PREDATOR

                       Survival is the Name of the GAME


  You are Major Dutch Shaefer.  The Predator knows you.

  The Predator knows no pain--and shows no mercy.  It has already destroyed 
all the men of your crack commando unit.  It would like nothing better than to 
skin you alive and add your skull to is collection.  Blow it away, and it 
will only come back.  Just for fun. Just for you.

  Soon, you'll wonder which one of you is the hunter and which is the hunted. 

  When you're dropped into the jungle, you'll get to battle guerillas 
hand-to-hand while dodging scorpions, deadly rolling rocks, and the Pedator's 
pets.  Survive all that and you get to meet the Predator--again and again.

  Can you win?  More to the point, can you survive?  Because in Predator, 
just staying alive through all the stages of raw combat action is winning.


                               GETTING STARTED

  You must have two-button joysticks in order to play Predator, or you'll have 
to play from the keyboard. 256k RAM minimum is also required.

  Insert the disk into the drive and type: RUN"PREDATOR.BAS".  Answer all the
questions.  When the Main Title screen appears press [J] for joystick or [K]  
for keyboard play. 


                                   CONTROLS

  Turning off the Music:  You can turn the background music off by press the 
[S] key whil the Main Title screen is displayed.

  Taking a Break:  To temporarily stop a game, press your computer's large ESC
key.  This halts game play until you press ESC again.

  Directing Dutch with a joystick:  You control Dutch's movements in the usual
way: move the joystick right to move Dutch right, and left to move him left.

  Press the primary joystick button to make Dutch jump.  Move the joystick left 
or right while he's in the air to control where he lands.  The longer you
hold down button 1, the higher Dutch jumps.

  Press the secondary joystick button to make Dutch punch or shoot.

  Directing Dutch from the keyboard:  Use the left and right arrow keys to 
move Dutch left and right.  Press the down arrow to make him duck, and the 
spacebar to make him jump.  Press the [F] key to make Dutch punch or shoot.

  Going to the Next Level:  Push the joystick forward or (if you're using the 
keyboard) press the up arrow key to warp to the next game stage when Dutch 
finds the cave in the jungle (see "Playing the Game", below). 

  Giving up and starting over:  If you get stuck, you can press [Q] to knock 
off Dutch--then you can start over.


                               PLAYING THE GAME

  Welcome to the jungle, Dutch.  You arrive with only the clothes on your 
back.  You see tree-covered ledges ahead of you, mostly blocked by piles of 
rock or cut by bottomless chasms.  You need to jump for ledge to ledge to 
find weapons, and to find the cave that will lead you to the next level of 
action.

  Until you find a machine gun, a laser rifle, or a grenade, all you have are 
your fists.  So your first job is to find a weapon--FAST.  Meanwhile, you 
must dodge or destroy guerillas before they destroy you. 

  Watch our for scorpions.  One touch from one of them and you lose a life 
point.  There are other dangers, too, including moving boulders.  If anything 
moves, get out of the way, jump over it, or shoot it.  You can duck and shoot 
at the same time--a good way to waste scorpions.

  Dutch has four lives, with ten life points for each life.  Any time he's 
shot by a guerilla or touched by a scorpion, he loses a life point.  The life 
points appear as white boxes in a row, along with the weapon he is carrying.  
When he loses all ten points, he dies, losing one of his lives.  Falling in a 
chasm is instant death.  If he loses all four of his lives, the game is over.


                             DUTCH'S WEAPONS

PUNCH.

  Dutch can usually rely on his fists.  If he has no other weapon, he can 
  punch out his opponents.  Good against the guerillas and other creatures.  
  Keep in mind, though, that Dutch cannot punch while he's ducking.

MACHINE GUN.  

  Good against guerillas and jungle creatures.  You can also destroy the 
  Predator with your Machine Gun.

LASER RIFLE.  

  You can destroy anything with your laser rifle, including the Predator.  
  You can also destroy rocks in the jungle, making your jungle journey a 
  little easier.

GRENADE (PINE).  

  Grenades destroy anything, including Dutch.  Be careful where you place 
  a grenade to avoid destroying yourself.


                               JUMPING

  Be careful when you make Dutch jump from ledge to ledge or across chasms.  
He won't make it across wide chasms without using small ledges along the way.
Be sure to guide him to safe landings when he jumps.


                         THE NEXT STAGE

If dutch stays alive battling through the jungle, he'll find the cave that takes 
him to the next stage.  Once Dutch is there, push forward on the joystick or 
(if you're playing from the keyboard) press the up arrow key to warp to the 
next stage.

There are 30 stages in all.  Some stages have two caves -- one might take you to 
the next stage, and one might send you back to a previous stage.  You'll just have 
to choose.


                        PICKING UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF
 
DON'T try to restart by selecting START on the options screen -- if you do, you'll 
begin at stage 1 of the game.  Instead, select CONTINUE -- you'll restart at the 
stage where you left off.