OVERKILL
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Ten days ago the Treaty of Quanton was signed. All land based nuclear weapons have been 
destroyed and the shutdown of the dreaded moon citadels is almost complete. Suddenly, 
Galileo, the most powerful of the citadels, picks up signals of its imminent destruction 
and activates its auto-defence systems. Only you can destroy Galileo and save the Quanton 
Galaxy from destruction.


LOADING

To load, press LOAD"". Press PLAY on your cassette recorder. The programme will now load
automatically. (The programme is recorded on both sides of the tape. In case of 
difficulty, turn the tape over, rewind to the beginning and load again.)


CONTROLS

Q = Speed Up. A = Slow down.

O = Left. P = Right.

F = Freeze. R = Quit.

Also compatible with Kempston and Sinclair interfaces.


THE PLOT

Far away in a distant dimension the aftermath of nuclear war spreads its rotting plague 
across the once fertile plains of the Quanton Galaxy.

10 days ago the Treaty of Quanton was signed. This would see the destruction of all land 
based nuclear weapons and the shutdown of the dreaded moon citadels that circled the 
Galaxy.

The shutdown progressed smoothly until only the Galileo Moon Citadel remained. This 
ultra-advanced Citadel featured high level artificial intelligence and contained enough 
nuclear power to destroy the Quanton Galaxy.

The Galileo Citadel had been monitoring the airwaves and picked up signals of its 
imminent disarmament. Since it had been programmed for survival, it activated its 
auto-defence system.

You have been assigned the task of penetrating the Galileo Moon Citadel to destroy the 
ten nuclear energy towers located at the centre of its core.


PLAYING THE GAME

Destroy Nuclear Towers: This is done by collecting anti radiation orbs from the dimension 
room. Each tower is made up of 9 sections and 1 orb is needed to destroy each section 
(therefore you need 9 orbs to destroy 1 tower and 90 orbs to complete the game). The tower 
sections are then destroyed by bouncing on them.

The Dimension Room: This chamber is located below Level 5 and contains the anti radiation 
orbs. The amount of time that you can stay in this room is determined by the number of 
time cubes that have been collected from Levels 1 to 4 (each cube is worth 5 time units 
and the maximum time allowed is 100 units).

Whilst in the Dimension Room you must collect as many orbs as possible within the time 
available. This is done by moving across the 8 directional scrolling grid. Once an orb 
has been collected, the grid needs to be centered between the four small skulls before 
another orb will appear.

Teleport between levels by touching the teleport bubble and control your speed by use of 
the velocity controls. Certain terrain features can effect your velocity and energy. 
Energy remaining is represented by the skull on the right hand side of the screen. The 
darker the colour, the less energy you have left.

You have been briefed . . . the rest is up to you.


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