========== Sky Runner ========== Document created by rstuart@ukonline.co.uk on 13th August 2000 for World of Spectrum: http://www.void.jump.org (C) 1987 Softek International Ltd. (C) 1986 Cascade Games Ltd. All rights reserved. SKY - Narcotic drug - potent and plentiful - keeps the masses in a state of docile obedience. SKY RUNNERS - Ruthless, organised agents who harvest, process and distribute Sky. RUNNING SQUAD - An elite band of mercenaries employed by a consortium or rebels to stop the Sky Runners in the only way they know how - total and absolute destruction! You are the Runner Squad Commander, with one Planet Skimmer and three highly maneoivrable Sky Bikes. First pilot your Skimmer over the brilliant graphic planetscape, destroying the Sky harvesting machinery - then onto your Sky Bike to take on the terrifying Sky Runners in super-fast action aerial combat! Fly like an ace, shoot fast and straight! The payment for success - collossal riches; the penalty for failure - death! Loading Instructions -------------------- If using a joystick interface, make sure it is connected before turning the computer on. If using a Spectrum 128, make sure it is 48K mode. Type LOAD "" ENTER. Controls -------- Use cursor keys or joystick. Use left/right to steer, forward/back to accelerate/decelerate, and FIRE button or SPACE to fire. Also hit P to pause and Q to quit and restart. Playing ------- Press any key or FIRE to start. Your control panel will now be active, showing your bank balance after your initial supplies of Fuel and Blaster energy have been bought. First select the Threat Level at which you wish to play, using joystick or cursor keys. Your ultimate aim is the destruction of the huge Sky Harvesting machines - with the added objective of getting yourself the largest possible bank balance. The rewards for success are high indeed! But in order to get that far you must penetrate the defences... First, flying the Planet Skimmer ship, you must disable the defence towers that guard the forests. You have only one Skimmer with which to get rid of all the towers in the sector. Having accomplished that, you must stop your Skimmer in order to drop off the first of your three Sky Bikes... Seek and destroy all the enemy Sky Runners. But be careful because there are also some of your fellow Runner Squad men around and there are penalties for killing them. The problem is that all Sky Bikes look the same... Some of the enemy are wanted men and are worth more alive. Your panel will switch you to Pulse Blaster level so that you just disable them - but only fire once or you will kill them! Destruction of the last Biker will activate your control panel and let you know where to place a high enough blast onto the side of the Sky Harvester. Your panel will automatically allocate the energy for this action. If at any time you run out of Fuel or Energy, you can buy more. Again your panel will handle this transaction. These instructions do not tell you everything - that would be too easy...! The MICRO Selection, 36/38 Southampton St., Covent Garden, London, WC2 E 7HE.