Star Ferret Deluxe Instruction Manual
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Contents:
1.
Welcome/Features
2.
System
Requirements
3.
Installing/Repairing/Uninstalling
4.
What’s
the Story?
5.
Controls
6.
Characters/Objects
7.
Hey,
man! What am I supposed to do?
8.
On
screen info
9.
Cheats
10.
Contact
Info
1. Welcome/Features
===================
Hi! Thanks for your
interest in Star Ferret Deluxe! This is my first Windows game. Here are some of
the features (features with a *s are ones I added and
were not in the original version written by Andre LaMothe):
Ø
640x480
resolution with 256 colors
Ø
*Sound
effects pan according to where they are on the screen*
Ø
A
plethora of sound effects and voices
Ø
Fast
paced action reminiscent of classics such as Asteroids and Galaga
Ø
Dodge
and blast through fields of asteroids and *alien spacecraft*
Ø
*Fearsome
bosses*
Ø
*Cool
scaling effects*
Ø
And
other cool things that I can’t remember right now
2. Requirements
===============
Please see the
readme for system requirements.
3.
Installing/Repairing/Uninstalling
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Please see the
readme for details.
4. What’s the Story?
====================
(Ok, there’s not
much of a story right now. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.)
In the year 4242,
there arose a great evil known only as the Dark Master. A being born from the
souls of the evil and corrupt, the Dark Master’s one undying goal is to
eradicate all life and then time itself. Having possessed the knowledge of all
the mad scientists and evil geniuses to ever live, he built a series of
powerful robots known as Dedys (pronounced
“dead-is”). He also recruited a greedy and bloodthirsty race of aliens known as
the Zyvx (pronounced “ziv-icks”)
by promising them control over all things if they would aid him. He gave them
the ability to pass through the asteroids that littered his realm without harm.
Little did they know that after eliminating everything else, he would do the
same to them.
Enter Star Ferret.
You are the brave, star-hopping, hero. You alone have the power to intercept
the Dark Master in his own realm before he unleashes chaos upon the world. You
are given a single laser cannon that can penetrate the Dedyses
thick armor (and hopefully the Dark Master’s, too) and a handful of neutron
bombs (budget cutbacks, you know).
You enter into the
Dark Master’s realm and await the first wave of resistance…
5. Controls
===========
The controls are
very simple. Here they are broken up into mouse, keyboard and joypad sections
Keyboard
--------
Arrow keys: moves
Star Ferret
Space or left ctrl:
Fire blasters
Left shift: set off
a bomb (destroys all enemies on screen. Does not affect the bosses)
Escape: Skip the
intro; Exit game
P: Pause the game
Mouse
-----
Moving the mouse:
moves Star Ferret
Left mouse button:
Fire blasters
Right mouse button:
set off a bomb
Joypad
------
Directional pad:
moves Star Ferret
Button 1: Fire
blasters
Button 2: set off a
bomb
The mouse and joypad are a bit more responsive, so I recommend using one
of them.
6.
Characters/Objects
=====================
Star Ferret
-----------
This is you, the
mighty hero. It is your job to brave the asteroid field and save the world from
the Dark Master.
Bomb
----
This is your trusty
bomb. One of these will clear the entire screen of Zyvxes
and asteroids. Beware, though, because they have no effect on bosses! You’ll be
tossed an extra bomb every 40,000 points.
Asteroids
---------
Big
dumb rocks. They split
into smaller pieces when shot with your blasters. The bigger they are, the more
damage they do.
Zyvxes
------
These alien ships
bound around the screen at great speeds. However, they aren’t very strong. One
shot will bring them down. The damage they do is proportional to the speed
they’re traveling.
Hellfire
--------
Drawn from the Dark
Realm itself, these are the only means of attack that the bosses have. However,
they do MAJOR damage, so steer clear of them!
Dedys (boss)
----------------------------
These make up the
Dark Master’s elite front line. They become more powerful as you progress.
The Dark Master
(final boss)
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???
???
???
He’s waiting for
you…
7. Hey, man! What am
I supposed to do?
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Fly around and shoot
everything you see! Don’t run into anything except extra bombs! That’s about
it.
8. On screen info
=================
In the top left of
the screen is your score and the high score. At the top in the middle is the
damage you have sustained. If it hits 100% or more, you lose a life. In the top
right there is the current level you are on and the number of points you need
to get an extra life. In the bottom left there is the number of lives you have
left (represented by the number next to the small Star Ferret ship) and the
number of bombs you have (the number next to the small bomb).
9. Cheats
=========
Yep, there are
cheats. But you have to beat the game to learn how to enable them! When
enabled, “Cheats Enabled = “ and a number will appear
in the center of the top of the screen. The number is the number of cheats
enabled.
NOTE: If you disable
cheats, any cheats you’ve turned on will be turned off!!!
(NOTE: For the
convenience of you beta testers, cheats are on by default. The function keys F1
through F11 activate the individual cheats)
10. Contact Info
================
PLEASE send feedback, suggestions, bug
reports, hate mail, etc., to jcharr1@bellsouth.net