Glider Rider by Bug Byte
Synopsis:
Everyone has heard of the Abraxas Corporation - "Arms for anyone, anywhere, any reason, any quantity" is their slogan. Not the nicest of mottos and that's why the combined European Government decides that something has to be done - Abraxas has to be destroyed. SBD squadron to the rescue and their ace glider is Me. One quick prayer and off I go. Let's hope its as easy as they say.
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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.
You get a lot of time to think when you're gliding on the thermals. Mostly the feeling of flying like a bird makes them nice thoughts but everyone gets a little melancholy at times and this mission is enough to make anyone think hard.
MISSION DETAILS
ABRAXAS CORPORATION
HQ :EoOs Island
Activity : Production and distribution of arms and other hi-tech military equipment to any one with the ability to pay.
EoOs ISLAND
Location : Pacific Ocean
Description : Unique land mass - made completely of plastic by Abraxas.
Undetectable on radar. Intelligence : Island disguised by use of nylon and polythene trees. Power comes from small nuclear reactors. Main building geiger counts suggest that two reactors are housed within it to provide emergency back-up.
MISSION DETAILS
Codename : Paethon
Background : EoOs is incredibly well defended apart from the distributed power network. It is therefore essential that these should be destroyed one by one before the unprotected backup reactors are destroyed within the main building.
Method : SBD Hang Glider unit and use of motorised bike will allow terrain movement and glidercan be used for elevated bombing.
Viability Code : 1F
Equipment : Mark 5 Glider and the collapsible E37 motor bike unit. Engine can be removed after mission, and attached to the glider to provide a microlite aircraft for escape purposes. Nine standard hand grenades.
OBJECTIVES
Primary : Destroy the ten external reactors and rendezvous with awaiting submarine.
Secondary : Find more ammunition on island and destroy as many operatives and operational buildings as possible.
DEFENCES
Reactor : Ground to air lasers. Can be disabled.
Main Compound : Very heavily defended - may be impenetrable.
Sea : Appears to be shark infested - don't swim!
KEY CONTROLS
AMSTRAD
It is possible to change the key definitions by pressing R and then pressing the keys you wish to use for UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT, along with FIRE.
The default settings are:
Fire - Space
Left - O
Right - P
Up - O
Down - A
LOADING INSTRUCTIONS
AMSTRAD: Press CONTROL and small ENTER and press PLAY on cassette.
Cheat Mode
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At address 1309 poke 00 for invulnerability - submitted by Malc (CPC Zone Staff)
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Hiro says
"Fun game though does get old fairly fast. Worth playing it just for the superb soundtrack though."
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khisanth says
"Best music on the Amstrad by far! Ride on your motorbike around the island then take off and fly your glider dropping bombs on the reactors. Simple to play, speccy graphics but COOL !"