	    Panther 
            Copyright/Publisher: Mastertronic, Release Year: 1986,
            Categorie: Space Diagonal Scroll, Number Of Players: 1
            INSTRUCTIONS
            You take the part of the lone remaining pilot in the Federal force 
            under attack in the city of Xenon. The alien invaders have swept 
            away the defences and all the population has been evacuated. 
            Well, nearly all of it. There are still people in the city, mostly 
            military personnel who must be brought out to the spaceport and 
            safety. As the one and only poor sucker who can fly a Panther ground 
            attack craft - youre the Hero for today. 
            Those who get left behind are hidding in bunkers either in the city 
            or the surrounding areas. All you have to do is to fly through and 
            pick them up. The spaceport is on the other side of the city from 
            where you are, so it should be a nice easy flight. 
            Oh, by the way, the enemy is now in the suburbs and some craft have 
            been sighted near the main buildings. Missile enplacements have 
            probably been set up and the spaceport is a long way away. Youll 
            probably get quite a reception when you get there. 
            The Panther youll be flying has five Phoenix shields, to repair 
            itself if hit, but youll need a couple of seconds to activate them. 

            Meanwhile, it gets lonely on the ground, waiting to lift off again 
            and hoping no aliens happen to drop in... 
            The shuttle takes off at 0800 sharp. With or without you. 
            It may take more than one run to clear the city but the transmat 
            still operating can put you back to Panther base from the shuttle 
            bay, Probably just in time to start again and go get some more 
            people. 
            Its at times like this you really know where the buck stops. Always 
            with you doesnt it! Cease whining and get in there and act heroic. 
            At least get it this once...please! 
            GAMEPLAY
            The game is won by piloting your craft across the landscape, 
            shooting up the invaders and rescuing the personages who got 
            themselves left behind. To do this you land close to the bunkers and 
            they appear in the screen. Stay around until all the the refugees 
            have made it into your ship - whatever the aliens are doing to stop 
            you - then move on as quickly as possbile. 
            At the end of your run, there awaits a means of getting your 
            passengers to safety. Find it and use it. Scroing high points is 
            only possible upon completing several sweeps through the different 
            stages, and upon the safe departure of the civilians. 
            The aliens attack in waves and your flight computer indicates both 
            the launch and position of the incoming craft relative to your 
            Panther at the bottom of the screen, along with the number of 
            Phoenix shields remaining. The number bottom right is your present 
            score. 
            The craft is flown with the joystick in the normal manner and 
            watching the shadows of both your ship and the aliens will give you 
            an indication of height and relative positioning. 
            THE LANDSCAPE
            The city stands on an island in the middle of a large inland lake. 
            You start from the base in the desert and head in towards the city 
            centre. The lake contains some oil platforms (somewhere) and there 
            are PROBABLY a number of survivors hiding out in there so youll 
            have to go look for them on the way past. The spaceport lies beyond 
            the City and is well surrounded by alien seige craft. 
            Things get considerably tougher once you approach the City itself. 
            There are Surfce-to-Air-Missile (SAM) batteries amongst the 
            buildings and if you dont obey the computers instructions to get 
            below radar, theyll hunt you down pretty quickly. This does of 
            course mean that you have to fly AROUND the skyscrapers, not over 
            them. A pilot of your class should find that no problem. 
            CONTROLS
            Joystick in port two only. 
            [F1] or [RESTORE] to restart game. 
            [F7] to pause/continue game. 



