!-------------------------------------! ! G.I JOE/EPYX SOFTDOCS ! ! TYPED UP BY: THE TRITON ! ! A FIVE STAR RELEASE! ! !-------------------------------------! personal combat in order to capture COBRA agents, or take on COBRA'S H.I.S.S. tanks with G.I. JOE Heavy Equipment Assault Vehicles. Study the Dossiers of both G.I. JOE and the COBRA personael. Making the best match-up is vital to the success of the mission-and to the Survial of the free world! GETTING STARTED --------------- While the program is loading, the G.I. JOE title screen and the music come on. When the red light on the disk drive goes out, press the SPACE BAR or move the JOYSTICK in order to continue. COMPUTERIZED WORLD HOT SPOT MAP ------------------------------- When the Computerized Hot Spot Map apprears, there is not a moment to lose! The Flashing points on the map indicate areas of intensive COBRA activity. COBRA activity is of two types. The shape of the flashing hot spots on the map tell you which type of mission. G.I. JOE will face. *-ROUND flashing hot spots lead G.I. JOE into heavy Equipment Confronations G.I. JOE's assault vehicles go up against COBRA will face. *-Plus Sign flashing hit spots indicate Personal Combat-one-to-one warrior action! To select any flashing hot spot( move the JOYSTICK or press keys I,J,K, and M until the selector box covers the hot spot you want to tackle. Then press the FIRE button (Button 1) or the RETURN key. COBRA ENEMY SCREEN ------------------ The COBRA Enemy Screen appears, showing you eight COBRA agents, and view of the terrain on which you'll be fighting. * Your COBRA enemy is selected by the computer. Move the JOYSTICK or press the SPACE BAR in order to continue. * In the Heavy Equipment Activity, press the Ctrl key to control the G.I. JOE heavy Equipment. Move the JOYSTICK or press the RETURN key in order to continue. Note: Anyone who appears behind bars has been captured and is not available for use at this time. These are the JOYSTICK and KEYBOARD controls that you will use throughtout the game. Keyboard Commands! ------------------ I=Up K=Right M=Down L=Left HEAVY EQUIPMENT CONFRONTATION ----------------------------- The G.I. JOU Heavy Equipment Arsenal and Personal screen shows four G.I. JOE's across from their assault vehicles. *-Ace pilots the Skystriker jet. *-Wild Bill files he Dragonfly helicopter. *-Steeler controls the Motorized Battle Tank (MOBAT). *-Clutch controls the Vamp jeep. To select any one of the available G.I. JOE's, move the star symbol by using the joystick in PORT #2, and then press the FIRE button or SPACE BAR. you will see the G.I. JOE Heavy equipment assault vehicles leaving the G.I. JOE top secret armory. When preperations are complete, you'll be transported to the battle scene. TAKE TO THE SKY! ---------------- You fly the Jetstriker or the Dragonfly helicopter by using joystick in PORT #2 Altitude Controls your altitude with your JOYSTICK or by pressing keys I,J,K,&,M. *-Push the JOYSTICK FOWARD or by pressing the Key [I] to desend and land *-Pull the JOYSTICK BACK or press the [M] key to climb *-Move the JOYSTICK LEFT or RIGHT or press keys [J] & [K] to turn or bank the aircraft. *-Watch your altitude! If the Aircraft Altitude Line starts to flash, you are flying too low and may crash into low- lying obstacles. WEAPONS! -------- G.I. JOE aircrafts come equipped with an unlimted supply of air-to-land missles, To FIRE, press the fire button or SPACE BAR! Skystriker faces a special challenge! COBRA missile sites can launch ground-to-air heat-seeking missiles. When a heat-seeking missile is coming at you, your console begins to beep. Escape if you can! GROUND MANEUVERS ---------------- Steering To control the MOBAT tank and the VAMP jeep. *-The JOYSTICK or keys I,J,K, and M drive the vehicle. *-Press the JOYSTICK FOWARD or press I key to move ahead. *-Pull the JOYSTICK BACK or press M key to go backwards. *-Move the JOYSTICK LEFT or RIGHT or press J and K keys to turn. ARTILLRY FIRE ------------- *-Button 2 on the JOYSTICK, or CTRL and I,J,K, and M keys control the direction of your shots. *-Press button 2 on the JOYSTICK and move the JOYSTICK LEFT or RIGHT or press and hold the CTRL key and press J and K +eys to rotate the launcher. *-Press button 2 on the JOYSTICK and pull the JOYSTICK BACK or press and hold CTRL key and press M key to raise the launcher elebation for distant targets. *-Press button 2 on the JOYSTICK and