From: tsrken@voicenet.com visit tsr's nes archive! http://www.voicenet.com/~tsrken/nes How to play Arkanoid(tm) Taito(r) --- The story Their earth-like planet was devastated by a brutal attack of aliens. The survivors roam the galaxy on their photon spaceship Arkanoid in search of a new home. The Arkanoid is attacked and the survivors barely escape in the Vaus spacecraft. Instead of finding safety, they are now trapped in a deadly space labyrinth. If they are to be saved, you must summon all your courage and skill to shatter the space walls and defeat the merciless enemy forces! --- How to play Your mission is to destroy the space walls with the energy ball by strategic movement of your Vaus spacecraft. There are three types of walls: colors, silver and gold. You earn points for their destruction as follows: Silver walls - 50 points times the number of the round. The number of energy ball hits required to break the hard walls follows: 2 times - 1st to 8th round 3 times - 9th to 16th round 4 times - 17th to 24th round 5 times - 25th to 32nd round Gold walls are indestructible. There are 33 rounds in this game. In the final round, a huge enemy fortress will loom before you as the ultimate challenge. While dodging bullets, you must hit the fortress 16 times with your energy ball to destroy it. Color walls white - 50 orange - 60 light blue - 70 green - 80 red - 90 blue - 100 pink - 110 yellow - 120 Some walls contain power CAPSULES. Each time you capture one you'll score 100 points and gain these super powers: orange - slows movement of ball pink - opens warp escape - advance to next round yellow/green - catch the ball and release it red - increase to Vaus laser fire power light blue - splits energy ball into 3 particles grey - awards an extra Vaus dark blue/purple - widens the Vaus controller --- How to operate Be sure your control deck is turned off. Plug the Arkanoid controller into the player 2 port of your control deck. Insert Arkanoid game pak in control deck. Turn on the power switch to display the demonstration screen. Select Button Choose 1 or 2 player(s) game. Start Button Start the game by pushing either the fire button on the Arkanoid controller or the start button on the main controller in player port 1. Pause Function Push the START button once during the game to pause. Push START again to resume play Dedicated Controller Use control knob to move Vaus left and right. Use fire button to launch energy ball and fire laser. If the Vaus does not reach the furthest right or left parts of the screen or if it skips from right to left or left ro right, you can adjust it easily on your own. Simply remove the small lid to the right of the knob. Insert a small phillipshead screwdriver, turn it slowly and make any necessary adjustments. NOTE: DO NOT USE A SCREWDRIVER THAT IS TOO LARGE. DO NOT TWIST THE SCREWDRIVER TOO HARD OR TOO FAST. Main Controller Control pad moves the Vaus left and right. A Button: launches energy ball and fires laser beam. --- Characters Energy ball Space wall Vaus normal Vaus Vaus with laser power --- Obstacles No.1 - Konerd No.2 - Pyradok No.3 - Tri-sphere No.4 - Opopo The obstacles are debris from the planet that was destroyed. They are floating around in space destined to get in your way, changing the direction and/or angle of your shots and to drive you crazy. There is a positive side though - Bonus points are awarded for each obstacle you destroy. You can eliminate them with either the energy ball or the Vaus controller. You aim is everything! --- Playing tips Choose capsules carefully. Each one changes the one before it. Use them cautiously to suit each situation. You may advance through the levels up to the 16th!! To do this simply press the START button and the "A" button at the same time. This must be done at the beginning of each level - before any game play occurs. GOOD LUCK!!!! ===