MARTIANOIDS (c)





The Mission

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After a long journey with only routine maintenance to do, Markon is 

suddenly attacked by vicious and barbaric Aliens...THE MARTIANOIDS.



The MARTIANOIDS enter your ship, disrupting the passage of programs as 

they are transmitted through The Brain of Markon, draining your battery in

desperate suicidal attacks to destroy you and your ship.  Their Photon 

Weapons pass through the internal parts of The Brain destroying all Active

Components in their path.



Your task is to guide the program from the Transmitter to the Receiver in

each sector. When a program is received the internal defences are 

activated, thus preventing any further damage in that sector of The Brain.

Beware of Disposal Chutes as your program will fall down these and be 

lost. If all the Active Components in each sector are destroyed then, the 

sector is destroyed and can no longer be repaired or activated. Spare

Batteries are located around The Brain for you to use when your charges 

become low. To defend yourself you have Lasers which destroy internal 

walls, Active Components, Replacement Cones and Aliens.



To help you in your mission, your Console displays a map which shows your 

position within The Brain, the position of the program and the status of 

each sector. Red indicates the sector has been destroyed, White that has 

been activated and flashing Red and Yellow indicates a sector under attack.

Also your Console displays messages to tell you what is happening within 

The Brain.



Loading Instructions

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Connect the Ear socket on your Spectrum to the ear socket on your Recorder

and ensure the Mic Lead is disconnected.



Place the cassette tape in the Recorder and rewind to the beginning.



Type Load "Mart" or Load "" for the 48K Spectrum. Type "ENTER" in Tape 

Loader for Spectrum +2.



Press Play on the Cassette Recorder.



MARTIANOIDS will now load and run automatically. If loading is 

unsuccessful, rewind the cassette and adjust the volume control on the 

Recorder and try again.



Play the Game

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Keyboard Controls



Left: Your Droid will turn Left using X, V and N keys.



Right: Your Droid will turn Right using C, B and M keys.



Forward: Your Droid will move forward using A, S, D, F ... "Enter" row.



Laser: You can fire your laser using Q, E, T, U and O keys.



Blaster: You can fire your blaster using W, R, Y, I and P keys.



Pick Up/Drop: You can pick up and drop spare parts using 1, 2, 3, 4 ... O,

Z and "Symbol Shift".



Joystick Controls



Your Driod can be fully controlled using Kempston, Cursor and Interface II

joysticks which replace turn Left, turn Right, Forward, Laser Fire, Pick 

Up/Drop (Pull Back). The blaster is fired using Z, X, C... "Symbol Shift".



Pause: MARTIANOIDS can be paused by pressing "Caps Shift" or "Space". 



MARTIANOID Features

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1. 3D Scrolling      13.Battery Charge Indicator  25.Joystick Control

2. Transmitters      14.Scrolling Message         26.Extra Lives

3. Receivers         15.Lasers                    27.Attacking Photons

4. Disposal Chutes   16.Blasters   		  28.Materialisations

5. Active Cells      17.Penetrable Walls          29.Destroyed Cells

6. Replacement Cones 18.Program                   30.Large Play Area

7. Spare Batteries   19.Photons                   31.Sector Status Display

8. Map Display       20.Indestructible Walls      32.Sounds

9. Pick Up/Drop      21.Droids                    33.Amazing Animation

10.Scores            22.Clockwork Mice            34.Continuous Pause

11.High Scores       23.Aliens

12.Name Registration 24.Explosions





MARTIANOIDS (C) ULTIMATE PLAY THE GAME. Copyright & Trade Name, 1987 Ashby

Computers & Graphics Ltd. All rights reserved Worldwide. The game and name

MARTIANOIDS and all of its associated hardware, software, code, listing, 

audio effects, graphics, illustrations and text are exclusive property and

copyright of ASHBY COMPUTERS & GRAPHICS LTD. and may not be copied, 

transmitted, reproduced, hired, lent, distributed, stored or modified in

Ashby Computers & Graphics Ltd., The Green, Ashby de la Zouch, 

Leicestershire LE6 5JU. England. 

