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- CHRONOS & APOLLON.
- Of
- The mighty HooDLuM
-
- Present the documentation for Apocalypse
-
- From Virgin Games.
-
-
- A P O C A L Y P S E
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-
- Contents
-
-
- Box Contets...................................1
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- Loading Apocalypse............................2
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- Loading Problems..............................3
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- The Theatres of war...........................4
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- What you can expect to see during the play....5
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- Controlling the chopper.......................6
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- Using Weapons.................................7
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- Know your enemy...............................8
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- Playing Advice................................9
-
- - 1 -
-
- Box Contents.
- -------------
-
- Accompanying this manual inside this pack you should find
- the Apocalypse program diskettes. We recommend that these
- disks are `Write-Protected' at all times by ensuring the black
- plastic tab in the corner of each disk is moved "UP" so a
- "HOLE" is created.
-
-
- - 2 -
-
- Loading Apocalypse.
- -------------------
-
- Set up your computer as described in its instruction manual.
- If your computer is turned on, turn it off. Wait for at least
- thirty seconds before turning on your computer again. This will
- remove any virus which may be present and so minimise the risk of
- infecting and possibly destroying your Apocalypse disks.
-
- Insert the Apocalypse disk 1 into the computer's internal disk
- drive. Turn on the computer. The programm will load and run
- automatically. When you are prompted to insert the Apocalypse
- disk 2, do so..easy no??
-
- HARD DRIVE OWNERS PLEASE NOTE.
-
- Apocalypse cannot be installed on a Hard Drive (How lame..)
-
- - 3 -
-
- Loading problems.
- -----------------
-
- In the unlikely event that Apocalypse fails to load, turn off
- your computer and remove any extraneous external peripherals such
- as printers (Leave the monitor or TV connected) before repeating the
- loading procedure.
-
-
- If Apocalypse still refuses to load then pop the faulty disk (not
- the packaging) into a suitablysized jiffy bag or padded envelope
- along with your name and address. To aid our trouble shooting
- departement, please provide in as much detail as possible your
- equipement configuration (not forgetting any ram expansion devices).
-
-
- A1200 AWNERS PLEASE NOTE
-
- If you have difficulties loading Apocalypse, try the following...
- Hold down both mouse buttons then turn on your computer. When the
- Amiga early Startup control screen appears, release the mouse buttons.
- Select the boot options icon. Select the Disable CPU caches option
- (a tick will appear). Select the use option at the bottom of the
- screen to return to the amiga early startup control screen. Insert
- Apocalypse disk 1 into the internal disk drive. Select the boot icon.
- Your computer will reset and will be well. The program will load and
- run automatically. When you are prompted to insert the Apocalypse disk
- 2, do so..
-
- - 4 -
-
- The theatres of war.
- --------------------
-
- Your missions: Destroy the enemy forces and rescue as many pows as
- possibles.
-
- It seems that the bad guys have set up shop in five key sections
- of Majipoors's dense jungle. Beware of armed soldiers stationed in
- the trees and situated on top of watchtowers. Small plateforms of
- solid ground dotted throughout the undergrowth should be used as
- landing sited from where you can pick up survivors.
-
- Intelligence sources suggest that a large battleship is docked
- somewhere on Majipoor. Needless to say, if you see it, destroy as
- much of it as possible.
-
- We think your buddy is being held in a ruined temple deep in the
- heart of the jungle. Get to it, get him and any other hostages, and
- then get out in one piece. That's all.
-
- - 5 -
-
- What you can expect to see during the play.
- -------------------------------------------
-
- Three choppers are at your disposal. A new chopper will appear
- in your home base, to the far right-hand side of a section. Take the
- chopper up and out into the wild sky above. But Keep'em peeled for
- the enemy troops: They are everywhere!
-
- Choppers available: You are given an extra chopper when you
- complete a level.
-
- Pows in chopper: You can carry a maximum of six healthy pows.
-
- Injured pows: They become injured by friendly or enemy fire.
- Don't ignore them. Fly back to your home base where a two man
- stretcher team will automatically board the chopper. You ca, now
- collect a maximux of two injured pows.
