)
The heat is on!
When you finally make it through the tangled Brush, you're
getting closer to the enemy's fort. But you've still got a long
way to go. This time, the battle will be waged over burning
desert sands.
On the rocks
The heat is bad, but those rocks jutting out of the sand are
even worse. You'll have to guide your tank very carefully to
get past them all. If the fighting gets too intense, you can
always duck behind a rock for cover.
Down by the river
There it is! The river at the end of the desert! Use the
Control Stick to guide your tank safely across the bridge. And be
careful--if you jump out of your tank while traveling along
the river's edge, you'll be eliminated.
Off the wall
Once across the bridge, you're confronted with a dangerous
obstacle course designed to keep you from reaching the
enemy's fort. The ruined walls provide cover from enemy
fire, but if you jump out of your tank and land on one you'll
be trapped. And those craters caused by exploding mines
are tough to get around!
Ouch!
That barbed wire is no fun at all! You can't get through it on
foot, so you'd better stay in your tank. Careful, soldier!
Blast those bunkers!
See that bunker that protects the enemy fort? Its machine
gun rotates and fires. You can eliminate this danger only by
throwing a hand grenade.
No tanks!
Now the trouble really starts. You're close enough to fire on
the fort, but in order to destroy it you'll have to stay out of
your tank to toss a hand grenade. Meanwhile, enemy tanks roll on!
Onward, soldier!
Congratulations! You've succeeded in destroying the
enemy's fort! Your reward? Transfer to another front to fight
against an even more dangerous enemy. You've won the
battle. Will you win the war?
Special pause feature
Press * during a game to pause. The screen blanks and
music plays. Press * again to return to the game exactly as
you left it. There is a slight delay before the action resumes.
giving you time to size up the situation.
Starting over
Press * to replay the FRONTLINE Game Option that you've
just played. Press # to get back to the first Game Option screen.
* = Pause (during game) or Replay (after game)
#= Game Options (other choices)
Reset
The Reset Button on the console stops the game and returns
you to the Title screen. It can be used to start a new
game or in the event of game malfunction.
SCORING
ENEMY
ELIMINATED POINTS
Soldier.......100
Bunker........100
Tank..........100
Fort ........1000
Each player starts with five friendly soldiers. When each
Round is completed. the player is awarded a Bonus Soldier
(up to six).