INTELLIVISION(C) Intelligent Television CARTRIDGE INSTRUCTIONS SPACE HAWK(TM) (FOR 1 OR 2 PLAYERS) FOR COLOR TV VIEWING ONLY 5136-0920 THE SITUATION: Imagine a hunter, alone in Deep Space. You control his movements. He's armed with a "gas blaster." His prime target is the white Space Hawk. If a Hawk, deadly gas bubbles, comets or amoebas touch the hunter, he tumbles into infinity! There are just three ways to escape: move out fast under backpack rocket power, shoot away the danger, or go into HYPERSPACE! The longer the game goes on, the more exciting it becomes, so... GET THE HAWK! OBJECT OF THE GAME Play against the computer, and go for a big Peak Score by hitting the targets many more times than you are hit yourself. Shoot a Hawk 3 times for big scores; hit bubbles and comets for added points. Get extra hunters when your peak score rises to higher levels. Use HYPERSPACE to escape from hopeless situations. OR, play varieties of the game with a friend to team up for high scores or have "sabotage contests!" GET READY... Slide SPACE HAWK overlays in Hand Controller frames, to cover the keypads. Insert game in computer console cartridge slot (see owner's instructions for equipment connection details). These are the game controls... [TG: Following description summarizes illustration] 1,2,3 - FIRING MODE & GAME SPEED (1 says AUTOFIRE, 2 SINGLE SHOT, 3 BLANK) 4,5 - DRIVE MODE (4 is drift, 5 direct) 7,8 - AIMING MODE (7 is smooth, 8 quick) 9 - HYPERSPACE ENTER - FREEZE ACTION/SCORE READOUT TOP BUTTON (LEFT OR RIGHT) - FIRE RAY GUN BOTTOM BUTTON (LEFT OR RIGHT) - ROCKET THRUST Press RESET. You see the SPACE HAWK Title Screen. Set the game speed: Press 3 for SLOWEST speed Press 2 for MEDIUM speed (best for learning the game Press 1 for FAST speed Press DISC for FASTEST speed HOW TO PLAY SPACE HAWK To get high scores, you have to KNOW HOW TO MOVE! When the game begins, you have 5 space hunters. One of them is in the center; 4 others are in reserve. Press either lower action button ("THRUST") to activate the hunter's backpack jet. At game start, you are in "Drift" mode. When you release the THRUST button, your hunter keeps drifting through space. To change direction, press the Disc to turn the figure -- then press THRUST again. Any time during the game, you can switch over to "DIRECT" Drive by pressing the DIRECT key. This gives you more immediate control when you press THRUST (because there's no intertial movement). You can switch back and forth between DRIFT and DIRECT whenever you want to. "QUICK" MOVES IMMEDIATELY TO DISC DIRECTION "SMOOTH" TURNS HUNTER WHILE DISC IS PRESSED. Press Disc edge to turn the hunter. How fast the figure turns depends on the Aiming Mode you use: At the start of the game your hunter is in the QUICK mode. He turns immediately to aim toward the direction where you press the edge of the Disc. To make the hunter's arm (and motion) point toward the top of the screen, press the top of the Disc; to point toward the left, press the left side, and so on. You can switch to a more gradual aiming mode by pressing the SMOOTH key. In this mode, the figure turns clockwise as long as you press the right half of the Disc. It turns counter-clockwise while you press the left half. You can switch back and forth between these modes whenever you want to. FIRING THE GAS BLASTER In the game of SPACE HAWK you have several kinds of targets on the screen -- often at the same time. To hit anything, first aim the hunter's arm at the target, then press either of the TOP action buttons. At game start, you're in SINGLE SHOT mode. If you press AUTO FIRE, the computer will automatically fire repeated rounds for you. (A suggestion: use AUTO-FIRE while learning the game, so you can concentrate on getting good at aiming and directing your hunter through space). Rounds fired from the blaster spread out as they get farther away, so you can hit targets at long range. Don't shoot targets at very close range -- the explosion could blow up your hunter! SCORING You start the game with 500 points. You score goes up or down according to this system: When your score is displayed, the number in the lower right corner is the current