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Mattel Electronics
INTELLIVISION Intelligent Television

SUB HUNT
Cartridge Instructions
(for 1 or 2 players)

(for color TV viewing only)
copyright Mattel, Inc. 1981


TO SUB SQUADRON: Enemy convoys approaching...All have destroyer
escorts...Station subs at sea...Stalk your targets...Fire torpedoes...Evade
surface gunnery and depth charges...Sink all ships...Good hunting!

OBJECT OF THE GAME
You control 4 submarines, one at a time.  Your targets: 6 convoys, which are
crossing the open sea.  Navigate them, sight ships through the periscope,
then fire your ready torpedoes.  Take evasive action to escape hits from
deck guns and depth charges.  Sink the ships before they can reach a safe
harbour and form an almost-unstoppable invasion force to attack your home base.

CHECK YOUR CONTROLS
Slide SUB HINT overlays into Hand Controller frames, so they cover the
keypads.  Insert game in computer console cartridge slot (see owner's
instructions for equipment connection details).

These are the game controls:
[Diagram of a hand controller with an overlay over the keypad.]

Top Side Buttons Fire Torpedoes
Bottom Side Buttons Reverse Engines

Disc controls Runner
Left Side: Port
Right Side: Starboard

Keypad 1-5 set skill level & Engine Speed
1 = Skill ***        Stop Engines
2 = Skill **        Engines 1/4
3 = Skill *        Engines 1/2
4 = Skill ****        Engines 3/4
5 = Skill *****             Engines Full Speed

Keypad 5 = Return Key
Keypad 6 = Dive
Keypad 7 = Surface
Keypad 8 = Sonar On/Off
Keypad Clear = Select Submarine
Keypad 0 = Stop At Sea All Subs
Keypad Enter = Stop At Sea Active Sub


GET READY...
Press RESET.  You see the SUB HUNT Title Screen.

Set the game skill level:

Press */3        for the Lieutenant's Game (easiest level)
Press **/2    or the Disc for the Lt. Commander's Game
Press ***/1    for the Commander's Game
Press ****/4    for the Captain's Game
Press *****/5    for the Admiral's Game (hardest level)

Note: for more info about skill levels, see page 11.


HOW TO PLAY SUB HUNT
Phase One: Deploy Submarines
When you select the skill level (see previous page), this scene appears:

[Screen shot of an ocean.  Up top (north) is the Enemy Staging Harbour.  On
the right side (east) is Your Home Base.  Not too far (west) from you base
are Your 4 Submarines.  On the far left (west) side of the screen is the
Convoy Location.]

In a few seconds, the first of six enemy convoys appears at the west edge of
this ocean Map, heading eastward.  Press SELECT to activate a sub.  Touch
the left side of the Disc to start it moving toward the convoy.  Then send
out your remaining subs.  Press SELECT to turn a vessel dark, then deploy it
toward the area between the convoy and its staging harbour destination.  All
subs stop when the first battle begins.  SELECT sub nearest the convoy.
Guide it by touching the Disc edge (press top to go North, bottom to head
South, etc.)  Intercept the gray ship figure as fast as you can.  When you
contact the enemy, both ships start flashing, and it is time to start...

PHASE TWO: General Quarters!

[Picture of Enemy Convoy, a group of four grey rectangles; a Destroyer,
another grey rectangle; and a Submarine, a large rectangle with a smaller
rectangle on top.]

DEPTH GAUGE.  In 20' Increments.  At far left, fully submerged.  At far
right, fully surfaced.
[A gauge with the letter "D" beside it.]

RUDDER.  Shows rudder position relative to present heading.  At far left,
hard to port.  At far right, hard to starboard.
[A gauge with the letter "R" beside it.]

SPEED.  Shows current sub speed.  At far left, sub is in reverse.  At far
right, full speed ahead.
[A gauge with the letter "S" beside it.]

TORPEDOES.  Show current status.  Green means armed, ready to fire.  Red
means torpedo tub not yet loaded.

The screen now shows the situation on your "sonar map".  You are still east
of the approaching convoy.  YOU MUST SELECT AN ENGINE SPEED TO START MOVING
TOWARD YOUR TARGETS.  At long range, press FULL to move at Full Speed.  When
you close in, and during your attack on the convoy, you should proceed at a
slower speed.  When you touch an engine room Telegraph symbol, you start to
move at that speed.  To go into reverse, keep pressing either lower action
button.  To resume forward speed, release the button.

NOTE: Surface speed is about 25% faster than submerged speed.

NOTE: Your rudder is more responsive at every higher speed.  When you are
stopped, the rudder does not change sub's direction at all.


ATTACK STRATEGY
When you get near the convoy, your sub flashes more slowly.  You are now
almost within visual sighting range.  Submerge to periscope level at this
point, by pressing DIVE ONE TIME.  Every time you press this key you dive 20
feet deeper.  The sky color darkens slightly when you go from the surface to
periscope depth.  Destroyers can also detect your location at this range if
your sonar is on.  Turn your sonar OFF if you want to mount a sneak attack!

A destroyer always leads the formation.  At the 3 highest Skill Levels, each
convoy includes two destroyers.  If you're sighted, the escort ship leaves
the convoy and chases you, firing its deck guns if you are surfaced, and
dropping depth charges if you are submerged.  The Destroyer tends to stay
behind you, and you cannot outrun it.  Try to torpedo the destroyer as it
approaches you.  If you miss, dive as deep as you can, stop the engine and
turn off the sonar (because either of them give away your position).  After
a while, the destroyer may give up the hunt and return to escort portion.
Depth charge sounds get fainter.  When your sub starts flashing at a faster
rate, press RETURN to circle around in front of the convoy.  When you see
the ocean map again you can start another attack.

