3001 - O'CONNORS FIGHT ********************** A strategic game by Ingo Boeker and Jan Dark Released by T.E.W. of AEON Instructions translated into english and typed down by T.E.W. of AEON BACKGROUND ---------- It's 3001. It has not been possible to develope an indipendent Space-Travel, yet . Because of this, travel through space and live on other planets is only possible in a distance of 15 light-years (from our sun) . The imperium was reigned by an imperator, who kept up law and order for some time. But now, the imperator is dead and a war has started between the six lords of the universe, who'll become the new imperator . The six lords do nearly everything to expand themselves and to reign the wholeuniverse one day . One of them is John O'Connor . A master in strategy and a beliver in law and order . Will he reign the universe one day and will he cope with the other 5 cruel lords ? How to load ----------- Insert disk when Workbench-Disk is desired . As soon as the titlescreen appears and loading has finished, press the left mousebutton to start . What to do ---------- The player takes the role of O'Connor and has stop all other lords and to take over their planets . After the titlescreen has disapeared, you have the possiblity to enter a code . By clicking on the upper numbers, you can change the startingpositions of the lords . Click left button again to enter the game . On the left side, all planets are shown (planets have the color of the lord who reigns the planet/Players color is white) . The whole gameplay is controlled by the menus on the right side of the screen ... The menus on the main screen ---------------------------- TOP VIEW By this the view can be changed to 3D INFO In the middle of the screen a comunicationcreen appears. In the upper side of the screen the date and the position of the own Spacecrafts is shown . Under this it's shown, how many systems produce spacecrafts or fuel for the player . It's shown, how many spacecrafts the player has . These can be stationed by the cursorkeys . If no ships are in the system, it's naturally easy for the other lords to take this one over . The more ships you have in a system, the wider you can expand . This is also shown . (Maximum is 11 lightyears) By clicking the right button you can leave the info-screen . RAID By this other planets can be taken over . First you must choose one planet in the graphicscreen on the left (by clicking on it) . On the upper right side of the mainscreen, more details are shown (also, if it is possible for the player to reach the system) . After you haven chosen a planet click on RAID . Now you have the following possibilities : 1) Noone reigns the system (grey) , No problem to take it over, you just have to decide, if it shall produce ships or fuel . 2) The system belongs to another lord (colored) and has its own trups (circles) . Now a new screen appears, on which is shown, wo'll win (depends on troops of enemy/own troops) 3) The system belongs to another lord (colored) and the lord himself is in the system (arrow) . A fight will start as described in 2) . The loser of the fight has to leave all his own systems and the winner will reign them from now on . If a lord looses 2 times in such a fight, he's no longer in game . Sometimes it's possible to land on the mainplanet . To land down on the base, some obstacles have to be avoided . This is controlled by the cursorkeys on the lower part of the screen . If you collide to often with certain obstacles, landing cannot be finished . PUTSCH This is possible for three times . To win this, you have to fly through an asteroid-field . Steering is the same as landing-steering . The menus on the systemscreen ----------------------------- This menus can be reached by clicking once more on the system . On the left side are some informations about the system on the right side those menus : CHANGE STATUS By this you can change production on one of your planets from fuel to ships or vice versa . A landing on the planet is necessary . TROOPS All troops of all six lords are shown . NEW GAME End game and return to startposition . AUTHORS Information about the authors of the game (or not ?) After one menu has been chosen the other 5 lords will start theri action . After they are finished, the number of spaceships and the amount of fuel will grow (if a lord has taken over some new planets) . If you wanna quit the whole program click on the power LED on the lower left side of the screen . PROGRAMCODE AND GRAPHICS : Ingo Boeker + Jan Dark