push the JOYSTICK FOWARD or press and hold the Ctrl key and press I key to lowgr the launcher for close targets. *-Press the FIRE button or SPACE BAR to shoot. Learn to judge the correct angle of your shots by using the long bar next to the Graduated Elevation Gauage. But Beware! If the long bar begings to flash, you are too close to an object. If you fire, you will be blown up and taken prisoner, or your missiles will not fire. Special Feature! Unknown to COBRA, the VAMP jeep equipped with guided missiles. Once launched, use the JOYSTICK or KEYBOARD while pressing and holding button 2 on the JOYSTICK or the Ctrl key to steer the missle. BATTLE'S END ------------ If G.I. JOE's heavy equipment vehicle crashes or is destroyed by COBRA artillery three times, COBRA or G.I. JOE headquaters will appear. The Next time you see the G.I. JOE heavy Equipment Arsenal and Personnel Screen, that fighter's face will be behind bars. It's up uo the others-for now, at least! If you succeed in destroying all eight COBRA H.I.S.S. tanks, stop your vehicle or land your aircraft. ALL the captured G.I. JOE team members will be freed, ready to return to action. Press the JOYSTICK button or the SPACE BAR to return to the Computerized World Hot Spot Map/ PERSONAL COMBAT --------------- *-Select your G.I. JOE team member with the JOYSTICK or KEYBOARD and press the FIRE button or SPACE BAR. Get the COBRA agent before they can get you! *-You are the G.I. JOE team member of your choice, opposing a computer- selected COBRA agent. *-Move the JOYSTICK or press I,J,K, and M keys to move your G.I. JOE team member in any direction. Press the FIRE button or SPACE BAR to shoot. Be quick and aim carefully! Known your G.I. JOE team and COBRA agents. Consult their dossiers. Watch them in action. Learn their strengths and weakness. It can make the difference between capturing A Cobra agent and being a prisoner. NOTE: IF you selected a PLUS SIGN flashing hot spot from the Computerized Hot Spot Map, Duke will now appear onscreen and order you to turn the disk over. *-Wait for the RED light on the disk drive to go OFF!. *-Remove the disk from the disk drive. *-Turn the disk over and reinsert it into disk drive. *-Move the JOYSTICK or press the SPACE BAR to continue. STATUS BARS, TROOP NAMES, & TARGETS! ------------------------------------ a status bar, target and the initals of both G.I. JOE(G) and COBRA(C) appear in the upper left corner of the battle screen. G.I. JOE's is on the left; COBRA'S is on the right. BARS ---- The longer a bar, the better that fighter is doing physically. As G.I. JOE (indicated bvy the blue bar) or the Cobra agent (indacted by the red bar) is injurned, their bar shortens. The Number of hits a fights can take depends on how strong he or she is and how powerful their opponent's weapon is. TROOP NAMES ----------- The Troop names of G.I. ZOE(G) and COBRA(C) also change color each time one of them is deafted. The names begin white on a black background. When one of them is deafted, the backround will turn Vilot. If the smae trooper loses a second time, the background will turn green when they are captured. TARGETS ------- The Target underneath each stauts bar tells you wheather or not that fighters weapon is ready for use. BLUE or RED means ready for use; black is reloading. You'll hear a high-pitched tone for G.I. JOE and a lower-pitched tone for COBRA when that fighters weapon is reloaded. Know your weapon! Light weapons (A laser pistol, for example) reload very quickly and do not cause much damage. Heavy weapons (A flamethrower, ect) reload slowly, but do a lot of damage. PERSONAL COMABT RESULTS ----------------------- If you G.I. JOE team members defeats his enemy twice, or if he's captured you'll s{e G.I. JOE or Cobra headquters. Rember: G.I. JOE and their COBRA counterparts are clver, and no jail can hold them for long!. When you've completed one assignment there's alaways anthor COBRA agent out there somewhere causing trouble. The Struggle goes on! Note: Duke will appear on screen again and instruct you to turn the disk over. Repeat the same step as before. Then press the FIRE button or SPACE BAR to return to the Computerized World Hot Spot Map. AS long as there is a flashing trouble spot on that Map G.I. JOE has work to do! --------------------------------------- Dox Typed By: The Triton G.I. JOE A FYVE STAR RELEASE! Cracked By: Gadget Master! ---------------------------------------