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- RIVER RAID
- Your mission is to score as many points as possible by destroying
- enemy battleships, helicopters, fuel depots, jets, land tanks, hot air
- balloons and bridges before your jet crashes or runs out of fuel.
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- INITIAL SET-UP
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- 1. Load River Raid into your system.
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- 2. When loading is complete, the CONTROLLER MENU will appear. Press
- the numerical key that corresponds to you selection.
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- 3. When the starting screen appears, select game level, 1 to 8, by
- pressing the corresponding numerical key.
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- 4. The keyboard screen will now appear, displaying all controls.
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- 5. Start the game by pressing ENTER. The action begins by moving the
- joystick or pressing a control key.
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- 6. Pause the game at any time by pressing H on the keyboard. To resume
- the action press it again.
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- 7. To reset the game press CAPS SHIFT and ENTER. To reset back to the
- controller menus, press SYMBOL SHIFT and ENTER.
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- ORIENTATION
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- THE RIVER OF NO RETURN
- The river is divided into sections with a bridge at the end of each
- section. You will encounter islands, narrow channels, bays and lots of
- enemy air, land and water crafts moving in to block your path. Also
- the farther down the river you fly, the more harrowing things get.
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- The current bridge number is displayed on-screen and is an indication
- of your progress up the river. it is updated whenever a bridge is
- destroyed. Advanced pilots may start the game at later bridges,
- bypassing the easier sections of the river. Here are your options:
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- GAME STARTING NUMBER OF
- NUMBER BRIDGE PLAYERS
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- 1 1 ONE
- 2 1 TWO
- 3 5 ONE
- 4 5 TWO
- 5 10 ONE
- 6 10 TWO
- 7 20 ONE
- 8 20 TWO
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- Your jet fighter will bank to the left or right when you move your
- joystick left or right. To accelerate push it forward. To slow down,
- pull it back. Press fire to launch missiles (hold for continuous
- fire).
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- On the keyboard O is used to move left, P to move right. Press 2 to
- accelerate, W to slow down. Any letter key on the bottom row may be
- used as a fire button.
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- accelerate
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- slow down
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- YOUR SQUADRON
- You'll begin with four jets (one active, three on reserve). With each
- 10,000 point increase, you're given an additional jet. You lose a jet
- if it runs out of fuel, or touches anything except a fuel depot.
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- FUEL GAUGE
- Always keep an eye and an ear on your fuel gauge. Fuel is used up at a
- constant rate, regardless of speed. When your fuel drops below 1/4
- full, a warning sound will alert you. To refuel, fly over a fuel
- depot. The slower you fly over it, the more fuel you'll receive. A
- beep will sound while you are refuelling. This changes to a higher
- pitch when your fuel tank is full. If you don't need fuel, you can
- blow up the fuel depot.
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- LAND TANKS
- These appear on the road at the first bridge. Beginning with Bridge 7,
- they'll dodge up to the shoreline and commence shooting. Helicopter
- gunners appear at Bridge 13.
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- SCORING
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- Target Points
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- Battleship 30
- Helicopter 60
- Balloon 60
- Fuel Depot 80
- Enemy Jet 100
- Helicopter Gunner 150
- Bridge 500
- Bridge with Tank 750
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- TIPS FROM CAROL BRADSHAW (Designer of River Raid)
-
- Carol is a first class game designer and a computer science scholar.
- She's also a serious bicyclist, and can often be found cycling through
- the wilds of her native California coast.
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- "The River of No Return is a rough assignment. You'll not only have to
- know your assault jet, but you'll need to have a good idea of your
- basic flight plan before you start."
-
- "By knowing the river, pinpointing areas with the highest
- concentration of enemy, and the most fuel depots, you'll have a much
- better chance of surviving. Try jotting down notes for each important
- section."
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- "Fuel is a critical factor. When you're far up river, fuel is scarce.
- Hence flying to the next fuel depot should be your top priority. Also,
- you'll find you can actually blow blow up a fuel depot in the middle
- of refuelling."
-
- "And, with that, I'll sign off. Good luck!"
-
- Carol Shaw.
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