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- NORTHSTAR DOCUMENTATION
-
- The NORTHSTAR PROJECT, the most highly classified operation ever
- to be undertaken by the four Earth Lords, has gone tragically
- wrong......
-
- The year is 2499 and an over-populated Earth was grasped in
- starvation. Man fought against man, desperate for food. A meeting
- was called and the Earth Lords decided upon an eleborate plan of
- action. A station would be built. Not an ordinary space station:it
- would not hold just 10,20 or even 100 people, but thousands upon
- thousands. There they would be able to produce foods high in
- nutrional value, very efficiently and most importantly very
- quickly.
-
- The building started and daily flights of scientists were sent up.
- As the years went by the steady flow of flights with their large
- loads accelerated the project almost to the point of completion-
- until one day when a flight left but never returned. The station,
- now called NORTHSTAR was paged from Earth, but there was no reply.
-
- You have been appointed to fly to the NORTHSTAR to find out what's
- going on and to resolve any problems you may find.
-
- Arriving on NORTHSTAR you find that the station has been overun
- by an alien hoard. No human survivors can be seen anywhere - are
- they really all dead ? You noticed that the life support systems
- are in-operative, only your robotic implants prevent you from
- suffocation.
-
- Now your task becomes clear. You must destroy these alien life
- forms and reactivate the life support systems by making your way
- to the NORTHSTAR project centre.
-
- HOW TO PLAY
-
- The scrolling screen displays you, your enemy and the various
- obstacles you encounter. Your score, lives remaining, oxygen
- level, and any weapons collected are also shown.
-
- BONUS PODS:These can contain either an oxygen bonus, a score
- bonus, or a weapon bonus.
-
- WEAPONS: At the start of the game your only weapon is your
- robotic arm. There are a further 5 weapons to collect, and the use
- of each will be obvious. The smart bomb is the only weapon that
- uses a special key other than left, right, up, down and
- fire. Should you be killed you will lose one of your weapons, but
- this can be recollected.
-
- HINT: Look before you leap, shoot everything that comes
- towards you and collect everything that floats away from you.
-
- CONTROLS: Joystick in port 1 or the following keys:
-
- L - LEFT
- O - RIGHT
- CONTROL - UP
- SPACE - FIRE
- ALTERNATE - CROUCH
- S - SMART BOMB
- P - PAUSE
- ESC - QUIT
-
- HACK BY 007, KAM AND MARINA MAN 30/03/88.
-
- HI TO PEDRO, ZAPHOD, THE EXCEPTIONS, 42 CREW, DELTA FORCE AND YOU.
- TO ALL HACKERS WHO INSIST ON ADDING FLASHY LOADING SCREENS WHICH
- EITHER DON'T WORK (ON A HALF-MEG ST) OR TAKE UP MORE SPACE THAN THE
- GAME ITSELF - PLEASE DONT !!!!!!
-
- THIS HACK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF IAN M.
-
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