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- VIRUS
- Firebird 1988
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- CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor
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- AIM : The country has been invaded by waves of hostile alien
- spaceships. Instead of attacking military installations,
- however, they are intent on polluting the landscape with a
- lethal red virus which kills off all plant and animal life.
- Determined to counter this threat, a pilot is strapping himself
- into the cockpit of his state-of-the-art Hoverplane. This is
- equipped with the latest technology - long-range scanner, laser
- cannon and smart bombs, all of which will be needed to destroy
- the aliens.
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- GAMEPLAY : The action is shown in 3D with wire-frame vector
- graphics showing the Hoverplane and the enemy ships. The
- contours of the landscape are shown by a pattern of undulating
- squares representing the earth's surface.
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- The long-range scanner in the top left corner of the screen
- shows the position of the enemy ships in relation to the
- Hoverplane. Gauges above the main playing area show the amount
- of fuel remaining and the plane's altitude. Extra fuel can be
- obtained by landing at home base.
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- The Hoverplane is controlled by thrusting the engines and
- rotating the craft. At high altitudes, the fuel supply is
- automatically cut and the plane lowers rapidly towards the
- ground. You move, helicopter-style, by dipping the plane's nose
- and thrusting. You can refuel by landing on one of your landing
- pads.
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- During play, a map of the land can be displayed showing
- polluted areas in red. All enemy ships in the attack wave must
- be destroyed before the whole map turns red. Each wave contains
- many different aliens, including the following:
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- 1. SEEDERS - flying saucers which hover and sometimes land,
- spraying the virus.
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- 2. BOMBERS - high-flying alien ships which drop "packets" of
- virus.
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- 3. FIGHTERS - fast-moving ships which try to shoot you down.
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- 4. PESTS - small kamikaze alien drones which try to collide
- with you.
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- Collision with any alien ship results in the immediate
- destruction of the Hoverplane. If an alien attack is defeated,
- you gain a bonus score determined by how much of the landscape
- remains uncontaminated. An extra Hoverplane and smart bomb are
- awarded every 5,000 points.
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- KEYS : Redefinable - Joystick controls
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