INSTRUCTIONS FOR BATTLEFLEET


TRS-80 Color Battlefleet makes you Fleet Admiral in command.  You declare war, either 
against  a human opponent or,  if you dare,  you can challenge Rear-Admiral  TRS-80CC 
himself.  You  choose  the parameters of the battle and even decide the rules of  the 
game.

Both  players  begin equally equipped with a fleet of  nine  ships.  The  preliminary 
object  of  Battlefleet is to strategically position your ships to protect them  from 
your  opponent's missiles.  The object of play is to sink your enemy's fleet  to  win 
control of the sea.

TRS-80CC  Battlefleet  features two types of play - both of which still give you  the 
choice of opponent and playing field.  In Game 1,  a player's turn contnues until you 
miss your target whereupon your opponent's playing field comes to the screen. In Game 
2,  each ship afloat is allowed one miss so that during a player's turn,  he fires an 
entire  volley  of  missiles.  This simulation of sea battle  challenges  your  naval 
tactics to their limits since the current battle at hand changes with each ship sunk. 
The longer your ships survive, the greater your offensive attack.

TO  ENTER  YOUR  SHIPS - Use the arrows at either ends of the keyboard  to  move  the 
cursor to the square where you intend to begin hiding your ship and press ENTER.  The 
square will remain the color of your grid. Move to an adjacent square and press ENTER 
again.  The ships can be positioned in any of 8 directions and each will turn  orange 
when it is complete. You must enter them in order from largest to smallest. There are 
9 ships:

                  2 Aircraft Carriers  - 4 squares long
                  3 Battleships        - 3 squares long
                  4 Destroyers         - 2 squares long

TO GUESS YOUR OPPONENTS'S SHIPS - The arrows, once again, move the cursor and you use 
the ENTER key to fire a missile. A hit turns orange while a miss remains the color of 
the grid.

During play press "S" to view the score screen.

At the conslusion of a game,  and after the final score is tallied,  the positions of 
the winner's remaining ships will be displayed.  At this point,  you can play another 
game by hitting CLEAR.