Dan Dare by Virgin Games
Synopsis:
The Story So Far...
Colonel Dan Dare has located the asteroid base of his arch enemy - the evil Mekon - he must destroy the base at all costs, but first, he must defeat the deadly aliens and their evil master. Join Dan Dare and his valiant companions on their journey through peril in Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future. The fate of their mission depends on you!
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Original Instructions
Note: Many of these instructions have been OCRed and may not have been proofread, as a result spelling errors, broken English and grammar are likely.
Scattered around the Asteroid. Dan will find some useful objects, such as a re-charger to keep the laser gun at full power, and energy booster pills to build his strength. These are picked up by jumping on them. As Dan finds them, he can decide either to take them or leave them until later if he is not in need of them at the time.
The five pieces of self-destruct mechanism must be assembled one at a time, in the control room. You will recognise this as it will show five empty sockets at the start. As Dan returns each piece to this location, he can insert it into the correct socket, and it will start to glow. Doing this also opens a door leading to the next place of the mechanism.
Eventually, Dan will have collected the five pieces, and must make his way back to the surface where Digby will be waiting. Note that this may not be the same place as where he first landed.
Good luck...the Earth is depending on you...
DEDICATION
This game is dedicated to the memory of Frank Hampson, the creator of Dan Dare who sadly died on 8th July 1985. We hope he would have approved of our treatment of his characters.
Cheat Mode
typein
For infinite lives, load and RUN this type-in on SIDE A of your Dan Dare cassette.
10 DATA 21,40,00,11,00,10
20 DATA 3e,16,cd,a1,bc,c3
30 DATA 40,00,3e,c9,32,58
40 DATA 7c,c9,18,f8
50 FOR x=&BD23 TO &BD3B
60 READ a$
70 POKE x, VAL ("&"+a$)
80 NEXT
90 CALL &BD23
100 END
Poke by Patrick Connolly for Amstrad Action. - submitted by Malc (CPC Zone Staff)
multiface
At address 7C58 poke C9 for infinite lives - submitted by Malc (CPC Zone Staff)
map
Complete Map - submitted by thenodfather
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cpc4eva says
"You`ll enjoy Dan Dare but you`ll like the Dan Dare sequels even more."
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Gryzor says
"A lovely arcade from 1986, this. Nice graphics and comic-cy action that works well. Gets better in the sequels!"