Speedboat Assassin(s): reformatted for readability - original spread over
multiple panes of inlay
Scanned by juice@2008
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LOADING
Put your machine Into 48K mode. Type LOAD"" and press ENTER.
Program will load and run.

CONTROLS
Configure game on the options screen then use the joystick to play: Left/Right
steers the speedboat left/right
Fire to fire current armament

IN THE NAVY...
War Is fought on many fronts, but the front you're about to be involved in is
very wet. Four famous harbours have been seized by enemy forces and Central
Command has decided something must be done, and done fast. You receive the
urgent orders on your wristfax.

Pausing only to kiss loved ones goodbye (yeuchhl, but even crack marine
commandos have to endure occasional slushy scenarios), with one mighty bound you
are at the controls of an Assassin Class assault speedboat. With Kevin your
hunky commando chum as co-pilot, you wait to be airlifted into action...

A hurried phone call to the helicopter pilot soon has him scurrying to the base,
and within mere hours of receiving orders from Central Command you embark on the
mission.

The objective is simple: gain access to harbours under enemy occupation, destroy
the four telecommunications towers that control the automated defence craft
patrolling each harbour and then make good your escape.

STORMING PORTS
Assassin Class assault boats were designed to work in parallel with helicopters.
Your boat is airlifted Into the action, supported by the chopper during battle
and airlifted out after a battle has been successfully concluded.

As each mission begins, a counter starts ticking down. It takes a few seconds
for the chopper to lower the boat into the water - just long enough for a clutch
of mines to bob up to the surface. Yes, those unsporting enemy hordes have
surrounded the entrance to each and every harbour with a minefield. Slow and
easy driving makes navigating minefields fairly easy, but rough, tough speedboat
commandos out for maximum points will put their foot to the floor and try to get
through the minefield as fast as possible.

Once inside the harbour itself, the first problem crops up -the speedboat is
unarmed. Wait for the friendly supply helicopter to make its descent and line
the boat up under it to collect a weapon system.

Throughout a battle, the chopper descends every thirty seconds or so, starting
from a random point in the sky. Each time you dock with the helicopter, either
the weapon system on the boat is upgraded or additional speed and
manoeuvrability is collected from your airborne buddies. The single-shot missile
launcher can be upgraded to a double-shot launcher, which can in turn be
exchanged far a pair of smart bombs. Only two smart bombs are delivered at a
time, however, and after they have been used it's back to the single-shot cannon
until you dock with the chopper again.

Each harbour contains zillions of mines, single-and double-hulled enemy surface
craft (one or two hits to destroy respectively) and four telecommunications
towers that control the enemy defences. In order to make the zone non-hostile,
the four red comms towers have to be blown out of the water. Watch out though -
when a tower is toppled, mines are released around its base on the seabed, and
they soon float up to the surface.

Take out all four towers and it is time to leave the current harbour, make a
rendezvous with the chopper and get yourself airlifted to the next troublespot
in line for the Assassin treatment. Trouble is, the enemy have planted an
absolutely huge destroyer at the harbour exit, and you ain't going nowhere until
it's well and truly sunk. Ten, fifteen or even twenty hits are needed to deal
with a destroyer, so get that trigger finger itchy!

Programmed by Binary Design


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FRENCH SPECTRUM
COMMANDES:
Configurez le jeu sur I'ecran des options puis utilisez ie manche a balai pour
jouer:
Gauche/Droite - dirige la vedette a gauche/droite.
Feu - pour faire feu avec I'armement courant.

CHARGEMENT

SPECTRUM:
Mettez votre machine en mode 48k. Tapez LOAD"" et appuyez sur ENTER. Le jeu se
chargera et se deroulera.

GERMAN SPECTRUM
STEUERUNG:
Stellen Sie Ihr Spiel auf dem Optionenbildschirm zusammen und benutzen Sie den
Joystick.
Links/Rechts - Lenken des Schnellboots nach links/rechts.
Feuer - Abfeuern der Waffen.

LADEN

SPECTRUM:
Wahlen Sie den 48K-Modus fur Ihren Computer. LOAD'" eintippen und ENTER drucken.
Das Programm ladt automatisch.

ITALIAN SPECTRUM
CONTROLLI:
Configurare il gioco sullo schermo opzioni e poi usare il joystick.
Sinistra/destra - fa andare il motoscafo a sinistra/destra.
FIRE: per usare I'arma che avete al momento

CARICAMENTD
SPECTRUM:
Mettere la macchina nel nodo 48K; scrivere LOAD"" e premere ENTER. Il programma
si carica e parte.