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PUBLISHER
Ocean

YEAR
1986

CATEGORIES
Arcade adventure licence.

CONTROLS
Keyboard, Kempston

 KEYS : Left   - CAPS SHIFT
        Right  - X
        Up     - P
        Down   - L
        Fire   - B, N, M, SPACE

INSTRUCTIONS
A race of evil reptilian aliens, the Visitors, are attempting to
take over the world (as usual). The humans are fighting back
though, and Michael Donovan, leader of the resistance, is
attempting to sabotage the alien mothership by planting bombs in
key locations inside it.
 
The Visitors have taken some security precautions to prevent
intruders like yourself from getting far. In particular, four
kinds of robots have to be dealt with:

1) Surveillance     - follows you and enables the Visitors to
                      track you
2) Maintenance      - fairly harmless; fixes things aboard the
                      ship.
 3) Cleaner         - airborne janitor robots, in effect.
 4) Security        - should be avoided like the plague; fast and
                      dangerous.

All the robots are electrified to prevent interference. Contact
with them will thus give you a nasty shock - too many shocks will
prove fatal.

Windows at the bottom of the screen show your progress. The
bottom left screen monitors commands being sent by the Visitors
to the robots and allows you to keep track of them. The middle
display shows your score and the time remaining; your laser power
level and health are shown as diminishing bars below this. On the
right is a multi-purpose console, divided into two sections with
2 vertical rows of 3 buttons each. The left-hand part controls
various game functions; clockwise from the top, these are:

 1) Pause or quit game.
 2) Ship information.
 3) Lay explosives.
 4) Log off (return to game).
 5) Display security code.
 6) Information on anti-Visitor red dust formula.

The right-hand section are the number keys; since the Visitors
are only six-fingered, they count in base 6 rather than our base
10. Every  so often you'll encounter a security door that can
only be opened by inserting a specific code. However, you can
move from level to level by using teleport pads; to use these,
stand on one and press up to  teleport up or down to go
downwards.


SCORES RECEIVED
"A neat arcade adventure". 70% (CRASH #29, June 1986)

GENERAL FACTS
This game is, of course, licenced from the American TV series.


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