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- INSTRUCTIONS
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- Because this game is far more advanced than Ant Wars 1 , I`ve had to re-do the
- whole interface to the game . These instructions tell you what the different
- buttons do . Read on ...
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- N.B The best way to use these instructions is to load the game , play until
- you find something you don`t understand and press A + Left Amiga key
- to jump back to workbench , where you can look it up here !
- Pressing A + Left Amiga Key will bring you back to where you left off.
- If you don`t have much memory this could cause the game to crash !
- Alternativly , if you have a printer , these text files are ASCII so
- you could print them out with any print program !
-
- controls :
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- Player 1 - Cursor keys = Up/Down/Left/Right
- SPACE = Fire
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- Player 2 - Joystick = Up/Down/Left/Right
- Fire button = Fire
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- The mouse is used in the pre-game selection but not in the game .
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- If you have difficulties getting the program to work , it`s probably because
- you`re low on memory . Try running the game without sound effects or music
- to get a few more Kilobytes , and close any extra programs which might be
- running . If you still have problems , contact me with a detailed description
- of your problem and I`ll see what I can do .
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- *** This game will only run from Df0:(the internal drive) ! ***
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- The Selection screen is pretty simple to figure out ;
-
- There are 5 working levels of the 10 available , these are Level numbers 1-4
- and the Random level ( In case you get sick of the other 4 ) . The rest of the
- levels will only work in the registered version .
-
- The Credits bar limits the amount of vehicles each player can buy in the
- Armoury . It probably looks useless at first , but if you limit your credits
- the armoury screen takes on a very tactical element .
- In this version of the game only 2 of the vehicles can be selected in the
- armoury , therefore only 2 can be used in the game ! Subscribe and you get the
- other three ! ( Hint , hint .. )
-
- *** In General ***
-
- The screen is split into 2 halves , with player one on the left , player 2
- on the right .
- The 2 green bars in the middle represent the lives each base has left .
- The objective of the game is still to blow up the other chaps base , but this
- time each player has 5 lives . ( note : Plane bullets and Anti Aircraft bullets
- do not damage the bases ! )
-
-
- *** Control ***
-
- The control system might seem a bit daunting at first , but spend a little time
- getting used to it and it will soon become second nature !
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- When the game starts , you are in SELECT mode , and a red arrow should appear
- above each players nest .
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- Pushing down will bring you to the deploy screen ...
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- - Deploy -
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- Move Left / Right to select Ant / Vehicle
- Press Fire to deploy your choice.
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- You will now automatically be put in control of your deployed vehicle / ant .
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- Pushing up while in select mode brings you to SCROLL mode ...
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- - Scroll -
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- Move Left / Right to select direction of scroll
- Press Fire to scroll
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- Push down to go back into Select mode ...
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- - Select -
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- If you have anything deployed , you select it by moving
- Left / Right until the icon for that vehicle / ant appears and a red
- arrow appears just above it .
- Move down to go into the CONTROL mode for it .
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- - Control -
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- From control mode , press up to get back to select mode .
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- *** Ants - ***
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- All the original options are available plus a few more .
- Select which you want to do by using up / down / left / right and press fire.
- The bridges build themselves ( you no longer sacrifice an ant ) in the
- direction the ant is facing .
- Use mining by pressing fire on the button , then moving in a direction .
- Upwards mining is now possible !
-
- Bazookas ! - The bazooka interface is one I`m very proud of . On the left are
- four buttons . Use these to alter angle / force . An arc at the bottom shows
- the path of your shot . Once you have the direction set up , move onto the
- bomb you wish to use . These are ;
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- Heat : Explodes with no crater ( unlimited )
- Nuke : Self destruct ( useful in close proximity )
- Hi-Explosive : Explodes leaving a crater ( 5 per ant )
- Guided : Once launched , left / right steers this missile . ( 5 per ant )
- Pressing fire again cause the missile to self destruct in mid air .
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-
- * Helis - ( Not available this version ! )
-
- Slightly different from the original .
- The move button must be clicked first to move the heli . Press fire again to
- access the buttons to collect / drop your ants .
-
- To stop controlling your heli either ;
- (a) Fly it off the side of the screen and press fire . ( Goes back into your
- stock of vehicles )
- (b) Crash it into something ! ( They explode now , use them as kamakazis ! )
-
- *** Planes - ***
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- These are probably the most fun , great for dogfights and such .
- Once a plane has been launched it can`t land again so use them wisely
- ( conversely , kill them wisely ! Crash `em into your opponents base if you
- can . )
- Left / Right alters the path of your plane , fire shoots a bullet .
-
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- * Tanks - ( Not available this version ! )
-
- Up to five tanks may be out at a time .
-
- The left / right buttons move the tank when you press fire on them .
- The Shoot button brings up a requestor similar to the ant bazooka one .
- There are 2 extra types of missile available with tanks ;
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- Anti Aircraft - A stream of bullets which you can steer using Left / Right .
- These have a massive range ( press fire again to blow them up
- in mid air . )
- Cluster - Drops 3 bombs half way half way along it`s flight path .
- These are great for "blanketing" an area .
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- There is a limit of 5 hi-ex bombs and 5 cluster bombs to each tank .
-
-
- * Bikes - ( Not available this version ! )
-
- Only one bike may be deployed at a time .
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- These vehicles are very manouverable , which gives them the advantage over
- the other vehicles and ants .
-
- Anyway , the control is practically identical to the tanks , except they use
- the same bombs as the ants .
-
- *** Jeeps - ***
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- These can carry up to 5 ants at a time , but only one can be out at a time .
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- Use the UP / DOWN buttons to pick up / drop the nearest ant .
- The left and right buttons move the jeep .
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- *** About Ant Wars II ****
-
- I tried to make all the different types of vehicles have certain pros and cons
- to them to add depth to the gameplay and I think I fairly well succeeded .
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- For example the bikes are great because they can travel practically anywhere ,
- but only one can be out at a time .
- Tanks are less manouverable , but up to five can be out at a time and the
- Anti Aircraft gun is a killer against planes , much more effective than the
- bike`s guided missile .
- I think this game`s playability is roughly a billion times that of the
- original ( myself and my friends would be playtesting to remove a bug and we`d
- end up playing for hours ! With the last game I had to playtest it myself ! )
- , a lot of this is down to the simultaneous playing . It made the programming
- dead hard but it was worth it !
-
- I honestly hope you enjoy playing this demo , but for 5 and a bit quid ,
- the full version is certainly good value for money ! If you can subscribe ,
- please do !
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