Gunstar (Spectrum-specific instructions): reformatted for readability. Scanned by juice@2008 #### Page 1: English instructions ############################################## GUNSTAR © 1986 SOFTWARE CREATIONS THE GAME The year 1997 witnessed an unprovoked attack on Earth by a people unknown, our primitive 'Star Wars' defences were quickly overwhelmed and the Earth's population enslaved. The survival of the human race rested in the hands of a research team hidden in the subterranial moon base. After extensive experimentation, they produced a range of fighter craft called Pulse Fighters. They became known as the Gunstar Fleet; their mission - the destruction of the alien forces and the liberation of the Earth. LOADING 1. Connect a suitable cassette player to your Spectrum according to the User Manual. 2. Place the rewound cassette in the cassette player. 3. Type LOAD "" on your Spectrum and press ENTER. 4. Press PLAY on the cassette player. NOTE: Full loading instructions can be found In your Spectrum Manual. PLAYING THE GAME To choose the method of control, before playing GUNSTAR, move the arrow up and down by pressing SPACE and ENTER until it is pointing at the desired control option. To start the game, press S. You can use a joystick, or redefine the keys. There are FIVE stages to the game:- 1. The fighter stage. Shoot the aliens while avoiding their fire. 2. The asteroid stage. Avoid all the asteroids to progress to the next level. 3. Alien command ship. Blast the gun turrets to advance to the next level. 4. The A.L.L.O.Y. robot. Wipe out the gun turrets guarding the robot. 5. Docking stage. Dock with the Mothership to refuel.