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************************************************************************* * DeathTrack * * * * * * Docs Compiled by Maelstrom * * * * * * * * Game by Activision * * * * * ************************************************************************* Stats for DeathTrackers: Sly *Avg Elims/Year: 5.29 *Favorite Weapon: S&B Delta Max-1 *Home: Moon Base Alpha *Best Track: Chicago *Car: Night Stalker *Favorite Food: Smokey Links *Description: Pallid white male. Short dark hair. "I like to build my car up pretty evenly. When I get a big engine, I also improve the trans, tires, brakes, and airfoils. I find it better to have so-so quality everywhere than awesome parts in some places and cheap parts in others." MotorManiac *Avg Elims/Year: 6.42 *Favorite Weapon: RDI MetalStorm 50's *Home: Atlanta, GA *Best Track: Boston *Car: MondoBondo *Favorite Food: Corn on the cob *Description: Black male. No shirt on. Arms crossed. "When you come tearing up on wreckage in the road, make every attempt to miss it. It tears up your underside and scratches the finish. The same goes for staying on the track. Off-road racing is hard on these beasts." Wrecker (the Polish word for Wrecker) *Avg Elims/Year: 14.3 *Favorite Weapon: S&B Auto-Cannon *Home: Warsaw, Poland *Best Track: Pheonix *Car: Warthog *Favorite Food: Cottage Cheese *Description: White male w/ sun glasses. Wild hair. Is holding a gun. Beard. "If you're hopelessly out-gunned and your modifications haven't kept up with the rest of the trackers, try falling behind the pack and letting them pick off each other before getting into the action. Don't fall so far behind you get lapped, though." Melissa *Avg Elims/Year: 6.89 *Favorite Weapon: TTI Dragon Terminators *Home: Eugene, OR *Best Track: Manhattan *Car Name: Vixen *Favorite Food: Oysters *Description: White Female. Blond hair. Has hands on hips. "When you start feeling real degradation in performance, pull into the pit and check damage. Your car will run with most of your parts severely damaged. You can even run around the tracks on your rims if you like." MegaDeath *Avg Elims/Year: 2.54 *Favorite Weapon: SDI PT Sunburst *Home: Unknown *Best Track: Los Angeles *Car: Hammerhead *Favorite Food: Vitamin E *Description: White male. Black helmet on. Holding black gun. "When the race starts, I don't waste time in getting ready to blow up the guy in front of me. I put the foot down before the WCI kicks in to put some asphalt between me and the pack." Killer Angel *Avg Elims/Year: 10.6 *Favorite Weapon: DMS Steel Arrows *Home: Chicago, IL *Best Track: Seattle *Car: Devil's Revenge *Favorite Food: Tortellini *Description: Black female. Has hand behind neck. Hair is tied. "The best way to dodge a missile is to stomp hard on your brakes. You can't outrun a missile going 400 mph in a car with a top speed of 300 mph. I always get the best brakes at the parts shop to pull this off." Lurker *Avg Elims/Year: 3.61 *Favorite Weapon: MX-35 Mines *Home: San Francisco, CA *Best Track: Orlando *Car: The Grunt *Favorite Food: Black eyed-peas *Description: White male with torn up white cloth all over him. Light hair. "The Pitbull is one of my favorite cars. Its armor keeps you in the hunt longer and more than makes up for its relative lack of speed. The firepower isn't much, but you can always improve that at the shops." Preying Menace *Avg Elims/Year: .59 *Favorite Weapon: Scorpion Terminators *Home: Manhattan, NY *Best Track: St. Louis *Car: The Bandit *Favorite Food: Sardines *Description: White female. Frizzy dark hair. Body paint. Face paint. "Once I've got my car maxxed out on parts and weapons, I simply stop in the pits near the end of a race and repair and rearm. Then I just keep on racing through the entire circuit." Crimson Death *Avg Elims/Year: 10.8 *Favorite Weapon: DWS Falcon missiles *Home: Tokyo, Japan *Best Track: Houston *Car: Samurai *Favorite Food: Hot Dogs *Description: White Asian female. Hair is all tied up. White shirt. "If you time it just right, you can come down off the jumps and land right on top of the poor sucker in front of you. It does a great deal of damage to him, even if it isn't so good for your own car." A Note to the Impatient If you want to jump right in and start racing the DeathTrack, follow these instructions. When you've played enough times to want to know more about the circuit, weapons, parts, and controls, refer to the main section of this guide. NOTE: These Quick Start instructions assume a working knowledge of basic DOS commands. If you have any problems, please refer to the main section of the manual. Quick Start Intructions 1. Make backup copies of your DeathTrack diskettes <grin> 2. Install the game on your HD (if applicable). DeathTrack has an Installation batch file. 3. Type DTRACK and press <ENTER> at the DOS prompt. After the game loads, press the joystick button or spacebar to begin. 