DEEP CORE  ©1993 ICE 2480 AD 9.30 Pm: In the cold silence of space surrounding the planet Earth. TB6 Satellite Report 9,30.16 Pm: Close encounters entering inner Orbit CQ3P,Counting. TB8 Satellite Report 9.32.52 Pm: Unidentified object located. Pos.: 10.6T3 Speed: 296 m/s Data: 2516 M2 TB6 Satellite Report 9.33.12 Pm: Object Separated (Spec./Moment2) Mothership located in new course (Orbit CQ3V) Droid entering atmosphere, Counting 9.33.48 Naval Head Quarters Arizona, USA: "Droid located on main radar.", "Stand by M/S Hurricane." Navy Carrier M/S HURRICANE, Indian Ocean: "Standing by Arizona" Naval Head Quarters: "As we expected, she is going down in the Indian Ocean. She is yours Hurricane" M/S HURRICANE: "We got her on the grid display.", "Sending two F14 fighters to locate." F14 Pilot Roy McCoy: "Captain, she vanished in the ocean." Cptn. Dawnrazor, a veteran with decorations to his ears, is quietly asleep at home in his flat in Detroit and unaware of his destiny. 1.30 Am the phone starts ringing. Dawnrazor: "Uhurm, yes?" Caller: "Dawnrazor? U.S. Navy Commander Jack Upton speaking. We have an emergency over here and it requires your presence". Dawnrazor: "Hm, what is going on?" Commander Upton starts to explain the evening's earlier events and that the droid seems to have docked at an underwater nuclear research base, located 20.000 feet deep. Commander Lipton: "We have now lost all radio contact with the staff in the research base and I am afraid that the last thing we heard from them was something about aliens turning the defence system against them.. I'm not sure what really has happened down there but the oxygen seems to be running out! Dawnrazor: "And what do you expect from me?" Commander Lipton: "You know me Dawnrazor. I won't leave you alone until you accept this one and besides you owe me one! We simply don't have anybody else in the force with your experience and ..." Dawnrazor: "Allright, Allright, Aaaaalright! I will do it on one condition, that we are even after this one." Commander Lipton: "Be careful, we don't really know what it is down there!" LOADING INSTRUCTIONS Insert disk 1 (boot disk) in diskdrive DFO: and follow on screen instructions. An animated loading introduction will appear after the game logo has been displayed. If desired, you can skip the loading introduction by double clicking the joystick button when the game logo is displayed. TITLE SCREEN: Press Fire: to Start Game or Space: to view the Option Screen OPTION SCREEN: Password: After each section of 3 levels is completed a password is received. The password can be entered in the option screen. Demo mode: If this option is chosen the game (snap shots) will run automatically when start game is selected. Intro Music: This option allows you to toggle between two different tunes. To be able to hear the selected tune you will have to return to the title screen. JOYSTICK CONTROLS: Joystick Up/Left: Jump Left Joystick Up/Right: Jump Right Joystick Up: Jump Joystick Left: Walk/Turn Left Joystick Right: Walk/Turn Right Joystick Down: Duck Joystick Down/Left: Turn Left Joystick Down/Right: Turn Right Fire Button: Fire/shoot (If held, releases Mega Blasts) IN GAME INSTRUCTIONS: Energy Bar: Shows Dawnrazor's energy. Will decrease when hit by enemies. Can be refilled by collecting energy Icons. When empty, one life is lost. Oxygen Bar: Decreases constantly as Dawnrazor needs oxygen to breathe. Refill by collecting oxygen Icons. When empty, one life is lost. Keys: A,B,C,D keys are necessary to open locked doors (A,B,C,D). Mega Blast: Mega weapon which, when released, causes damage to all enemies on screen. Bonus Ball: Collect to gain bonus points or shoot to discover hidden points of oxygen icons. Lives: 3 extra lives can be carried at the same time. If additional extra lives are collected when no space is left, these will be lost. New life/Restart: Dawnrazor will restart from the last entered elevator. Always use elevators as you progress through the game as Dawnrazor will be replaced closer to the last position this way. Elevators: Enter elevators by positioning Dawnrazor in front of the door move joystick up and press fire button. End of level elevators are only accessible if the right key is found. This key can be found somewhere in the current level. Doors: Doors open/close automatically with the exception of locked doors which need certain keys (A,B,C,D) to open. Doors can be jammed but with Dawnrazor's firepower there should not be any problem. Icons/Objects: If icons are dropped by enemies/droids, these will disappear after approx. 5 sec. Objects/lcons located on screen (not dropped by enemies) will remain. Weapons: Dawnrazor can use 6 different weapon systems with different advantages/disavantages. Each of these systems can be expanded or switched by collecting weapon icons. Quit Game: Use the Escape key (esc) to quit the current level. This way you will return to the title screen. BOTTOM PANEL: The following order is used: Score: Inventory: Energy/Oxygen Bars: Lives: A maximum of 3 icons can be carried at the same time (keys & mega blasts) and a maximum of 3 extra lives. Edited by Hexaae (October 2019)