THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE

COBRA

PUBLISHER
Ocean

AUTHORS
Jonathan Smith
Martin Galway (Music)

YEAR
Original release Jan 1987
Dec 1987, included on compilation 'Magnificent 7' (Ocean)
1989, re-released on Hit Squad label (Movie Collection #2)

DESCRIPTION
Scrolling shoot/beat-em-up

CONTROLS
Redefinable keys or Kempston/Sinclair/Cursor joysticks
General: Up=3DJump, Down=3DDuck, Left/Right=3DWalk, Fire=3DFire
B/N/M =3D Pause

INSTRUCTIONS
Licensed from the movie of the same name (starring Sylvester
Stallone), your aim is to rid the city of various nasty
criminal types using a range of weapons, whilst keeping a
lookout for your girlfriend.=20

HINTS/CHEATS
There are some 'helpful hints' in the inlay card text.

A fairly useless tip, but one which was bandied around all
the mags nonetheless, is that the game slows down if you
hold down the pause key. N, M and SPACE together seem to work
quite well.

36512,62 \
36513,5   > Infinite Lives
36514,0  /

37915,201 - Invincible


RELATED GAMES
None directly, although if you like this style of game,
the same author also coded Hysteria from Software Projects
(which came later than Cobra, and is very similar) and
Green Beret from Imagine.

INLAY CARD TEXT
THE COBRA STRIKES!
As vigilante cop, Marion Cobretti of the 'Zombie Squad', you
must rescue top fashion model Ingrid Knutsen from an army of
psychotic killers and the evil clutches of 'The Night
Slasher'.

LOADING
Type  LOAD "" (ENTER)

THE GAME
THIS IS WHERE THE LAW STOPS...AND YOU START
Advance through three playfields.
CITY SCENE (night-time), RURAL AREA (day-time) and FACTORY,
Use platforms and levels to locate and protect Ingrid from
her attackers in each stage.
Use 'HEAD-BUTT' feature to defend yourself and collect
limited weapons hidden inside BEEF BURGERS to thwart the
attack, beware - each weapon only lasts a short while!

Weapons are: INVINCIBILITY PILL
                     KNIFE
                     PISTOL
                     LASER SIGHTED MACHINE-GUN
To move to the next section you must:-
1. Collect 'all four' beef burger sections
2. Rescue Ingrid (she will follow you if you touch her).
3. Clear the section of killers

Be careful, Ingrid gets upset, if you try to kill her she
may wander away. She may also get abducted by the enemy.
Once the factory has been cleared you will have to confront
The Night Slasher himself.

CONTROLS
The program is controlled by either joystick or keyboard
which is redefinable. Most types of interface are compatible
and on screen instructions indicate the correct procedure.
You unleash th Cobra as follows using a combination of UP,
DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT.

JOYSTICK
                    JUMP
JUMP LEFT  \ | /  JUMP RIGHT
       LEFT  -   -  RIGHT
DUCK LEFT  / | \  DUCK RIGHT
                    DUCK
Press the FIRE button to use the current weapon type.

STATUS AND SCORING
On screen information show current score and lives remaining
(boxing gloves) at the bottom left of the screen.
Any weapons you may be carrying are graphically displayed at
the bottom right of the screen.
When using a weapon the 'QUACKOMETER' is displayed in the
lower central part of the screen. This realistically
indicates the time remaining before losing that weapon.
You begin your mission with 3 lives and gain bonus lives at
10,000 points and every 20,000 points thereafter.

HINTS and TIPS
* Avoid hurting Ingrid, she runs away
* Duck down to avoid flying objects
* Remember the location of each beefburger and the weapon
type it contains.
* Save 'the best' weapon till last as the action heats up
towards the end.
* Don't stay in any one place too long!

CREDITS
Musical scores by Martin Galway
Program coding and graphics design by Jonathan Smith
Produced by D.C.WARD
=A91986 Ocean Software Limited
=A9Warner Bros. Inc. All Rights Reserved.


SCORES
Crash, Issue 35, 93%
Your Sinclair, Feb 87, 8/10
(Your Sinclair, Dec 89, Hit Squad Rerelease, 74%)

URL
ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclair/snaps/games/by-letter/c/
cobra.zip

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