LASERBIRDS ========== Game Controls ------------- O - Left, P - Right, Q - Up, A - Down, SPACE - Fire Guide your vehicle to aim at the creatures. Keep the Fire button pressed for rhythmic shooting. Release the button to cease fire. The player is allowed to fire two shots, after which at least one will have to go out of reach before another can take its place. The use of joysticks is strongly advisable as it may extend your equipment's lifespan, moreover providing the best from this experience. Press 1 on the presentation screen for Kempston start, 0 for keyboard. Keys can be redefined. Scoring ------- Each dead creature scores you one point. Every hit on the Alpha creatures is also worth one point. A bonus vehicle will be awarded every 500 points. If your score is high enough, you'll be welcomed to the hall of champions. To achieve the highest score, however, the player must take on the challenge and go beyond 129 stages. Tips ---- The origin of the so-called Ornithoids is unknown and tramples over our sciences. Despite some popular outcry in favour of the new species, their countless number and radioactive toxicity make coexistence in our environment impracticable. Though little we know about these beings, we have uncovered that they are in fact belligerent. They possess good meemory, hearing and adaptability. Added to their offensive through deadly beams, they can teleport themselves across short distances - among other skills never dreamt of. It is best not to underestimate them, for when they feel outsmarted thay will behave likw nothing ever seen in the natural world. Little by little, they're becoming the masters of all Earth, but it's in the highest altitudes where they paradoxically seem to become more vulnerable. We know also that they're able to count up to four. Even if none of this sounds useful by now, that's all we are able to tell you. Communication was impossible. Their quasi-indestructibility challenged our capabilities to design this defensive action. Duty comes to summon you in the last minute to assure our survival. There will be no parley and there will be no glory. Traitors and defectors shall be punished severely; this is our hour of need, the apex of a calamity. There will be no time for anything but bravery beyond the gates of this hangar. Embrace your fear! Game Credits ------------ Design/Code/Graphics/Special Effects/Music: Wilton Effects/Music: Wilton Additional Graphics: Andy Green, Ricardo Nunes Technical Advisor: Richard Atkinson Beta Testers: Andrea Leao, Robson Rangel, Mario Cavalcanti, Paolo Pugno. We would like to thank Chris Cowley (Beepola), Jonathan Smith (FuzzClick) and Claus Jahn (ZX Modules). Sleeve Design: Matheus Graef, JRR_arts and Leonardo Bussadori Special thanks to Clive Townsend (text revision) Loading ------- LOAD"" (ENTER) Note: Laserbirds is designed for the classic ZX Spectrum 48/Plus. It won't work properly on 128K models. Its functioning on clone equipment also cannot be guaranteed.