THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE DESTRUCTO PUBLISHER Bulldog AUTHORS Eugene Messina YEAR 1987 DESCRIPTION Shoot-em-up. CONTROLS Kempston/Redefinable Keyboard Defaults: Player1 Player2 Rotate Anticlockwise CAPS N Rotate Clockwise Z M Thrust D L Fire R 0 H = Hold, Q to Quit when paused INSTRUCTIONS All you have to do is shoot tons of aircraft out of the air. HINTS/CHEATS 39119,0 - Invincible 39136,0 - Infinite Lives 41763,n - Player 1, n=3Dnumber of lives 34837,n - Player 2, n=3Dnumber of lives 42517,0 - Infinite days (i.e. time) RELATED GAMES INLAY CARD TEXT Just seven days to prevent Dr Destructo from carrying out his dastardly plans to take over the entire planet! As you read this very sentence the minutes are ticking away and there's absolutely no time to lose! Joystick or Keyboard Program by Eugene Messina PUBLISHED BY MASTERTRONIC Bulldog Software "The Best of British" THE STORY You have just seven days to prevent Dr Destructo from carrying out his evil plans and launching a massive global attack. Not satisfied with his own powerful empire, he wants complete control over the Earth and is prepated to go to any lengths to achieve it! For months he has been plotting and planning in his secret island stronghold, the Last Resort, but fortunately the plans have been leaked and there may just be enough time to prevent him from carrying out his attack - but you have absolutely no time to waste... GAMEPLAY Your mission is to destroy the Empire of Dr Destructo and ultimately his island stronghold in just seven days. The game consists of 21 screens which will phase through from day to night as the game progresses. The buildings and fleet of the Destructo Empire and destroyed from the impact of shot down air and space craft, or by the bomb which is allocated to each player per screen. Each impact will remove a small section of the ship, island or building. When the missing sections amount to a gap through to the base, a leak is created and a water spout is formed. Most objects need three leaks in order to be successfully destroyed. THE DESTRUCTO TASK FORCE GREEN PLANE - Relatively slow and harmless, occasionally changes altitude GREEN JET - Fast but harmless, occasionally changes altitude. GREEN TWO SEATER - Bounces along quite harmlessly, until hit and then it reveals its true colours as it changes into a deadly blue air craft! BLUE TWO SEATER - Slow but hazardous, occasionally changes attitude BLUE JET - Fast and dangerous. Zips along occasionally changing altitude. SUCKER DART - Unstoppable and fatal! HELICOPTER - Deadly and is likely to change direction in mid-flight. Releases a lethal sucker dart, and remains dangerous even after it has been shot down. SKYMINE - Enters from the top of the screen, hovers and then leaves the same way it arrived. An extremely dangerous obstacle that cannot be destroyed. You'll definitely hear this one coming. YELLOW BOMBER - Big and dangerous. Flies along changing altitude and dropping clusters of altitude bombs that are harmless unless detonated, and don't imagine that your problems are over even if you manage to shoot it down. ALTITUDE BOMBS - Harmless until exploded, but they can be destroyed. SHUTTLE - Enters from the top of the screen changing altitude and direction rapidly. Launches satellites and refuses to give up the flight even when its been shot down. SATELLITE - Very dangerous and likely to change altitude and direction in mid flight. HYPERJET - A slow starter, but there's more to this one than meets the eye. SPACECRAFT - Harmless SAUCER - Beware the hovering flying saucer! SCORING Scores are calculated seperately per screen, and the winner of each "points challenge" is awarded an extra life. GREEN PLANE 10 SAUCER 50 GREEN JET 10 SHUTTLE 50 GREEN TWO SEATER 10 HYPERJET 50 BLUE TWO SEATER 10 BOMBS 10 BLUE JET 20 SPACECRAFT 10 YELLOW BOMBER 30 PARANOIA 10 CONTROLS Joystick or keyboard Keys are redefinable In pause mode use: H to pause Q to quit For one or two players Any combination of Joystick and keyboard can be used. LOADING INSTRUCTIONS Type Load"" and press ENTER. 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