Banshee - Manual

                            BANSHEE FLIGHT MANUAL
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                                Virus Warning
                            Loading Instructions
                                Loading Tips
                                  Overview
                       Recipe For A Blast - The Story
                                Chocks Away!
                                  OPTIONS
                        Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants
                                  CONTROLS
                               SCREEN DISPLAY
                                  PICK UPS
                                 THE LEVELS
                                COMBAT CLUES
                                  CREDITS

Virus Warning
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This product is guaranteed by Core Design Ltd. to be virus free.  Core Design
Ltd. accept no responsibilty for damage caused to this product through virus
infection. To avoid the risk of infecting this product with a virus, please 
follow these simple procedures:

  1. Before loading the disks, make sure that they are write-protected.
     This prevents any virus writing itself to them.

  2. Always switch your machine off for at least 30 seconds before
     loading the game.  Failure to do so may result in virus
     contamination of the master disks.

  3. Never put the disks through a virus killer as this will destroy
     the information on them.
                     
Loading Instructions
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This Game requires an Amiga 1200 with at least 2Meg of RAM.



            1. Turn off your computer.



            2. Plug a joystick into port 2.



            3. Turn on the computer.

 
         MG: They don't mention about putting disk 1 into the drive
               but I'd advise this if you want it to work! ;)
 
Loading Tips
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Should the screen title not appear within 45 seconds of turning on your 
machine, there may be a problem with your computer system.  Check your 
computer connections and that the above instructions have been correctly 
carried out.   If you are sure your computer is functioning correctly 
(i.e. other software  loads successfully) and are still unable to load, 
then you may have a faulty  disk.

Core Design Ltd. will replace free of charge any disks that have 
manufacturing of duplication defects.  When returning damaged products, 
please return DISKS ONLY directly to Core Design Ltd. for immediate 
replacement.

Overview
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When the megalomanical alien dictator of the incredibly evil Styx Empire 
decides to Take over the world, only one man has the guts and the inventive 
genius to stand in his way: Sven Svardensvart - inventor, ace pilot, 
square-jawed hero and all-round good guy.

Recipe For A Blast - The Story
------------------------------

The place is Earth.  The year, 1999, but the Earth of a different timeline, 
where the last two World Wars were never fought and aviation technology 
hasn't advanced beyond the power-propped plane.  There are no microwave 
ovens and TV  is still in black and white. (MG: It sounds like Wales!?) 
There are no  Superpowers.  Humankind lives peacefully- until... Blardax 
Maldrear, uglier than a Phreenian Foot-toad and the exquisitely evil alien 
emperor of the Styx  Empire, has an exquisitely evil idea.. Wouldn't it be 
great (he thinks), if the  exquisitely evil Styx Empire covered every last 
millimetre of good old planet  Earth?

The invasion begins - and only one man stands in the way of Blardax's 
relentless lust for world domination - his name: Sven Svardensvart...

Sven escapes to the last free place on Earth and swiftly builds and 
incredible flying machine, bristling with guns, rockets and other deadly 
weapons.  He  calls this plane the 'Banshee' - and thus begins his one 
man rebellion against  the exquisitely evil technological might of the 
Styxian invaders.

Chocks Away!
------------

Banshee begins with a brief Introductory Sequence, followed by the Core 
Design logo.  Next, the Banshee logo will appear followed by the Banshee 
Main Menu Title screen.  If you wait a moment, you will see a short 
demonstration of the game which you may want to watch to get an idea of 
what to expect.  If you decide to skip this screen and go to the Main Menu, 
press the Fire button at any time.

The Main Menu gives you the choice of starting a New Game or going to the 
Options screen to change the game settings.  Use the Joystick to move up 
or down the list and press the Fire button to make your selection.

OPTIONS
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This is the screen where you can change the basic set-up of the game.

PLAYER 1 USES:  Select to choose control method for player 1.  You have
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  the choice of Mouse, 1-Button Joystick or 2-Button Joystick.

