CONFUZION (Incentive Software) SCENARIO A huge 64 storey automated industrial plant used for the production and storage of deadly Confuzion Bombs versus a highly intelligent and quick thinking mind (yours!). OBJECTIVE To destroy the complete complex by eliminating the entire explosive stockpile. CONFUZION Confuzion features include Bonus Levels, Extra Sparks, Skill Stepping, Speed Spark and Multiplayer options. A totally Addictive and Frustrating arcade game using a Fresh and Original playing concept. CONFUZION (c) COPYRIGHT 1985 INCENTIVE SOFTWARE Ltd. CONFUZION - THE MUSIC (c) 1985 Private Property. Joanne Holt, Gary Seaward, Matt Smith, Steve Salt and Chris Weller SPECTRUM CONFUZION AUTHORS: BRENDAN KELLY and PAUL SHIRLEY LEVEL DESIGNS: PAUL SHIRLEY and IAN ANDREW. COVER BY: MATTHEW TIDBURY and PETER CARTER MUSIC BY: PRIVATE PROPERTY PRODUCED BY: IAN ANDREW LOADING Insert the cassette (side 1 upwards) into your cassette recorder. Type LOAD "" and press ENTER. Press PLAY on your cassette recorder. Confuzion will run automatically when loaded. BACKGROUND You are in a huge 64 storey automated industrial plant that is used for the production and storage of deadly Confuzion Bombs. This place is considered to be one of the greatest threats to mankind. Having gained access to the computer control room - your mission now is to explode every bomb on all of the factory's 64 levels. FACTORY INFORMATION 64 LEVELS (8 SECTIONS, EACH WITH 8 FLOORS) SECTION 1 LEVEL 1- 8 SECTION 5 LEVEL 33-40 2 9-16 6 41-48 3 17-24 7 49-56 4 25-32 8 57-64 You have authorised access to the first level in each of the first six sections (1, 9, 17, 25, 33 & 41). The assembly lines consist of sliding pallets which were used for the movement of components. The pallets are left covered in sections of fuzewire. OBJECTIVE To destroy the complete complex be eliminating the entire explosive stockpile. CONTROLS Confuzion may be controlled by either the keyboard or by Joystick. On loading the keyboard controls are set as follows: Left-O, Right-P, Up-Q, Down-A, Speed-Symbol Shift FROM MENU SCREEN Select playing controls 1-4, then 5 to begin. JOYSTICK Press 1 - Kempston Joystick Interface Press 2 - Sinclair Joystick Interface Press 3 - Cursor Joystick Interface KEYBOARD Press 4 - Define keyboard controls or Select number of players (up to eight!) SELECT LEVEL SCREEN (This is shown after "5" is selected from Menu Screen) Up control - Step up level Down control - Step down level Left or Right control - Select Skill step level R - Reverse effect of controls - Toggles ON and OFF Speed control - Start game on chosen level SKILL STEPPING This feature allows you to continue from the last level completed provided option 1 (Continue Play) is selected after the previous game. DURING PLAY Move pallets into the adjacent space using up, down, left and right controls. Lay a fuze from the spark to the bombs. The spark will burn along the fuze and blow up the bombs. To speed up spark - Press speed control or Joystick button. ABORT - Press 1 & 2 keys together. All the bombs should be destroyed before the timer fuze burns out - watch this at the bottom of the screen. Listen out for warning signs when the timer is low. Running into dead ends, solid blocks or off the edge of the pallet will reduce the life of your spark. INFORMATION DEMONSTRATION Wait several seconds while the Menu Screen is being displayed and the demonstration game will be shown. PRACTICE Level 1 is the ideal floor for becoming familiar with the controls. SPARKS You begin with 5 sparks and will be awarded a Bonus spark after every 4th level. BONUS LEVELS You have no information on BONUS LEVELS other than that they occur at every 8th level !?! SPRINKLER SYSTEM In certain areas the factory sprinkler system releases water droplets which will extinguish the spark if they collide with it. MULTI-PLAYER CONSIDERATION OPTION Whilst competing with opponents who can amass 6 bonus sparks in the time it takes to lose all yours, Confuzion allows you to restart your game without having to wait for the other players to finish. PLANNING AHEAD While a bomb is exploding advanced players can program a route into a buffer which will be executed at high speed on completion of the explosion. CONFUZED? If you find difficulty in controlling the pallet movement - try the REVERSE option on the Select Level Screen by pressing R. RELAX Relax with Confuzion - The Music by Private Property (side 2). SPECTRUM PLUS ONLY To use the additional keys: To Use Define As ------ --------- TRUE VIDEO 3 INV VIDEO 4 DELETE 0 GRAPH 9 EXTENDED MODE SYMBOL SHIFT To Use Define As ------ --------- EDIT 1 ; O " P left arrow 5 right arrow 8 To Use Define As ------ --------- up arrow 7 down arrow 6 . M , N BREAK SPACE