THE SPECTRUM GAME DATABASE

DEFLEKTOR

PUBLISHER
Vortex

AUTHOR
Costa Panayi

YEAR
1987

DESCRIPTION
A puzzle game based on mirrors reflecting a laser beam.  More fun
than it sounds.

CONTROLS
Up - Q
Down - A
Left - K
Right - L
Select - M
Various joysticks can also be used.

INSTRUCTIONS
The idea of the game is to work though succesive screens until
you run out of lives.  The idea of each screen is to direct the
laser beam into the receiver, but normally the receiver is
covered by a barrier that will only be removed once all of the
nodes have been destroyed, which again is done by directing the
laser beam into them.

To actually direct the beam, you can move your cursor around the
screen using the controls.  If you move the cursor over the top
of a mirror, and then hold down the select button, the left and
right keys will then rotate the mirror anti/clockwise,
redirecting the laser as it does so.

You only have a certain amount of time to complete each screen
(indicated by the energy bar).  Once this gets low, the laser
beam will start to flicker, and eventually you will lose a life. 
Should the laser beam be directed towards certain items, like
back to the original laser or onto spikes, then the laser will
start to overload.  Once the overload graph reaches a certain
point you will lose a life, and have to start the level again.

There are various other items on the screens which are there to
help and hinder you.  These include blocks which only allow the
laser to move through them in certain directions, automatically
rotating mirrors, blocks which redirect the laser randomly, and
also phantoms which interfere with your mirrors.

There is a practise mode available, selected from the menu
screen.  This is just like a normal level, but you get much
longer to complete it.

CHEATS
If you are playing this using an emulator, then it is wise to
save the game after completing each screen.  The game does get
very hard, and IMHO would normally be impossible to complete with
just 3 lives.  Or am I just crap?

SEQUELS/PREQUELS
None.

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SCORES RECEIVED
8/10 in SU.

URL
ftp.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/OS/sinclair/snapshots/d/deflekto.zip

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