4. Answer the question that appears about a DeathTrack driver by finding the answer in this guide and selecting that answer from the choices on the screen. 5. To move through the menus, move the pointer with the cursor keys or joystick or use the TAB key to jump between menu choices. To enter your selection, press the Enter key, spacebar or joystick button 1. 6. You start the game with $10,000. Go to THE SHOPS to buy new parts and weapons. The Weapons shop gives you your money back on your old weapons when you buy new ones. The Parts shop does not. 7. When you've improved your car, choose RUN A TRACK or choose FULL CIRCUIT RUN. (see the rest of this guide for details). Once you're in a FULL CIRCUIT RUN, you can SAVE THE CIRCUIT or BAIL ON THIS CIRCUIT, which allows you to start over with a new car. You can't load an old circuit or start a new game till you finish the current one, or BAIL ON THIS CIRCUIT. 8. Control your car with the joystick, mouse, or keyboard. See main manual for more details. 9. When you're finished, select BAIL OUT to return to DOS. From the Pit: DeathTrack for Beginners Greetings, Sports Fans! Hey, how about that dustup in Orlando last month? Was that DeathTrack at its best or what? I thought I wass going to die and go to heaven when Angel slammed that Terminator up Wrecker's tailpipe and blew his carcass right into the press box! Just another night on the circuit, and the stars were out (some more than others)! I know there are lots of runny-nosed young shavers coming in new to the monster sport of DeathTrack, beguiled by bright lights and big guns. So as a public service to all you virgins out there, I'll explain how 'Tracking works. You cruise your ground pounder at maximum speed and eliminate the competition by ramming them, slicing their tires, dropping mines beneath their underbellies, and of course, blasting them with a charming variety of particle beams, lasars, missiles, and good old fashioned machine guns. Road signs point out which way the road is going to turn, so keep an eye on them and try to stay on the track. Running off the road slows you down a lot, and it's hard to get traction when you;re off the blacktop. If you're car gets damaged, its performance will drop. Pull over into the pits to repair or get more weapons. Outrace 'em or outgun 'em or both. The object is to cross the finish line first. Kills are worth points to your final score, but they don't earn you bucks, so drive hard. The more you win, the more bucks you snatch to repair or soup up your car between races. The more you soup up your car, the more you win. Got it? Good. Sound easy? Well, lots of other buzzard bait and highway pizza thought so too... Game Speed Adjustment The following keys are active at any time to configure DeathTrack for optimum performance on your computer: Key Function + Increase Screen Detail (default is max. detail) - Decrease Screen Detail (faster frame update) Use the + or - key on the keyboard (not the keypad) to change the screen detail. The + key increases detail; the - key decreases it (allowing for faster frame updates). The default is maximum detail. Choosing a Car So you say you want to be a DeathTrack racer, hmmm? Worse beginners have strapped themselves into a ton and a half of death machine. Let's see how you do. Your first big decision will be choosing a car. The frames and dashboards of the cars are all different, but the main differences are their weapons and auto parts. You see, DeathTrack cars are pretty modular. You can replace all the basic parts and weapons. If you really wanted to, you could take your Pitbull to the parts shop and chop it into a Crusher. Or vice versa. Or transform it into something even better. The differences between the cars are only really important in the first few races. After that, your car will be better than any starting car. If you're still alive. The HELLCAT is a fast car. with a good engine and transmission; an XT Turbo and PowerStream Deluxe. The weapons are standard, except for some Ajax B260 Wheel Spikes and an Suto Pike SR60 Ram Spike. It's good for people who like to win by outrunning the competition. The engine and spikes make it a car designed for passing. And causing lots of damage as you go by. The CRUSHER has a decent airfoil and armour, and a good lasar. The airfoil is a SlipStream Deluxe, the armour is Steel Plate, and the lasar is a PolyTech Sunburst, by SDI. It's a good all-around, middle-of-the-road car. The PITBULL knows how to take and give out punishment. It comes with outstanding Titanium Core armour, and a Delta Max 1. Everything else on it isn't the greatest, but it'll get you around the track. SuperSlip brakes. Stuff like that. Good for people who want to bully their way through the race. Once you pick your car, cruise on over to the Parts Shop and modify your