INSECTS IN SPACE SCENARIO Once upon a time, deep in the heart of Germany, there lived a big breasted angelic woman called Helen Bak. Thousands of years later, long after she had passed away, Earth was invaded by a strange race of insects intent on populating the planet. They had reached every corner of the world, but for this remote valley in the middle of Rhineland. What happened was that the insects' deadly poison did not affect small babies in this area due to their diet of local grape juice, so they still survived. Saint Helen, arch-leader of the Motherhood, heard the distant impoverished cries of the poor babies from space and has travelled to Earth, in a last, desperate bid to save mankind. Equipped with her laser eyes, and your skill and judgement, you are to help St Helen in her task to rid the planet of the awful insect menace. CONTROLS Control is by joystick in Port 2. On the title screen: FIRE starts the game In-game: P - Pause the game SPACE - Smart bomb Q - Quit game Joystick: UP - Ascend DOWN - Descend LEFT - Fly left RIGHT - Fly right FIRE - Laser eyes/Dust control FIRE in short bursts activates Helen's Laser eyes. FIRE button held down generates space-time continuum dust circle. Enter dust circle with FIRE depressed to warp to the nearest Baby in distress. Enter dust circle without FIRE depressed to access Extra Bonus Feature Capability. When paused: FIRE Continue playing GAME PLAY St Helen has to stop the bees from grabbing the babies, taking them to a great height and dropping them to the ground and making a nasty mess on the floor. If she shoots a bee while it is carrying a baby, the baby will fall to its death unless it is caught by Helen and returned safely to the ground. She has to return top babies to the top landscape, and bottom babies to the bottom landscape. If she leaves the bees to carry the babies for too long they will drop the babies to their death and also give birth to a fly in their excitement which will cause Helen extra hassle. St Helen has two weapons. One is her superb laser vision to combat the evil forces of the universe (use this by pressing FIRE for a short time). The second gift bestowed upon her by the Gods on High is the ability to conjure up a magical circle of space-time continuum dust (do this by holding down FIRE for longer than usual). This will enable Helen to travel through space by continuing to hold down FIRE as she enters the dust circle. St Helen can be carrying more than one baby at a time, and if she has enough babies at one time she can temporarily save them by entering a dust circle without holding FIRE down, thereby keeping them out of the clutches of the evil insects (at least until another wave descends). At this time she is also gifted with Extra Bonus Feature Capability, dependant upon the number and combination of Top and Bottom babies she holds: 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 - points extra bottom no - baby power bullets 1 points extra bottom shield - skip 3 baby power levels 2 extra top bomb - skip 3 skip 4 baby power levels levels 3 top shield - skip 3 skip 4 skip 5 levels levels levels 4 no - skip 3 skip 4 skip 5 skip 6 bullets levels levels levels levels 5 - skip 3 skip 4 skip 5 skip 6 skip 7 levels levels levels levels levels The bottom and top power comes in the form of an angelic cherub who fire an extra laser from their eyes giving Helen extra firepower. SCORE PANEL The score panel shows the following information: A. Score (top left corner) B. Lives left (bottom left corner) C. Anti bullets on indicator (to the right of lives left) D. Shields on indicator (to the right of anti bullet) E. No shields left (to the right of shields on) F. Radar display (main display) G. Number of top babies carried (upper right of radar display) H. Number of bottom babies carried (lower right of radar display) I. Current extra bonus feature capability, if trade in selected (top right) J. Number of living babies left (bottom right corner)