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Zaxxon
* For one or two players
* Select from four skill levels
Plays, sounds and scores like the ZAXXON arcade game!
GAME DESCRIPTION
Coleco's ZAXXON--a stunning 3-D space game--takes
you across alien asteroid fortresses.
The evil robot ZAXXON and its fierce armies have conquered
a once-free asteroid belt. Your mission is to stop them
before they enslave the galaxy!
Approach the asteroids, pass the barrier wall and then dive
your fighter low over the enemy surface. You must evade
enemy fire from turrets, mobots and base missiles as you
search for the Robot Warrior. But if you fly too high, a missile
homes in on your fighter. At the asteroid's end, pull up to fly
over treacherous force field walls.
Once you successfully cross one asteroid fortress, you must
fly through space to another. Avoid the enemy squadron that
combs the galaxy in search of your fighter. Return their fire as
you search the next asteroid for ZAXXON, the deadly robot
warrior. Will you succeed at your ultimate mission and defeat
these evil forces?
GETTING READY TO PLAY
* Make sure the COLECOVISION console is connected to
TV and power supply is plugged into the console. Then
plug the power supply into a 110/120 volt AC outlet.
* TV should be on and tuned to the same channel as the
Channel Select Switch on the console.
* ALWAYS MAKE SURE COLECOVISION UNIT IS OFF
BEFORE REMOVING CARTRIDGE. Turn Off/On switch to
On after cartridge is inserted.
USING YOUR CONTROLLERS
NOTE: For a one-player game, use the controller plugged into
Port 1 (the rear jack). For a two-player game, Player 1 uses the
controller plugged into Port 1 and Player 2 uses the controller
plugged into Port 2.
How to Use Buttons and Control Stick for ZAXXON.
1. Keypad: Keypad Buttons 1-8 allow you to select a Game
Option before beginning to play. Pressing * after a game
allows you to replay the same Game Option; pressing #
after a game allows you to return to the Game Option screen.
2. Control Stick: Move the Control Stick in any of its eight
directions to direct your space fighter:
Climbing: To make your fighter climb, pull the Control
Stick straight down toward you. To make your fighter climb
diagonally left, pull the Control Stick down-left. To make
your fighter climb diagonally right, pull the Control Stick down-right.
Diving: To make your fighter dive, push the Control Stick
straight up away from you. To make your fighter dive diagonally
left, push the Control Stick up-left. To make your fighter dive
diagonally right, push the Control Stick up-right.
Side-to-Side: To move your fighter left or right, push the
Control Stick left or right.
3. Side Buttons: When either Side Button is pushed, a green
energy blast shoots from the nose of the fighter.
HERE'S HOW TO PLAY
NOTE: If you are playing a two-player game, players take
turns. Player 1 goes first, and each turn lasts until the player's
fighter is blown up, crashes or runs out of fuel.
STEP 1: Choose your options.
Press the Reset Button. The title screen will appear on your
TV. Wait for the Game Option screen to appear It contains a
list of game play options, numbered 1-8. Select one by
pressing the corresponding number button on either controller keypad.
NOTE: In Skill 1, until you have eliminated ZAXXON, there
are no robot missiles, force fields, gun turrets or crossfire.
STEP 2: Asteroid approach.
Your first fighter appears just outside the alien asteroid. Pilot
your fighter through the gap in the fortress wall. Hint: When
approaching a wall, you can judge your altitude by firing
and noting the path taken by your blasts. Then check your
altitude indicator. Swoop low, firing to eliminate the enemy
strongholds. Watch out for the wall! Climb! And bank to dodge
the turret blasts and base missile explosions.
STEP 3: Fueling up.
Be sure to replenish your fuel supply by eliminating the fuel
tanks on the first asteroid, so that you can fly over the second
asteroid and on to ZAXXON (Space and the second
asteroid are weightless, so you don't use fuel there.)
STEP 4: Rocket blasts.
If you fly at a high altitude too long, a missile homes in and
tracks your fighter. Dive quickly to escape, or fire several
times to blast it from the skies--if you can!
STEP 5: Up, up and away!
Once you successfully cross the asteroid, pull up over the
final wall--beware of its force field--and soar into space.
STEP 6: Space wars.
There's danger in space, too. Enemy squadrons track your
movements. Dodge their fighter blasts and return fire. When you
line up with ZAXXON's fighter planes, crosshair sights appear in
front of your fighter The moment your target is centered, fire!
STEP 7: Mobot attack!
Up ahead is another asteroid fortress. Guide your fighter through the
gap in the fortress wall. Watch out for the mobots that track your fighter.
STEP 8: Robot Warrior
ZAXXON, the mighty robot, guards the asteroid's edge
Stationed on each of ZAXXON's shoulders are mobots.
Blast away at them and at the missile cradled in the robot's
side. To eliminate ZAXXON and earn bonus points, hit the
missile with two shots more than the number of the skill level
(1, 2, 3, or 4) at which you are playing. Hurry though! The
robot fires at your fighter if you take too long.
STEP 9: Onward through the galaxy!
Keep flying over asteroids and through deep space, fighting
the enemy as you go. The game ends only when all your
fighters have been eliminated.
To replay the ZAXXON Game Option that you have been
playing, press *. To go back to the Game Option screen, press #.
NOTE: The Reset Button on the console "clears" the computer.
It can be used to start a new game at any time and can
also be used in the event of game malfunction.
Points are awarded for eliminating targets, either by
fighter energy blast or by collision with the fighter.
Enemy Targets Points
Base missiles 100
Enemy planes 200
Robot missiles
(over asteroids) 200
Fuel tanks 300
Gun turrets 300
Mobots 400
Squadron leader 400
Robot missiles
(in robot area) 500
Zaxxon 5000
Each player receives three fighters per game (five in games played at
Skill 1). You receive a bonus fighter if your score reaches 10,000 points.