new beast. Select THE SHOPS and see how quick you can spend the $10,000 you start with. Buying Parts and Weapons All you have to do to equip your death machine is select things from a simple menu. Select the part you want and it'll be requisitioned from storage, billed to your account, and fitted to your car. Want to upgrade some gear? No problem. The Parts Shop will even buy your old weapons back from you, and credit the value of it to your new purchase! What more could you ask for? Offer only good for used weapons. Used auto parts cannot be exchanged. Buying parts and weapons is a two-step precedure: Select an object. The object will be highlighted. Select BUY IT. The object number will increase by one, and your money will decrease in payment. You may also purchase parts and weapons by pressing B on your keyboard. The automated purchase system can't be cheated-it'll tell you when you're trying to get something you can't afford, or when you've purchased the maximum amount you're allowed to carry of any part or weapon. Shop or Die: Buying Auto Parts The parts shop stocks three grades of each component, ranging from mediocre to excellent to outstanding. The highest grades of each component are all designed to satisfy your most outrageous cravings for power! Make a monster, monster, monster car! Beef up that mauler as much as you can afford. You can only buy higher grades of auto parts between races, so choose you start parts carefully. Your battles could be won or lost in the shops before the race begins. If you want the specs on the stuff you're buying, select the item you're interested in, and then select DESCRIBE or press D on your keyboard. When you're done outfitting your rig, select OUT'A HERE and get set to race! Which Auto Parts Should You Buy? Read the on screen descriptions for all parts for a good understanding of their relative strengths and weaknesses. As a general rule, the more expensive parts will perform substantially better than the less expensive ones. Many of the higher priced parts have additional armour enhancements which reduce the amount off damage done to that part, regardless of your car's armour rating. ENGINES: The better the engine the higher your top speed. BRAKES: Good brakes can keep you out of trouble. You don't need to try and out run everything thrown at you. TRANSMISSIONS: Transmissions handle three of the most important aspects of DeathTrack racing: Acceleration, acceleration, and acceleration! TIRES: Poor tires slip all over the road. And off the road as well. But good tires grip the road reliably and improve acceleration. AIRFOILS: Airfoils work with your tires to increase traction, and improve your road handling. Good tires without good airfoils are a waste of money. The most powerful engines and transmissions are ineffecient and sloppy without a good airfoil. ARMOUR: Higher grade armour weighs less and protects better. Any armour can be torn apart with enough hits. Face it. There are only two places you can be: On the road or scattered all over it. Deadly Toys: A Visit to the Weapons Shop Buying weapons works exactly like buying auto parts. Just select the item you want to select, and select BUY IT or press B to purchase it. When you're buying weapons, unlike auto parts, there are more selections than will fit on one screen, and you can have more than one of most weapons. Paging Through Weapons Select the upper right or left arrows on the screen to see more weapon choices. There are nine kinds of weapons with three grades apiece. Buying Multiple Items Some DeathTrack can be bought only once, but most can be bought several times. Each time you select BUY IT or press B, you buy another of the same item. All weapons have an upper limit that will fit in your car. Your current inventory of any weapon is indicated by a number in the lower lefthand corner of the weapon icon. So go on. Soup up your hot rod with some powerful artillery. Weapon Limits Weapon Low Grade Med Grade High Grade ---------------------------------------------------------- Caltrops | 30 | 20 | 10 | Lasars | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ammo | 1000 | 700 | 400 | Mines | 30 | 15 | 7 | Missiles | 20 | 10 | 5 | Beams | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ram Spikes | 1 | 1 | 1 | Terminators| 15 | 10 | 5 | Wheel Spike| 1 | 1 | 1 | ---------------------------------------------------------- The Lowdown on the High-Powered Weapons CALTROPS: In the great Roman chariot races, unscrupulous charioteers threw sharp, twisted shards of metal in the path of enemy horses. The horses hooves would be slashed to ribbons, toppling their driver and leaving him easy prey for the cheating contestant. DeathTrack brings back a modern, hightech version of the caltrop, which sends a shower of spikes into the underbelly of the opponent's car, damaging the tires, brakes, transmission, and