SPACE INTRUDERS -- Video game for MS-DOS-compatible computers
        Manual (short version)


        Minimum System Requirements:

        At least 520 kilobytes of free RAM, 32-bit CPU (386 or later),
        color VGA card and monitor.


        Files

        Space Intruders is composed of the following files:
                INTRUDER.COM Program code
                INTRUDER.TBL Table of hi-scores
                INTRUDER.DAT Data
                INTRUDER.GRX Graphics data
                INTRUDER.SND Sound data
                INTRUDER.DOC Documentation (ASCII text, this file)
                INTRUDER.TXT Summary of keyboard commands (ASCII text)
        
        
        The aliens are comming...

        Well, it's those pesky aliens again!  But, hey, you know what
        to do, right?  So...strap on your garter belts, set phasers
        on "disintegrate", gird up thy loins, and prepare thyself for
        total carnage!  I love it!  Yeah!  Bonus ship awarded at 100K,
        300K, 500K, 1M, 2M, 3M, etc.


        Starting The Game

        Turn on your computer.  Insert the disk in drive A or B. 
        Log the drive which contains the disk.  Type INTRUDER and
        press the <enter> key.  The program should load within 60
        to 90 seconds.


        Game Hints

        Well, what can I tell ya?  The object of the game is to score
        as much points as possible.  So, obviously, it pays to go
        after as many saucers as possible during a given wave.
        Destroy aliens by columns, rather than by rows, this way the
        aliens take longer to move across the screen, giving you more
        time to go after saucers.  You should eventually end up with
        one alien, preferably the top-most one.  Try to keep that one
        alien alive while going after saucers, but don't let the alien
        get too low.  If the aliens land then it's game over.  It is
        possible to play indefinitely, but I wouldn't count on this.
        My highest score is a little shy of 2 million points.  Keep
        in mind that you can have only 16 missles on the screen at
        any given time, so use them wisely -- don't waste 'em.


        Optimizations

        For best results unload all TSRs and don't use a memory
        manager.  By the way, a TSR is a Terminate and Stay Resident
        program (a.k.a. Memory Resident programs).
        

        Troubleshooting

        If you get an error message or INTRUDER doesn't start, try
        this: format a floppy using FORMAT A:/S then re-boot your
        system using this newly formatted floppy.  Now try starting
        INTRUDER.  If this doesn't work then you probably have a bad
        copy of the program.