-
- Home base: Deposit pows here and pick up a two-man stretcher team
- if necessary. Watch out! The enemy is ruthless and will even attack
- here.
-
- - 6 -
-
- Controlling the chopper.
- ------------------------
-
- Insert your joystick in the port marked "2 joystick".
-
- -Push the joystick shaft up tp lift the chopper off the ground
-
- -Push the joystick shaft right or left to accelerate the
- chopper in those directions.
-
- -Push the joystick shaft up or down during flight to move
- the chopper in those directions.
-
- - 7 -
-
- Using weapons.
- --------------
-
- Your chopper is armed with inlimited supply of machine gun
- ammunition.
-
- -Press the joystick firebutton to fire the machine guns.
-
- -A limited supply of special weapons is also at your disposal...
-
- -Mines: They Explode only when enemy soldiers walk on them.
-
- -Homing missiles: Lock on to moving enemy targets.
-
- -Rockets: Destroy enemy armaments.
-
- -Firebombs: Destroy huts - and everything inside!
-
-
-
- Four small pictures (icons) displayed down the right-hand side of
- the screen represent the special weapons. An icon will highlight to
- show that it has been selected. The number below the special weapon's
- icon shows the available quantity.
-
-
- - Press the "F1" key to select Firebombs.
-
- - Press the "F2" key to select Homing missiles.
-
- - Press the "F3" key to select Rocker.
-
- - Press the "F4" key to select mines.
-
- - Press the joystick firebutton twice quickly to unleash a special
- weapon.
-
-
- Alternatively...
-
- - Press the space bar to activate special weapon selection.
-
- - Push the joystick firebutton to regain control of your chopper.
-
- - Press the joystick firebutton twice quickly to unleash a special
- weapon
-
-
- Special weapon supplies.
-
- The only way to aquire further quantities of special weapons is to
- collect the supplies parachuted in at opportune moments. Pick them up
- in the air before they are lost in the dense jungle below. You will be
- shown wich special weapon you have acquired (they usually come in
- quantities of three units).
-
-
- Hold it!
-
- If you need to put your assault on hold in order to make a
- cup of tea (Totally stupid british cause) or answer the door or the
- call of nature...
-
- - Press the space bar to freeze the action.
-
- - Press the space bar or the joystick firebutton to resume play
- when the action is frozen.
-
- To abort a mission hold down ESC+Q
-
-
- Continue bonus.
-
- Rescue 100% of the hostages on any level to win a continue bonus.
-
- - 8 -
-
- Know your enemy.
- ----------------
-
- The pows are held in the huts dotted around the jungle. Use
- your chopper's machine guns to blow open the huts and release
- the pows. Beware: Enemy soldiers will attempt to round up the
- pows and they will not think twice about shooting them. Try to
- rescue all the pows (you must at least rescue 75 per cent of them
- in the first section) - An extra chopper is yours should you manage
- to rescue all the pows on a level.
-
- Pows are dressed in white. If they are not wounded they will wave
- at you to catch your attention. Land on solid ground. The Chopper's
- doors will automatically open allowing the pows to board. The pows
- are not rescued until the chopper has deposit them at your home base.
-
- Enemy soldiers are dressed in green. They have a tendency to shoot
- at you. Some are armed with rocket launchers, other with high velovity
- machine guns. Some of them run after the pows.
-
- - 9 -
-
- Playing advice.
- ---------------
-
- Don't hold back! destroy everything you see huts, fuel dumps - but
- please avoid killing the pows.
-
- Don't stay on ground too long. A secret enemy radio operator will
- call in an enemy chopper forece to destroy your chopper. Locate
- and destroy the radio operator's hut to stop the enemy choppers
- appearing.
-
- Note that sometimesthe pows and enemy soldiers will only appear
- when all enemy installations in the area are destroyed.
-
- Intelligence reports indicate that the enemy may resort to hiding
- the pows in an underground base. Keep your eyes open for any possible
- etrances.
-
-
- © 1994 Virgin interactive entertainement (Europe) LTD
-
- All rights reserved.
-
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