even the engine. Drop a few into the path of the car behind you, and watch the sparks fly! LASARS: Lasars! The word says it all. You want firepower? Buy a lasar! You want to be able to effortlessly slice up your opponents? Buy a lasar! You want a weapon that recharges itself fully after each race? Then buy a lasar! Truth in advertising laws force us to reveal that lasar batteries are good for a limited number of shots per race, and can't be recharged at the pitstop. But who cares? And who reads the small print anyway? GUNS & AMMO: FREE DEATHTRACK MACHINE GUN! Well, sir, when it comes to weapons, new fangled gizmos come and go all the time. But for good old-fashioned mayhem, nothing beats the Machine Gun. Nothing. Get a Model 95, a Delta Max 1, or even a top-of-the-line AutoCannon CX750 free with the purchase of ammunition for it. All you ever have to buy is the ammo. Keep the gun as long as you like. The shop will be glad to keep selling you fresh ammo for it. MINES: Having a problem with tailgaters? Other cars tearing around the tracck twice before you've even completed it once? Want to get rid of that pesky cruiser before he can pass you? Don't get mad. Get even. With Assassin Mines from Rear Defense. Mines are small packets of explosives that your car drops directly behind it. Your little present comes to life when the offending car passes over it, tearing up his undercarriage. If you can't outrace 'em, outthink 'em. With Assassins. Go ahead and drop 'em all. There are more where those came from. MISSILES: Stop messing around with inferior weapons systems. Stop trying to save money by buying cheapo weapons. There's only one real way to win. Missiles. They cost a little more, but then so does anything that's worthwhile. Darkwing Weapon Systems, Ltd. For when your tastes grow up. BEAMS: Picture yourself strapped behind 555,000 Megawatts of particulate vengeance! Particle Beam weapons are the newest trend in DeathTrack racing! Unlike guns, there's no more ammo to buy. Unlike lasers, they won't give out on you during the race. And you don't have to keep buying them over and over again, like missiles. Of course, there is a slight pause between shots while the weapon recharges, but that's hardly worth mentioning. Besides, a short pause between shots is a lot better than having your laser's battery die during the race! The Arrowhead Particle Accelerator. It's the only weapon you'll ever need. RAMSPIKES: Face it. In an aggressive sport like DeathTrack, you're going to get knocked around a lot. You need all the protection you can get. But you also want to be able to dish it out. You need Trojan Ram Spikes. Strapped to the front of your car, these ramming systems can puncture engines and fuel tanks as well as armour! TERMINATORS: Picture a high-explosive warhead strapped to a skateboard. Now slap on a rocket pack and launch it from your machine, and you have a Terminator. As Melissa says, "Are you willing to take the chance that your opponent doesn't have one?" Terminators from Terminal. Melissa's got them. Shouldn't you? WHEEL SPIKES: Why pass a car when you can trash a car? get Ajax or Achilles Wheel Spikes from Trojan War Systems. Trojan Wheel Spikes. They're not for everybody. But they could be for you. Available by invitation only. To see if you qualify, send roadkills resume to: Trojan War Systems, Reno, Nevada. Or use your Automatic Purchasing System to buy them. Start Racing When you're done souping up your car, you're ready to race! Select Out A' Here for the racing menu: RUN A TRACK. Practice any of the 10 tracks. FULL CIRCUIT RUN. Run all 10 tracks to see who's the best DeathTracker. SCOPE THE STATS. Review High Scores or scan the pros and tracks. SET YOUR LIMITS Number of Laps per Race: To change the number of laps, enter a new number from the keyboard. Enter a 0 first if you want to race less than 10 laps. (that is, 06 for a 6-lap race). To change your selection, press backspace to delete. Level of Difficulty: Select the level of competition you want to race against, from punk to megadestroyer, then Enter to accept. RUN AN OLD CIRCUIT. Restore a selected Saved Game. SAVE THE CIRCUIT. Allows you to save your circuit in progress. If you BAIL ON THIS CIRCUIT, you can restore the circuit from your last save. Have a formatted blank DOS disk handy if you're playing from floppy disks. END RACE. A race ends when your car completes the dignated number of laps or is destroyed. You can also exit a race at any time by pressing ESC, taking a last-place finish in return. At the end of a race you'll be informed or your number of kills, your order of finish, and the amount of money you earned during the race. Before continuing to the next race in a circuit, visit the Weapons Shop to rearm and the Parts Shop to repair. See "Entering the Pit" for instructions on repairing and rearming. Keep Your Eyes Off the