Studio II
Home TV Programmer

TV Arcade Series
Gunfighter/Moonship Battle

Instructions
This plug-in cartridge contains two exciting action games you can play with
your RCA Studio II Home TV Programmer.

Cartridge 18V405 RCA

GUNFIGHTER

Gunfighter is an action-packed western shoot-out game for one or two players.

As a single-player game, you battle against a gunfighter controlled by the
computer.  As a two-player game you and your opponent shoot it out, each
controlling your own gunfighter.

You can move your gunfighter up and down to dodge the opponent's bullets.  A
cactus on the screen gives some protection, but you must come out from behind
the cactus to fire at your opponent.

You can fire as many bullets as you wish, but the only ones that count are
those that hit the opposing gunfighter.  The game is over after two minutes,
with the winner being the gunfighter scoring the most hits.  Continuous 
on-screen scoring is provided.

INSERT CARTRIDGE - PRESS CLEAR

PRESS KEY 1 FOR 1-PLAYER GAME

PRESS KEY 2 FOR 2-PLAYER GAME

How to play

1. Insert cartridge into the Studio II Console.  Press CLEAR key.

2. For single-player game, press Key 1 on Keyboard A.  For 2-player game,
   press Key 2 on Keyboard A.

   Both keyboards are used for the 2-player game, and Keyboard B only is used
   for the single-player game.

3. The gunfighter can be moved up by pressing Key 2, and moved down by pressing
   Key 8.

   Bullets are fired by pressing Key 5.  If you press the key quickly and
   release it, one fast bullet is fired.  If you hold Key 5 down, two bullets
   in sequence are fired, but they travel slower.

4. In the single-player game, the computer controls the gunfighter on the left
   of the screen.  In the 2-player game, the player using Keyboard A controls
   the gunfighter on the left, and the player using Keyboard B controls the
   gunfighter on the right.

MOONSHIP BATTLE

Studio II Moonship Battle is an exciting space-age game for two players.  Two
Moonship vehicles are engaged in a celestial battle for survival.  To win
requires strategy, skill, and the ability to anticipate your opponent's
tactics.

Each Moonship starts with 100 units of energy.  The ships lose energy as they
are moved, when firing a missile, when hit by an enemy missile, or by
inadvertently colliding with the opposing Moonship.  The object is to defeat
the enemy by forcing it to be the first to deplete its energy reserves.

Accurate missile firing is not easy.  A missile can only be fired in the
direction the Moonship last moved.  The game lasts until one Moonship has no
more energy.

INSERT CARTRIDGE - PRESS CLEAR

PRESS KEY 3 TO START

1. Insert the cartridge into the Studio II console.

   Press the CLEAR key.

   Press Key 3 on Keyboard A.

2. The two moonships will appear on the screen.  The player using Keyboard A
   controls the Moonship that faces up.

   The player using Keyboard B controls the Moonship that faces down.

3. Each player moves his Moonship horizontally, vertically, or at angles using
   the keys on his keyboard.

4. Players fire rockets using Key 5 on their keyboard.  Important: Rocket will
   always fire in the direction your Moonship last travelled.  You must
   maneuver your Moonship so that it last moved, or is moving, toward the
   enemy ship.

5. Energy consumption:

		Action			Energy units used
   Moving Moonship -------------------- 1 unit for each 10 positions*
   
   Firing Rocket ---------------------- 1 units

   Receiving Rocket Hit --------------- 5 units

   Collision -------------------------- 5 units (only ship causing collision
                                                 loses energy)

* The moonship moves one position each time the direction key is pressed.
  The ship will continue to move if the key is held down.

6. Game lasts until one Moonship loses all its energy, and is thus defeated.
   Energy levels are contnuously displayed on the screen.

Note: If the metal contact strips on the cartridge become dirty or discolored,
      this could affect the cartridge operation.  These strips can be cleaned
      easily by gently rubbing them with a pencil eraser.  Remove eraser
      residue before inserting cartridge. 

RCA

RCA/Distributor and Special Products Division/Deptford, NJ 08096
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