 BOSCONIAN 

 Mastertronic 1987



 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston, Cursor

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 AIM : Your mission is to fly the only space craft available to

 destroy the orbital Space Stations. This is the last chance for the

 people of Earth, for their orbiting masters will never again allow

 them another chance to regain their freedom. You must not fail!

 

 GAMEPLAY : 

 * Pick up barrels to gain extra fuel, indicated on the right of the

  screen.

 * Pick up delta wings to gain extra lves, indicated on the bottom of

  the screen.

 * Pick up bombs and use them to destroy enemy fighters and rockets,

  the number of bombs you have is indicated on the bottom of the screen.

 * Pick up the double-winged craft to gain an extra rear-facing laser,

  indicated by the doors bottom left.

 * Avoid rocks, explosions, other craft and mines. Shoot barrels, ships

  and bombs to destroy them.

 * Use the scanner, top right, to identify the position of the Stations.

 * Shoot the centre of the Space Stations to destroy them. Shooting the

  outside pods does not disable the Stations - be careful of their

  missiles. Destroy all the Space Stations to complete the wave.

 * The condition indicator tells you of any hostile fighters - these

  are also indicated on the scan. The formation indicator tells you

  the exact formation used by the hostile fighters. Use these

  instruments to plan your tactics.

 * When the docking indicator is on, as at the start of the game, you

  may dock with motherships for protection. Picking up the miniature

  motherships turns the indicator off. Docking with the indicator off

  will send you to a different part of the screen.



 NOW : An old fashioned shoot-em-up which is OK for a few minutes...

 (the original arcade machine came out in 1981!)

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 KEYS : Redefinable