Road A Diabolical Display of Instruments Designed to Put the Wreck Back in Reckless Driving Readouts are the lifeblood of a DeathTrack driver. Without this sophisticated array of computer-controlled driving and targeting indicators, you may as well be driving and shooting blind. There are three sets of readouts in your car's cockpit: The Upper Dashboard, the Windshield, and the Lower Dashboard. Upper Dashboard Readouts DAMAGE LEVEL DISPLAY (DLD) Location: Upper Left Corner The Damage Level Display (DLD) sdhow damage to your armour. If your amour's trashed, chance are a lot of other parts are banged up, too. Got it? Anyone who can't figure that out is in a lot of trouble already. When you take a hit, the border of the screen flashes, and the DLD shows you the new damage. The DLD warns you when your car is in trouble, giving you time to pull over into the pits and get repairs. Pay attention to it or fry. AUTOPILOT ON/OFF Location: Upper Left Center This shows whether your Autopilot is on or off. Use the A key to switch it on and off. Autopilot will drive your car for you, leaving you free to target weapons, catch your breath, pick your toes or whatever. It doesn't drive fast and it doesn't drive well. Real Trackers do their own driving. Got it? FUEL GAUGE Location: Top Center After your intensive study of the DeathTrack sport, you can guess what this does by yourself. Sitting stalled on the track is not just publically humiliating, but you make such an inviting target for the rest of the pack. REARVIEW MIRROR Location: Upper Center What do you want a physics lesson? This is just a rearview mirror. It shows the track directly behind you, and is good for lining up mines and caltrops on that speedhead trying to ram you from behind. Also helpful when you want to block faster opponents to keep them from passing. WEAPONS COUNTDOWN INDICATOR (WCI) Location: Upper Right Center All DeathTrack cars have this override system that keeps weapon ystems inactive until the cars have driven about ten seconds. When he bar reaches the right of the graph, your weapons can fire. Your UD display flashes onto your windshield, and you can start blasting way! In the early days of DeathTrack, before they added the WCI, races used to be real short. RACE COUNTDOWN INDICATOR (RCI) Location: Upper Right Center These three lights under the WCI count down the start of the race. When the third one lights, do what comes naturally. PITSTOP INDICATOR LIGHT (PIL) Location: Upper Right Corner The PIL flashes as you come into the pit area. Overshoot the pit area and you have to go around the track again before pitting. Everytime you complete a lap, you'll have an opportunity to pull off to repair, rearm, and refuel. Look for the pit area and pull over and stop. You'll automatically be placed in the pit menu. When playing with the screen detail adjusted to the minimum, you'll need to use the PIL to know when to get over into the pits. Windshield Readouts HEADS UP DISPLAY (HUD) Location: Center Love that HUD. It's a mondo targeting and tracking system that's projected onto your windshield. It gives you state-of-the-art computerized target aquisition, weapon specific aiming cursor, and automatic weapons display. It's a special gift to good little DeathTrack drivers. If you're really crazy, you can turn the HUD off by pressing the H key. RADAR EARLY WARNING DISPLAY (REWD) Location: Upper Left Corner of the HUD Most of the time, there wont be anything in that upper left corner. But when there is, you better pay close and careful attention to it. It doesn't give you a lot of advance notice, but if you're good, a little warning is all you'll need. If someone locks a missile on your car, it'll follow you no matter how hard you swerve, Fortunately, missiles can be fooled into zooming harmlessly overhead and detonating in the road if you brake rapidly. If you have a truely monstrous engine, you can try and outrun them. AUTO-TARGET AIMING CURSOR (A-TAC) Location: Center of the HUD The A-TAC is the weapons crosshair that shows up at the center of the HUD. Use it to line up your shots. The shape of the A-TAC depends on your selected weapon, and it changes as you change weapons. The gun, laser, and beam cursors all stay in the center of the screen, and you line up your opponent in your sights by maneuvering behind him. The missile cursor moves to follow the target's car. WEAPON ACTIVATION STATUS (WAS) Location: HUD Lower Left The WAS lists your weapon of choice at the bottem left of the HUD, usually with a message about the weapon. The message tells you your ammo remaining, units of the weapon remaining, or the status of the weapon, depending on the weapon. When you use up the weapon, the WAS will change color to let you know. Pay attention to this. You don't want to launch a Terminator you don't have. Lower Dashboard Readouts SPEEDOMETER (MPH) Location: