COLORZAP

METHOD OF PLAY

You are stationed at the center of the Stargate Epsilon (center of screen) through
which any ship must pass to approach your *** star. War has been declared and you 
have just received word that hordes of alien starships will try to gain access to 
your home world through Stargate Epsilon. Use the button on your right joystick to
fire your high speed laser cannon to destroy attacking alien ships. There are four
entry points where alien ships will appear. Position the right joystick (right,
left, top, bottom) in the corresponding direction that you want to fire and then
shoot. Move quickly as more alien ships will appear at the same entry points. You
must destroy all alien ships and their deadly photon torpedos to survive the round.

DEATH SATELLITE

If you survice a round of attacking ships, orbiting Death Satellites will materia-
lize. You must aim carefully to destroy them. At the left side of the screen a
colored bar indicates how many alien ships remain to be destroyed before the Death
Satellites appear. Each time your shields are hit, more alien ships may have to be
killed than before the shield was hit. The size of increase is dependent upon the
skill level at which you are playing.

SCORING

Alien ships....................... 50 points
Alien photon torpedo.............. 10, 20, 30 points depending upon how close they
                                   are to you when you hit them
Death Satellites.................. 100 points

SHIELDS

The game is begun with three shields each of which protect you from an alien tor-
pedo. Every 10,000 points you earn one extra shield up to a maximum of five, and
the skill level will automatically increase by two.

GUN MELT DOWN

You may fire continuously by holding the fire button down. This will, however, heat
up your laser cannon and my cause it to melt down. The colored column at the lower
right edge of the screen will indicate how close to melt down you are. When you
rapid fire, the cannon will heat up and the column will shrink, when you don't
shoot the cannon will cool off and the column will grow.

SKILL LEVELS

Choose from 16 skill levels. The more experienced you become, the higher skill level
you will want to choose. As the skill levels increase, more and faster alien ships
and Death Satellites will appear.