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Slither
* For one or two players
* Select from four skill levels
* For use with Coleco's ROLLER CONTROLLER
Your ship is surrounded by deadly snakes and dinosaurs. You
can fire at your wriggling attackers, but one shot rarely does
the trick. Snakes can split when your laser blast hits them.
Pterodactyls menace from the air. A tyannosaur drops more
brush to block your way. And after a few rounds of play,
invisible snakes join them all to chase your ship!
Plays like the SLITHER arcade game!
GETTING READY TO PLAY
ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE COLECOVISION CONSOLE IS
OFF BEFORE INSERTING OR REMOVING A CARTRIDGE.
Choose your challenge.
Press the Reset Button. The Title Screen appears on your TV
Wait for the Game Option Screen to appear It contains a list of
game options, numbered 1-8.
Skill 1 is the easiest, suitable for play by beginners.
Skill 2 action is faster, but not as demanding as the
arcade version of the game.
Skill 3 plays much like the arcade version of SLITHER
Skill 4 is more challenging than the arcade version.
Select a game option by pressing the corresponding number
button on either controller keypad.
Players take turns. Player 1 begins, and each turn lasts until
the player's ship is eliminated.
PAUSE Feature
Press * to pause during a game. Press * to return to the game
exactly where you stopped There is a brief delay after the
game screen reappears. It allows you to size up the situation
before play begins again!
USING YOUR CONTROLS
Attach the Roller Controller as explained in its owner's manual.
Slide the Mode Switch to "Roller Cartridge" mode for SLITHER
Roller Ball:
Spin the Roller Ball in the direction you want your ship to
move. Up, down, side-to-side, even diagonals are just a roll away.
And remember, the faster you spin, the faster your ship moves!
Action Buttons:
Press either upper Action Button to fire the laser up. Press
either lower Action Button to fire the laser down.
HERE'S HOW TO PLAY
Brush up on your aim!
Your ship appears in the desert. Pick your way around the
boulders and brush. Both can block your ship and its laser
blast. It requires two blasts to knock out each brush completely.
Better clear an area, because your enemies are slithering in!
Snakes alive!
Those snakes are hungry and they want you! But don't be too
eager to fire. Notice the long and short snakes? You can
eliminate a short snake with one blast. But long snakes are
trickier. If you hit a long snake's head or tail, it gets shorter
and finds your ship just a bit faster If you hit the snake's body,
it can split into multiple snakes. Watch out! If a snake head
touches your ship, you're eliminated!
Beware the "Dizzy Dino."
As if snakes weren't enough! A pterodactyl bounces, hovers
and dives toward your ship. The closer it gets, the more points you
earn for eliminating this dizzy dinosaur Blast the tyrannosaur's trail.
A winged tyrannosaur gallops across the desert. Sometimes
it leaves a trail of brush to block your ship and laser Blast this
monster when it enters the desert. The faster it goes, the
more points you get for eliminating the tyrannosaur. You
weren't fast enough? Try for the tyrannosaur's trail. That is, if
the snakes don't get you first!
Countdown.
Each time a fresh batch of snakes enters the desert, the
Bonus Timer starts counting. The more snakes in the desert,
the higher the bonus start. If you eliminate every snake before
the timer runs out, you win the points displayed. If you can't
eliminate all the snakes, the snakes from the next phase join
the ones still in the desert, and the Bonus Timer starts counting again.
Night and day.
The game began at daybreak. Now the screen's turned dark?
Have no fear. The snakes are here.
Snake Eyes!
See those beady eyes wriggling toward you? That's an invisible
snake. Blast the eyes and a whole snake might appear
Now the game gets really tough! Blast any snake head and
brush can appear in front of it.
Starting over.
Press * to replay the SLITHER game option that you have
been playing. Press # to return to the Game Option screen.
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 at
any time, and can also be used to resolve a game malfunction.
SCORING
Player Hits: Points Awarded:
Partial Brush .........5 points
Snake body ...........25 points
Snake tail ...........50 points
Snake head ...........75 points
Player Eliminates: Points Awarded:
Brush ................15 points
Snake ...............100 points
Tyrannosaur
(depending on
its speed)......250-1000 points
Pterodactyl
(depending on
its distance) ..250-1000 points
Bonus Points!
If you eliminate every snake in the desert, you win the bonus
points shown in the Bonus Timer
Each player gets three ships (five in Skill 1 ) to start the game.
One bonus ship is awarded when a player's score reaches
10,000 points and again at each 100,000 points thereafter.