***  ANNIHILATOR TANK v1.0  ***

(c)Andrew McNab 1996 (101447.2365@compuserve.com).
Parts of this program, (c)Virtek International Corporation

Minimum requirements: 486 DX or greater, 3Mb ram (2Mb defined as EMS).
Sound Blaster supported.

HOW TO PLAY

Make sure you have at least 2Mb of EMS memory available before you run
the program.  If you have a Sound Blaster compatible card it should be 
automatically initialized when you run the program.  If you have a joystick
attached the program will get you to calibrate it, press Escape if you want
to skip this.  Type 'Go' and enter to run the game.
  From the title screen you can start a new game or load a saved one, or
go to the options screen to change the skill level or redefine the keys.
  In each scenario you have at least 10 missions to complete.  A number of
enemy targets must be destroyed in each, the number remaining is shown near 
the bottom of your screen.  There is also a damage bar, radar and compass at
the bottom of the screen, F5 & F6 turn these displays on or off.
The radar shows the mission area and all large objects within it. Your tank  
is shown as a yellow dot. Green dots are vegetation, red represent enemy 
vehicles or guns and white marks show walls and buildings.
Each mission takes place within a limited area, you can not move beyond the 
edge of this area.  Your own gun and the enemy guns also have a limited range.

  Your view is from outside your tank and can be adjusted as follows:
+,-  =  zoom in,out
F1   =  select forward view
F2   =  (default view) select view looking along the turret gun
F3   =  select above view
  The default keys to control your tank are:
cursor keys =  move forward,backwards or turn
<,>         =  rotate turret left or right
m           =  hold to centre turret
spacebar    =  fire
  The tank can also be controlled by joystick at any time.
Move the stick forward or back to go forward/reverse.
Move the stick left or right to turn. 
Button 1 fires. 
To turn the turret only, hold down B and push the stick left or right.
Holding down both buttons centres the turret forward.

Pressing 'P' during a game saves out a pcx screenshot called 'screen.pcx'
into the data directory.

Slow Machines: To get the best frame rate turn off the displays with F6 and
               zoom out your view.

gameplay tip: You must use your turret to fire at enemies so that you 
are not driving directly towards them and can avoid their fire better.


REGISTER FOR THE FULL VERSION

Annihilator tank is shareware. To register for the full version see 
the 'register.txt' file. Registration costs œ12 and gets you a new
version of the game with: 
 
 **  2 more mission based scenarios 
    (24 more zones to complete)
 
 **  'Combat Unlimited' scenario
    (in which you are attacked by an unlimited supply of enemy tanks and 
    must take out as many as possible before you are destroyed)

 **  New graphics and enemy targets

 **  More densely packed mission zones with more enemies and bigger
     fortresses to attack.