NOTE: player 1's controller is plugged into port 2.

PLAYER 2 USES:  Select to choose control method for player 1.  You have
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  the choice of Mouse, 1-Button Joystick or 2-Button Joystick.

Keep players on screen (ON/OFF): This will allow you - in 2-player mode only 
- to choose whether or not you want to allow the Banshee planes to  move 
off-screen when both planes are moving away from each other, horizontally.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL:  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
There are three difficulty levels in Banshee - Easy, Normal & Hard.  With
Easy selected, it will only be possible to play the first 2 levels and you
wont be able to enter your name in the High Score List.  With Normal or 
Hard selected, you can play all 4 levels.

SPLIT POWER UPS (ON/OFF): 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
Only select for a 2-player game.  In the 2-player version of Banshee, the 
Pick Up icons will usually appear in pairs.  There are two ways in which 
you can collect them.  Select ON and the icons appear in two colours, you 
will only be able to collect the Pick Up which corresponds to your player 
colour.  Select OFF and the icons appear in one colour, they can then be  
collected by either player - allowing you to seriously annoy your friend 
by grabbing both Pick Ups before him/her.

Fly By The Seat Of Your Pants
-----------------------------

You, as the player, take control of the heroic Sven Svardensvart as he flies 
his Banshee fighter-plane against the might of the exquisitely evil alien 
invaders.  At any time during combat, a second player can  join in by simply 
pressing the fire button (if a joystick is fitted) or the left mouse button 
(if using a mouse).  Player 2 will then immediately take control of a 
second Banshee fighter and assist Sven in his attack on the incredibly 
malevolent and not-at-all-nice Styx  Empire.

CONTROLS
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 MOUSE: Left mouse button Loop-the-Loop.   Right button fire.


 1 BUTTON JOYSTICK: Press button to Fire.  

                    Player 1 - Space Bar Loop-the-Loop

                    Player 2 - Numerical Keypad Loop-the-Loop


 2 BUTTON JOYSTICK: Left button Loop-the-Loop.  Right button Fire.


 KEYBOARD CONTROLS:  P - Pause.  Escape - End Game

SCREEN DISPLAY
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 See the file SCREEN.IFF included in this archive.

PICK UPS
--------

 See the file PICKUPS.IFF included in this archive.

THE LEVELS
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   Level 1: Atlantikan Ocean

 Objective: Fly to the harbour-town of Mova Schusha on the Eastern coast
            of the utterly evil Styx Empire and utterly, utterly destroy it.


   Level 2: Styx City

 Objective: Eliminate the incredibly scary and humungously powerful
            Stxy City Guardian.


   Level 3: Artic Wastes and Aridona Desert

 Objective: Destroy the Defence Bunker at the Northern edge of the
            Aridona Desert, containing the rotten-to-the-core Styxian
            High Command, and steal the technology required to imbue
            your Banshee with a spaceflight capability.


   Level 4: Planet Veenix - Styx Forward Command Base

 Objective: Destroy the Base and thus obliterate the filthy alien stain
            of the disgusting Styx Empire from the Earth forever!

COMBAT CLUES
------------

Airborne enemies are seriously damaged by your loop-the-loops.

Get a full Build-up and you won't loose any of your Pick-ups when your 
plane goes up in flames.

CREDITS
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      Programmed by:                         Søren Hannibal

      Production Designer & Graphic Artist:  Jacob Andersen

      Music and Sound Effects:               Martin Iveson

      Music Player by:                       Jarno Paananen

      Storyboard by:                         Jacob Anderson
                                             & Guy Miller

      Product Support:                       Bob Churchill, Troy Horton,
                                             Guy Miller, Jamie Morton,
                                             Darren Price, Adrian Smith &
                                             David Ward

      Produced by:                           Jeremy Smith

      A CORE PRODUCTION                      (C) CORE DESIGN LTD., 1994


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Typed by Mad Gunman