DIE HARD 2 DIE HARDER THEY SAY LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE... THEY WERE WRONG. A major international airport becomes the arena for terror as an elite special forces unit seizes control and threatens to bring planes plunging to the ground. Their plan is swift, brutal and brilliant...but they didn`t count on the presence of one man...John McClane. You play the part of John McClane in this arcade action game based on the No 1 U.S. and U.K. cinema hit, set over five explosive levels. When the game has loaded you will be presented with three targets as follows: Start game Target range Other options Moving the sight using your mouse to the Start game target and pressing fire will send you to Dulles airport to do battle with the terrorists. Moving the sight over the Target range target will transport you to the Police target range for some shooting practice. Moving the sight over the other options target will produce another menu screen with the following targets. Control Sound Exit options Moving the sight over the control icon allows you to choose which method of control you wish to use during the game. You have the option of using mouse, joystick (in port two) or light gun. To select the required option just press fire until the correct control method is displayed on screen. The new control option is not enabled until you exit the options menu. Moving the sight over Sound target allows you to select what sound is playing during gameplay. You have the choice of music and sound efects, just sound effects, just music or no sound at all. Again, to select the required sound just press fire until the correct option is displayed on screen. Finally, pressing fire over the Exit options target will return you to the main menu. OTHER OPTIONS Also during the game you can access the following options: F -- Freeze game, press again to restart. C -- Calibrate light gun (Follow on screen instructions). T -- Terminate game and return to title screen. F6-- Select mouse control. F7-- Select joystick control. F8-- Select light gun control. GAMEPLAY LEVEL ONE - THE LUGGAGE CONVEYORS Terrorists have taken over the baggage handling section of the airport terminal . The noise of the machinery and the moving baggage provides them with ideal cover. You must remove all terrorists from this section otherwise their plan to rescue the evil General is certain to succeed! LEVEL TWO - THE AIRPORT ANNEXE The terrorists next target is the radio communications dish on the roof of the airport annexe. If this is destroyed they will have complete control of the airspace around Washington D.C. and landing the General`s plane will be an easy affair. The mechanical walkway provides excellent cover, unfortunately you happen to be on the wrong side of it! LEVEL THREE - THE GENERAL`S ARRIVAL The terrorist force has succeeded in the fist part of their plan. The evil General is now sitting in his aircraft waiting to be led away to safety. Try to make their task as hard as possible and you may even get the chance of taking out the General! Beware of the many fuel cannisters around the runway area, a few shots and they may explode! LEVEL FOUR - THE SNOW-BIKE CHASE You have discovered that the terrorists are using an old church nearby as a base. As you arrive, however, they scream from the building aboard snow-bikes. You grab a bike and give chase. Try to stop as many of the terrorists escaping as you can otherwise they will be free to perpitrate a similar deed elsewhere. LEVEL FIVE - SHOOTOUT ON JET`S WING The terrorist`s hijacked plane is about to take off! You leap from a helicopter onto the wing of the plane. Kill all of the terrorists on board before the plane has chance to take off to stop the General from escaping. ICONS When you shoot a terrorist, sometimes he will drop an icon to the floor. Some of these icons will help you in your attempt to complete the game and others will hinder you. The icons dropped are as follows: MEDICAL KITS These appear as a white box with a red cross in the centre. When shot these will boost your energy level, repairing any damage you may have recieved from the terrorists. GRENADES When shot you will be given an extra grenade. FLAK JACKET This appears as a small jacket and when shot, it will make you invunerable to the terrorist`s weapons for a few seconds. When you are in possesion of a flak jacket it will appear in the score panel, as the effect starts to run out it will flash before eventually dissapearing. WEAPONS Various weapons will be dropped, they vary in speed of fire and also in the power of effect they have on the terrorists. The weapons to be found in order of least powerful to most powerful are as follows: Beretta (single fire pistol). Glock (triple fire hand held gun). M16 (slow firing machine gun). AK47 (fast firing machine gun). Uzi 9mm (the ultimate in firepower). However, when you are in possesion of a powerfull weapon make sure you don`t shoot a less powerfull weapon as it will decrease your firepower. FINALLY REMEMBER YOU ARE A POLICE OFFICER AND WILFUL DAMAGE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY OR ANY HARM TO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF POINTS! THE TARGET RANGE Before entering into the game for real you have the option of going into the target range to improve your shooting skills at the Police target range. Civilian and terrorist targets will appear at windows and in doorways. You have to decide in split seconds whether to shoot or hold fire. At the end of the session you will be given a readout of your performance including: Score Maximum Score Shots Fired Targets Hit Civilians Hit Percentage Hit Before you enter the game you should try to acheive a score of at least 50% in the target range otherwise you will be fried in a real situation! END..........