3001 - O'CONNORS FIGHT A strategic game by Ingo Boeker and Jan Dark BACKGROUND It's 3001. It has not been possible to develop light speed space travel yet. Because of this, travel through space and living on other planets is only possible up to a distance of 15 light years (from our sun). The Imperium was reigned by an Imperator, who kept up law and order for some time. But now, the Imperator is dead and a war has started between the six lords of the universe, who'll become the new Imperator. The six lords do everything to ehance themselves in order to, one day, reign the entire universe. One of them is John O'Connor. A master in strategy and a believer in law and order. Will he reign the universe one day and will he cope with the other 5 cruel lords? HOW TO LOAD Switch on your Amiga and insert the program disk when the Insert Disk animation is displayed. As soon as the title screen appears and loading has finished, press the LMB to start. WHAT TO DO You, as the player, take the role of O'Connor and have to stop all other lords and take over their planets. After the title screen has disappeared, you have the possibility to enter a code. By clicking on the upper numbers, you can change the starting positions of the other lords. Click the LMB again to enter the game. On the left side, all planets are shown (planets have the colour of the lord who reigns the planet - Your player colour is white). All gameplay is controlled via the menus on the right side of the screen. MENUS ON THE MAIN SCREEN TOP VIEW - With this the view can be changed to 3D. INFO - In the middle of the screen a communication screen appears. In the upper side of the screen the date and the position of your own Spacecraft are shown. Under this is shown how many systems produce spacecraft or fuel for the player. It also shows how many spacecraft the player has. These can be positioned with the cursor keys. If no ships are in the system, it's naturally easy for the other lords to take it over. The more ships you have in a system, the further you can expand. This is also shown (maximum is 11 light years). By clicking the RMB you can leave the info screen. RAID Using this option other planets can be taken over. First you must choose a planet in the graphic screen on the left (by clicking on it). On the upper-right side of the main screen, more details are shown and if it is possible for the player to reach the system. After you haven chosen a planet click on RAID. Now you are given the following options: 1. No-one reigns the system (grey) - No problem to take it over, you just have to decide if it shall produce ships or fuel. 2. The system belongs to another lord (coloured) and has its own troops (circles). Now a new screen appears, on which is shown, who will win (depends on enemy/own troops) 3. The system belongs to another lord (coloured) and the lord himself is in the system (arrow). A fight will start as described in 2). The loser of the fight has to leave all his owned systems and the winner will reign them from then on. If a lord loses twice in such a fight, he's no longer in game. Sometimes it's possible to land on the main planet. To land on the base, some obstacles have to be avoided. This is controlled by the cursor keys on the lower part of the screen. If you collide with certain obstacles too often, landing cannot be accomplished. PUTSCH This is possible three times. To win this, you have to fly through an asteroid field. Control is the same as for landing/steering. THE MENUS ON THE SYSTEM SCREEN These menus can be reached by clicking once more on the system. On the left side is some information about the system shown on the right side. CHANGE STATUS - Using this you can change production on one of your planets from fuel to ships or vice versa. A landing on the planet is necessary. TROOPS - All troops of all six lords are shown. NEW GAME - End game and return to start position. AUTHORS - Information about the authors of the game. After one menu has been chosen the other 5 lords will start their actions. After they are finished, the number of spaceships and the amount of fuel will grow (if a lord has taken over some new planets). If you want to quit the program click on the power LED on the lower-left side of the screen. CREDITS PROGRAM CODE AND GRAPHICS: Ingo Boeker and Jan Dark