CAPTAIN BLOOD 
(c) 1988 Mindscape
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Game Controls

Joystick - you can figure out, it isn't that hard!

Keyboard -
UP=     A
DOWN=   Z
LEFT=   K
RIGHT=  L
FIRE= SPACEBAR
ACCELERATE= A+SPACEBAR
DECELERATE= Z+SPACEBAR

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The Story:
Trapped in a universe of your own creation-a world populated 
by strange creatures in unlikely scenarios, extensions of your 
own over-active mind -but it's only a game right? Wrong it's
every hackers worst nightmare..and you are living it!

As the erstwhile programmer called Captain Blood, you're in a 
predicament. The Hyperspace warp that sucked you into the game 
also fragmented your genetic structure creating 5 exact dups
of you that are now hiding somewhere in the galaxy of Hydra.
You must find the clones and assimilate them to replenish
the vital fluids you so desperately need.

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Playing the Game:
When the game begins you will see the inside of the ship, 
followed by the view of the nearest planet. The arm you
see on the screen is yours! Because of the lack of fluids, 
you are degenrating. As you degenrate your arm will shake making 
it hard to control!

The on-board clock keeps track of elapsed time. You have 
2 1/2 hours to find a clone to get the fluids you need before
you arm gets totally uncontrollable. If you find a clone you get 
2 1/2 more hours.

The 1st planet that comes up each time you start a new game always 
is inhabited. After that your on your own!

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Planet Vision Screen:
Several things can be done on the Planet Vision screen: GeoPhoto, 
Planet Destruction or OORXX Landing Mission.

The Control Panel:
Only a few controls are active at any one time on the panel.
The buttons will be called 1-6 (left to right unless otherwise 
instructed!)

GeoPhoto Vision:
Used to get a closer look at a planet. Select button #6. Flashing 
Light will indicate enemy missiles on the surface. Select the 
button again to get a closer view. Select #2 for planet
vision again!

Planet Destruction:
To destroy the panet select button #5. You may exit a destruction 
sequence at any point by pressing the inst/del key.

OORXX Landing Mission:
Select Button #4 from the planet vision screen. An OORXX will be
transported immediately to the surface and a vector-image of the 
surface will appear.

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Flying the OORXX:
This is easy for you to figure out!

Landing Sites:
Each planet has a landing site located at the end of a long 
narrow valley. If you are headed in the right direction,
the site will appear as a flashing diamond shape. If you are off 
target an arrow will point the direction you must turn! 
When you reach it OORXX will land and if there is an alien he 
will appear.(If there is one that is!)

Avoiding Missiles:
If there are missiles on the surface they will home in on you. 
A beep noise will let you know you have been sighted by them. 
To avoid missiles you must fly as low as you can to the surface 
without crashing! 

When missiles have locked on you arrows appear on both sides of
the screen and move towards each other. The closer the arrows 
get the closer the missiles are to you. When they meet in the 
center of the screen (if they do) OORXX is destroyed and
you will be returned to the ship.

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The Upcom:
To talk to aliens you need to use this icon system. Once you 
land it will appear on screen!

Receive a Message:
As the Alien speaks icons will appear on the left side. 
Just point to the icon in question to get the translation 
on screen. If the mouth is moving it means the alien isn't done 
speaking, click on the mouth to get more of the message!

Sending a Message:
You may respond to the alien by using any of the highlighted 
icons in the window. The windows shows only a small amount of 
them and you can scroll selections with the selectors on the
right and left of the window, or scroll quickly with the 
scroll bar at the bottom of the window!

Select the icon you want to use and hit the fire button or 
spacebar. It will appear on the right side which holds 8. 
(8 for each sentence!) When your message is ready hit the
mouth to send. The left-arrow shape button on the right side 
will let you delete or insert an icon!

Teleporting:
If an alien agrees to be teleported the icon will appear on 
the bottom of left of the screen. To return alien to a surface 
select the icon button once you land!

Returning to the Ship:
Use the triangular shapped button.

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The Ship's Interior:

Button #1 - is used to save the game or load a game. See saving 
            and loading to follow!

Button #2 - Planet Vision Screen, if active.

Button #3 - Galaxy Map

Selecting any inactive button will return you to the ship's 
interior.

The Fridgitorium:
If you teleport a clone or an alien onto the ship, it will appear  
in the Fridgitorium on the left side of the screen. You will not 
be able to talk to whatever is in there!

To disintegrate a creature or clone select the button below it.
When a creature is gone you will recover its vital fluids. 
However, only the clones fluids are compatible with
your system.

OORXX reactivation:
 If you already landed on a planet you will have a ? mark appear. 
If you select that mark it will reactivate the OORXX on the 
surface.

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The Galaxy Map: (button # 3)
You can figure that out it's easy using the map!

Hyperspace:
From the galaxy map select the hyperspace button to travel to 
that picked location. You may abort the sequence at anytime with 
the inst/del key!

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Saving a GAME: you can only save a game after 5 mins have been 
played! Pick Button #1, File name is "Blood cpt"

Loading a Game: you can only load a game in the 1st 5 mins of 
play: If the drive can't find the file on the disk button 1 will 
flash along with the error light. (For the real retards this is 
normal cause you haven't saved a game yet DA!)

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THE END:
Find the 5 clones. The last clone will give the coordinates of 
the planet Torka where the beautiful Alien Ondoyante is waiting. 
Once you go there and teleport her to your ship you've won. 
(Note she will not stay in the Fridgitorium.)
Now all you have to do is figure out how to get out of the game!

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