scoring "multiple." It increases at higher score levels, and determines how often you can get an extra hunter. MULTIPLE SCORE RANGE NEW HUNTER EACH 1X ZERO - 999 1,000 points 2X 1,000 - 4,999 1,000 points 3X 5,000 - 19,999 1,000 points 4X 20,000 - 49,999 2,000 points 5X 50,000 - 199,999 3,000 points 6X 200,000 - & up 5,000 points EVERY TIME YOU HEAR A TWO-NOTE SIGNAL, IT MEANS YOUR SCORE HAS RISEN HIGH ENOUGH TO MAKE THE GAME SOMEWHAT HARDER. YOUR SCORE GOES UP WHEN YOU SHOOT... MULTIPLE BUBBLE DOUBLE-BIG ONE BIG COMET ONE SMALL RAINBOW BUBBLE* HAWK-3X HAWK-3X BUBBLE** 1X 20 40 200 OVER 10,000 OVER 20,000 OVER 100,000 2X 40 80 400 OVER 10,000 OVER 20,000 OVER 100,000 3X 60 120 600 300 OVER 20,000 OVER 100,000 4X 80 160 800 400 3,200 OVER 100,000 5X 100 200 1,000 500 4,000 250 6X 120 240 1,200 600 4,800 300 NOTES: *Refers to double bubbles that become large single bubbles, then explode. **Rainbow bubbles appear only when your score is over 100,000 points. They constantly change color, and ricochet your shots in random directions. CAN BE DESTROYED ONLY IF YOU SHOOT THEM WHILE THEY ARE GREEN. AMOEBAS: Appear as pulsating gray blobs which chase the hunter. YOU CAN'T STOP AMOEBAS by shooting them! Move away or use HYPERSPACE. Little amoebas appear over 40,00 points; big ones, over 200,000 points. REMEMBER: YOU MUST HIT A SPACE HAWK THREE TIMES TO DESTROY IT AND GET SCORE POINTS! FOLLOW THE TARGET UNTIL YOU MAKE THE THIRD GOOD SHOT. BUT BEWARE... THE HAWK LEAVES A TRAIL OF DEADLY BUBBLES THAT MOVE YOUR WAY! TO GET AN UPDATE OF YOUR SCORE, NUMBER OF HUNTERS AND MULTIPLE, PRESS SOCRE. THE GAME STOPS A FEW SECONDS, THEN RESUMES WHERE YOU LEFT OFF. WATCH OUT! If your hunter is hit by any bubble, comet (when score goes over 10,000), amoeba (when score goes over 40,000), or a Hawk (any time), you lose points and one of your hunters. When all your hunters are gone the game is over and your Peak Score is displayed. There are 3 ways to avoid being hit: Use THRUST button and Disc to move out of the way FIRE at the approaching object (except for amoebas. To escape them, you must enter HYPERSPACE or take evasive action until the danger moves off-screen) Press HYPERSPACE. This moves you instantly to another place, far from all the targets and objects you see. Don't use HYPERSPACE too often, though: it costs you points! (see the right column, following) YOUR SCORE GOES DOWN WHEN... Multiple YOU ARE HIT YOU GO INTO HYPERSPACE 1X 100 200 2X 200 400 3X 300 600 4X 400 800 5X 500 1,000 6X 600 1,200 "BLACK HOLES" AND SHOOTING STARS Every once in a while, your space hunter will move near a "black hole," and the computer will automatically put him into HYPERSPACE. This will cost you the same number of points as if you had pressed the HYPERSPACE key yourself. On the other hand, it will save your hunter. The shooting stars which appear from the beginning of the game cannot hit your figure, nor can you shoot them. This is also true of the stationary background stars and small colored celestial bodies. GAME VARIATIONS SPACE HAWK is commonly played by one person against the computer. But you can enjoy the game with a friend: try these variations, using both Hand Controlers... 1 ALTERNATE CONTROL: Players take turns controlling the space hunter, switching off every time he gets hit. Try to build the highest possible Peak Score together. 2 TEAMWORK: One player controls aiming and thrust while the other player fires the blaster... or, one player shoots and uses thrust while the other aims and controls HYPERSPACE. Many combinations are possible as you both play to get a high Peak Score. 3 SABOTAGE: One player tries to get the best possible score, while his opponent uses the other Hand Controller to change shooting, drive and aiming modes -- everything except HYPERSPACE. When the game is over, switch roles and see who is abble to overcome the sabotage to get the higher Peak Score. Better not try this one until you've mastered the game! TO PLAY AGAIN... When the game is over, press any button or key. You'll see the SPACE HAWK Title Screen and you can start again from the beginnning. 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