Professional BMX Simulator (Codemasters) Typed up by Blughes ---------------------------------------- WORLD FIRST!!! This is the firs simultaneous four player Spectrum game! Using a combination of one or two joystick and the keyboard you can have twice the excitement as four people race against each other - cpulsively competitive! In the expert version you can customize your bike! Choose the tyre size and the gear ratios - do you want a quick getaway or a higher top speed? Do you need better cornering or less drag? CodeMasters now present a whole new dimension in value for money video games. Our PLUS range games come in special double packs, bringing you two cassettes full of stunningly sophisticated programming. Once you have mastered the standard game, you can move up to the expert version, which contains extra challenges for even the best games players. LOADING: 128K Users select TAPE LOADER 48k Users type LOAD"" (ENTER) WHAT'S ON THE TWO TAPES... Side 1 Standard game, with DIRT BIKING courses Side 2 Expert game, with DIRT BIKING courses Side 3 Contains extra courses: QUARRY RACING Side 4 Contains extra courses: DESERT RIDING LOADING EXTRA COURSES... After you have played Dirt Biking you will want to try the other two scenarios, Quarry racing (side 3) and Desert riding (side 4). To do this, put side 3 or 4 into your tape deck and rewind it. Then press 'L' and follow the on-screen instructions. CONTROLS You can use Sinclair or Kempston joystick interfaces or the keyboard to control the BMX bikes. On the title screen, press keys 1 thru 4 to select the control method for each bike. You can also select the 'COMPUTER RIDER' option for any of the bikes. These symbols will appear next to each joystick to let you know which mode is currently selected: 1 = Sinclair port one C = Cursor joystick 2 = Sinclair port two K = Kempston joystick HINTS Tap 'Q' at any point during a game to return to the title screen. Pess 'S' to start the race. You are then told RIDERS READY - PEDALS READY - GO! Press accelerate the instant that you are told to go-timing is vital, don't lose precious tenths of a second. Race as if you are in a real BMX championship. The burms help you turn, the rough ground slows you down. All the hills and different grade surfaces affext you as in real life. For DIRT BIKING, remember that speed is the essence, and use the burms frequently to keep your speed up. For QUARRY RACING, you must use the momentum gained from the steep downward slopes to carry you up the difficult ramps. For DESERT RIDING, you must keep control of the bike up and down the treacherous dunes to keep a good line for the burms. In the standard version of the game you will not be allowed to race to the last course of any scenario - this is for experts only. In the expert version of the game each player will be asked to select their preferred tyre width and chainwheel size before the start of the game. Narrow tyres are not as effective in turning, but give increased speed because of the reduction in drag. Small chainwheels allow snappy acceleration, but give a lower top speed. Also in the expert version, the riders can crash into each other and fall off their bikes, so be careful to avoid your opponents. David and Richard Darling first started writing computer games when they were in their early teens and still at school. They duplicated the cassettes themselves and sold them by mail order, taking small advertisements in magazines. From these beginnings David and Richard became contract programmers. They wrote and sourced games for major software houses, and many of these games were major best sellers. In October of 1986 the Darlings set up CodeMasters, their own company. From the beginning they were determined to sell only the best possible games at the lowest possible price. One title, BMX SIMULATOR, went on to become one of the worlds best selling games. In less than a year, CodeMasters had a string of Top Ten hits to it's name. The company was the best selling software house in Britain. David and Richard are now 21 and 20 years old, and are determined to continue what they do best; producing top selling computer games. This program was brought to you by... The Oliver Twins Coding Richard Darling Game Design James Wilson Graphics Khalid Karmoun Graphics Asst. David Whittaker Music David Darling/Mark Baldock Product Management Mike Clark Package Productions Gavin MacLeod Cover Illustration Nigel Fletcher Design and Artwork This program, including code, graphics, music and artwork are the copyright of CodeMasters Software Co. Ltd and no part may be copied, stored, transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means, hired or lent without the express permission of CodeMasters Software Co. Ltd. MADE IN ENGLAND Published by CodeMasters Software Co. Ltd., PO Box 6,SOUTHAM, Leamington Spa, Warks., England.