JOE BLADE 2 BBC/ELECTRON
LOADING INSTRUCTIONS

BBC owners load the game from side A of the tape, type CHAIN"" (RETURN).  
Electron owners type load the game from side B, type CHAIN"" (RETURN).  
Disc owners type *TAPE (RETURN) PAGE=&E00 (RETURN) CHAIN"" (RETURN).

THE STORY
The year is 1995, the setting London.  The streets are crawling with punks, 
thugs and muggers!  The ordinary urbanite masses remain prisoners in their 
crumbling homes, too terrified to venture outside, into the crime ridden inner-
city horrorscape beyond their front doors.

Only one man can clean up this city...  That man is JOE BLADE.

Joe Blade - teenage pin up and pop idol, media celebrity, hero of the people, 
defender of the flag, helper to those less fortunate than himself.  Mean tough 
and fearless, his very name strikes fear into the cold hearts of every punk, 
thug and mugger.  

THE MISSION
You are Joe Blade...  Using only your skills of hand to hand combat you must 
clean up the city.  
The punks wear armour to protect themselves from each other, so in order to 
kill a punk you must kick him in the head, this is achieved by jumping over 
him.  You do not have to kill all the punks, once you have killed about 60 the 
remaining punks will get the message and repent of their evil deeds, and become 
law abiding citizens.

Not only must you kill your daily quota of punks, you must also rescue citizens 
who have foolishly ventured onto the streets.  To rescue a citizen you must 
walk into him, then solve one of four subgames:

Subgame one

You must complete the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4 by pressing FIRE when the correct 
number appears.

Subgame two

As with subgame one you must complete the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4 however this time 
by swapping numbers, press FIRE when the desired pair of numbers are 
underlined.

Subgame three

In this subgame you are presented with two sets of jumbled numbers.  You only 
have to complete the top 1, 2, 3, 4 sequence, by swapping numbers between the 
two.  When the desired pair of number icons are underlined press FIRE.

Subgame four

In subgame four you are presented with an ever changing number icon and four 
jumbled numbers, the object of this sequence is to swap the changing number 
with the flashing number to form the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4.  When the desired 
pair of number icons are underlined press FIRE.

Scattered around the city you may find items such as bins and clocks which will 
help you in your mission.

CONTROLS
:       Through door or jump
/       Through door
Z       Left
X       Right
RETURN  Fire

JOE BLADE 2 CREDITS
BBC version: Wayne Dobson
Original game code and graphics: Colin Swinbourne
Technical support: Kevin Parker
Textuals and shots: Simon "SKY" Daniels
Also available on Amstrad, C64, Spectrum & C16, coming soon on Atari ST, Amiga 
and Atari E/XL.

PRODUCED FOR PLAYERS SOFTWARE
BY RICHARD PAUL JONES
(c) 1988 PLAYERS