NEBULUS 2: POGO-A-GO-GO

Loading Instructions

COMMODORE AMIGA

A500, A1000 and A2000. You are advised to disconnect all hardware from your computer. Insert Kickstart if required. Insert the game disc. The game takes a few second to load.

GAME CONTROLS

SELECTABLE FROM THE FRONT END:

F1    - One Player game
F2    - Two Player game
F3    - Three Player game
F4    - Select mission
        Mission 1 - Play all towers
        Mission 2 - Play just the UP towers
        Mission 3 - Play just the DOWN towers
F5    - Special thank you messages
F6    - Music/SFX
F7    - Load a special music-show!
F10   - Display Hi/Low score tables
HELP  - Display a short instructional text
SPACE - Options and selections screen

To make the game more accessible we have included a password system to allow the player to start from later towers. The passwords are only shown every fourth tower. The passwords have to be entered on the front end of the game and the screen will flash to acknowledge the password has been typed correctly.

SELECTABLE WHEN PLAYING THE TOWERS:

DEL  - Audio filter ON/OFF
HELP - Short instruction of the tower controls
'    - Print a map of the current tower
+    - (on KEYPAD) Increase the music volume
-    - (on KEYPAD) Decrease the music volume
C    - Switch sky colours to alternate colour set
P    - Switch colour of Pogo to alternate colour set

JOYSTICK CONTROLS (on Towers)

LEFT - Walk Left/Turn Left

RIGHT - Walk Right/Turn Right

UP - Jump Up/Enter (hidden?) doors, Use transporters, Go up on lifts, Use horizontally moving platforms, Cancel weapons

DOWN - Access weapon select panel, Go down on lifts

FIRE - Fire plasma bolt, Switch a switch, Press down dynamite detonators, Activate an extra weapon that has been selected.

THE WEAPONS

As you travel up and down the towers there are several parcels, in each of these parcels is an extra weapon to aid Pogo in his quest. To pick up a weapon just walk into the parcel.

Weapons are as follows:

KEYS - These open locked doors.

ROCKET - When Pogo uses this rocket to fly around the tower it kills everything in its path.

MAGNET - Some platforms are magnetic and the magnet can be used to pull Pogo up to the platform above him. Magnetic platforms are indicated by a flashing magnet icon on screen as Pogo walk below them.

ALL SEEING FLYMAN EYE - Pogo uses a personal helmet to fly around the tower allowing him to observe what dangers lie ahead.

JUMPING BOOTS - These boots have special air filled soles that gives Pogo a much bigger spring to his step.

MATTER TRANSPORTER - When collected these allow Pogo to use special transporter platforms to transport him from one part of a tower to another. The transporter platforms have arrows on them, pointing on the direction they will transport Pogo. once the transporter has been selected push up on your joystick to begin transporting.

Remember... There are metallic platforms with either a black up or down arrow on them. They are used for transporting Pogo up/down the tower. See THE WEAPONS for more info.

SPRINGBOARDS: They appear as bouncing platforms. If Pogo jumps on them they allow him to jump great heights to shoot enemies in upper parts of the tower. To reach greater heights push up joystick each time Pogo lands on the board after each jump.

DISSOLVING PLATFORM: These are different in appearance to the normal platforms and when Pogo jumps on them they start to disappear, so move quickly!

ORGANIC GLUE PLATFORMS: They appear as bubbling platforms and slow down Pogo's speed when he walks over them.

MAGIC PLATFORMS: Sometimes when it appears there is no way for Pogo to go magic platforms appear building a bridge for Pogo to cross.