Beath Star Battle The objective of your mission is the destruction of the Death Star ... but reaching this powerful and heavily defended space station will not be easy. First you must survive the attackes of the Tie Interceptors as they relentlessly pursue you. When you reach the Death Star you must anticipate the seemingly random way in which portals in the enemy field open up. These portals allow Tie Interceptors access to their base and they provide the Millennium Falcon with its chance to penetrate the Death Star's defences. You'll need split second timing if you're to make it trhough. Once you penetrate the enemy shield you'll still have to contend with the heat seeking Death Ray. Blast the Death Star with your Pulse Laser until you have cleared a route to the energy core - hit that and the terrible construction will be engulfed in a fearsome explosion sending hundreds of blazing fireballs hurtling into space. Yuo'll need all your piloting skills to avoid being hit by one and meeting the same fate as the Death Star. LOADING To load Death Star Battle type LOAD "" and press ENTER The start the tape (The Spectrum manual gives step-by-step loading instructions) PLAYING When Death Star Battle has finished loading you will be offered a Joystick select screen: 1 selects Kempston 2 selects Protek 3 selects ZX Interface 2 4 allows use defined keys The ZX Interface 2 joystick is the right-hand one and uses the control keys: 6 to move left, 7 to move right, 8 to move down, 9 to move up and 0 to fire. (Any joystick with a 9-way D plug can be used with the ZX Interface 2). If you want to reconfigure the joystick controls selection option 4. This allows you to use any jeys except: CAPS SHIFT and SYMBOL SHIFT which are reserved. B which selected the difficult game option P which pauses and releases game play. The Game When you press the 'fire' button or B key the first of your 5 Millennium Falcons will appear in the middle of the screen. Your remaining Falcons are shown at the bottom of the screen. The portals in the Death Star's enemy shield will not start appearing until you have destroyed three Tie Interceptors. The Death Star As the game progresses you'll see that the Death Star is being built, defence zone by defence zone. The white light you see, flashing intermittently, is welding in progress. If it is completed the Death Ray will become fully operational and will destroy your remaining Millennium Falcons, laying the universe open to domination by the Empire. The Imperial Shuttle Aboard the Imperial Shuttle is Darth Vader. It isn't easy to destroy his transporter but with the right moves and quick reactions it can be done. At random points throughout the game you will hear a warning sound. This means that the Imperial Shuttle is approaching. It if collides with your Millennium Falcon you will be destroyed. Round progression Each time you destroy the Death Star the game will re-start automatically, but the shuttle building the Death Star will move faster and faster. The more points that you score the more often the Tie Interceptors will fire at you. SCORING Green Tie Interceptors 50 Tellow Tie Interceptors 500 Imperial Shuttle 3000 Death Star Defence Zone 30 BONUSES Bonus points are gained throughout the Death Star explosion sequence. 1000 points are rewarded if Level B is selected.