Center This is you speedometer. Your speedometer shows your speed. If you need more information, go to night school. OPPONENT DETECTION DISPLAY (ODD) Location: Lower Left Corner Whether the targeted is a snob or a slob, his smirking face will pop up on the TV viewer on the lower left dashboard. Just below his mug shot is his name, and above it is his standing in the race. If the number reads #01, you know you have the leader of the pack clearly in your sights. And that's such a good feeling. Press enter to cycle through your available targets on the ODD. MAP ACTION DISPLAY (MAD) Location: Lower Center The Map Action Display shows you an overhead map of the current racetrack and the name of the city. See the little red dot running around the track? That's you. See all the black dots? Those are your enemies. Kind of sobering, huh? The X points to the pitstop area. The triangle points to the finish line. Try to get there before they kill you. LAP COUNTER Location: Far Right The upper number in the lapo counter shows laps traveled. The lower number shows laps remaining. RACE POSITION INDICATOR (RPI) Location: Lower Right Corner This shows your current position in the race. If it consistenly says #10, you better look for a new line of work. Player Controls: On the Track Joystick and Keyboard Controls Low Rt Corner or 3 Turn right and brake Middle Lower or 2 Head straight and brake Low Lft Corner or 1 Turn left and brake Middle Rt Side or 6 Turn right at current speed Middle or 5 Head straight at current speed Middle Lft Side or 4 Turn left at current speed Upper Rt Side or 9 Turn right and accelerate Upper Middle or 8 Head straight and accelerate Upper Lft Side or 7 Turn left and accelerate Button 1 or Space Fire Button 2 or Enter Toggle through weapons The best way to drive a DeathTrack car is to use the joystick. It's fast, easy, and intuitive. You just lean forward on the stick to accelerate, and yank back to slow down. Slide the stick right and left to steer the car. Firing is just as easy. Press button 2 to scroll through your weapons, then sqeeze button 1 to fire. Joystick and keyboard functions can be used together or independently. Keyboard Controls for Use with Joystick or Numeric Keypad Key Weapon Readied Key Weapon Readied 1 Machine Guns 5 Missiles 2 Laser 6 Mines 3 Particle Beam 7 Caltrops 4 Terminators A AutoPilot on/off B Buy a weapon or autopart (in the shops only) C Drop Caltrop D Read Weapon or Auto Part description H HUD on/off M Drop Mine P Pause S Turn sound effects on/off T Turn music on/off W Toggle weapons + Increase screen detail (slower frame rate) - Decrease screen detail (faster frame rate) Spacebar Fire selected weapon Enter Cycles through targets on the Opponent Detection Display (changes target on missiles only) ESC Exit Race TAB Move between menu items ALT C Recenter your joystick Entering the Pit As you pass the flag at the end of a lap, you'll see the pit on your right. Pull to the right and stop your car to enter the pit. In the pit, you can refuel, rearm or repair in the Weapons or Parts Shops. Elapsed race time is determined solely by the number of selections (button clicks) you make while in the pit. Repair: In the Parts Shop, damaged parts are indicated by a big DAMAGED banner running through the parts icon. The cost to repair the damage is indicated in the lower righthand corner of the icon where the purchase price is normally displayed. Highlight the damaged part and select Buy It to repair. Rearm: Weapons do not take damage during a race. They do, however, run out of ammunition and inventory. To replenish, simply purchase the weapon as you did in the Weapons Shop before the race. Refuel: Refueling is free; however, race time elapses while you're getting tanked. You start each race automatically with a 3/4 full gas tank. Bounties During a circuit, one of your opponents will occasionally have a bounty on him. This is a special cash bonus available if you take him out during the course of the race. Whether you win or lose, you recieve the stated amount for eliminating that DeathTracker. Now you know everything there is to know about life in the fast lane on the DeathTrack. Appendix: User Options at Start-Up Graphic Mode Options To select a different graphics mode, enter one of the options below after typing DTRACK *The game automatically selects the best graphics mode for you. If you like, however, you can manually select the mode by typing one of these options after DTRACK: GE (Enhanced Graphics Adaptor, 16-color) GC (Composite Graphics Adaptor, 4-color) GH (Hercules monochrome) GT (Tandy 1000 series, 16-color) Sound and Music Options To start DeathTrack with sound or music turned off, type the following after DTRACK: S0 (Turns sound effects OFF) T0 (Turns music OFF) Demonstration Mode To start DeathTrack in self-running demonstration mode, type DEMO at the DOS prompt.