3D Minestorm ------------ Tread lightly! The transport lanes of intergalactic space have been seeded with mines from an alien vessel. Use your mine destroying blaster to blow up the mines before they annihilate you! You may survive the floating mines, but beware of the fireball, magnetic, and treacherous fireball- magnetic mines... 16 fields, each one more difficult, await you! Controls -------- Joystick: Rotates your mine destroying ship. Button 1: Escape (hyperspace). Button 2: Escape (hyperspace). Button 3: Thrust. Button 4: Fire. Game Play --------- The enemy minelayer will move through your galaxy and will seed the first mine field. The mines will be left in 3 different levels or planes. Your ship will come into view after all the mines have been activated and the minelayer leaves the galaxy. Maneuver your ship within the galaxy in an effort to destroy the mines on the first level. Beware... when you hit a large mine it breaks apart into two smaller ones! And once you destroy the mines on the first level, those on the second level move up to greet you. When those are destroyed, the mines that were on the third level will move up. Use the joystick to rotate your ship and button 3 to thrust forward. Buttons 1 and 2 allow you to mysteriously move to a new location on the screen. Use it cautiously... it might put you in a more difficult predicament! As you travel through space, use button 4 for fire at the mines. As you destroy them, additional mines will become activated. Be careful... the minelayer may reappear to try and personally destroy you, but you can blast him as well. Once you make that part of the galaxy safe, on all three levels, you immediately travel to the next mine field. There are 16 different mine fields, each one becoming increasingly difficult. Getting Hit ----------- If you are hit by a mine you will lose one ship. The minelayer will reseed the field you are currently in and you will have another chance to clear out the field if you have any ships remaining. Types of Mines -------------- There are 4 kinds of mines which appear at different stages of the game. Floating Mines: [Three-pointed, kind of "M" shaped] These are "dumb" mines which simply drift through space. Fireball Mines: [Four-sided triangle with dot in middle] These mines hurl a fireball at you as soon as you hit them. You can avoid the fireball or destroy it with a rocket. Magnetic Mines: [Four-pointed "wavy" star] These mines will follow you anywhere you go, until you destroy them. Magnetic-Fireball Mines: [Kind of a "bent" Fireball Mine] These mines have the traits of both Magnetic and Fireball Mines. Each type of mine will appear in 2 sizes -- large and small. Field Types ----------- Each of the 16 mine fields gets more difficult, but each starts with 12 large mines across 3 levels. Each large mine breaks into 2 smaller mines when shot. The first field has only floating mines, but each new field has a different combination of mines. Will you discover the types of mines in Field 16? If you can survive all 16 mine fields you are certainly an ace pilot, but can you handle what comes next? Number of Ships --------------- In each game you will start with 3 ships. A bonus ship is awarded if you clear out 4 fields. Scoring ------- Points are awarded for destroying the mines, as follows: Types of Mine Large Small ------------------------------------------------ Floating 100 135 Fireball 325 360 Magnetic 500 535 Magnetic-Fireball 750 785 Additionally, 110 points are earned for hitting the fireball itself and 1000 points for hitting the minelayer. z_morganrw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu