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- Quadralien is not cpd, but make sure you have the right version for
- your graphics adapter. This is one complex game, and the docs suck.
- What follows is everything that I can tell you that THE PROG WON'T.
- There is a LOT more to be learned from the progs help screens, so
- explore!
-
- Welcome to Asta, which has 3 levels, each with 6 chambers, and the
- reactor core. Asta is controlled by DyMESC, thru slave droids which
- attract (red-black) or repel(blue-white), and MegaBoxes whose fields
- extend indefinitely.
-
- Your mission is to prevent the breakdown of Asta, by sending water
- barrels down chutes to reduce core temp , and reducing the Entropy
- Level, a measure of the movement of DyMESC. You must also find and
- destroy the Quadralien Mother. When you have enough points on one
- level, you will be given the password to the next level, which can be
- used to start new games at those levels.
-
- To do this, you will manuever the two droids which you can pick from
- the six available droids, each of which has its own peculiarities.
-
- Keys:
- F1 - Move Droid Mode
- F2 - Orient Droid Mode
- F3 - Pan Screen Mode
- F4 - Activate Geiger Scanner
- F5 - Swap Droid
- F7 - Music Off
- F9 - Pause
- Esc - Restart
- Space - Absorb radioactivity, access console, detonate explosive,
- pick up detonators & geiger scanners.
- Enter - Fire Laser.
-
- Every chamber has some info consoles, which are also used for recharging
- & other goodies. Other objects are:
-
- <OK> - returns you to chamber;
- liquid coolant barrels - send down chutes to cool Asta, some may be
- magnetically contaminated, as shown by their color.
- Energy Cells - push down chute to replenish Astas energy.
- Explosive charges - if you have a detonater, these can be use to blow
- up whatever is near & under them.
- Magnetic Track - use to move Astas droids
- Geiger Scanners - show you what's radioactive
- Earthing box - disables & drains droids
- Lighting Point - lights up chamber when you're on it
-