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3D DEATHCHASE



PUBLISHER

Micromega



AUTHOR(s)

M.J. Estcourt



YEAR

1983



DESCRIPTION

This was basicaly a racing game/shoot em up. You are one of an

elite group of mercenaries and you had to patrol various forests

during the day and night. There are 2 enemt bikers you have to

chase and kill for a bounty of $1000, there were also helecopters

and tanks to shoot as well. It was set over 8 levels where each

forest getting more and more dense. When you get past level 8

it's back to the start again.



KEYS

1 - steer left

0 - steer right

8 - decelerate

9 - accelerate

Any key on bottom row - fire photon bolt



Also you can use Kempston joystick



INSTRUCTIONS

You have to chase the enemy bikers until you are in range (the

range indicator will then flash), then you can use your photon

bolts to shoot them. While doing this you have to doge the

oncoming trees. Helecopters and tanks appear on the horizon and

these can also be shot for more money. You also get money if you

survive at high speeds. As soon as you have done a day patrol

(when you have killed the 2 bikers) you proceed to the night

stage which is similar to the day except the trees are harder to

spot. The intructions say that the greatest reward is left to

those who penetrate 8 sectors but I can't tell you what this is

as I never got that far!



CHEATS

Just enter this program, play deathchase past the header, typ RUN

and press play. Gives you invincibility.



5 REM DEATHCHASE

6 REM TIM DEILY

7 REM CRASH MAY 1987

10 FOR G=32740 TO 32758: READ A : POKE G,A : NEXT G

20 RANDOMIZE USR 32740

30 DATA 62,255,55,17,72,63

40 DATA 221,33,0,64,205,86

50 DATA 5,62,0,50,95,103,201



or you can try POKE 26463,0 for infinite lives.





RE-RELEASES

1986 - 299 Classics (where it was called just Deathchase)

1989 - Zeppelin



URL

ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/sinclair/snaps/games/arcade/deathchase.zip



NOTABLE FEATURES

The most notable feature is the fact that 3D Deatchase is only

16k long.  It is a very simple game but is highly addictive,

don't play this game as you will not want to play anything again

for weeks! It is also very hard on the later levels, you spend

most of your time avoiding the trees let alone try to shoot the

bikers.  The games blurb boasted about the fact that it was 100%

machine code, Kempston joystick compatable and had the greatest

3d graphics ever!















































