Arkanoid
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ARKANOID
The era and time of this story is unknown. After the mothership "Arkanoid" was destroyed, a spacecraft "Vaus" scrambled away, only to be trapped in the voidŠ You control the Vaus and have to penetrate 32 levels and then confront the "Dimension Changer" whom you must destroy to reverse time and ressurect the "Arkanoid". Frantic action and split second timing combine to produce the most addictive and compusive game.

CONTROLS
The game is controlled by the keyboard as follows:
Z - LEFT
X - RIGHT
SHIFT - Increase speed
RETURN - Fire lasers or release ball when glued
DELETE - Pause
COPY - Release pause
SPACE - Restart

while paused:
TAB - Aborts the current game

THE GAME
You control the Vaus craft which can be moved left or right. Using your skills you must deflect an energy bolt which will gradually break down the walls confronting you. Certain coloured bricks must be hit more than once and others are completely industructable. Alien life forms descend at random to hinder you but are eliminated on contact with either the energy bolt or the Vaus craft.
You are aided in your attempts with energy capsules which are hidden beneath certain bricks and released upon their destruction. Each capsule has a different power and is denoted by a letter painted on it's side. These are as follows:
S - Slows down the speed of the energy bolt, making it easier to position yourself.
G - Enables you to glue the bolt to your Vaus, move to the desired position and then release it.
E - Expands the Vaus craft, giving you more chance to deflect the bolt.
D - Disrupts the bolt into three separate components thereby giving you three times the effect.
L - Arms your Vaus with a laser allowing it to shoot bricks and aliens.
B - Breaks a section of the wall enabling your Vaus craft an alternative escape route to slip through to the next level.
P - Awards you an extra life.

STATUS AND SCORING
On screen scoring displays current score, hi-score, number of lives remaining and level attained.
Points are awarded between 50 and 120 for knocking out a brick, depending on the colour. Collecting a capsule is 1000 and hitting an alien scores 100 points.
Extra lives are awarded for collecting the "P" capsules.

HINTS AND TIPS
- The disrupion capsule is of great use if your bolt is caught behind, or enclosed within a wall.
- The laser is most useful to break down the bricks which require a number of hits.
- Using the very edge of your Vaus to deflect the bolt will give you a much sharper angle - most useful for maneouvering it into restrictive places.

Good Luck

CREDITS
Coding by Peter Johnson.