SDI
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"Varied and challenging... looks and sounds great... 9/10 for sound, toughness
and endurance." Commodore User

NOW THE ODDS ARE EVEN

INTRODUCTION

SDI - Strategy and Arcade action at its best! This classic Sega arcade hit,
in the true Ronald Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative style, tests your
skills in both offensive and defensive warfare to the limit. It's all out
nuclear war and your mission is to defend your country from enemy nuclear
space weapons and save the planet from imminent catastrophe.

SPECIAL FEATURES
* Single or multi-player modes
* Offensive and defensive levels at each stage
* Seven main tunes
* Over 300 different sprites - animated deadly enemies which will collide
with one another.

SPECTRUM 48K/128K/+ CASSETTE
1. If you are using a 128K/+ machine then select 48K mode.
2. Type LOAD"" and then press ENTER.

Control Options Press O To start game.
1 To toggle between 1 & 2 Player game.
2 Define controls.

The keyboard controls are as follows:
J Up H Down Z Left X Right ENTER FIRE

Game Controls
The player controls both satellite and cursor; pressing fire will aim a laser
from the satellite to the current cursor position. When using a joystick or
keyboard both satellite and cursor respond to normal joystick movement. If
the fire button is pressed the cursor only will move and lasers will fire.
SDI may also be played as a team game, one player moving the satellite using
keyboard, and a second player controlling the cursor and laser with a
joystick. An additional feature on the Spectrum version is that pressing the
SPACE bar will toggle between the above controls and the alternative version,
in which both satellite and cursor will move whether or not the fire button
is pressed.

Game details
Press P Pause on/off
Q Restart game

The screen displays both players scores and lives remaining - in a two player
game the relevant "1-UP" or "2-UP" will be highlighted to show which
player's turn. The damage bar at the bottom of the screen relates to damage
to your space station. If the bar fills up completely the game will end.
There are 12 levels in SDI during which you will face waves of enemy and
enemy base missiles, satellites and fighters. If at anytime during an
offensive half you allow any enemy craft to penetrate your defences you must
play a defensive half. At the end of each half you will receive a report on
the results of that half: a perfect score will be rewarded with 20,000 bonus
points (and a dancing duck).

During play you will also come across satellites bearing bonus pods. Shoot at
the satellites to release then dock with the pod to gain extra cursors.

(C) Sega
(C) Activision Inc.
The Hit Squad P.O. Box 350 Manchester M60 2LX

(Transcribed by Robin Stuart)