DR.J U.S.A. MENACE by Psygnosis HOW TO LOAD MENACE ON THE ATARI ST In order to play Manace you require an ST with at least 512K of RAM and a color monitor or television. To load Menace you do the following: 1. Set up your St in the usual fashion. If this presents difficulties please refer to the section in your ST Owners Manual titled "Hooking up your system". 2. Insert Menace "Disk A" into your disk drive. 3. Switch on your monitor or television and then your ST. (It is important to reboot your ST in this fashion because it guarantees that the machine will not be infected by a VIRUS which will destroy your program disk.) 4. Menace will now start up automatically. 5. If the Menace title screen (box cover illustration) has not appeared within 45 seconds there may be a problem with either the program disk or your ST system. Check that your system is connected together properly and that the above sequence of instructions has been followed correctly. If you are sure that your computer is functioning (other software works correctly) and loading difficulties are still being experienced then please read page 2 "Warranty limitations" of this manual for replace details. 6. When "Disk A" has completed loading the title sequence will commence. When the screen prompt appears insert "Disk B". Once you have inserted "Disk B" loading will continue after you press any key. 7. The Menace "Disk B" must be left in the disk drive at all times during the gameplay. MENACE THE GAME Your mission orders are simple, you must destroy the planet Draconia. In theory possible, in practice a little more difficult. The planet Draconia, an unnatural planet, formed over many centuries by six of the most feared rulers that have ever existed. These rulers, exiled from their home galaxies, have ravaged and plundered space, using the worlds they have destroyed, and the lifeforms they have created to build this planet of fear and death. Now an end must be put to their reign of terror. A large scale attack will prove too costly to our space fleets, Draconia has many orbiting defense systems, the cost may be in thousands of lives. A single fighter craft, undetected approaching the planet, may have a chance. You will have that chance. BRIEFING Draconia consists of six zones, each controlled by it's guardian. Destruction of a guardian will weaken Draconia's defense systems, destruction of all six of the guardians will leave the planet totally vulnerable to our attack. Be warned, as you progress so will the guardians know of your aims. They will counter your attack with more and more fearful weapons. All will have their weaknesses, destroy or be destroyed. To get you onto the planet undetected we have captured and harnessed a giant space slug from the Aldabran galaxy. These creatures frequently roam near to Draconia. You will be placed inside the mouth of this creature in a standard short range fighter. The slug will then be remotely guided tothe planet, and at a convenient location the mouth will be opened to allow your escape to the planet. From here on it will be up to you. We hope the slug is not used for target practice by the Draconians, as has been known to happen. WEAPONS To remain undetected for as long as possible you will be attempting your mission in a standard short range fighter, with one notable exception. You will have on board the latest matter converter weapons. These weapons allow you to change the molecular structure of space debris by continually bombarding it with high energy shots. By then picking up the debris when it is in a useable form, you may build & replenish extra weapons. Your computer will generate images for you, showing you when to pick up the debris for specific weapons. Remember the more Draconians you destroy, the more debris, and the more weapons. The last page of this manual shows the computer images and their meanings. It only remains for me to wish you luck. We will be waiting... PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS Select for the normal game. All collisions with the aliens and guardians will reduce your ships shield. Once your shield has gone and you are in a collision your ship will be destroyed. Remember you only have one chance. Select for the expert game. Collisions with the scenery will reduce your shield, although not as much as a collision with an alien. If you have outriders attached they are not affected by the scenery. If you fail in your mission, you will be given the option to restart on the level you were destroyed on. You will however be without any of the weapons systems you had collected and you will find this a very serious disadvantage. CONTROL THE CRAFT WITH EITHER THE MOUSE OR JOYSTICK The following keys may be pressed at any time during play. Abort the game. Pause the game, press fire to restart. M Toggle the music on/off. E Toggle the sound effects on/off. If your disk is not write protected the high score table will be saved to it automatically. HOW TO COLLECT NEW WEAPONS Destroying a complete attack wave will produce a bonus icon on the screen. The last alien of any wave that you destroy will turn into this bonus icon. Every five times you shoot this it will change into a different bonus feature. Collect the bonus you want by flying over the icon whilst it's pictorial representation depicts the feature you require. These features and their corresponding icons are depicted on the rear cover of this manual. BONUS ICONS This icon adds 1000 points to your score. This icon attaches cannons to your ship. If cannons are already attached then this will fully arm them. Cannons are short range rapid-fire weapons. They are best used in close range combat. This icon attaches lasers to your ship. If lasers are already attached then this will fully arm them. Lasers are long range, high power weapons. They are ideal for destroying groups of aliens and for defeating the guardians. This icon gives your ship a speedup. Each speedup will increase the speed of your ship by a factor of 1 up to a maximum of x7. Use speedups to achieve the speed and maneuverability which you prefer. This icon attaches an outrider to your ship. You may attach a maximum of two. Outriders are inertia controlled combat droids. They are short range weapons but effective when your ship is surrounded. A good pilot can position them at any angle with a flick of the controls. This icon will surround your ship with a high energy force field, making your ship impregnable for a short time. This icon represents the most difficult bonus to obtain and is that of full shield recovery. It can be a life saver after some heavy combat has left your ship drained of energy.