Commodore AMIGA

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                                    TORCH 2081

GAME DESCRIPTION

As a young pilot in the World  Military Service your main concern was once  the
defense of your planet against the  warriors of Craylon.  Your new mission  has
become one of even greater challenge and difficulty.  Remanants of planets that
were destroyed during  the third interplanetary  nuclear war, now  only blazing
fireballs, are bombarding the planet's surface and destroying its  inhabitants.
Being both young and bold you must  try to the best of your ability  to protect
the surface of Torch.   The only available instrument  for this task is  an old
2042  S.D.G. (surface  defense glider).   It was  designed for  defense of  the
planet  against the  firepower of  the Craylon  race, but  you must  use it  to
construct metallic  panels ten  miles above  the planet  surface increasing the
structure of the candar shield.  Preservation  of the species is up to  you and
may only be ensured by defending the surface against as many waves as  possible
until either the fireball fades or you perish. Wave after wave you must attempt
to limit the flight area of the huge fireball by flying from panel to panel and
edge to edge of your territory constructing new panels.  This task is not  easy
and the  main fireball  is not  the only  enemy you  must face.  Aside from the
fireball and its deadly spitfires  are the ever so fierce  perimeter patrollers
who trace the edge of  new and old panels alike,  in a beserk rage, seeking  to
destroy even you.

STARTING THE GAME

1  Plug a joystick into joyport #2 and turn on your Amiga.
2  Insert "Kickstart" 1.2 or newer into the internal drive.
3  When promted for Workbench eject the "Kickstart" disk and insert the
   "TORCH 2081" disk.
4  After the program loads, use the joystick to change the level of play
   (increasing or decreasing your rank).  Select your choice by pressing the
   joystick button.
5  The game will now start.

HOW TO START

The object of the game is to shield a required percentage of your territory  in
order to  advance to  the next  level.  This  is done  by creating panels while
avoiding the fireball, the spitfires, and the perimeter patrollers.  The player
is capable of moving around the perimeter of the playfield and all the  created
panels at will, but  must press the joystick  button to construct a  protective
panel.  The  player cannot  travel along  the edges  shared by panels.  Another
constraint  on  the playeris  the  limit on  flight  time, which  of  course is
graphically displayed by a fuel guage.  One final note regards the construction
line of the player.   This construction line contains  much energy and is  very
unstable.  If the plyer stands in any one place while constructing a panel  the
energy may become unstable and result in fusion of the player's glider.

ENEMIES

FIREBALL - The player's main opponent in the game. It is capable of  travelling
at many speeds and in many directions in an unpredictable fashion. It is  known
to purposely change direction or speed to elude the player. The player is  safe
from this enemy while  on the border, but  is fair game during  construction of
the panels. Any  contact between the  fireball and the  player or the  player's
construction line results in the loss of a glider.

SPITFIRE - An additional hazard created by the fireball.  During the flight  of
the  fireball,  occasionally  a  spitfire is  released  from  the  core of  the
fireball. Seemingly with a mind of its own the spitfire follows a straight path
toward the player. In the early  levels death only results from direct  contact
with the player, but the spitfires later become more destructive.

PERIMETER PATROLLERS -  Once protectors of  the candor shield.  These seemingly
innocent crystals patrol all of the perimeters of the shield seeking to destroy
any and all life.

SCORING

The player  receives points  for shielding  areas of  the playfield. A required
percentage of the playfield must be covered before advancing to the next level.

Bonus points are awarded to the player for covering more than the required area
of the playfield.

Points are also awarded for each unit of fuel remaining at the completion of  a
level.

A bonus glider is awarded every 10,000 points.

BONUS LEVEL

Every fifth level  is a bonus  level in which  two identical fireballs  appear.
The  player  must  either  separate  the  fireballs  and  increase  the   bonus
multiplier, or capture both the fireballs  and be awarded a new glider  as well
as  receive  bonus points,  however,  no multiplier  will  be awarded  in  this
instance. Additional  bonus points  are awarded  here for  each percent  of the
screen  covered  while  attempting to  complete the  level.  Rather  than being
awarded bonus points for the amount over threshold, points are awarded for  all
covered territories if the fireballs are separated.



Dodatno:
Originalna verzija (IPF)

Opisi:
Amiga User International, Vol.2, #12, December 1988, Entertainment, Julia Forester, Overall: 5
Info, #23, November/December 1988, Tom Malcolm, 4.5/5
Amiga World, Vol.5, #2, February 1989, Wallace