Off-Shore Warrior 1 - Getting Started: - On PC/XT/AT/PS, turn on your video monitor, then your computer. Insert your MS/DOS disk into the internal drive of your computer; it will read the DOS, then it will display: A>. - Eject your MS/DOS disk and insert your OFF-SHORE WARRIOR disk into the same drive, then type: A:OFF followed by a letter indicating the type of graphic card of your computer: - A : OFF C for CGA card - A : OFF E for EGA card - A : OFF H for HERCULES/monochrome card - A : OFF T for TANDY 1000 computer - On AMGIA 1000, turn on your video monitor, then your computer. Insert your KICKSTART DISK (no less than 1.2 version) into the internal drive. The AMIGA will read the system from this disk, then it will require the WORKBENCH disk. Now you are in the common sequence of all AMIGA models. - On all AMIGA 500, 2000 models insert the OFF-SHORE WARRIOR disk into your disk drive (WORKBENCH not required). - On ATARI 520 ST, 1040 ST, MEGA ST2 and MEGA ST4 (with the ROM TOS and one or more 3.5 inch disk drives), verify that you computer is turned off, turn on your video monitor, then your computer. Insert your OFF-SHORE WARRIOR disk into your disk drive. ATTENTION: You must never remove the OFF-SHORE WARRIOR disk (PC, AMIGA or ST) from the drive while it is being used. The disk must never be protected in writing because the best scores are stored in it. - COMMANDS: - PC/XT/AT/PS The F1 key changes the color (only if you have a color monitor). The F2 key connects or disconnects the joystick. The F3 key turns the sound on or off. The F4 key changes the monitor between color and black and white. The F5 key allows you to stop the fight if desired. The F10 key stops or starts the game (pause). The ESC key breaks the game and restores the system. If you have a HERCULES black and white card, the keys F1 and F4 do nothing. The Speed-boat is controlled either by the joystick or the arrow keys on the keyboard. Commands will be interpreted as follows: UP............accelerate DOWN..........brake LEFT..........turn left RIGHT.........turn right ENTER.........FIRE! At the end of the game, you can put your name beside your score. Do this by coosing the letters of your name one by one positioning yourself with the arrow keys on the keyboard or the joystick and storing each letter with the space bar or the fire button of the joystick. When five letters have been entered, the new score is stored on the disk. - AMIGA If you press simultaneously on the CTRL key and the two AMIGA keys the Amiga breaks the game and restores the system. The F9 key freezes the game until you press F10. The Speed-boat is controlled by the joystick. Commands will be interpreted as follows: UP............accelerate DOWN..........brake LEFT..........turn left RIGHT.........turn right FIRE BUTTON...FIRE! At the end of the game, you can put your name beside your score. Do this by coosing the letters of your name one by one positioning yourself with the arrow keys on the keyboard or the joystick and storing each letter with the space bar or the fire button of the joystick. When five letters have been entered, the new score is stored on the disk. If you wish to play right away, without listening to the presentation music just keep the FIRE button pressed as soon as the music starts. - ATARI ST: The F1 key changes the frequence of your screen (50 or 60 Hz). The F5 key allows you to stop the fight if desired. The F10 key stops or starts the game (pause). The Speed-boat is controlled either by the joystick or the arrow keys on the keyboard. Commands will be interpreted as follows: UP............accelerate DOWN..........brake LEFT..........turn left RIGHT.........turn right SPACE BAR.....FIRE! At the end of the game, you can put your name beside your score. Do this by coosing the letters of your name one by one positioning yourself with the arrow keys on the keyboard or the joystick and storing each letter with the space bar or the fire button of the joystick. When five letters have been entered, the new score is stored on the disk. 3 - The STORY: Sweeping through the universe with their Peach Doctrine, the Extra-Terrestrial Pacifists have taken control of all Economic, Political and Social life on Earth. War and violence are things of the past, and even the most basic games and sports are lacking in the action and aggression that unfortunately every Earth inhabitant is lusting for. Then the OFF-SHORE WARRIORS movement began. A sport evlved in which the participants pilot enormously powerful boats in a battle against their opponents and the natural elements. Taking place in gigantic areans surrounding the world's largest lakes, the warriors fight for victory against each other while trying to survive the added dangers of rocks and waves. The sport has grown in popularity rapidly, and is now the most popular sport in the world. The dates of the International events are known well in advance and take place over several days. The rules? Very simple: armed with one boat and missiles, all warriors enter the arena knowing that only one can leave alive. Winner takes all, win or die! Throttles are the limit, the warriors struggle to keep their boats under control: jumping waves, avoiding rocks, firing at their opponents, forcing them into rocks, jumping and ramming into them...doing anything to survive and win! Now, after many years of waiting and training. You are an OFF-SHORE WARRIOR. Your first arena full of fans is impatiently waiting for you. Can you handle the powerful boats, and the challenging conditions? Can you overcome the extreme pressure of a win or die situation? Will you be the new champion? Prepare for battle....start your engine! 4 - HOW TO WIN? Your firs opponents are novice, who can be destroyed without too much trouble. After a while your opponents become very alert and will react extremely rapidly and you will have to use all of your skill and reflexes. For each race you will have a number of missiles. This number will be smaller than the number of opponents you have. In order to be part of the next race, you will have to finish first or second in every race. At any time you can push your enemies onto the rocks to destroy them but you must not him them head on or you will die immediately. Even though the races take place on supposedly calm lakes, the wind may create waves which will make you jump; while you're in the air,you cannot control your craft and other warriors may catch up with you... The first event takes place in 2049. Each yearly OFF-SHORE championship consist of 4 races. Therefore, after winning 4 races you will be part of the 2050 championship, then the 2051 championship! Will you survive 2 years or a decade? The best pilots are the ones that survive, for those that died during battle, a board will show their score and date of death. If you finish first in one of the duels you will receive a much envied bonus. Don't show mercy to others they won't have mercy on you - its do or die!! ========================================================================== Off-Shore Warriors docs brought to you by The Southern Star for M.A.A.D.