                           Crime Wave Docs

These are brief docs on how to play the game Crime Waves.

The object of the game it to go around a blow up everything in sight and 
here are some brief tips from the manual.

HINTS and TIPS:

Crouching is the mnost effect way to maneuver and survive.

If you are having trouble staying alive, shoot barrel, crates, etc. with your
rocket launcher or multiple times with your gun to uncover the objects under-
neath.  There are extra lives, energy, ammo and more under these objects.

The evil ninjas weapons have homing capabilities and are extremely deadly.
You can guide them into surrounding objects or avoid them until they go away.

Look for weapons with extended capabilities in the high levels.  These will
increase your offensive capabilities.

Be cautious for enemies shooting from train windows and from the top of
subway cars.  These can be destroyed by moving as close to the wall as
possible, then jumping and shooting.   These same tactics can destroy wall
mounted cannons found in the factories and bonus rooms.


OBJECTS:

5 shoot machine gun
ball blaster gun
drugs and money
machine gun ammo
rocket launcher ammo
enery
free lives

ACTION SCREEN CONTROLS:

During the action sequence the following controls are active:

   FUNCTION                        KEY            RE-ASSIGNABLE?
 
  1.  FIRE LARGE WEAPON..............Space Bar............YES
  2.  FIRE SMALL WEAPON..............E and R..............YES
  3.  CROUCH.........................TAB..................YES
  4.  JUMP...........................+ and Enter..........YES
  5.  WALK RIGHT.....................->...................YES
  6.  WALK LEFT......................<-...................YES
  7.  WALK UP........................Up arrow.............YES
  8.  WALK DOWN......................Down Arrow and 5.....YES
  9.  PAUSE/UNPAUSE..................P....................NO
  10. QUIT GAME.....................ESC...................NO



