SPACE WAR

METHOD OF PLAY

SPACE MINES

There are four space mines defending the Death Star. These mines are invisible,
however tey will become visible if you get close to them. About one second after
they become visible they will explode. Hitting the mine will not zap your ship,
but the explosion will. You will hear a warning buzzing sound when you are get-
ting close to a mine. After exploding, the mines will immediately be reincarna-
ted at a random position.

DEATH STAR

The Death Star itsef can fire defensive missiles. The shield around the Star 
will stop rotating if it is hit with one of your missiles. When the shield is
not rotating, the Star cannot fire missiles. After a short delay, the shield 
will start rotating again and one second after it resumes rotation it will 
start shooting.

CLOAK

You possess a "cloaking" device which will protect you from missiles, explosion 
debris, meteors, and the enemy ship. While the cloak is activated, none of the 
above mentioned items can destroy your ship. The cloak requires energy to operate
it. A graphic measure of the amount of cloak energy remaining is displayed to
the left of the words "SPACE WAR" at the bottom of the screen. The left joystick
button activates the cloak and you may not fire missiles while it is activated.
Once the cloak energy is gone, pressing the left joystick button will have no
effect.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

You may choose a difficulty level from 0-15. The difficulty level affects the
following game parameters:

1. How soon the enemy ship appears and disappears.
2. At what distance the space mines become visible.
3. How soon the mines explode after they become visible.
4. How long the Star's shield remains paralyzed after it has been hit.
5. How close to the Star your ship can get before the Star starts shooting at it.
6. Accuracy of the enemy missibles.
7. Gravity pull of the Black Hole.
8. How fast the enemy ship moves and how often if fires.
9. Amount of cloak energy.

SCORING

Ten poins are scored for hitting the shield of the Death Star. 300 hundred points
are scored for going through the hole in the Star's shields and hitting the main
body of the Star. 100 points are scored for hitting the enemy ship and a random 
number of point from 0-90 is scored for hitting the mereor, which incidentally,
will not destroy the meteor.

BONUS SHIP

You gen one bonus ship (four maximum) for every 1000 points scored. Everytime you
score a bonus ship the difficulty level is automatically increased by one and your
cloak energy reserves are increased by 50% of their current value plus a constant
bonus amount.

MOVEMENT

The right joystick controls the direction and acceleration of the ship and the left
joystick controls the direction of the ship's gun. The right joystick button will
fire missiles. The control of the direction of the ship's gun may be transferred to
the right joystick by pression the 'X' key. Hitting 'X' again will transfer control
back to the left joystick.