Mega Apocalypse Copyright/Publisher: Martech, Release Year: 1987, Categorie: Space Multi Screen, Number Of Players: 1 or 2 INTRODUCTION Find strange and exciting new worlds....then blast them to pieces!!!! Featuring: One player, two players (dual allies or dual enemies). Five channel sound which utilizes two separate speech channels with sampled dialogue and effects. Super fast 360 degrees fire power. Collectable pods to enhance your spacecraft´s shield, fire power, manoeuvrability and speed, Hi-Score, ultra score and galactic hall of fame. SCENARIO Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of the most mega-advanced super shoot´em up game ever for your Commodore 64/128. (Has it loaded yet? If the answer is yes - skip the next paragraph.) It is a very strange universe really - isn´t it? All those millions of planets and moons and stars and comets swirling about in the vastness of space. Imagine what fun it would be to explore - to boldly go where no boldly goer had boldly gone before - unless they happened to live there. Latest research from the Institute of Advanced Research (I.A.R.) indicated (...loaded yet???) that there are quite a lot of planets with things living on them. Some of these things are pretty intelligent like us really. (God this is awful!) Other of these things are really stupid, like whelks, for example. Anyway, to cut a long story short, you have been selected to explore the universe, boldly seeking out strange and exciting new worlds. If you find any, your instructions are quite clear. BLAST THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THEM!! As you set off in your remarkably fast and powerful spacecraft - your mind is tingling with excitement. Slowly you hurtle at excessive speeds into the void - blasting a stray comet into a million shimmering pieces! But what´s this (there´s more!! C´mon tape turbo - get on with it!!)??? Your world is suddenly filled with highly useful objects floating aimlessly in front of you. Things like missiles, rotate motors, speed up thrusts (I ask you... is this likely!), shields and - yep - extra lives. Frantically, you try to capture them. But what´s this (...Again?)!!! Someone else is also trying to grab these goodies. His shield is impervious to your laser bolts. Oh no!! And what´s this? It´s an enormous and highly populated planet... WHAM!!! BLAM!!! KERPOW!!! WOW!!! It´s Mega Apocalypse. Have fun!! CONTROLS Joystick Player one: Joystick in port one. Player two: Joystick in port two. Key-commands (in game title screen): [F1] Toggle through one player mode, dual enemies and dual allies. Key-commands (in game screen): [CBM-KEY] Toggle pause on/off [Q] Quit current game (from pause mode only!) [CBM-KEY] and [Q] together: Star mode for insomniacs. CREDITS Program & sound effects by Simon Nicol. Music by Rob Hubbard. Graphics by Bob Stevenson. Copyright Martech Games Limited 1987.