H.E.R.O. 
            Copyright/Publisher: Activision, Release Year: 1984,
            Categorie: Platform Multi Screen, Number Of Players: 1


                  INTRODUCTION
                  Volcanic activity has trapped miners in mineshafts in Mount 
                  Leone. Roderrick Hero needs your help and his special 
                  equipment to resque the miners. 
                  In Demo-mode press...

                  [F1] to start game. 
                  [F3] to chose game-difficulty (5 modes). 
                  Reserves
                  The game starts with 4 lives, but you will get an additional 
                  life to a maximum of six in reserve for every 20000 points 
                  earned. 
                  Power Gauge
                  The Power Gauge will be filled up at the begin of each level. 
                  Power begins to diminish wheh the joystick is moved at the 
                  beginning of each level or after a reserve life appears on the 
                  screen. If power runs out and a reserve life remains, one 
                  reappears at the top of that level, 
                  SPECIAL FEATURES
                  Prop-Pack
                  This propeller-pack allows you to fly. 
                  To fly up:
                  Push joystick forward. 
                  To run or fly left or right:
                  Move your joystcik to the lefdt or to the right. 
                  To hover:
                  Tap your joystick forward. 
                  To fly down a shaft: Step off the ledge, gravity does the 
                  rest! 
                  Microlaser Beam
                  The helmet is equipped with a microlaser beam. With it you can 
                  blast vile vermin away. The beam can also slice through walls 
                  but this takes time and costs lots of energy! Use your 
                  fire-button to activate laser. 
                  Dynamite
                  At the begin of each level you will get six sticks of 
                  dynamite. Each stick can blow away small walls. Land and move 
                  near a wall. Place a stick while pulling your joystick towards 
                  you. Then hurry to move away or Roderick Hero will be blown 
                  away, too! 
                  Raft
                  A heat-resistant raft floats on certain stretches of the lava 
                  river. Be careful! Getting off the raft isnīt always easy. 
                  Mineshaft extend vertically and horizontally deep into Mount 
                  Leone. Some dead end, others are blocked by walls. Some walls 
                  and surfaces glow red. These contain magma deposits, molten 
                  lava behind th rock. 
                  Like lava-rivers magma deposits cost a life if Roderick Hero 
                  touches them. Lanterns light the murky mineshafts. Touch of 
                  shoot one and that section will be dark. 
                  The shafts are alive with various vermin: springing spiders, 
                  shaft bats, mine moths and nesting snakes. Avoid to touch them 
                  or blast them away with your laser. 
                  A tentacle will follow you when you cross several lava-rivers. 
                  Be careful, you canīt kill it. 
                  On each level-end you will find a miner. The higher the level, 
                  the faster things move, the more dangerous the challenge 
                  becomes. 
                  In game press [RUN/STOP] to pause game! 
                  [RUN/STOP] and [RESTORE] to restart game!