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- TOMMY'S AIR RAID (C) COPYRIGHT 1986 BY TOMMY'S TOYS
- P. O. BOX 11261, DENVER, CO 80211 USA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- CATALOG #86-009-1A
-
- *NOTE: TO EXIT TOMMY'S AIR RAID, HIT FUNCTION KEY F6, THE ESC KEY, OR THE "Q"
- KEY.
-
- INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- YOU ARE THE COMMANDER OF AN AIR DEFENSE NETWORK FACING AN ATTACK BY ENEMY
- BOMBERS. BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES IN THE
- AREA THEY ALWAYS ATTACK FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON YOUR SCREEN. THE ENEMY HAS
- SOME FIGHTER JETS ALSO, WHICH CAN FLY ACROSS THE SCREEN IN EITHER DIRECTION.
-
- YOU INITIALLY HAVE 40 GUN BATTERIES, WITH THE ACTIVE ONE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE
- SCREEN. TO SWITCH BATTERIES, MOVE THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARROW KEYS LOCATED ON
- THE NUMERIC KEY PAD.
-
- YOUR BATTERIES HAVE A POP UP/DOWN FEATURE TO PROTECT THEM FROM ENEMY BOMBS.
- WHEN YOU HIT THE DOWN ARROW KEY, THE ACTIVE BATTERY POPS DOWN UNDER GROUND,
- LOWERING ITS PROBABILITY OF DESTRUCTION IF HIT BY A BOMB. TO POP IT BACK UP
- SO THAT IT CAN FIRE, HIT THE UP ARROW KEY.
-
- THE GAME CONTINUES UNTIL ALL OF YOUR GUN BATTERIES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, OR THE
- ACTIVE BATTERY (THE ONE WITH YOU IN IT) HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
-
- SCORING:
- YOU SCORE ONE POINT FOR DESTROYING AN ENEMY BOMB, FIVE POINTS FOR AN ENEMY
- BOMBER, AND 25 POINTS FOR AN ENEMY JET.
-
- FUNCTION KEYS:
- NOTE: FOR KEYS USED AS TOGGLE SWITCHES, THE LEGEND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
- SCREEN INDICATES THE MODE THAT WILL BE ENTERED BY PRESSING THE KEY, WHICH IS
- THE OPPOSITE OF THE MODE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME.
-
- FUNCTION KEY FUNCTION
-
- F1 DECREASE THE ALTITUDE AT WHICH YOUR ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES
- WILL EXPLODE (THEY ARE FUSED MISSILES).
- F2 INCREASE THE ALTITUDE AT WHICH THE MISSILES EXPLODE. NOTE:
- THE BURST ALTITUDE IS DISPLAYED AS 1 TO 22, WITH 1 BEING THE
- HIGHEST AND 22 THE LOWEST.
- F3 POP ALL GUN BATTERIES DOWN SIMULTANEOUSLY.
- F4 POP ALL GUN BATTERIES UP SIMULTANEOUSLY.
- F5 DISPLAY THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
- F6 QUIT THE PROGRAM. (YOU CAN ALSO HIT THE ESC KEY OR THE "Q"
- KEY.)
- F7 SWITCH DIRECTION OF SLEWING IN SLEWING MODE (FN KEY F8).
- F8 TOGGLE AUTOMATIC SLEWING OF BURST ALTITUDE (WHEN ENABLED IT
- OVERRIDES AUTO MODE'S ATTEMPT TO SET A BURST ALTITUDE)
- F9 SOUND EFFECTS ON/OFF TOGGLE SWITCH.
- F10 DEMO/MANUAL MODE TOGGLE.
- *WARNING* PRESSING THIS KEY ZEROES THE SCORE!
-
- TO BYPASS THE STARTUP SHOW, HIT THE <ENTER> KEY TWICE INSTEAD OF ONCE WHEN
- RUNNING THE PROGRAM FROM DOS.
-
- COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS:
- S START UP WITH SOUND ON
- M FORCE MONO DISPLAY MODE
- C FORCE COLOR DISPLAY MODE
- * SKIP THE STARTUP SHOW
-
- EXAMPLE: >AIRRAID MS
-
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