FLASH GORDON
(c)1986 Mastertronic and King Features Syndicate, Inc.

[This game was released in the US as "Captain Zapp" and released
only in Europe as "Flash Gordon."]
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Flash, your Earthworld will be soon under attack from Ming. You 
must stop him. Seek help from Prince Barin. You have to 
find his cave first in the jungle... and this within 24 hours!

[For "Captain Zapp", Ming is Targ, and Barin is Goram...]

Level 1: In the Jungle
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Try to stay on your feet long enough to map out your surroundings! 
You can neither save the game nor pause it - You are in real time 
(except when you are knocked out and then time goes much faster!)
 
You first will have to master the use of your joystick! It is not 
that simple...

At crossroads you can move into and out of the screen by holding 
the fire button and moving the joystick in the direction you want 
to go. 

The complete joystick controls are:

              move in                     shoot high      medium 
                 *                            *        *   shot
                 *                            *     *      
                 *                            *  *
 fly-kick *******X******* jump    turn *******X******* run
                 *                            *  *
                 *                            *     *
                 *                            *        *   low 
              move out                       duck          shot

   --- Fire button pressed ---   --- Fire button not!! pressed ---
   ---------------------------   ---------------------------------
                               (Watch out for wasting ammos here!)

You have two pistols, each with 6 bullets. You can reload your 
weapons by crouching on ammunition boxes found in your path.

Making a map (on paper!) is really vital to successfully getting 
through this first phase of the game. Landmarks are not repeated 
so keep a note of them. Arrows found in your way help. 
They point towards Barin's cave. So note them.

(Barin is the 'big friend' who supposedly can help you.  Alas, he 
has turned to the enemy, and you will have to battle him instead 
in the next phase of the game!!!!)


Level 2: Battling Barin
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This is achieved by hitting him more than he hits you! Sounds 
simple, but you just try it... A range of moves is available to 
you, controlled like this:
                           |
                           |  punch to      reverse       punch to
roll      jump      roll   |    head        fly-kick        head
bwd *      *      * fwd    |  reverse *        *        *
      *    *    *          |             *     *     *
        *  *  *            |                *  *  *
           X               |  walk bwd  *******X*******   walk fwd
           *  *            |                *  *  *
           *    *          |             *     *     *
           *      *        |          *        *        * punch to
       reverse      kick   |  fly-kick     low punch        body  
     floor-kick     fwd    |
                           |
 -- Fire button pressed -- |   -- Fire button not!! pressed --
 ------------------------- |   -------------------------------


Level 3:  On Your Bike
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The joystick controls both your movements and fire. 

The Guards---
Move left & right and the bike moves with you. In order to reach 
your maximum possible speed, a number of the flying robot guards 
will need to be taken out. Each one that passes makes it more 
difficult for you.

The Power Gates---
Once traveling at speed, steer through the power gates to build 
up your energy. This energy will have been sadly depleted by 
the robot gards dropping heavy explosive objects on you. 

The Minefield---
One more little obstacle appears in the form of a minefield. 
Ming lies beyond it. All you have to do is steer through without 
hitting anything. Each contact depletes your energy again. This 
can be quickly fatal...

At last, Ming!!!---
Should you defy the odds, triumph over adversity and all that, 
you will catch sight of Ming as he flashes along on his jet-bike. 
Take him out quickly, as he fights back in a particularly
efficient manner.

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Done all that? Good - You've saved the world.
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We (bec & me) think that Flash Gordon is the best
of Mastertronic because of the 'added dimension'...

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