
           S K Y F O X !!
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Starting Up:
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Load skyfox,8 : run

Skill Levels:
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the first 7 scenarios are training
missions with tanks only,some with
enemy planes,or some with both.
the contain no mother ships which
can destroy your base.

in the 8 invasions you must protect
your computer and whatever fighters
you have left.
when you wipe out all enemy forces
or the enemy wipes you out,you will
return to base.when you get to the
end of a game press any key and
start over at the rank,or a different
rank.to start a game over anytime
hit ctrl-r.

Launching A Skyfox Fighter:
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Hit the fire button,when you're asked
to select [high] or [low] it wants
select low for tanks,or high for planes

Flying A Skyfox:
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move the joystick right or left to
turn the plane.press the spacebar to
engage in afterburners for quick
thrust,release it to return to pre
thrust speed.
**hint**if you plug a second joystick
into port 2,you can use the fire button
on #2 for quick thrust.


Using A SKYFOX Weapon System:
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Press Joystick #1 button for laser
cannon fire.press either G or F5
on the keyboard to arm a heat seeking
missle and G or F3 to arm a guided
one.press again to disarm an armed
missle which you haven't fired yet.
press the joystick #1 button to
release the armed missle.you must be
pointed toward a target visable on
your on board radar to fire a missle
or you will get a 'no target' message
Using Automatic Pilot To Find Enemies:
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When no enemies are in view press
A or F7 to engage in automatic pilot
your on board computer will locate
the nearest enemy and send you to
their location at mach 2.if there are
no enemies left,it will send you to
home base.

Using The Base Computer:
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the base computer displays a tactical
map which shows the location of all
your installations and of all enemy
vehicles.while flying the skyfox hit
C to bring up a visual display of that
map,transmitted from your base computer
use the cursor keys to move the cursor
to the sector you want to fly to,then
press A or F7 to engage the auto pilot
you may also use this procedure to
choose your own target to launch
against the base.pressing C again
disengages the computer.

Flying Through The Cloud Barrier:
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there is a cloud barrier that stretches
between 1000 and 10,000 feet.you must
fly through it each time you switch
between ground and air combat.flying
up to 30,000 feet results in heavy
fuel consumption.look for enemy planes
between 30,000 and 40,000 feet.they
will only fly in that range.to switch
from air to ground altitude hit U or D

Landing A Skyfox Fighter:
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You may land at home base to recharge
your shields and take on fuel.you
may not land at any installations
other than your home base.your home
base is shown on the tactical map as
a white checkered square.all other
installations are shown as solid
white squares.

To Land:
1)enter the sector containing your
base;2)reduce speed to zero by
pressing 0;3)reduce by pressing
foward on joystick #1,once you've
succesfully landed the base computer
will appear on the screen.

Tactical Map:
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-Cursor Keys Move The Cursor
-Z zooms in on square under cursor
-A or F7 engages automatic pilot
-S brings up the score summary
-R brings up the installation status
  report,**hint**check shields on each
  installation,when they reach zero the
  installation is destroyed.
-T brings back tactical map

Miscallaneous Commands:
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Ctrl-R-restarts the game.
Run/Stop-freezes the game.
H-Gets you help at tactical map



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The instruments above show various
instrumentation i will explain these
below.use the number guide to key
in the definition with the instrament.


1&2-X Coordinate,your current postion
    in miles from the left tactical
    map.
 3- Electronic Arts Symbol Of Bullshit.

4&5-Y Coordinate,your current postion
    in miles from the bottom of the
    tactical map.

6-Radar Scanner Display,F1 toggles        between overhead and foward radar
  screens.Overhead radar shows enemy
  installments as well as enemy targets
  enemy targets blink.watch also for
  messages to appear here.

7-Auto Pilot Indicator,will show either
  AUTO or nothing,depending on your
  flying mode.press A or F7 to engage.

8-Shield Indicator,on the right side
  you will see a power level,this shows
  the power of your shields,when the
  red is gone,so are you.land at base
  to recharge.

9-Fuel Indicator,fuel consumption
  increases with speed.using
  afterburners for thrust boosts are
  and climbing to fight planes are
  especially expensive.land at home
  base to refuel.running out of fuel
  is fatal.

10-Clock,shows elapsed time since
   invasion onslaught.

11-Guided Missle Count,press G or F3
   to arm(and G or F3 again to disarm)
   and joystick #1 to fire.you must
   be facing a target on your radar
   screen to fire.

12-Speed Indicator,in miles per hour.
   press a number on the keyboard(1-9)
   to set a new speed,0 stops,1 at 10%
   2 at 20% etc.press + to increase
   by 100 mph and - to decrease at
   100 mph,maximum is 3000 mph.

13-Compass Heading,0 is north,90 is
   east,270 is west.

14-Altitude Indicator,be careful.above
   the rank of cadet,hitting the ground
   hard costs some shield strength.

15-Heat Seeking Missle Count,press
   H or F5 to arm(and H or F5 again
   to disarm)and joystick #1 button
   to fire.you must be facing a target
   on your radar screen to fire.


The Scenarios:
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Tank Training 1-
you are launched flying due east
toward three consecutive waves of tanks
when you destroy the last one,you will
automatically be returned to base.
launch again to face even more tanks.
use your overhead radar scanner to
spot your targets.

Tank Training -2
sectors all over the map will be
occupied by tanks,all advancing
on your base.when you clear out the
tanks in your immediate area,press
A or F7 to engage the automatic pilot.
this will take you to mach 2 to the
next nearest target.
**hint**when using the keyboard,depress
the key and hold it down long enough
to see it's effect.do not simply give
the key a quick tap.

Plane Training -1
you will be launched onto the tail of
an enemy plane.shoot fast or it will
circle around and attack you.the
foward scanner shows planes which are
in range and will help you determine
whether they are above or below you.
F1 toggles between foward and overhead
scannerstry your guided and heat
seeking missles.succeed and you can
relaunch against succesfully more
planes.

Plane Training -2
Launches you nose to nose with the
enemy.**hint**the slow don't live.

Plane Training -3
like tank training 2,but with planes.

High/Low Training -
alternate waves first of tanks,then
of planes.you'll automatically be
returned to base after each success.

Combo Training -
Like high/low but a wave consists of
both tanks and planes.you may fly
through the cloud layer that seperate
air and ground wars.

Small Invasion -
Mothership to defeat,before it launches
enough planes and tanks to destroy your
base.protect your base and the outlying
installations containing your friends and relatives.be sure and save some
missles to use against motherships.when
a mothership launches a plane on a
bombing run to one of yoinstallations,the message
'launch detected' will appear on the
radar scanner display in your cockpit.

Full Invasion -
a 3 mothership invasion

Massive Onslaught -
6 motherships

Halo,Alamo,Wall Chess,And Cornered -
each a multiple mothership invasion
,each with it's own shape and pressure
to study enemy movement patterns in
the scenarios,choose a scenario and
press button to enter the base,then
don't launch.just watch the enemy
movement on the tactical map to
understand their strategies             



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                 Written By:ICE MAN