NOTE: You cannot use RETURN to escape when you're in close-range battle
position.  You must be far enough from the convoy so your sub is flashing at
the fast, long- range rate.


WHAT YOU CAN SEE
When you're near the convoy, you can see the ships through the periscope.
You also see their position on the sonar map, as dots that are dimmer and
smaller than your flashing sub figure.  With some practice, you can relate
these sonar blips to the periscope images, so you can maneuver to attack
each sub in turn.

[View through the periscope.]

You see the ships either from the side or head-on, depending on the approach
direction.  If a ship looms very large on the periscope, then disappears, it
means you passed it.  Press either Lower Action Button to go into Reverse.
The target ship will probably reappear.

[Illustrations of A Troopship, Bow or Stern View, and A Destroyer.]

TORPEDO ATTACK!
When either of these symbols is green, you can fire one torpedo: [Picture of
a pair of torpedoes, side view.]

It takes a few seconds to reload the empty torpedo tube.  During that reload
time, the torpedo indicator turns red.  There is no limit to the number of
times torpedo tubes will be reloaded.

TO FIRE A TORPEDO, PRESS EITHER TOP ACTION BUTTON.

Your maximum range is about halfway to the horizon, seen through the periscope.

The torpedo direction is set at the center notch of the periscope view when
you press a "Fire" button.

You MUST be on the surface or at periscope level to fire torpedoes.

[Picture of a smoking, sinking ship.]

GAME OUTCOME
If you sink 36 ships you win the game.  The count of sinkings is shown at
the left of the periscope view.  When you win, you get a spirited victory
salute -- you're a naval hero!  You can also win by sinking so many enemy
ships that they cannot form an invasion force to attack you.

[Display of the number 36.]

The convoys' primary destination is the STAGING HARBOUR.  Although you can't
see them, 3 destroyers are waiting there.  As soon as enough surviving ships
arrive, an invasion fleet forms, consisting of 3 destroyers and 3
troopships.  If there are not enough convoy ships arriving to make up this
invasion force, they will just be held in the harbour until enough survivors
get past your subs.  The invasion fleet appears as a dark shape, then moves
out of the staging harbour, heading for your home base.

You MUST sink all ships in this fleet before they arrive at your home base.
It will be very hard to sink 3 destroyers, but this is your last chance to
avoid defeat.  If the invasion force reaches your home base, the land mass
changes color, and the game is over.


MORE ABOUT SKILL LEVELS
The skill level you select at the start of the game affects the play a great
deal.  At higher skill levels (3, 4 and 5), the destroyer escorts are much
tougher in battle.  There are two of them in every convoy.  Their deck guns
and depth charges are more accurate, and they are able to find you more
often, even when you dive deep.  Also, the convoys appear more frequently
and move faster!


DEFENSIVE MANEUVERS
If the destroyer spots you, it will leave the convoy to attack your sub with
its deck guns and depth charges.  Don't try to fight the destroyer on the
surface!  Dive to maximum depth by pressing DIVE repeatedly, until your
depth gauge needle is all the way to the left side.  You hear the depth
charges and see the picture jiggle from the concussion.  You can't outrun
the destroyer, especially under water.

A good strategy is to shut off your engine AND your sonar.  You'll be
motionless under the sea, and without the sonar blips that show you where
the surface vessels are -- but this will deprive the destroyer of noise-
making clues what will give your position away.  If depth charges persist,
and seem to be very close, start up the engine at full speed for a short
time, then stop again.  Keep the sonar off until depth charges stop.  Wait a
few seconds, then press SONAR to see where your enemy is located.  If you
restart sonar and engines too soon, the destroyer will come back and renew
its attack, and you might have to dive and hide again.

When the convoy moves a long distance away from you, your sub figure starts
flashing faster.  Press RETURN to go back to the big map.  Now you can start
another attack.  REMEMBER, YOU CAN'T USE THE RETURN KEY WHILE YOU ARE WITHIN
ATTACK RANGE!


SUMMARY OF CONTROLS AND WHEN THEY ARE USED

1 Preparation for Game -- Game Title on Screen
Select easiest Skill Level    Press * (keypad 3)
Select Skill Level 2        Press ** (keypad 2) or DISC
Select Skill Level 3        Press *** (keypad 1)
Select Skill Level 4        Press **** (keypad 4)
Select Skill Level 5        Press ***** (keypad 5)

2 Deployment Phase -- Large Map on Screen
Select Active (dark) Sub        Press SELECT (keypad clear)
Steer Active Sub            Press DISC edge at desired
                                           direction
Stop All Moving Subs        Press STOP ALL (keypad 0)
Stop Active Sub            Press STOP ONE
                (keypad enter)

3 Battle Phase -- Sonar Map and Periscope on Screen
Stop Engine                Press STOP (keypad 1)
Go ahead 1/4 Speed            Press 1/4 (keypad 2)
Go ahead 1/2 Speed            Press 1/2    (keypad 3)
Go ahead 3/4 Speed            Press 3/4    (keypad 4)
Go Full Speed ahead            Press FULL (keypad 5)
Reverse Engine                Keep Pressing either
                    LOWER ACTION BUTTON
Steer Sub                Press DISC;
                                  Left side to Port;
                                         Right side Starboard
Submerge 20 Feet            Press DIVE (keypad 7)
Rise 20 Feet            Press SURFACE (keypad 8)
Turn Sonar ON or OFF        Press SONAR (keypad 9)
Return to big map
    for new attack        Press RETURN (keypad 6)
Fire Torpedo            Press either TOP
                ACTION BUTTON

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