Better Dead Than Alien Loading Better Dead Than Alien AMIGA Turn on your computer with the Better Dead Than Alien disk in the internal drive. The software will auto start. Fig. 1 ~~~~~~ Player 1 Player 2 or single player ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amiga Mouse in port 1 Joystick in port 2 or keyboard or keyboard Atari ST Mouse in port 0 Joystick in port 1 or keyboard or keyboard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fig. 2 ~~~~~~ Player 1 Player 2 or single player ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- UP Cursor Q Down keys A Left O Right P ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATARI ST Turn on your computer with the Better Dead than Alien disk in the internal drive. When the Better Dead Than Alien icon appears, double click to start the game. SHIP CONTROL ~~~~~~~~~~~~ See Figs 1 and 2 for the default control settings. To change the defaults select from the setup screen prior to engagement. Hit HELP to pause and again to bring up the help screen. UNDO (DEL on the Amiga) resumes. UNDO (DEL on the Amiga) also quits any text screen. ESC aborts a game. YOUR MISSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your mission is to wipe out Alien waves as they appear in the battle zone. Be prepared to face all manner of unearthly beings. Some may be easily destroyed - do not be deceived; those that come after can be stubborn and lethal. But do not fear, help is at hand. You can win devastating extra battle powers and, during Master Alien waves, the freedom to move over the entire battle zone. An Alien is at it's weakest when its eyes glow a putrid green. Blast a greeny and it will release a power capsule which can be picked up by your ship. The Power Capsule can recharge your Power Bars or, if one of the panel icons is flashing, boost your fire power with the indicated Destructivity Intensifier as depicted in Fig. 3. Normally, any enhanced fire power you gain will be exhausted by the end of the current wave. Blast the last greeny in a wave however and the power so attained will carry through into the next. Fig. 3 ~~~~~~ 1 Lazer Scatter Bolts !----! ! ! !----! ! 1 ! !-! ! 5 ! 2 Auto repeat saturation blast - !----!-!-! !----! Devastating but consumes huge ! ! amounts of energy. !----! !-! !----! ! 2 ! !-! ! 6 ! 3 Stun - Causes Alein confusion, !----! ! ! !----! temporarily slowing their advance. ! ! !----! !-! !----! 4 Clone Ship - Doubles your ship ! 3 ! !-! ! 7 ! and fire power. !----! ! ! !----! ! ! 5 Multiple Blast - Fires a burst of !----! !-! !----! missiles for single energy drain. ! 4 ! !-! ! 8 ! !----! ! ! !----! 6 Armour Missle - Blasts an entire !-! rank of Aliens. !----------------! ! | | | | | | | |! 7 Neutron Bomb - Weakens all the ! | | | | | | | |! Aliens in a wave with deadly ! | | | | | |! radiation sickness. ! | | | 9 | | |! ! | | | | | |! 8 Shield - Affords limited protection ! | | | | | | | |! from Alien fire. ! | | | | | | | |! !----------------! 9 Power Bars - Your energy reserves. Beware: without energy you are helpless, at the mercy of the Aliens. Aliens do not show mercy. ============================================================================= Better Dead Than Aliens docs brought to you by The Southern Star.