KRAKOUT - GREMLIN GRAPHICS SOFTWARE LTD

Welcome to the ultimate challenge! A two way test of skill and nerve -
can you out manoeuvre the awesome ogre and blast a path through the
myriad of colourful bricks? Are your reflexes adept enough to retrieve
the speeding missile, deflected from its block shattering journey or
regurgitated contemptuously from the ogre's mouth?

KRAKOUT

PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS

Keyboard

P       Up
L       Down
Space   Fire
1       Pause on/off

Joystick - Compatible with Interface II, Kempston, Cursor Joystick.

Note: If you own a Spectrum +2 and wish to use the built in joystick
socket, select 'Interface II'.

Some bricks when hit will roll over. These are bonuses. The ball must
hit this brick to receive the bonus.

BONUSES ARE

G       Glue: The Ball sticks to the bat.
B       Bomb: There is a massive explosion destroying adjacent blocks.
S       Shield: Makes a barrier appear behind you.
M       Missile: Gives you one missile to fire.
Bat     Slow down: Slows the ball down slightly.
x2      Times two: Doubles scoring.
D       Double bat: Gives you another bat in front of your present
        bat. This gives some protection against Aliens.
X       Extra man: Gives you an extra live.
E       Expand: Makes your bat expand.

You will enter the options page when starting the game. You may also
enter the options page after each screen by pressing the space bar
during a screen.

The options page is used to adjust your controls.

OPTIONS ARE

You may play with the bat on the left or right hand side of the screen.

Sound effects ON/OFF.

* Ball speed 1 - 6 (1=Slow 6=Fast) as above
* Load new data from disk.
* Load new data from tape.
* Bat type can be inertia or dual speed
* Inertia bat can be speeds 1 - 9 (Slow - Fast)
  Joystick right to alter numbers.
* Dual speed bat has a normal speed and then a different speed.
  When fire button is pressed 1 - 9 (Slow - Fast).

Pressin Q will exit the screen.

Aliens have varying effects

Example: Give you two balls
         Freeze your bat
         Eat the ball
         Bomb bricks etc.

HOW TO LOAD

Type LOAD "" and press ENTER. Press PLAY on the cassette recorder, the
program will load and run automatically.

PROGRAMMED BY

Greg Holmes
Andy Green
Chris Shrigley
Shaun Hollingworth
Peter Harrap
Colin Dooley
Chris Kerry

GAME DESIGN BY

Rob Toone

GRAPHIX

Steve Kerry
Terry Lloyd

Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.

Alpha House, 10 Carver Street, Sheffield S1 4FS.

(c) 1987. All rights reserved. Unauthorised copying, lending or resale
by any means strictly prohibited.
