MEN AT WAR (THE GAME)

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                   .oO The game (preview II) Oo.
                   
                   
			It's better to live one hour like a tiger
                        than a lifetime like a worm...

                                                      Cat 
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* WARNING   WARNING    WARING                                        * 
* This version is a PREVIEW.                                         *
* It works for 5 minuts each game, then it stops (it doesn't crash!.)*
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Made for Falcon030 with 4 Mb
Works from floppy or HD.
Works on TV, RGB and VGA(!)
--> But.. ,<--
Doesn't like NVDI, WARP or any other software accelerator!
CLEAN BOOT please for max memory !!!



The general idea....

Its an old but good idea, it came from a small game on the Atari VCS 
2600 and it was called Tanks. Well the VCS 2600 is for most of us 
history but this game most of us remember. So why not make it again...
This game isn't an exact copy but a newer version with some newe ideas 
to make things even more playable...


How to play...

This is also the beta release of the manual !!!!!!!

Use in the main menu the cursor keys and space bar to select an 
option. During the playing you can press ESC to go back to the main 
menu. Pressing ESC in the main menu exits the game.

Brown walls just stop you...  \
Bleu walls bounce you back...  > Nice to know before you start !
Orange/Red walls kill you...  /


Rebouncing Bullets : This is one of the new features of the game which I
                     like the most. What does it do ??? It makes the 
                     bullets bounce against the walls and other objects
                     in its path. The gives the bullet a rather strange
                     path as it bounces through the playfield. Try it and
                     you will love it. Try also with different range and
                     number of bullets !!!
                     
Number of bullets:   You can choose between 1 and 3 bullets to shoot. By
                     pressing the fire or spacebar the number of bullets
                     will increase until it reaches the top. Pressing once
                     more will result in going back to 1. N.B. using just
                     1 bullet a player will make things rather difficult 
                     but funny.
                     
Sound FX           : You can turn them ON/OFF by using the fire button or
                     press the spacebar.
            
Int. Speaker       : You can turn it ON/OFF by using the fire button or
                     the spacebar. Personaly I prefer it OFF and use the 
                     phonejack to the connect it to my stereo and enjoy 
                     the SFX.
              
Module music       : Again turn it on off with fire button or spacebar.
                     (There will be more modules to choose from in the 
                     final version !!!)

Sorry no editing these... (its hard enough as it is to make it work).

Player 1 Keyboard controls                Player 2 Keyboard controls    
( numeric keys )

  7  8  9  <ENTER>= FIRE                    Q  W  E    <SPACE>=FIRE
   \ ! /                                     \ ! /
  4-   -6                                   A-   -D
   / ! \                                     / ! \
  1  2  3                                   Z  X  C
  
Player 1 Joystick control                 Player 2 Joystick control

Use port 0                                Use port 1

Player 1 Paddle control                   Player 2 Paddle control

Use port 0	                          This option is not avaiable 


Playfield editor will be released with (or soon after) the final 
release of the game....

Credits for Men at War:

Programming GFA : Bonus
GFX             : Bonus
Mod routine     : Mr.Coke
Idea,design.    : Bonus,Atari
Music           : Several musicians (No FUN members)


                     Enjoy, Bonus Software
                

Alexander "Bonus" de Vries
E-mail: bonus@xs4all.nl
FUNHomepage : www.xs4all.nl/~bonus

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